2014 Contest Florida Press Club
General News Reporting, Third Place, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer raised taxes while not paying his own tax bills
May 4, 2014
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- Mayor Adam Barringer led the vote to raise property taxes to support the municipal budget back in September while not paying his own taxes, Headline Surfer® has learned after reviewing public records.
December 16, 2013
DAYTONA BEACH -- After Southeast Volusia Advertising Authority Chairman Palmer Wilson was removed an unprecedented second time with County Councilwoman Deb Denys imploring her colleagues to "finish this" and getting her way in a 4-3 split vote seen by some as politically-motivated, Wilson's successor, Tom Clapsaddle, ate on the public's dime.
April 1, 2014
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Carl Lentz, IV, a real estate agent won a seat on the City Commission on his first try, back in 2012, thanks in part to inherent advantages.
Religion Reporting, Third Place, Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer
Mayor Adam Barringer invisible after KKK furor, but takes center stage in MLK celebration
Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry pays homage to poet Maya Angelou
