Abe is the Local Government Accountability Reporter for Oviedo Community News and is a Report for America corps member. His work has appeared on NPR, ProPublica, Kaiser Health News and StoryCorps. He spent 2018 investigating post-traumatic stress disorder in first responders, and investigated why paramedics didn’t enter Pulse nightclub to bring out victims. In 2018, the Florida Associated Press Professional Broadcasters Contest awarded that series second place in the investigative category and first place in the public affairs category. Aboraya holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Central Florida. His first journalism job in 2007 was covering the city of Winter Springs in Seminole County. A father of two, Aboraya spends his free time reading and writing fiction and enjoying his second home in the Hyrule kingdom.
School board members say there isn’t data to show the community wants a property tax increase to fund teacher salaries. But polling in 2024 showed broad support for the measure.
Border road’s expansion with Seminole County a touchy subject as McCulloch Road funnels traffic out of Oviedo's southern residential areas. But paying for it is another question.
Statewide teachers unions are suing the state for diverting funds to private schools, while the local union asked the school board to put a property tax hike to pay for salaries on the 2026 ballot.
Seminole County backs off request for S.R. 452 road funding, but expects to revisit it soon. Discussion veers into Jetta Point Park property hotel, lights for parks.
One possibility is to use the Live Local Act, criticized by local officials for not improving affordable housing, to bring more apartments to Winter Springs.
Winter Springs will get a similar 417 expansion cost sharing pitch that Oviedo already rejected. Separately, planning board considers new bank in the Winter Springs Town Center.