SANFORD -- People have repeatedly asked me my opinion about the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, especially since I was among the reporters who covered it, having reported on the case almost from the onset, including the interview I had with Trayvon Martin's parents in Miami. I will get into it in my upcoming book, "Creepy Ass Cracker," which will hit bookstores in October.
EDGEWATER -- The whole world is in turmoil. Terrorists are killing too many innocent people daily. Airports throughout the world are spending billions of dollars on security and millions of people spend hours in line taking their shoes off going through electronic surveillance -- wasting millions of hours and thousands upon thousands of dollars.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Reading Henry Frederick's account of his lovely wife Sera being stopped and her car searched for drugs two miles from their Sugar Mill home home just makes my blood boil. She is the sweetest, most unassuming person I know and I am appalled that this kind of treatment still goes on well into the 21st century.
By Douglas GibsonOAK HILL -- The city received good news from the CPA firm of Brent Millikan & Co. PA. The assets of the City of Oak Hill exceeded its liabilities at the close of the most recent fiscal year by $1,150,033.
By Cory Thompson DELTONA -- Politicians and the mainstream media just aren't themselves if they aren't exploiting a tragedy and then facilitating the reaction that serves their interests. In a perfect world, we would only be seeking the truth about what happened the night Trayvon Martin died.
Photo at far left courtesy Daytona Times /DAYTONA BEACH -- At 11:18 p.m. Tuesday, the Rev. L. Ronald Durham sent out a press release to local media outlets announcing members of the panel to serve on the Trayvon Martin Community forum announced for 6:30 tonight would include Mayor Derrick Henry, Chief of Police Michael Chitwood, NAACP President Cynthia Slater, NAACP member Thaddeus Collins, Daytona Times Writer James Harper and Durham himself, president of Daytona Beach Black Clergy Alliance.
OAK HILL -- One teenager was killed and two others critically injured Wednesday night at the intersection of Maytown and Beacon light roads just outside the Oak Hill city limits, a Volusia County dispatcher confirmed just before 4 this morning.
There are few details on the 8:57 p.m. accident, but one thing is certain: One life was lost and the lives of two other young people hang in the balance.
"Oh my God, I know where this is at," Oak Hill Mayor Douglas Gibson told Headline Surfer after being awakened in a 4 a.m. call by the 24/7 internet newspaper and told of the location and limited details. "Our hearts go out to the families. These kids are dying way too young."
DAYTONA BEACH -- Politics has reared its ugly head in the organizing of the Trayvon Martin Community Forum planned for tonight at the Greater Friendship Baptist Church, with this internet newspaper publisher caught in the middle.
Headline Surfer snapshots / The locator map at far left shows the location of a mobile driver's license mobile, 201 N. Myrtle Ave (Babe Jame Center), and the second locator shows the intersection of Sams Avenue and Julia Street (NSB City Hall).NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Local residents no longer need to travel several miles to renew a Florida driver license. For the convenience of rNew Smyrna Beach residents, the state will park a mobile office in the city twice in August.
The Florida Licensing on Wheels mobile will be open from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 13, at the Alonzo ‘Babe’ James Center, 201 N. Myrtle Ave., and Tuesday, Aug. 20, at the corner of Julia Street and Sams Avenue next to City Hall.
DAYTONA BEACH -- Such a sad state of affairs in Volusia County right now. Taxes and unemployment are still high. The economy is at a snail’s pace. Race is at the forefront because the Zimmerman trial is still fresh on our minds.
