DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- For perhaps the first time in Volusia County history or at least in the last several decades, the Republican Party has a majority on the County Council and the School Board, even though they are deemed non-partisan elected posts per home-rule charter.
Photo for Headline Surfer® /NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Walkers, runners and riders now have a new path to blaze in New Smyrna Beach with Tuesday's opening of the Pedestrian Trail.
So says a press release from the municipality.
The trail spans 2.2 miles from West Pine Avenue just north of S.R. 44 off Mission Road to Sugar Mill Drive.
Photos for Headline Surfer® /NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Jason McGuirk, a New Smyrna Beach commissioner and the vice mayor, called Jake Sachs to offer congratulations after his decisive victory over Stephen "Steve" Sather in the commission zone 2 race in Tuesday's general elections.
Photos for Headline Surfer /DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- As a political consultant, here's the best practical advice I can share with you today: It’s Election Day! Don’t waste it.
That means get out and vote. No excuses.
Today is the day where all the voting whether it’s early or absentee really counts. Election Day is the day the ones who have been sitting on the sidelines waiting for the “October Surprise” to happen vote
Headline Surfer® photos /DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- This endorsement of Joyce Cusack for re-election in the at-large seat on the Volusia County Council will be short and sweet. Cusack is first class all the way in her dealings with the public and the issues at hand on the dais and in her every-day life.
And that's how it should be. Her challenger, Patricia Northey, has served the county with honor and distinction for many years, but in the last two years, she had come to the realization that her political career was coming to an end.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Though Frank T. Bruno stepped off the dais nearly two years ago after a 20-year-run as the face of Volusia government -- the final eight as the first elected county chair -- his political legacy remains in place, considering his successor and others meet twice monthly in the council chambers re-named in his honor.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The fallout from Saturday morning's suspension of Volusia County Council at-large candidate Pat Northey's has continued well into this weekend with incumbent Joyce Cusack not mincing her words in decribing the plight of her term-limited district 5 County Council rival: "It couldn't happen to a nicer person."
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- HeadlineSurfer.com endorses Rick Scott in his re-election because we belivee he has the Sunshine State headed in the right direction with a marked increase in job creation, record highs in tourism and an increasingly strong ciommitment to education.
DAYTONA BEACH -- After all these years as a career politician, district 5 term-limited County Councilwoman finds herself in an embarrassing situation on this Saturday -- the final day of early voting -- leading up to Tuesday's general elections: Her campaign website has been shut down for non-payment.
DELTONA -- Rich Gailey has done everything a candidate for public office can do to win the support of the voters, even taking the ALS ice bucket challenge.
