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COMING SUNDAY: Internet newspaper endorsement: Rich Gailey or Fred Lowry, Jr. for County Council dis 5 seat?

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Rich Gailey, candidate for Volusia County Council dis 5 / Headline Surfer®Fred Lowry, Jr., candidate for Volusia County Council dis 5 / Headline Surfer®Photos for Headline Surfer® /
Rich Gailey, shown at far left, and Fred Lowry, Jr., are on the Nov. 4 ballot for Volusia County Council district 5 representing Deltona, DeBary, Enterprise and a portion of Osteen.

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?

North Florida folk singer to perform at Ormond Beach Regional Public Library

Bob Patterson, Florida folk singer will perform at Ormond Beach LibraryORMOND BEACH -- Bob Patterson will share the folklore and songs of Florida during a free performance from 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at the Ormond Beach Regional Public Library, 30 S. Beach St.

Patterson is a professional singer, songwriter and storyteller with more than 40 years of experience performing at clubs and festivals across the nation.

He co-founded the Gamble Rogers Folk Festival and received the 2011 Mother Earth and Fellow Man Award in recognition for his gifts to folk culture.

State Rep. Dave Hood to be sworn in as circuit judge in Ormond Beach

State Rep. Dave Hood to be sworn in as a circuit judge / Headline Surfer®Photo for Headline Surfer® /
Dave Hood's 20-plus years of distinguished public service sees him moving from the Statehouse to the courthouse.
 

ORMOND BEACH -- State Rep. Charles Dave Hood, Jr., former mayor of Ormond Beach, will be sworn in Friday as a circuit judge at the Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center, l399 N. U.S. 1.

His "investiture" will begin at 3:30 p.m. with his colleagues on the bench sitting as a group as he takes the oath of office for the judgeship in the 7th Judicial Circuit.

Wheel flies off semi & bounces across I-95 in St. Johns County -- killing motorist after crashing through windshield

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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- A Ponte Vedra man man was killed Friday evening after a wheel flew off a tractor-trailer and bounced across the median of Interstate 95 before crashing through his windshield and causing him to wreck, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

 

Jon Kaney's Waverly investigation drags unsuspecting candidate into mix as demonstrated with Pat Northey Q&A

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Show Mwe the Money Volusia County / Headline Surfer®

Councilwoman gets into innuendo involving former Deltona city attorney & current School Board district 3 candidate George Trovato

Pat Northey / Headline Surfer®Jonathan Kaney, Jr, Waverly investigator / Headline Surfer®Northey Waverly repo / Headline Surfer®DAYTONA BEACH -- In what has already become a public embarrassment for Volusia County described from the onset as a political "witch hunt" and a "money grab,"  the so-called “Waverly investigation” is catching even more unsuspecting victims. Take Volusia County District 3 School Board George Trovato, for example, courtesy of County Councilwoman Patricia Northey.

Great Recession & GOP revisionist history of Charlie Crist in Fla. governor's race

GOPers bash Charlie Crist for governor / Headline Surfer® / Headline Surfer®DAYTONA BEACH -- Right or wrong, Charlie Crist is vilified by the Republican Party of Florida for the ills of the Sunshine State during his tenure as governor from 2007-2011.

There's a graphic the Florida GOP has put out in social media with Crist's image on it, withe statistics on the state's economy, prompting Volusia County GOP Chair Tony Ledbetter to write on Facebook, "This is Charlie Crist’s record. Does he really think Florida needs this again?"

ENDORSEMENTS: Oak Hill Commission seat 3 incumbent Kathy Bittle committed to community

Oak Hill Commissioner Kathy Bittle endorsed by internet newspaper / Headline Surfer®Headline Surfer® videos / The internet newspaper held public candidate debates in Oak Hill in June.

OAK HILL -- Kathy Bittle, a native of Oak Hill, who has been on the City Commission for eight years, is the endorsed candidate of Headline Surfer® in the Nov. 4 elections,  for two reasons: Her experience on the dais and her consistent community commitment away from City Hall, too.