City of Daytona Beach buys 20-foot strip of land from campaign financer for $320,955

Multimillionairess Therese Doan, a well known political supporter and key campaign financer in Daytona Beach sold a 20-foot strip of land to the city for $320,955. The City Commission's unanimous approval of the purchase was not done at a public meeting; it was adopted quickly through the consent agenda on 5/7/08 without public discussion after Commissioner Dwayne Taylor made the Motion to Approve which Commissioner Rob Gilliland seconded. Items on the consent agenda are not discussed nor open for public comment and are regularly adopted in group. This method of effecting substantial expenditures by the City Commission has been widely criticized in the past as showing a lack of transparency and circumventing Florida sunshine laws.

[Joie]

Isn't there someone from the state to oversee these abuses don't get committed? No wonder this city is in such bad shape.

[Greg]

Want to stop this? Visit www.STANDDaytona.com Get informed on the 6 city charter amendments the group is petitioning for. There is one that addresses this very consent agenda issue. Get involved in the solution.

[Bill]

We have the laws but not the State Attorney to prosecute... He's financed by the same people that finance the corrupt politicians that perpetrate these abuses. If the power base is at all involved, then he looks the other way.

[Bill]

Ah... the magic of campaign contributions

[Enforcer]

I wonder what the cut was for each member of the commission. Just another example of political corruption in Daytona Beach.