With more that 35 years of experience, Dick Batchelor is consistently
sought out to provide expert commentary on business and governmental affairs. Read more about his appearances in the news below.
"Everything is related to the budget and reapportionment — everything," says former Democratic state legislator and Orlando businessman Dick Batchelor. If the governor and legislative leaders "could address those two issues early on and straight up as possible, I think that would be a real success,"… Read more ›
Lobbyist and political pundit Dick Batchelor said he has heard the rumors of a possible Dyer gubernatorial campaign. It would be natural for Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer to consider running in 2014, he said, given Republican Gov. Rick Scott's low approval ratings. "Anytime you've got a very unpopular seated… Read more ›
Central Florida businesses apparently don’t believe in trying to buy influence. Their political contributions so far make up just $2.6 million, or 2.9 percent, of all money given toward politics in the state so far this year. Read more ›
The Orange County School Board on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to a plan the chairman hopes will raise millions of dollars for district programs in coming years. "Increasingly, we are going to have to look to ourselves to fund programs we need, like mentoring," said board chairman Bill Sublette, citing… Read more ›
I recently had an opportunity, along with a business colleague named Mrs. Doris Duan-Young, to represent Orlando at the 25th-anniversary celebration of its sister-city relationship with Guilin, China. In addition to participating in the China-Guilin International Tourism Exhibition, we also visited Beijing… Read more ›
