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District 4 candidates emerge for 2022 election
Commissioner Rob Littleton and business owner Ken Smith have filed to run.
JARLEENE ALMENAS
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
The 2022 elections might be a year away, but Volusia County Council District 4 already has candidates at the ready.
On Nov. 24, incumbent District 4 County Councilwoman Heather Post announced via Facebook that she plans to run for the at-large seat on the council, leaving her seat open to new candidates in an election year where all districts seats will be on the ballot. As of Tuesday, Nov. 30, only two Ormond Beach locals have filed to run for District 4, which includes the city of Ormond Beach, Ormond-bythe-Sea, Holly Hill and the western portion of Daytona Beach.
Ormond Beach City Commissioner Rob Littleton is one of the candidates.
“I feel that my community involvement and record of accomplishment give me a unique ability to address the issues facing Volusia County,” said Littleton in a press release. “I will bring a fresh perspective to the County Council as I did on the Ormond Beach City Commission.”
Littleton filed on Monday, Nov. 29. He currently represents Zone 4 in the city, and has been on the commission since 2016. He is a graduate of Daytona State College and operates Go Ormond, a tutoring agency. He states in his press release that his campaign will focus on local issues such as “growth and how to manage it, responsible budgeting with low taxes and fully funding the police.”
The other candidate in the running for District 4 is Ken Smith, owner of Wall-YWorld Gallery. He filed to run on Nov. 24, once he knew that Post would be running for the at-large seat.
“I wanted to work in the city level, but when that opportunity came up, I just couldn’t turn it down,” he said. “That’s my main motivation — to take the momentum Jeff (Brower) and Heather have made and carry through with it.”
Jeff Brower is the current Volusia County Council chair.
Smith ran in the 2020 elections to represent Zone 2 in the Ormond Beach City Commission. Though defeated by incumbent City Commissioner Troy Kent, Smith earned 42.4% of the vote.
Smith is a graduate of Seabreeze High School and serves as the chairman of the Ormond Beach Citizens Police Advisory Board.
“My goal is to keep a small community feel in the county as opposed to a big city, and hopefully keep some of the green spaces and keep the environmental impact low,” Smith said.
Ken Smith
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NOV. 23
BAD FOR BUSINESS
3:48 p.m. — 1500 block of West Granada Boulevard Threatening call. A Daytona Beach woman called police after she received a threatening message from an OfferUp seller.
The woman intially contacted the seller because she was interested in purchasing a digital camera. She provided the seller with her home address for the shipping and a few days later, the seller contacted her to inform her she needed to pay more for shipping. The woman complied. According to the police report, the seller contacted her again a week later to ask for more money; this time, the woman refused.
The seller then texted her a photo of a firearm and said that they “were going to come to the home and kill her,” the report states. The woman wished to press charges.
NOV. 24
ANTISEMITIC GRAFFITI
10:04 a.m. — First block of South Beach Street Vandalism. Several areas of city property have been recently vandalized with antisemitic spray paint symbols and stickers, according to a police report.
City employees notified police of the damage, which was documented in photos before it was removed. The graffiti and stickers appeared on street signs, traffic posts and guard rails near City Hall. Damage is estimated at $1,200 for the vandalism.
The stickers claimed Jewish people were the cause for 9/11, that they will cause World War III and contained sexual content. The spray paint appeared to be Nazi symbols, the report details.
