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Contract Negotiations Deltona Style

By: Bill Tavernier The below article is a satiric description, although the numbers are real, of what may have taken place in the City of Deltona’s recent negotiations for renewal of the city’s trash removal contract.  The new contract has been in “negotiations” with the current vendor for nearly a year and the existing contract [...]

Deltona Commissioners Need to Pray

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Instead of opening old wounds and creating more controversy, the subject of prayer prior to Deltona City Commission meetings is moot, in private or openly, whoever does it, what the commission really needs and should be praying for are answers to their prayers, if they’re praying for guidance in their elected office. One of the [...]

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Don’t Flash headlights

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Deltona, FL (September 16, 2011) – UPDATE –  9/20/2011 Gary Davidson, spokesman for Volusia County Sheriff Ben Johnson, said in an email to the Orlando Sentinel that at an executive staff meeting today, Johnson halted the practice. Volusia deputies wrote 10 of those tickets in the past year, according to Davidson. Being a good neighbor [...]

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Fleecing of West Volusia

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Editorial Column Deltona, FL (September 12, 2011) – Bank of America today announced plans to slash an additional 30,000 jobs over the next few years.  There is no word yet if any Deltona or other West Volusia branches will be affected.  However, when a business needs to achieve a profitability goal, or cut loses these [...]

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