Richard T. Crotty (born c.1948 in Orlando, Florida) is the current Mayor of Orange County, Florida, and as such, is the head of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Nickname: The City Beautiful, O-Town, 407 Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Official website: http://www. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Board of County Commissioners (BCC) is the governing body of Orange County, Florida. ...

Crotty grew up in Orlando. He graduated from Valencia Community College in 1970 and Florida Technological University in 1972. After three years of work doing waste manage consultation under contract from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, he was selected to the Orlando Chamber of Commerce's first "Leadership Orlando" program. In 1978, he was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives. One of the first pieces of legislation he co-sponsored was the law that changed the name of FTU, his alma mater, to the University of Central Florida. He was the prime sponsor of the law that created the "Florida Prepaid College Tuition Program", the first and largest of its kind in the United States. Later he would serve in the Florida Senate as the Republican Floor Leader. One of the last pieces of legislation he sponsored was the "Junny Rios-Martinez Act" in 1992, named after the victim of Florida Death Row inmate Mark Dean Schwab, which denied parole and early release to violent sexual predators. Valencia Community College is a college located in Orlando, Florida in the United States. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... EPA redirects here. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The Florida House of Representatives, one of the two Chambers of the Florida Legislature, is composed of 120 members, each representing a district. ... The University of Central Florida is located in Orlando, Florida, and is a member institution of the State University System of Florida. ... The Florida Senate is part of the Legislative branch of government for the state of Florida. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The term sexual predator is used pejoratively about a person who is seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual intercourse in a metaphorically predatory manner. ...

After 14 years of service in Tallahassee, Crotty returned to Orlando and was elected the Orange County Property Appraiser in 1992. He proceeded to begin the upgrade of the office to include modern personal computer technology in its tasks.

On January 23, 2001, after the confirmation of Orange County Chairman (former name of the position of Mayor) Mel Martinez as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Florida Governor Jeb Bush appointed Crotty to replace Martinez. Crotty was subsequently elected to the position in 2002, and re-elected in 2006, getting 73% and 69% of the vote, respectively. The position of Orange County Mayor carries a term limit of two terms, but since Crotty was appointed in the latter half of Martinez's term, he was permitted to run for two full terms. January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Melquíades Rafael Mel Martínez (born October 23, 1946) is a Cuban-born American politician, currently a United States Senator from Florida and has agreed to head the Republican National Committee, after the partys current chairman, Ken Mehlman, steps down. ... The United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, concerned with The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ... John Ellis Jeb Bush (born February 11, 1953), a Republican, is the forty-third and current Governor of Florida. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A term limit is a provision of a constitution, statute, or bylaw which limits the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office. ...

Crotty was a key supporter of the half-penny sales tax increase to drive an aggressive expansion project for Orange County Public Schools, which was passed by Orange County voters in 2002. A sales tax is a state or locality imposed percentage tax on the selling or renting of certain property or services. ... Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) is the public school district for Orange County, Florida. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

External links

• Richard Crotty Official Website
• Richard Crotty Biography at OrangeCountyFL.net