- December 4, 2025
Dear Editor:
The U.S. House of Representatives District 6 race is off to a start already, but not in a good way. Already, sleazy campaign politicking has emerged. And it’s not the first time concerning the campaigns of candidate Will Furry.
In the race so far, Mr. Furry, our county School Board chair, is facing Randy Fine, currently holding the House seat, and our City Council member, Charles Gambaro.
In 2022, Will Furry’s School Board opponent was mercilessly trashed with mass mailed campaign fliers of false information that may have actually cost her the election. Furry denied any responsibility for the mailings.
Now, campaign websites that appeared to belong to Fine and Gambaro, were brazenly redirected to Will Furry’s official campaign site by someone or some entity unknown.
As disturbing and sordid this is, Furry and his campaign manager offered little in the way of righteous condemnation. There was no appropriate outrage, only the expected denial of involvement.
But Chase Russell really crossed the line when he stated that the sordid incident “speaks to the power of the people that stand behind Will and are willing to help out where they can.” Russell, who is tasked with speaking on behalf of Will Furry, actually seemed proud and pleased that it occurred.
Curiously, Chase Russell is not averse to some unsavory politics in his campaign management style with some tricks not dissimilar to this website commandeering matter. In a podcast interview, he explained and bragged about tactics he uses, aided by his tech savvy and marketing skills, and augmented by his claimed military counterintelligence experience.
For example, he took pride in harvesting and copying a political opponent's Facebook page friends and inundating them with his guy’s ads to such an extent it became so mentally embedded, they were eventually convinced to switch sides.
Chase Russell was not just offering a different view, he was wearing them down into submission. He conceded during the interview that some may question the ethics behind that kind of campaign tactic. Yes, we do. Even in the messy world of political campaign ethics, “the end justifies the means” has its limitations. Hopefully, Mr. Furry and his campaign gets that message, as well.
Bob Gordon
Palm Coast
Editor's Note: The 2022 mailer was not issued by Furry's campaign but by a political action committee called “Flagler Forever,” which was linked to a Tallahassee address. The flyer was deceptively designed to look like it was sent out by supporters of Furry's School Board opponent, Courtney VandeBunte, thanking her “for fighting against Ron DeSantis.”
