On Oct. 24, Mayor Buddy Dyer of Orlando gave his “State of Downtown” speech at the new $480 million Amway Arena. Protesters from “Occupy Orlando” were outside protesting what they called a "closed-door meeting that should be open to the public" (tickets to the event started at $45).

The joke in Orlando goes like this: “Everyone in Orlando has a second mortgage, it's called OUC (Orlando Utilities).”