DAYTONA BEACH — Members of a Republican women's group aligned with new City Commissioner Stacy Cantu will be at Wednesday's commission meeting lobbying for an end to the city's year-long blockade on the public coming into City Hall meeting rooms.
Daytona Beach has kept the public out of commission chambers and other meeting rooms to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, but virtually all other local governments have allowed people back into their meeting rooms now. The push to open Daytona Beach's meeting room doors, however, comes as coronavirus cases in Volusia County have surged over the past few weeks. The number of daily reported cases one day last week was 65% higher in the county than a few weeks ago, according to Florida Department of Health figures.