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Former Olympian Rebagliati seeks Liberal nomination

A Canadian snowboarder who won gold at the 1998 Nagano Olympics says he's ready for a different type of race. Ross Rebagliati says he's seeking the Liberal nomination in the British Columbia riding of Okanagan-Coquihalla. The federal riding is currently ...

From JAMES MILLER, Globe and Mail,  22 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Ross Rebagliati,  Stockwell Day,  Hawkins, Inc.

The Great Stimulus Debate

Even without federal stimulus money, Dunn Avenue in Daytona Beach would have been extended westward across Interstate 95 into the 4,800-acre LPGA development area. What no one can say -- at least not for sure -- is when it would have happened or ...

From JAMES MILLER, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  16 Aug 2009
Related Topics: White House,  Wal-Mart

Growth panel gets mixed messages on role of public

DAYTONA BEACH -- Members of a countywide growth panel may be disappointed if they hoped opinions from Volusia County and the cities would help them handle a controversial proposal to reduce the public's role in their work. The cities that responded by ...

From JAMES MILLER, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  2 Aug 2009

Volusia library system updates Web site

Patrons of Volusia County's public library system are finding new online services at a new Web address. They said they hoped the new, simpler Web address would be easier for patrons to remember. It also resembles other county Web addresses. The change ...

From JAMES MILLER, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  27 Jul 2009

List of challengers grows for Kosmas' congressional seat

The more the merrier -- or, perhaps, since this is politics, the more merciless. State Rep. Sandy Adams, an Orlando Republican whose district includes part of western Volusia County, has joined the already-crowded 2010 race to try to unseat first-term ...

From JAMES MILLER, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  25 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party

Man's passion for professional cars is serious business

DAYTONA BEACH -- To call Bill Wright an enthusiast almost certainly is an understatement. It might be slanderous, even. Just ask the former wrestling coach from New York state about his refurbished 1964 Buick Flxible ambulance or his 1953 Henney ...

From JAMES MILLER, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  20 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Marlon Brando

Volusia proposes tax rate

DELAND -- The Volusia County Council on Thursday set its highest allowable tax rates for fiscal 2009 - 2010 -- rates that would accompany an overall budget cutback but still lead to tax increases for some homeowners. Following a unanimous vote at its ...

From JAMES MILLER, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  17 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Andy Kelly,  Frank Bruno

Volusia Council endorses new jail, treatment program

Saying they hoped to change lives and cut the number of repeat visitors to Volusia County corrections facilities, County Council members Thursday endorsed a new jail and community-release substance-abuse treatment program. Spearheaded in part by local ...

From JAMES MILLER, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  17 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Frank Bruno

Firefighters win labor dispute with Volusia

Volusia County firefighters have prevailed in their accusation the County Council committed an unfair labor practice in the way it imposed a contract last summer. One of the results: By recent order of the state's Public Employees Relations Commission, ...

From JAMES MILLER, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  15 Jul 2009

Volusia budget proposal would not slash services

DELAND -- Against a backdrop of plummeting property values, Volusia County Manager Jim Dinneen on Monday released a "stay the course" budget proposal -- that still could wind up costing some homeowners more in property taxes. The budget, which Dinneen ...

From JAMES MILLER, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  14 Jul 2009

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