Courtesy video. NSBNEWS.net photo by Sera King. In the video, Barack Obama addresses an enthusiastic crowd at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach At right, supporters of Barack Obama show their support at the corner of Canal Street and U.S. 1 in New Smyrna Beach on Election Day.Insta Poll results on police raise
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Here are the final results of the NSBNEWS.net Insta Poll which asked: Should the New Smyrna Beach City Commission approve a 2 percent raise for police officers?
Yes, they serve a vital function and deserve raises:.45%
No, the economy is bad - city should hold down costs: 55%
There were 38 votes cast during the four days that preceded Tuesday night's unanimous vote by the New Smyrna Beach City Commission to give 44 police officers a 2-percent raise for the current fiscal year that began Oct. 1, the same amount given to other municipal employees.
Courtesy photo. William Henry Quick, 18, of 2846 Sunset Drive, New Smyrna Beach, is charged with 19 counts of breaking into unlocked motor vehicles. .jpg)
Courtesy video and photo. State Attorney John Tanner hired Jon Kaney, the preeminent expert civil attorney on Florida open records law, to represent his interests in keeping a grand jury report investigating his office sealed. Kaney is the counsel for the Daytona BeachNews-Journal and married to the newspaper's publisher Georgia Kaney. The News-Journal challenged the legality of keeping the grand jury report sealed through the hiring of outside counsel. Tanner ultimately won, but lost his elected office to relatively unknown R.J. Larizza, who was backed by police unions opposed to the incumbent.