August 22, 2016 – The Daytona Beach News-Journal by Mark Harper DeBary Interim City Manager Ron McLemore is reversing a decision to shut out the public from a City Council meeting this week at which council members will consider removing Mayor Clint Johnson from his office. McLemore called the hearing, set for 6 p.m. Wednesday […]
DeBary’s ‘chilling’ move
August 21, 2016 – The Daytona Beach News-Journal If DeBary Mayor Clint Johnson was trying to bait city officials into overreacting to his latest outburst, then he can hang a “Mission Accomplished” banner. That’s probably giving Johnson too much credit. His penchant for saying inflammatory things about his political opponents has always seemed more impulsive […]
Sunshine Law expert says DeBary ‘can’t close the meeting’ on mayor’s removal
August 19, 2016 – Daytona Beach News Journal by Mark Harper The DeBary City Council has “no legal authority” to keep the public out of a hearing where it will decide whether to remove the mayor from office, said the president of the First Amendment Foundation. A memo written by interim City Manager Ron McLemore […]