FDLE Says No ‘Quid Pro Quo’ From Raydient to Mayor Norris, Who’d Agreed to ‘Western Expansion’ in Private Meeting

Palm Coast Mayor Mike Norris said he had verbally agreed to support Raydient’s “western expansion” plans when he met with Rayonier officials in January 2025, even though he had no intentions of supporting the plan, Norris told state investigators.

After he agreed to support the expansion plan, Paul Rice, a top Rayonier official at the time, told him that the company would support his tenure as mayor. …

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