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Barry Flynn lives in Ormond-by-the-Sea with his wife, Lisa, and their daughter.

He is a former business journalist at the Orlando Sentinel and The Daytona Beach News-Journal. He has worked as a foreign correspondent in East Asia, contributing to CBS Radio and many newspapers, including The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times and the Birmingham (England) Evening Mail.

Flynn received a Fulbright fellowship that allowed him to study in Japan for a year.

He has covered government from the Flagler County Commission to the Pentagon and Congress.

Flynn has also been an entrepreneur and businessman, founding and running his own business, and he has also worked as a securities broker.

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School boards are given enough money; they don't budget it correctly.

1— Comment: I would not want to take on the burdens of a school board member facing the daunting task of balancing the needs and demands of parents, kids, professional educatiors, taxpayers and the Florida Legislature.

Decisive action, including measures that may not be welcomed by some business interests, must be taken to protect Florida from the ravages of overdevelopment.

3 — Comment: Reasonable restraint is needed to balance the interests of all parties, including those who seek to protect the environment and those with legitimate economic interests.

Offshore oil drilling could solve many of Florida's budget problems.

4—Comment: Well-controlled and -supervised offshore drilling at a safe distance from shore could benefit the state's economy, though certainly not solve Florida's budget problems.

The State of Florida is doing enough to create new jobs.

1 — Comment: Florida must do much more to cultivate the scientific and engineering work here that would foster new-technology industries, particularly in the alternate energies that hold the most promise.

Accomplishment of which you are most proud: I am the father of a bright, healthy and beautiful four-year-old girl who is going to grow up to be president.

Public-service goal you have yet to achieve: I have yet to be elected to the Florida Legislature.

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