Headline Surfer photo /Adam Barringer acknowledged during his 2009 campaign for mayor that he received a DUI when he was in his early 20s.DAYTONA BEACH -- New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer is far from alone among past or present elected officials in Volusia County with less than stellar driving records.
In the wake of his latest run-in with a New Smyrna Beach cop, Headline Surfer looked at driver-related offenses of County Council members.
Barringer acknowledged during his 2009, run for mayor that he had been arrested on a DUI charge in his early 20s, though he wasn't more specific and his opponent, then-Mayor Sally Mackay said she wouldn't make an issue of it.
In 2002, Mackay pleaded guilty to not wearing her seat belt after she was stopped by New Smyrna Beach cops and paid a $44 fine.
A review of public records from the Volusia Clerk of the Court shows only two current members of the County Council with clean driving records.
Dist. 1 County Council member Pat Patterson and At-Large Council member Joyce Cusack have no driver-related offenses on record in Volusia County.
County Council Chair Jason Davis, ticketed by a Sheriff's deputy in 2001 for failing to obey a traffic control device, pleaded guilty and paid a $76 fine.
In 1992, dist. 5 member Pat Northey of Deltona pleaded guilty to unlawful speed and paid a $124 fine. She was ticketed by the Sheriff's Office for doing 63 in a 45 mph zone.
Doug Daniels, the dist. 4 councilman from Ormond Beach elected in November, has three speeding offenses. In 1997, he was pulled over by Daytona Beach police for driving 45 in a 39 mph zone. He pleaded guilty and paid $110 fine. In 2003, Daniels was clocked at 66 in a 55 mph zone by Oak Hill police -- for which he pleaded guilty and paid a $118 fine.
In 2006, Daniels pleaded guilty to unlawful speed -- 61 in a 40 mph zone by the Sheriff's Office when he was stopped -- and paid a fine of $208.50. Daniels pleaded guilty in 2008 to failing to obey a traffic control device and paid a fine of $123.50.
In 2009, Daniels pleaded guilty to failing to slow down for an emergency vehicle and paid a $121 fine. Ten years earlier, he pleaded guilty to the same offense after he was stopped by Ormond Beach police and paid a $78 fine. That same year, Daniels pleaded guilty to a Daytona Beach police charge of driving with expired registration of less than six months and paid a $44 fine.
Deb Denys, the dist. 3 council member from New Smyrna Beach, elected in November, was pulled over by South Daytona cops in 2002, for going 51 in a 40 mph zone. She pleaded no contest and adjudication of guilt was withheld after she completed a defensive driving course.
Dist. 2 County Council member Joshua Wagner, who represents greater Daytona Beach, was ticketed for a seat belt violation in 1993, and paid a $27 fine.