NEWSMAKER Q & A: Port Orange's Joie Alexander focused on 'now and what's ahead' early in her ninth year on the County Council
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Photos by Dale Smith / Joie Alexander is all smiles in her first weeks since being sworn in as the district 3 representative on the Volusia County Council, following her overwhelming Nov. 2 election victory over private attorney George Trovato.
Just a year shy of a decade with the Volusia County Council, Joie Alexander was term-limited from the at-large seat before deciding in the 11th hour last year to seek the district 3 seat held by term-limited Jack Hayman. Fighting off the label of career politician, Alexander finished first in the Aug. 24 primary in a field of seven and then easily defeated finalist George Trovato in the Nov. 2 general election with 56-plus percent of the vote.
The Newsmaker Q & A interview was conducted by contributing writer Dale Smith.
PORT ORANGE -- Joie Alexander believes in sage words spoken by others who have had an impact on her life. Take Will Rogers, for example: "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."
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Courtesy photo / Julius Bruggeman A bobcat like this one was reportedly seen in early February on the beachside in New Smyrna Beach.
VCBJ / Geoffrey Elliott Goodrich, 27, of Port Orange, was arrested Aug. 2 on charges of sexualy abusing a 14-year-old Edgewater girl after drugging her.
Photos by Dale Smith / Shown at left and below is the city's newest and biggest fire truck, a $402,500 Pierce XT.