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Grand opening planned for DeBary park
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Carefree time — Children play in the pad at DeBary’s splash park last year. Now, the park has a formal name: DeBary Community Park.

By Pat Andrews
BEACON STAFF WRITER

posted Feb 27, 2013 - 2:19:20pm

DeBary City Council members unanimously agreed on “DeBary Community Park” for the name of the city’s new splash park at its recent meeting. The park at 137 South U.S. Highway 17-92 will bear that name during grand-opening ceremonies being planned for Saturday, May 4.

The Community Park name leaves room in the park for plaques to honor DeBary’s prominent residents.

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A memorial parkway will be installed and City Manager Dan Parrott said he would come back in a future meeting with some ideas for memorial plaques or bricks.

The council also authorized Parrott to proceed with having a sound system installed in the gazebo. The estimated cost is $10,100.

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Terry | posted Mar 4, 2013 - 10:38:23am
Your kidding right??? You compare these morons with our President? These idiots are "liberals"???

I can't wait till my house sells and I can say goodbye to this one horse town and all the small narrow minded idiots that thrive here!

Trust me liberals don't live in country clubs and vote themselves parks, they usually do for others before themselves!

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Amen | posted Mar 3, 2013 - 7:16:22am
Tin can is right as well as the gem from john:

The real problem is the folks keep voting the idiots into office that make the decisions

wasteful spending that i can't do at my house or my son in his apartment with rents going up up up. we've got the same liberals on the council that are up on Pennsylvania avenue.

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John | posted Mar 2, 2013 - 10:07:44pm
If you want to see real waste how about the lights on the fields at Rob Sullivan Park that are turned on so 3 or 4 kids can practice baseball or soccer. I have seen those lights on during a thunderstorm, at 4AM and many other late hours when Little Leaguers should be home. I was told the teams pay for the lights when they practice but sure would love to see those checks.

What about the cities irrigation on in the middle of the day watering landscaping that only looks nice the first week it's been planted.

If you look at all the cities around us they are all wasteful and are indignant when you question them. The real problem is the folks keep voting the idiots into office that make the decisions. Case in point look who's sitting in the White House and running the country.

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Tin Can | posted Mar 2, 2013 - 5:06:41pm

How long before this council will change the name of DeBary to Carson Parks? It flows so easy of the tongue and will fit into the theme of Winter Park, Avon Park, and Tangelo Park. Me thinks the wool has been pulled over our eyes. It must be the progressive way, keep spending the money, it’s the new way of doing business!

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Novemeber | posted Mar 2, 2013 - 7:13:27am
come novemeber please do not allow these jerks to simply walk in someone must run against thesae money spending fools
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Amen | posted Mar 1, 2013 - 7:53:24pm
Amen:

Bob seems to be the only one who is concerned about the people of DeBary. Rest of the council is self-serving. Don't take my word for it .... look at the record.

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Richard Strawder | posted Mar 1, 2013 - 4:22:06pm
I thought the council would name it "Bob Garcia Park". That way people, who don't know that the Mayor was the only one who opposed wasting tax money to build a park we didn't need, would blame him when the floods return and there is no money. Hate to say it but Bob seems to be the only one who is concerned about the people of DeBary. Rest of the council is self-serving. Don't take my word for it .... look at the record.
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John | posted Mar 1, 2013 - 2:11:19pm
To DeBary City council memebers: Fix the flooding problems which still face the residents before you spend anymore of our hard earned tax payer dollars. We are still paying taxes on the stormwater project which you say is finished. It's Not! Just goes to show you how people who don't know what they are doing can get elected...
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John | posted Mar 1, 2013 - 2:10:57pm
To DeBary City council memebers: Fix the flooding problems which still face the residents before you spend anymore of our hard earned tax payer dollars. We are still paying taxes on the stormwater project which you say is finished. It's Not! Just goes to show you how people who don't know what they are doing can get elected...
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John | posted Mar 1, 2013 - 2:10:47pm
To DeBary City council memebers: Fix the flooding problems which still face the residents before you spend anymore of our hard earned tax payer dollars. We are still paying taxes on the stormwater project which you say is finished. It's Not! Just goes to show you how people who don't know what they are doing can get elected...
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Truth | posted Feb 28, 2013 - 5:32:05pm
worse council ever. spend spend spend and then spend.

crazy isn't so crazy votes them out this october

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Find the money | posted Feb 28, 2013 - 4:53:12pm
I love how this council spends money that the city did not buget for. And I am sick of hearing about how Parrot can find the money for whatever this council wants. Listen to Hunt at the work shop brag about how he can rob Peter to pay Paul
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Crazy | posted Feb 28, 2013 - 2:40:57pm
I hope that these 2 guys Hunt and Carson are booted out of Debary! WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY! talk about driving Debary to the ground this Council is so pathetic VOTE THEM OUT! now we need a 10,000 sound system REALLY? what are these asses thinking?These guys need to be fired!
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Debary resident | posted Feb 28, 2013 - 7:49:43am

Last night WKMG channel 6 did a story on Debary crime...5 burglaries in one week.

Are more parks going to help...really?

There was another vehicle breakin at Gemini Springs Park on Feb 25th...GO DEBARY!

Debary City Council needs to wake up and grow up start addressing real issues.

Hunt and Carson are worried about spending $10,000 on speakers for that ridiculous park..because they are children

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Morton | posted Feb 27, 2013 - 4:44:12pm

Is this the same park that cost $460,000?

Is this the same one that will cost approx. $10,000 annually to operate?

Is this the one that is near the exhaust from Longs funeral home creamatory exhaust stack?

Is this the one located too close to hwy 17-92 and puts people in harm's way from traffic going 45MPH thru town?

Some contractor made a bundle on this one just ask Dan Parrott and the council who pushed for this JOKE when Debary is $10.5 million in debt?

YOU KNOW I HAD TO COMMENT....$460K wasted

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Really Now! | posted Feb 27, 2013 - 3:57:53pm
It was discussed at the last council meeting that they would allow ANYONE to purchase plaques or bricks (that means you too). I really hate when you all don't get your facts together.
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Camaron | posted Feb 27, 2013 - 2:44:08pm
"Community Park name leaves room in the park for plaques to honor DeBary’s prominent residents.

HAHAHAHAHA & don't make me sick, "prominent residents" yea, we all know who they will be. You won't have to HUNT to hard or use your CAR son, to find out.

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