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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- NSBNEWS.net made a public information request from the city for a breakdown of costs between what individual municipal employees made in base pay and what they grossed during the 2009 fiscal year that ended Sept. 31. The initial request made Monday with Finance Director Carol Rogers went unanswered Friday.

NSBNEWS.net followed up with a second request Wednesday with City Clerk Johnny Bledsoe.

In 2002, Police Chief Ronald Pagano made $54,425.28 in base pay. That year he grossed $64,758. In the seven years since, his gross salary has nearly doubled to $123,646.95. The difference between his base and gross pays more than doubled in 2009 compared to seven years earlier...

In 2002, only 44 city employees grossed at least $40,000. In 2008, 100 topped that list, and in 2009, there were 135 making $40,000 and up...

In 2002, Parks & Rec. Director Liz Yancey grossed $44,637.40, compared to $109, 609.37 in 2009. That's a difference of $64,971.97 or a 245% increase in pay in 7 years...

In 2002, then-City Attorney Edward "George" Beazley grossed $71,644.87 or $144,472.83 less than the $216,117.70 City Attorney Grank Gummey grossed in 2009. That means Gummey's gross was 301.6% higher than Beazley's...

In 2003, for the first time in NSB's history, the city's top salary reached 6 figures with then-City Manager Frank Roberts grossing $107,785.11, followed by then-City Attorney Edward "George" Beasley at $107,595.91. Six others also surpassed the previous year's threshold of $78,000...

NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. Photo I: City Commissioner candidate Judy Reiker talks with former City Manager John Hagood during the NSB Billfish Invitational. Photo II: Mayoral candidate Adam Barringer answers campaign questions from city residents. Photo III: One of the two dozen gorgeous boats pulls up to dock at Riverside Park. 

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Tina Pisula was all smiles when her husband, George, pulled up to the dock at Riverside Park aboard the "Double G" earlier today with two sailfish, a black fin tuna and a dolphin in the New Smyrna Beach Billfish Invitational.

Courtesy photo/Jail mug. Haile Michael Martinez, 24, of Deltona, was arrested Wednesday on charges of sexual battery on two small children.

DELTONA -- A 24-year-old Deltona man is accused of two counts of sexual battery on children under 12 after engaging in sexual intercourse with his girlfriend in front of a boy and a girl, both under 5, as well as molesting them and trying to get them to have sex with each other, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The results of the last NSBNEWS.net InstaPoll are final. An overwhelming majorty said "no" to the question: Should the regional advertising authorities, including Southeast Volusia's be merged with Daytona?

Those who answered "yes" with the intent of pooling more resources for better marketing of the newly expanded Ocean Center accounted for 16 percent of the vote while the "no" votes totaled 84 percent.

There were 76 respondents.