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...Volusia County, where Danielle, a 19-year-old college student, survived last month's attack with 12 stitches in her thigh, sharks have attacked eight swimmers and surfers. A Kentucky teenager was bitten on the leg and hand on the same day Danielle was. The two met in the emergency room. "I was thinking, Man, this is normal?" says Danielle...
Like other beach resorts, the ones in Volusia County have seen a sharp rise in visitors--to 8.1 million last year, up from 7.2 million in 1989--who come to walk the white beaches, bask in the sun and surf the foamy waves. The more people in the water, the more chance for attacks. "When we enter the ocean, we're not owed a right to be 100% safe," says George Burgess, director of the International Shark Attack File at the University of Florida, which collects data on shark attacks. "This is truly a wilderness experience. It's not like...
JOHN MICA (R) District 7 (Central--southern Seminole and Volusia counties; Deltona; Port Orange...
TILLIE FOWLER (R) District 4 (Northeast--part of Jacksonville and Daytona Beach; northern Volusia County...
FLORIDA law allows a majority of voters in each county to define obscenity. When 300 citizens of Volusia County signed a petition supporting Tanner's endeavors to prosecute video store owners who rent out pornographic materials, he declared that he had this majority...