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Tuesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› SeaWorld shakeup continues as Mark Pauls, Orlando parks chief, quits
Mark Pauls, president of SeaWorld Orlando and Aquatica, has left the company after only seven months of running the two theme parks. Orlando-based SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment said Pauls made the decision to resign but didn’t say if he took a new job elsewhere.
› More states aim to knock air out of festive balloon launches
The tradition of releasing balloons at weddings, birthdays and memorials may soon get deflated by lawmakers in more than half a dozen states. Critics say the helium-filled balloons pollute the environment, and threaten birds and other wildlife when they fall to earth.
› Florida Recycler Aims to Outfit the World from Head to Toe
Creating socioeconomic synergy by addressing the wealth and waste in the United States and the privation and need in developing nations has been the passion of philanthropist-entrepreneur Wayne Elsey for the last two decades. Elsey's latest venture in that arena, Head2Toe Recycling, opened in Orlando, Fla., late last month.
› Pensacola downtown renaissance focus of state historic preservation conference
From museums and forts, to mid-century architecture, to the site of what is arguably America's oldest settlement, Pensacola has a lot to offer history buffs. Next month, historians and preservationists from across the state will flock to Pensacola to take it all in. From May 16-18, the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation will host the 2019 Florida Preservation Conference in Pensacola.
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