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EXCLUSIVE: Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer discusses Orlando’s 150th, legacy

Buddy Dyer Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer speaks at a press conference in May 2025. (Nick Papantonis)

The city of Orlando was incorporated on this date back in 1875, and over that time the city has had 32 different mayors. And the longest tenured of those mayors, Buddy Dyer.

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Dyer has held the positions since 2003 and recently announced that this term would be his last.

WDBO had the chance to speak with the mayor as the city celebrates its 150th birthday, discussing the celebration, the events that have shaped the city, and his part in that history

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Greg Rhodes

Greg Rhodes, WDBO News & Talk

Digital Producer & Morning Show Anchor for WDBO.



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