{"id":19781,"date":"2023-05-22T14:25:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T18:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/?post_type=press-release&#038;p=19781"},"modified":"2024-08-26T17:03:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T21:03:42","slug":"statement-from-orange-county-mayor-jerry-l-demings-may-22-2023","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/media-advisories\/press-releases\/2023\/05\/statement-from-orange-county-mayor-jerry-l-demings-may-22-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from Orange County Mayor Jerry L. Demings on NAACP Travel Advisory | May 22, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-14519\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-241x241-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"Mayor Demings' Seal\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-241x241-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Demings_Seal_Full_Color-241x241-1.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\u201cOrange County is open for business. Our residents represent a broad diaspora of cultures, which makes us stronger as a society.\u00a0 Please be assured our community values diversity and embraces inclusion. Hate is never welcome here. We look forward to working with the NAACP to reassure them and others that Orange County is a caring, compassionate and welcoming\u00a0community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Jerry L. Demings, Orange County Mayor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOrange County is open for business. Our residents represent a broad diaspora of cultures, which makes us stronger as a society.\u00a0 Please be assured our community values diversity and embraces inclusion. Hate is never welcome here. We look forward to working with the NAACP to reassure them and others that Orange County is a caring, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-19781","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Statement from Orange County Mayor Jerry L. 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