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- 1 2 "Ernest Page - Political Leader and Orlando's First Black Mayor ONYX Publisher's Award". Community Steeple Media. October 4, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ↑ Page Could Be Facing Legal Troubles Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine , WESH-TV (Orlando), January 30, 2006. Retrieved from WPBF.com, November 12, 2010.
- ↑ City of Orlando website, archived June 8, 2007
- ↑ Acting Mayor Page To Follow Dyer's Plan For Now, WFTV-9 (Jacksonville) website, March 14, 2005
- ↑ Dyer Returns To Office, Vows 'Fresh Start'; All Charges Dropped; May 3 Special Election Cancelled Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine , WESH-2 (Orlando) website, April 21, 2005
- ↑ Mark Schlueb (Orlando Sentinel), Orlando Mayor Suspended, The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA), March 12, 2005
- ↑ Ernest Page trial closing Archived 2012-10-16 at the Wayback Machine , Orlando Sentinel website, September 22, 2006, and In interview, Page discussed charges before his sentencing Archived 2007-11-09 at the Wayback Machine , Orlando Sentinel, December 31, 2006.
- ↑ Page Removed From Office After Being Sentenced To Prison, WESH-TV, December 21, 2006.
- ↑ Governor’s Executive Order Number 06-54 [ permanent dead link ], State of Florida news release, March 1, 2006.
- ↑ City Commissioner's Bribery Conviction Upheld, WESH-TV 2 (Orlando) website, March 7, 2008
- ↑ Former Orlando Mayor Ernest Page Now Inmate In State Prison System Archived 2010-06-19 at the Wayback Machine , WFTV-9 (Jacksonville) website, June 19, 2008
- ↑ Mark Schlueb (June 7, 2011). "Former Orlando city commissioner released from prison; Ernest Page served 3 years on corruption charges". Orlando Sentinel.
