Palm Coast Mayor Mike Norris will host a “mayoral town hall” from 6-8 p.m. at the VFW Post 8696, 47 Old Kings Road, Palm Coast, July 28.
According to a post on Norris’ public Facebook page, the town hall is a “privately organized event being held on private property with no affiliation with the City of Palm Coast.”
The press is “required” to contact Norris through his Facebook page for “press passes.” However, Norris told The News-Journal it is for head-counting purposes since the event is self-funded and will include catering.
Palm Coast’s Communications Director Brittany Kershaw said each City Council member was offered an individual town hall and Norris was the only one to decline the offer. Norris told The News-Journal in an interview that he didn’t want to waste city resources when he can fund the event himself.
He said more than 100 people have already RSVP’d to the event.
Norris didn’t tell the city about the town hall; the city learned about it through Facebook, according to Kershaw.
“I don’t have to tell the city,” Norris told The News-Journal. “I’m the mayor.”
The move comes after the council censured Norris and voted to ask Gov. Ron DeSantis to remove Norris as mayor.
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This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Palm Coast mayor to host his own town hall amid censure and push for removal
Reporting by Gabriel Velasquez Neira, Daytona Beach News-Journal / The Daytona Beach News-Journal
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