New Smyrna Beach cops push safety & enforcement message beginning today: 'Don't text and drive'
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Crackdown encouraged by Mayor Adam Barringer, no stranger to being pulled over for speeding, running stop signs
Photos for Headline Surfer® / New Smyrna Beach Police Chief George Markert, shown in the inset, and his cops are among select law enforcement agencies throughout the U.S. cracking down on texting and driving. Even New Smyrna Beach Mayor Adam Barringer, who has been pulled over several times and issued verbal warnings for speeding and running stop signs, is on board with the effort.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The cops in New Smyrna Beach are doing everything they can to get the word out: "Don't text and drive."
The New Smyrna Beach Police Department is joining national law enforcement personnel beginning today and continuing through Tuesday -- to crack down on motorists who text while driving.
WASHINGTON, DC -- The recent decision by the Obama administration to give up U.S. oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the domain name system is alarming. Even former President Bill Clinton and the left-leaning editorial board of The Washington Post have expressed concerns about this pending transition, noting that empowering international actors might very well facilitate crackdowns on internet freedom.
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Photos for Headline Surfer® / Volusia County Councilman Joshua Wagner is shown in a vintage high school photo and with his wife, JenniferHall, Wagner, and their two small children, at a swearing in ceremony in 2013 for his second term.