Photos for Headline Surfer® / DAYTONA BEACH -- Headline Surfer® will announce its endorsement Sunday for either Rich Gailey or Fred Lowry, Jr. for the Volusia County Council district 5 seat in the Nov. 4 elections.
The internet newspaper endorsed Gailey in the Aug. 26 primary, which he won, and gave a secondary endorsement to the third candidate in the race, Phil Giorno, a former County Council member and chair.
But that was then and this is now. Will Headline Surfer® switch gears and go with Lowry or stay with Gailey? An even bigger question is what will the Volusia County Republican Party do?
The GOP, led by Volusia County Republican Party Chairman Tony Ledbetter, dissed Lowry for the primary, leaving him off the GOP voter guide as was done to a number of candidates throughout the county because Ledbetter said he doesn't agree with non-partisan elections. How that equates with turning on candidates in his own party remains unexplained.
The GOP, led by Volusia County Republican Party Chairman Tony Ledbetter, dissed Lowry for the primary, leaving him off the GOP voter guide as was done to a number of candidates throughout the county because Ledbetter said he doesn't agree with non-partisan elections. How that equates with turning on candidates in his own party remains unexplained.
Even more bizarre is 2012 GOP Chair Stan Escudero's support for a Democrat in another non-partisan County Council race (story on the way).