For the sake of Volusia s future, can we stop seeing enemies and seek out allies? News-Journal editorial board
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We suspect it’s not much fun to be a Volusia County Council member right now.
The council is developing a widening rift. On one side, County Chair Jeff Brower and Council Member Heather Post, who seems increasingly uneasy in the role of perpetual second in a 5-2 split. On the other, five council members who come from broadly diverse backgrounds and life experiences but who, until now, enjoyed a fairly cordial relationship unaffected by the times they lined up on different sides of a complex or controversial vote.
Daytona Beach, FL - After finding out there was some money left over from last year's event, Volusia County Chair Jeff Brower wanted to see if they can do something different for this year's State of the County address. According to Brower, pl.
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Volusia County chair seeks an opening in beach-driving debate
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Last week, Volusia County Chair Jeff Brower brusquely rejected a request that seemed routine: Invited to speak to tourism officials in May at the Hard Rock Hotel Daytona Beach, he said he wouldn’t set foot in the property until Hard Rock owners agreed to “remove the poison poles on our beach and give Volusia residents our beach back.”
Brower was talking about the square wooden markers that have been driven in the sand to keep cars off a 410-foot length of beach. The “poison” addressed a chemical used to treat the wood – but we’re pretty sure that Brower had a different kind of poison in mind, one that restricts beach access via vehicle for any stretch of sand, no matter how small. He’s consistently said that beach driving is his top priority, and no populist leader would pass up a chance to make a gesture of defiance like this one.