Winter Springs Community Association

09/22/2026

Our co-founder Jesse Phillips for Mayor was endorsed by Justin York, a commissioner of neighboring Lake Mary, who cited Jesse's regional relationships. Part-and-parcel to the Mayor's role is building strong regional partnerships, which will be a great addition if Jesse is elected as our next mayor. For more information about the campaign, visit https://www.jessephillips.net

I am honored to have the endorsement of Lake Mary Commissioner (and elected Mayor) Justin York. Thank you, Justin, for your support. I look forward to working with you to strengthen our respective communities.

08/16/2026

The City of Winter Springs received YET ANOTHER warning letter from the DEP, this time for failing to notify the public of a pollution event.

08/15/2026

Only 2 of 8 state audit findings are fully resolved and now, 75,000 gallons of wastewater have spilled into our environment—five times the amount associated with the 2021 fish kill—and FDEP says the City failed to provide required public notice for one of the spills. Five years after the fish kill, how are we still here? Residents deserve transparency, accountability, and to be told when wastewater spills into our community.

08/08/2026

The support and endorsements keep rolling in for Jesse Phillips for Mayor from the residents of Winter Springs who agree with his platform of affordability, accountability and accessibility.

07/21/2026

WINTER SPRINGS, FL. — Under Consent Order from the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection to rebuild its wastewater plants, the City of Winter Springs held a groundbreaking photo op at the site of its east reclamation plant today.

Jesse Phillips, the founder of the Winter Springs Water Quality Initiative, and candidate for Mayor, issued the following statement about the groundbreaking ceremony:

“Today city leaders officially waved the white flag, ending their seven year water war against the residents; we the people accept their surrender. The collateral damage is high. We are paying higher water bills every month to cover the cost of their losing effort. The next mayor and commission must cancel all future water rate hikes currently scheduled and get our utility bills back down.”

”Today is the culmination of many years of advocacy. Our first victory was the withdrawal of Veolia (the Flint, Michigan water company) after the mayor pushed to have their contract renewed. Then state regulators came in on behalf of the people and forced the city into compliance. As they put their shovels into the ground today, they are burying their resistance. Congratulations to my neighbors. You guys won!”

07/06/2026

FLOODING ALONG MICHAEL BLAKE. After two years of FAILED promises by MAYOR McCann himself the city’s solution was a temporary pump, which HASN’T even been running!! Broken promises….

Here’s a message from a resident of the area:

“The attached pictures show my streets, Michael Blake Blvd and Wakulla Lane flooded after the rain this afternoon. The city put a “temporary” pump which is not working, therefore we continue with frequent flooding in this area. We have been with this problem since hurricane Matthew many years ago. The city supposedly was working on a fix, they came and took measurements, etc. over 2 years ago. It seems like they are giving us lip service and pretending they are doing something when in fact the city government had been completely inept in resolving this issue. I remember when the mayor came to ‘assess’ the situation a few years ago and met with our HOA president while I was observing from my porch. Pure BS on the part of the city.”

06/28/2026

Most ALL cities have taken OUR tax dollars (MILLIONS) and paying it to the Florida League of Cities (representing politicians), to put together a full on campaign to get us taxpayers to vote no on tax relief... this includes talking point cards for the politicians.

AGAIN.... OUR TAX DOLLAR ARE BEING USED TO GET US TO VOTE NO, SO POLITICIANS DO NOT HAVE TO CUT FAT, BLOATED BUDGETS!
WOW!

06/03/2026

Jesse Phillips has promised that if voters choose lower property taxes, he will never threaten our Senior Center, parks or swing sets. Why would our current Mayor choose fear-mongering instead of voluntarily giving up his taxpayer funded trips to Washington, DC and Tallahassee?

06/02/2026

Get your popcorn and read the comments on your Mayor’s un-mayoral late-night rant AGAINST your taxes being lowered...

https://www.onewintersprings.com/2026/06/02/mayor-kevin-mccann-against-lower-taxes/