New Smyrna Beach resident Ellen Darden drops out of race for Volusia County Council seat
Posted Sun, 2012-01-08 01:02
Reported first by NSBNews.net
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Ellen Darden has withdrawn her name as an announced candidate for the Volusia County Council seat representing Southeast Volusia.
Darden notified NSBNews.net in an e-mail, stating in part: "I have made the decision to end my candidacy for the District 3 seat on the County Council."
She added, "After a number of weeks in discussion with my husband about this race, I have made the decision not to continue.
For reasons both personal and professional, this is not the appropriate time in my life to be engaged in an intense and expensive campaign for public office. I will continue to serve my community in any way that I can do so given the time I have available. All donors to date will have their donations returned in full, and we will absorb the campaign expenses to date."
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Henry Frederick is editor and publisher of Headline Surfer, Florida's 24/7 Internet newspaper in New Smyrna Beach, launched April 7, 2008. Owned by NSB News LLC with Frederick as its sole corporate member, It is also referred by its original name, NSBNews.net and as VolusiaNews.net. Frederick is an award-winning breaking news and investigative journalist who has covered police and courts in Florida, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut, dating back to the mid-1980s. He has covered many of the high profile cases in the Daytona Beach and DeLand courtrooms in Volusia County, including the numerous appellate hearings for serial killer Aileen Wuornos, and ultimately, witnessing her execution. He graduated from Central Connecticut State University in New Britain in 1984, with a B.A. in political science/public admin. and a minor in writing. He received the "President's Citation" for academic honors and service to the university.
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