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US Representative District 24 DEM

Suzanne Kosmas 7828 76.87 Paul P. Partyka 2356 23.13

State Representative District 28 REP

Dorothy L. Hukill 8500 68.79% Teresa A. Valdes 3856 31.21%

County Court Judge Group 9

Mary Jane Henderson 31450 49.72% Robert A. Sanders, J 31802 50.28%

Circuit Court Judge Group 5

Dennis Craig 14985 25.53 Marc Dwyer 9796 16.69% Sid Nowell 4543 7.74
Ed Haenftling Jr. 3113 5.3 Joe Horrox 17294 30.51 John M. Selden 8956 15.26

County Council 3

 Joie Alexander 3696 25.33 Bill Benedict 2092 14.34 Ellen Darden 2360 16.17
Deborah A. Denys 2504 17.16 John J. D'Hondt 344 2.36 Roger L. Gray 1025 7.02 George Trovato 2572 17.62

County Council At Large

Eddie Colosimo 8289 12.66% Joyce Cusack 26818 40.75
Mary Martin 12029 18.28 Margie M. Patchett 18674 28.38

School Board Member Dist.3

Maredy Hanford  3309 24.97% Sharon Luebbers  4435 33.46% Stan Schmidt  5509 41.57%

 

Circuit Court Judge Group 10

Scott DuPont 18411 32.76 Don Holmes 22162 39.43 Eric K. Neitzke 15631 27.81

Circuit Court Judge Group 5

Dennis Craig 10900 25.31 Marc Dwyer 7050 16.37 Ed Haenftling Jr. 2225 5.17
Joe Horrox 13290 30.86 Sid Nowell 3277 7.61 John M. Selden 6327 14.69

Circuit Court Judge Group 3

Matt Foxman 25806 56.1 George S. Pappas 20192 43.9

REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS DISTRICT 24

Sandra “Sandy” Adams  646  21.34%  Karen Diebel  877  28.97% Tom Garcia  506  16.72%
Deon Long  95  3.14% Craig S. Miller  903  29.83%   -   -   -

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National Weather Service: Tornado spotted 6 miles west of New Smyrna Beach

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- 294
WWUS52 KMLB 112027
SVSMLB
FLC127-112045-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
427 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2010

COUNTY SPECIFIC MESSAGE:

/O.CON.KMLB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-100811T2045Z/
VOLUSIA-
427 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY...

AT 405 PM EDT...VOLUSIA COUNTY EVAC REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
IN A WOODED AREA WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 AND SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE 44.

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Angler’s Club waterfront lease to be debated tonight

Editor's Note: The New Smyrna Beach City Commission meets 6:30 tonight at City Hall to discuss the possible sale of the Angler's Club waterfront property on the North Causeway that has become a tug of war between citizens and the private organization as to the net worth of the acreage that was consumated in the mid-1940s with a 99-year lease with the city for the public-owned property for a paltry sum. NSBNEWS.net has posted blogger Palmer Wilson's take on the issue here on the home page as well as his customary spot on the Opinion page because ogf the importance of the issue. NSBNEWS.net has not taken a stand on the issue either way.

Well I see it is August and time for the City Commission to sneak things through on a packed agenda when most of the citizens are on vacation or just out of town. If you wade halfway through the 417 pages of the Aug. 10 agenda you will find a ridiculously low-ball offer from the Angler’s Club to buy the property that has been the center of debate for over 18 months.

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EDGEWATER COPS: City man on tracks struck and killed by train

NSBNEWS.net photos by Chris Atwell.

The bright lights from the Florida East Coast Railraod train, shown in these two photos, shows through the darkness of night as it sits idled on the tracks on Indian River Boulevard early Monday after striking and killing a pedestrian on the tracks.

EDGEWATER -- A 34-year-old city man was killed early Monday after he was struck by a Florida East Coast Railroad freight train on the tracks in the vicinity of State Road 442, also known as Indian River Boulevard, Edgewater police said.

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NSB's PLANNING DEBACLE/NSBNEWS.net exclusive
Mayor says building mess 'borders on criminal' while city resident demands grand jury investigation

NSBNEWS.net Investigative Reporting

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NSB's Planning Debacle

NSBNEWS.net video and photos by Sera Frederick 

 

City Manager Pam Brangaccio spoke frankly with NSBNEWS.net immediately after the July 7 hearing with the Florida Department of Community Affairs in Tallahassee, but unable to answer why the city's planning department under the direction of department head Mark Rakowski (above) and (at left) chief planner Chad Lingenfelter, who worked under him and then continued alone after Rakowski's job was eliminated in December, dropped the ball on final paperwork on  land-use zoning amendments, dating back five years (see attachment for example of the transmittal forms). This fiasco, dating back to when Rakowski was promoted, has grounded 72 community projects a Wal-Mart-anchored shopping center and a 112-room hotel Flagler Avenue.  Lingenfelter has continued in his role  to this day despite calls from the mayor to have him fired .

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Mayor Adam Barringer makes no bones about it: He wants the two city planners identified by the city manager as being culpable for the city's five-year backlog of projects held accountable.

"This borders on criminal," the mayor, who has been in office less than eight months, said Wednesday as he deals with perhaps the biggest crisis in this city's history.

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Sheriff's fishing tournament draws several thousand to New Smyrna Beach along with politicians

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. Mayor Sally Mackay checks out the boats during Saturday's annual Battle of the Badges fundraiser at Riverside Park.

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Zone 1 Commission candidate Judy Reiker sends olive branch to unions for support

Courtesy photo. Judy Reiker addresses the Republican Club of Southeast Volusia during a recent luncheon about her candidacy for the Zone 1 seat on the New Smyrna Beach City Commission against incumbent Randy Richenberg and fellow challenger Frank Dalton Jr..

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Judy Reiker went 1 for 3 among the pre-primary endorsements for Zone 1 commissioner, winning the support of the Southeast Volusia Board of Realtors while being bypassed by the police and fire unions, which went for incumbent Randy Richenberg.

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Parks & Rec. Director Liz Yancey and Interim City Manager Pam Brangaccio say Xmas tree set up was a 'dry run' and 'apolitical'

NSBNEWS.net photos by Sera Frederick. The city's artificial Christmas tree was put up Tuesday and taken down Wednesday amid a political firestorm in which some candidates for political office questioned the timing of such a display on the eve of the Sept. 22 primary. City officials say it was simply a "dry run" and "apolitical."

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Liz Yancey, the city's director of parks and recreation, reiterated what Interim City Manager Pam Brangaccio said in a memo regarding the artificial Christmas tree being installed Tuesday and taken down the next day in advance of the upcoming primary: "It was a dry run."

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City's $9K fake Xmas tree erected at Riverside Park

NSBNEWS.net video and photos by Sera Frederick. Between four and six city workers spent all day Tuesday putting up the $9,000 artificial Christmas tree purchased with tax dollars by the Community Redevelopment Agency at the eastern-most end of Canal Street just a couple feet from the riverbank. The tree went up less than a week after the City Commission voted unanimously to tentatively go with the rolled-back rate of $3.7 per $1,000 to finance the $21 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which meant no raises for city employees, the elimination of five open police officer positions and severe cutbacks in capital improvements. Yet the Community Redevelopment Agency was allowed to spend $9,000 this spring to purchase the artificial tree, which has become a lightning rod in this primary election about spending priorities.

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2nd Primary Debate Parts 5 & 6: Candidates grill each other on issues (exclusive videos)

NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick.

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2nd Primary Debate Parts 3 & 4: Candidates answer questions from the audience (Exclusive videos)

NSBNEWS.net videos by Sera Frederick.

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The campaigns shift today to the New Smyrna Beach Library for Early Voting

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick. Early Voting for the Sept. 22 primary begins 8 a.m. today at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library. Early voting will run 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day through Saturday at the library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Early Voting for the Sept. 22 primary gets under way 8 a.m. today at the New Smyrna Beach Regional Library, 1001 S. Dixie Freeway.

Those registered to vote in the primary can cast their vote in three races:

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2nd Primary Debate Parts 1 & 2: Candidates answer questions from NSBNEWS.net (Exclusive videos)

NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick.NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick.

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Mayoral candidate Adam Barringer: 'I am an Angler'

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. Adam Barringer, candidate for mayor, attends the Aug. 19 City Commission meeting on the Angler's Yacht Club. Neither Barringer nor several other members of the Angler's in attendance that night addressed the commission as attorneys for both sides spoke about the repercussions of litigation should the city try and invalidate a 99-year lease the club signed with the city in 1944 for exclusive rights to prime riverfront acreage on the North Causeway for $25 annually. The commission that night voted 4-1 to negotiate with the Angler's on a revised lease.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Mayoral candidate Adam Barringer makes no bones about his boating hobby: "I am an Angler. I will continue to be an Angler. "

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Candidates debate Saturday at United Church of Christ to focus on budget/taxes and police/fire issues

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick. Robert Tolley and Robert Rees of the Public Watch Committee will host Saturday's second and final "Peoples' Candidates Debate" leading to the Sept. 22 primary.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The second and final candidates debate in advance of the Sept. 22 primary will be held 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the United Church of Christ meeting hall, 203 Washington St.

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