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DeLand resident urges commission not to add charter measures that increase costs on young homebuyers
Volusia County Charter Review Commission · January 13, 2026
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Summary
Keith Chester of DeLand told the commission that adding permanent charter provisions would shift long-term costs onto younger generations and urged zone-based representation instead of at-large seats.
Keith Chester of DeLand used the public-comment period to urge commissioners against placing permanent burdens into the county charter that he said would disproportionately affect young people.
"I'm here to ask you not to place any additional burdens, financial burdens on our young people," Chester said, recounting his own experience…
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