The rezoning committee suggested a phased-in plan with secondary school boundaries changing in 2022-23 and elementary school zones changing the following year.
The candidates in a screen capture from the News-Journal’s social media video of the forum at Buddy Taylor Middle School. From left, Carol Bacha, David Alfin, Kathy Austrino, Doug Courtney, Alan Lowe and Cornelia Manfre.
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Palm Coast’s six candidates for mayor gathered Monday evening for the last and most-attended forum ahead of the July 27 special election. The election has been well under way, with voting by mail started weeks ago and early voting starting last Saturday. As of today, 10,000 ballots had already been cast, most by mail, representing 14 percent of the electorate.
The forum was held at the Buddy Taylor Middle School cafeteria, was sponsored by the News-Journal, and moderated by Pat Rice, the paper’s editor. It was revelatory in small ways. With several previous forums’ practice behind them, the six candidates–David Alfin, Kathy Austrino, Carol Bacha, Doug Courtney, Alan Lowe and Cornelia Manfre–were comfortable and at times on auto
A special mayoral election for the position will be held July 27. The election was called after the sudden resignation of former Mayor Milissa Holland in May.
The public is invited to attend the debate, which will be held at Buddy Taylor Middle School, 4500 Belle Terre Parkway. The debate will begin at 6:30 p.m. Doors will open at 5 p.m.
Citizens who have questions to suggest for the debate can send them to pat.rice@news-jrnl.com.
It s a winner-take-all mayoral race, meaning there will not be a runoff. The candidate with the most votes wins, so long as he or she receives one more vote than every other candidate.
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