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The Pride flag waving at a demonstration outside Flagler Palm Coast High School a little over a year ago. The flag is banned on Florida school campuses, though MIA flags, perpetrating a fabrication started by Richard Nixon, still fly. (© FlaglerLive)

Take Pride

June 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive 15 Comments

This Pride Month, there’s not much to be proud of in people who to this day would rather burn than raise the Pride Flag. It’s about time it replaced all those MIA flags in school yards and at courthouses. LGBTQ victims, unlike the mythical missing, are real, and they’re piling up. 

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Back to Florida by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, June 5, 2023

June 5, 2023 By FlaglerLive 1 Comment

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Gas Prices Sink as Oil Prices Near Late 2021 Levels

June 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive Leave a Comment

Gas prices in Flagler County and across Florida fell to their lowest level since early April, averaging $3.36 per gallon in the state and the region, with some gas stations in Volusia County selling at just over $3 a gallon.

Frank Clement Jr. before he turned belligerent in an encounter with Flagler County Sheriff's deputies Thursday afternoon.

Drunk Driver Allegedly Goes Nuts on Deputy After Crashing Into Hydrant

June 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive 23 Comments

Frank Clement Jr. of Palm Coast, who was drunk, faces a first-degree felony charge after allegedly assaulting a Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy by grabbing the deputy’s crotch and twisting his testicles, causing the deputy great pain.

The gathering this afternoon just before the blessing and dedication of the new, 30,000-square-foot AdventHealth medical office building on Palm Coast Parkway, next to the new hospital. The hospital will be dedicated on Aug. 2. (© FlaglerLive)

AdventHealth Dedicates New Medical Office Building on Palm Coast Parkway, Ahead of Hospital

June 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive 4 Comments

AdventHealth Palm Coast hosted a prelude-like opening this afternoon as the medical office building next to the hospital was blessed and dedicated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by physicians, hospital executives and others. 

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Former Flagler Palm Coast High School Girls Basketball Coach Anthony Wagner received a written reprimand and is no longer the team's coach. (© FlaglerLive)

At FPC, Misplaced ‘Man Cave’ Culture and Improprieties Cause Demise of Girls’ Basketball Coach

June 2, 2023 By FlaglerLive 5 Comments

A Flagler County school district investigation of now-former Flagler Palm Coast high School basketball coach Anthony Wagner found that he had committed various improprieties and acted unprofessionally, resulting in his second written reprimand and his removal from that role. He is also not being recommended for reappointment as a teacher.

Waste Pro employees taking ownership of residents' recycling bins this week in Palm Coast. They did not pick up bins that did not have Waste pro's markings on them. (© FlaglerLive)

Behind the Divorce, a Bitter, Threat-Ridden Clash Between Waste Pro and Palm Coast Over Recycling Bins

June 1, 2023 By FlaglerLive 41 Comments

An examination of the communications between Waste Pro and Palm Coast illustrates the scope and depth of the two sides’ dispute over recycling bins, with Palm Coast essentially considering their removal a form of theft, and Waste Pro standing by its decision to take back thousands of them. The two sides may be heading to court.

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Mom Arrested After Witnesses Report her Brutalizing Her 7-Year-Old Child on A1A

June 1, 2023 By FlaglerLive 17 Comments

Amanda Hopkins, a 33-year-old Smith Trail resident of Palm Coast, was arrested on a felony child abuse charge late Wednesday night in Flagler Beach after witnesses reported she brutalized her 7-year-old daughter by the side of State Road A1A, near South 6th Street, in what appears to have been a drunken rage.

One of the free electric vehicle charging stations at Palm Coast City Hall. The free ride may be ending. (© FlaglerLive)

Its Streets Degrading, Palm Coast Looks for Electric Vehicles to Pay Their Fair Share of Road Taxes

June 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive 25 Comments

Neither Florida nor Palm Coast tax electric vehicles’ energy consumption, though EVs drive and damage local roads just as other vehicles do. The Palm Coast City Council, faced with a $52 million road-repair bill over the next five years, is looking for new revenue, and targeting EVs. But they may not be a lucrative source just yet.

What The Wilton will look like in Palm Coast's Town Center when it opens in a year. (© FlaglerLive)

251-Unit Wilton Apartment Project Breaks Ground in Town Center, Employing 300 During Construction

May 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive 11 Comments

Almost a year to the day when the Palm Coast City Council approved the project, Crest Residential broke ground on Wilton Palm Coast, a 251-unit luxury complex split between a quadrangular, four-story building and a few three- and two-story buildings.

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As Investigation of Principal Paul Peacock Nears Conclusion, His Absence from Reappointment List Draws Speculation

May 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive 1 Comment

As an independent investigation into employee complaints against Wadsworth Elementary Principal Paul Peacock concluded, Peacock’s name was absent from the list of administrators to be reappointed next year, raising speculation about his fate. The school board attorney said the list is not complete.

Taxable values in Flagler County did not rise as sharply as in 2022, but were still up a robust 12.7 percent. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler’s Property Values Still Rose Robustly, Continuing Potential Windfall For Local Governments

May 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive 5 Comments

Property values didn’t rise as sharply this year as they did in 2022. But the increase is still the second-highest in 16 years, generating substantial new revenue for local government budgets.

An illustration of an old Belk department store in Greensboro, North Carolina, the state where the company was founded. (Phillip Pessar)

Palm Coast’s Belk Converted Into One of 16 Outlet Stores as Company Struggles

May 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive 11 Comments

Belk has converted its Palm Coast location on Cypress Edge Drive into an off-price outlet store and will host a grand opening on June 3. The outlet has been opened as such since May 16. The retailer itself has been struggling.

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Flagler Replaces Confusing Letter-Based Evacuation Zones With Neighborhood Names as Hurricane Season Begins

May 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive 4 Comments

As the 2023 hurricane season begins–with a forecast of 12 to 17 named storms–Flagler County’s Evacuation Zones A and B and C are a thing of the past, replaced by a more intuitive, neighborhood-named system. Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord previewed the season and a few changes ahead.

The Upsiude of Unrequited got some love from a Flagler Palm Coast High School challenge-review committee. (© FlaglerLive)

Upside of Unrequited Survives Book Ban at FPC, But 57% of Challenged Titles Were Removed From Flagler Schools This Year

May 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive 9 Comments

A Flagler Palm Coast High School committee of faculty and residents voted 7-0 to keep Becky Albertalli’s The Upside of Unrequited on high school library shelves. It was the last challenge of the year by just three individuals, who had filed 44 challenges to 22 titles, succeeding in having 12 of them removed.

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I’m Almost 67, I Worked 22 Years With Walmart, Yet Can’t Afford to Retire

May 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive 78 Comments

Our tax laws shouldn’t protect giant CEO retirement accounts when my coworkers and I can’t afford to save at all: even after 22 years of working for Walmart, our nation’s largest employer, I can’t afford to retire any time soon.

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Showing you’re listening is a critical part of fraught discussions. (Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty Images)

The Better Way to Disagreements

June 4, 2023 By FlaglerLive Leave a Comment

At home, at work and in civic spaces, it’s not uncommon to have conversations that make you question the intelligence and benevolence of your fellow human beings. When that argument fails to have the intended persuasive impact, people often grow frustrated, and disagreement becomes conflict. There’s a better way.

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Florida and Beyond

debt limit hostage taking by Kevin Siers, The Charlotte Observer

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, June 4, 2023

June 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive 2 Comments

Cecile Robilliard on flute, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market, what makes you a conspiracy theorist, and 2023 on pace for a record-breaking year of mass killings in the United States.

It's quite ignorant not a little perverse to compare Drag Queen Story Hour, a wholesome, hip way to get children excited about reading, with anything remotely sexual. Above, Bardada de Barbades at the Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal. (Wikimedia Commons)

Drag Queen Story Hour Is Not What You Think

June 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive 6 Comments

Contrary to misconceptions, exposing children to diverse gender identities and expressions supports their natural development. Further, it fosters inclusive and accepting communities and school environments, which is fundamental for developing well-adjusted adults.

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To Survive Poverty, Prayer Helped. But So Did Government.

June 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive 9 Comments

In Florida, I worked three jobs — not enough to make ends meet, but enough to disqualify me from food stamps and cash assistance. Politicians who cut our safety net say these strict rules encourage work, but for me it was the opposite.

Briefs and Releases

Palm Coast’s Annual Photo Contest Is Accepting Submissions

June 4, 2023 | Leave a Comment

Five Florida Law Enforcement Officers Inducted Into Hall of Fame

June 3, 2023 | Leave a Comment

Palm Coast Fire Department Dedicates Fire Engine to Raheen Tyson Heighter

June 2, 2023 | Leave a Comment

FCC Environmental Begins Trash Pick-Up in Palm Coast

June 1, 2023 | Leave a Comment

Two-Week Sales Tax ‘Holiday’ for Disaster Preparedness

May 31, 2023 | Leave a Comment

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State of DeSantis by Christopher Weyant, The Boston Globe,

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, June 3, 2023

June 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive 5 Comments

Sunshine and Sandals Social at Cornerstone, The First Saturday Creative Bazaar Arts and Craft Market, Nate Persily on Alex Jones type conspiracists.

Washington worked this week. (© FlaglerLive)

Debt Deal a Rare Triumph for Political Center

June 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive 5 Comments

The House vote on GOP Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s deal with Democratic President Joe Biden to suspend the debt ceiling through Jan. 1, 2025, successful passage was undoubtedly carried by centrists. The middle may be shrinking, but it still exists, and it is critical in a closely divided Congress.

Pride Display by Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News,

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, June 2, 2023

June 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive 3 Comments

Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord on Free For All Fridays, First Friday in Flagler Beach, the irony of Student Safety Month, Edward Gibbon on Christianity’s effect on progress.

Demonstrators lift Israeli flags and LGBTQ pride flags during a protest against the proposed judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv in May 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images)

LGBTQ Rights Under Assault Even in Israel

June 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive 1 Comment

Many Israelis fear that hard-line conservative ministers will roll back LGBTQ rights. And LGBTQ issues are a potent symbol of a chasm fueling debate over the judicial overhaul: secular and religious Israeli Jews’ very different visions of the Jewish state.

Cruel But Fun by Pat Byrnes, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, June 1, 2023

June 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive 2 Comments

Two Florida medical boards look to curtail transgender treatment, the New College of Florida board meets, on the verb “rootle,” a Knausgaard bit.

The menhirs of Carnac. Left-overs? (© FlaglerLive)

AI May Be an ‘Extinction Risk,’ But How?

May 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive 4 Comments

This week a group of well-known and reputable AI researchers signed a statement comparing the risk posed by artificial intelligence to pandemics and nuclear war. But its authors should probably be more specific and clarify their concerns.

Duane Owen.

DeSantis Lifts Hold on Killing of Duane Owen as Attorneys Battle Over Competence

May 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive 1 Comment

Gov. Ron DeSantis has lifted a temporary hold on the planned June 15 execution of convicted murderer Duane Owen, as attorneys for Owen and the state continue to battle at the Florida Supreme Court about whether he is mentally competent to be put to death.

Identify as graduate by Rick McKee, CagleCartoons.com

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, May 31, 2023

May 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive 1 Comment

Weekly Chess Club for Teens at the county library, Separation Chat by the Atlantic Chapter of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, where has Clint Eastwood been, when Keith Jarrett trashed Wynton Marsalis.

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A Former Nun’s Account of Abuse and Brainwashing

May 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive Leave a Comment

“Any thoughts of escaping to a more natural life was regarded as being sinful. The idea of being unfaithful to your vocation was a step on the way to hell. It would be a mortal sin.” So spoke the author’s mother, 15 when she entered a convent in Ireland in 1950 and 34 by the time she finally managed to leave.

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Voters Approved an Amendment For Racial Equity in Districts. DeSantis Wants It Ignored.

May 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive 19 Comments

A lawsuit filed by voting-rights groups focuses a Jacksonville-area district that helped elect Black Democrat Al Lawson until a DeSantis plan redrew it and installed two white Republicans instead. Now DeSantis is asking a court to ignore a 2010 constitutional amendment requiring “Fair Districts.”

DeSantis Happens by Rivers, CagleCartoons.com

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, May 30, 2023

May 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive Leave a Comment

Flagler Palm Coast High and Matanzas High School graduations, docket sounding in court, the Newseum’s demise and its last exhibit, on LGBTQ rights, as Target caves to the fanatics, the poisons of Alex Jones’s algorithms.

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The Flagler Beach Farmers' Market. (© FlaglerLive)

Should the Paleo Diet Go Back to the Cave It Came From?

May 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive 2 Comments

The Paleo Diet urges us to mimic our prehistoric ancestors’ food choices. In practice, this means eschewing dairy products, cereals, pulses and processed sugar, and consuming vegetables, fruit, nuts, pasture-raised meat and wild-caught seafood instead. Clinical research has yet to substantiate its purported health benefits.

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Remembering Martin Amis

May 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive Leave a Comment

Martin Amis, pre-eminent novelist-critic of his generation, has died at the age of 73. His dazzling, pyrotechnic prose dominated the world of English writing from the mid-1970s through the fin de siècle.

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A Memorial Month for Our Rights

May 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive 3 Comments

Tuesday begins a month of memorial days as we watch our Supreme Court continue to roll back those very rights soldiers died for, trampling them more effectively than any enemy foreign or, for the most part, domestic, ever has.

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