A new year offers us opportunity.
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These are days of high anxiety. Two major threats compete for our attention: 1. When are we going to get vaccinated and live in peace? and 2. Are we going to have a society to live peacefully in, given the civil unrest demonstrated so shockingly on Jan. 6?
Volusia County was one of the first to install what was called charter government. That means that the county has its own mini-constitution, which in many cases overrides the state constitution.
Freedom without discipline is anarchy.
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But now’s not the time to let down our guard
Sure, the title is misleading. On the web, I expect more readers will look at the column due to the interesting title, rather than a great interest in unsavory promotions.
2021 introduces Sean King as the newly elected president of the West Volusia Branch of the NAACP.
Editor’s note: These are remarks given by Volusia County Chair Jeff Brower, upon being sworn into office Jan. 7. The written transcript was provided by Brower.
Sometimes, in life, a name can really fit — just seems to sing
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It has been telling us the truth all along
An open letter to Lake Helen Interim City Administrator Lee Evett, Mayor Daisy Raisler and City Commissioners:
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2020 ended with the launch of a really exciting new initiative to bring added focus and attention to the needs in DeLand’s Spring Hill community. It’s called Strive to Thrive, and you’ll be hearing a lot more about it in the weeks and months to come.
A new year offers us opportunity.
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It is said that, when your main tool is a hammer, your problems tend to look like nails. And, if you are friends with the hammer vendor, maybe one hammer is not enough.
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This fall, the School Board surprised the superintendent with a raise of more than $4,100 per month, equal to nearly $50,000 per year. I say surprise, because it was not on the agenda. You can guess why.
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Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another obscure village, where He worked in a carpenter shop until He was 30, and then for three years He was an itinerant preacher.
I had the grand opportunity to engage in Shop Local Saturday Nov. 28.
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Now more than ever.
On Nov. 1, I woke up in a house not my own. I walked to the front door and looked out. I see beautiful old homes and trees with hanging moss, and I know I am no longer in Coconut Grove. I am now living in DeLand, a quaint little town in Central Florida. I pinch myself and say out loud, “This…
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For many, if not most, Americans, the fourth Thursday of November is just a worn-out, antiquated and obsolete holiday that we “go through” just to get to the materialistic mania known as the Christmas shopping season.
We’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Volusia County Home Rule Charter.
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An open letter to DeLand Mayor Bob Apgar:
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