POLITICS

OUR ENDORSEMENT: Danny Robins for Volusia County Council Dis. 3

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. -- With Deb Denys running for county chair, the district 3 seat is up for grabs in Tuesday's primary election among three candidates in what can be construed as good goop-bad cop among two of the three.

Danny Robins, a former Daytona Beach cop, is the candidate with the most upside to serve as the district 3 representative on the Volusia County Council. 

Biden picks Kamala Harris as his VP; reaction predictably along party lines here in Central Florida

Create: Tue, 08/11/2020 - 21:11
Author: Henry
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YouTube download / AP video / President Donald Trump says he's "a little surprised" that his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, has selected Kamala Harris as his running mate. Trump also said that Harris "was very disrespectful to Joe Biden" during the Democratic primaries. (Aug. 11)

By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Democrat Joe Biden's selection of Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate has drawn predictable responses along party lines here in Central Florida and beyond.

OUR ENDORSEMENT for Public Defender in Daytona Beach: Anne Marie Gennusa - a 'Real American' like Hulk Hogan who will fight for what's right

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Billed at a towering 6 feet 7 with 22-inch pythons (biceps), Hulk Hogan back in the day was a larger-than-life super hero to all his little Hulkamaniacs - encouraging them to say their prayers and eat their vitamins - before he'd climb into the squared-circle and pummel the likes of The Iron Sheik or Nikolai Volkoff (RIP), who sang the Russian national anthem (in real life he was Yugoslavian by way of Canada).

So much for Webster Barnaby's attack mailers against Erika Benfield: He finishes last in West Volusia chamber straw poll

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By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DELTONA, Fla. -- So much for Webster Barnaby's attack mailers against fellow candidate Erika Benfield in the the three-way Aug. 18 GOP primary race for State Rep. 27.

Barnaby finished dead last in a straw poll vote held online Wednesday by the West Volusia Chamber of Commerce. Benfield was first with 63 votes, Zenaida Denizac was second with 43 votes, and Barnaby was third with 37 votes. The GOP primary winner faces Democrat candidate Delores Guzman who garnered 15 votes.