The City of Palm Bay is now searching for an outside organization to take over the Palm Bay Aquatic Center, just one month before the pool closes to the public on November 30.![]()
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The city posted a Request for Qualifications on October 26. Questions are due November 9, and submissions are due December 1.![]()
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The move follows months of controversy. City staff proposed closing the pool in August to help close a major budget gap, pointing to roughly $700,000 a year in operating costs and about $2 million in needed repairs. Parents, swimmers, lifeguards, and former employees pushed back at packed council meetings, and the pool was at the center of a heated budget debate in September.![]()
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The city says it hopes to reopen the facility in the spring under a new operator.![]()
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Day 10 of early voting: 134,378 Brevard voters have now cast a ballot, 30% of the county's 447,257 registered voters.![]()
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7,967 people voted in person today and another 2,876 mail ballots came in. Weekday turnout has stayed steady at about 8,000 a day this week, but it is still below the 9,140 who showed up on the first day.![]()
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Democrats have the highest turnout rate at 39.6%, compared with 29.6% for Republicans. Republicans cast 46% of today's ballots, and their lead in total ballots grew from 15,528 to 17,080.![]()
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NPA voters, many of whom consider themselves independents, picked up today. They cast 20% of today's ballots, their best showing so far. But they are still just 18% of all ballots despite making up 24% of registered voters, and only 22.7% of them have voted.![]()
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If you are an independent, you literally hold the power to decide who wins this election. Neither party can win Brevard without you.![]()
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Only three days of early voting are left: Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 31. You can vote at any early voting site in the county. Locations and hours are at votebrevard.gov.![]()
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Governor DeSantis says Republican voter turnout so far has been disappointing, especially among young Republicans. 
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