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Brower, who favors expanded beach driving, again pitched his ideas for free or reduced driving tolls, arguing that this would be a way to keep young people from leaving the area. A connection that seemed, well, kind of strained. Young people leave this area because of a lack of economic opportunity in a low-paying, service-job-dependent, tourism-based economy. If anyone under 50 has ever said, I m leaving this berg because you can t drive all over the beach the way you could in the 70s, I haven t met that person.
Beach tolls are there to defray some of the cost of beach maintenance. Bonus: Most of that money comes from visitors. They were never meant to make the beach pay for itself. They are a reasonable user fee that helps with the cost of hosting so many visitors.
Volusia leaders provide update on COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Seniors camped out overnight for shots
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Long line: Volusia seniors camp overnight for COVID-19 vaccine
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Volusia County leaders held a news conference Wednesday afternoon to discuss their latest plans for distributing the COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens.
Volusia County Council Chair Jeff Brower, Florida Department of Health in Volusia County Administrator Patricia Boswell and Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood spoke at the media event, which began at noon.
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Earlier this week, 1,000 elderly residents camped out overnight at the Daytona Beach Stadium in frigid temperatures so they could receive their dose the next morning.