Talk:Orange County, Florida

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When I plot the lat/long of Lake Butler (which I corrected from Lake Butter, since the lake right there is Lake Butler), it's right in downtown Windermere. What the hell is going on here? -[User:SPUI]

Also Lake Butler is a town in Union County, so I have to make Lake Butler, Orange County, Florida. - SPUI

[edit] Orange groves

This article currently says no commercial orange groves remain, but several people have changed this to very few. There was a big article in the paper when the last one closed several years ago. If you don't believe this, do your research before changing the article. When you find the name of the commercial orange grove that is still open, please list its name and location here on the talk page. There are still orange packing plants and wholesale distribution points in Orange County, but no groves. Those are all south, where it has not frozen since long before the pair of great freezes of the 80's. --ssd 04:56, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)

And no, untended orange groves that are not harvested for commercial gain are not commercial orange groves. That's called a tax dodge. And these days, most of those are pine tree farms, as they require less maintainance. --ssd 04:58, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)

During a visit several months ago, I notice well-maintained groves east of Lake Conway, south of the airport, and west of Orlando. -- 24.163.88.33

[edit] Election controversy

In the 2001 U.S. election Orange County was at the center of a number of controversies about voter registration and alleged irregularities. - should this be the 2000 election? --65.3.137.171 04:16, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Even further.... were we at the center of those controversies? Orange County has an optical ballot system. The controversies came over the butterfly ballots used in other jurisdictions. --Kitch 12:43, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Map request

It is requested that a map or maps be included in this article to improve its quality. Wikipedians in Florida may be able to help!

It would be nice to have a map showing the placement of interior features and entities such as municipalities. -- Beland 22:40, 26 November 2006 (UTC)