DAYTONA BEACH -- The following is a database of election campaign contributions from principals of Waverly Media to candidates for public offices in Volusia County in the 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2013 election cycles. The source of information is the Volusia County Supervisor of Elections candidate reports.
Joshua Wagner, District 2 County Council
NASCAR marketing executive Brett Jewkes tweets farewell to Daytona International Speedway senior spokesman Lenny Santiago on Sunday. Santiago was the Speedway official who denied media credentials to Headline Surfer® for the Fourth of July races. Santiago quit his job to take similsr post with the Orlando professional soccer league team. His departure had nothing to do with his earlier media ban after the internet newspaper began reporting on extensive campaign contributions by the Speedway to politicians who approved millions in taxpayer subsidies for two big projects.DAYTONA BEACH -- The senior spokesman for Daytona International Speedway who denied media credentials for one of Florida's top award-winning reporters and publisher of HeadlineSurfer.com, is no longer employed with DIS. He took a similar job with the Orlando professional soccer team.
New Book: Creepy Ass Cracker: SANFORD, Fla. -- HeadlineSurfer.com Publisher Henry Frederick has written his first book, "Creepy Ass Cracker" (842 pages, Xlibris), which hits bookstores early next year. It focuses on the sensational trial that led to George Zimmerman's acquittal in the gunshot slaying of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, but the meaning of the book's title may end up surprising you. Frederick won journalism awards for his Miami interview with Trayvon's parents; later for his trial reports at the Seminole County courthouse. Among other award-winning judicial assignments: • Witnessing execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos; • Teresa Earnhardt's civil trial keeping husband Dale Earnhardt's autopsy photos sealed after the Daytona 500 fatality; • Texas Motor Speedway's legal fight to force NASCAR to provide 2nd race date. Frederick has appeared on Oxygen network's "Snapped," & Discovery Channel's "Deadly Affairs" on sultry convicted murderer Virginia Larzelere who got off death row years after her dentist-husband's slaying.
EDGEWATER -- There is movement in the Florida courts to try and repeal Florida's same-sex marriage ban and we the people need to stop such nonsense from happening. After all, marriage is between a man and a woman as God intended it.
By ANDEW SPARDAYTONA BEACH -- There has been a lot of talk about due process for teachers over the past few years.
Recently, a California court struck down a state law that provides teachers with due process, also known as tenure. Florida, which really has never had tenure, did away with continuing contracts in 2011, for anyone who did not have that right already.
Tenure is often misunderstood. It is often characterized as a job-for-life status. That is simply not true. Tenure means that before a teacher can be fired, the administration must have a valid reason for terminating the teacher.
Tenure is often misunderstood. It is often characterized as a job-for-life status. That is simply not true. Tenure means that before a teacher can be fired, the administration must have a valid reason for terminating the teacher.
The green flag is waved to start the Coke Zero 400, but there would be no checkered flag for race winner Aric Almirola in the rain-shortened Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International SpeedwayDAYTONA BEACH -- Aric who? And no checkered flag? That's right. The Coke Zero 400 race winner, Aric Almirola, was decided by NASCAR. Not by the competition on the track in Sunday's rain-shortened race.
Photo for Headline Surfer® / Die-hard racing fans begin to leave the grandstands at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Fla., after the Coke Zero is called off Saturday night, 50 minutes after the sceduled 8 p.m. start because of thunderstorms, in favor racing on this Sunday morning. But just 11 laps into the race, it was stopped because of rain.DAYTONA BEACH -- Just 11 laps into the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona, the mid-summer race was red flagged because of rain. In the 6th lap, the yellow flag was dropped because of rainfall in turn 2 on the super speedway, eventually prompting stoppage of the race on lap 11.
Photo for Headline Surfer® / Fans in raingear try to wait it out nearly an hour after the scheduled 8 p.m. Saturday start of the Coke Zero race.DAYTONA BEACH -- The Coke Zero 400 race under the lights at Daytona International Speedway has been called off by NASCAR with a scheduled run for 11 a.m. Sunday.
Headline Surfer® video by Henry Frederick / A thunderstorm continued to drop heavy rainfall on Sanford as shown in this video shot at 5:15 p.m.SANFORD -- An intense thunderstorm with heavy rain bands and lightning is passing through the Sanford area here just before 5:30 p.m. and heading towards Daytona Beach where the Coke Zero 400 Spring Cup race under the lights is scheduled later tonight at Daytona International Speedway.
Headline Surfer videos by Henry Frederick / Here are the sights and sounds from the 2014 Fourth of July fireworks show from the Sanford Pier in Sanford, FL. Shown in the photos are Gordon Obermeyer and Maranda Torres of Sanford sporting USA T-shirts and Alexis Marie Obermeyer, 8, and Anthony Lamar Torres, 18 months. More photos & videos with the story. SANFORD -- Thousands of patriotic citizens descended upon the downtown and the Sanford Pier for the July Fourth fireworks show.
