It's Election Day, Palm Coast Ends It With Holland Park Contractor, Job Fair, Pope's Vote

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Today’s jail bookings.

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First Light
In Flagler and Palm Coast
Local Media Recap
Flagler Jail Bookings and Sheriff’s Crime Reports
In State Government
In Coming Days in Flagler, Palm Coast and Beyond
The Day’s Best Reads
Fact-Checking the Knaves
Palm Coast Construction and Development Progress Reports
Local Road and Interstate Construction
Cultural Coda

“[Women] are the ones who maintain the world while we men throw it into disarray with our historic brutality.”

–From Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, “Living to Tell the Tale” (2002).

In Flagler and Palm Coast:

Note: all government meetings noticed below are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. Many can be heard or seen live through each agency’s website.

Election Day: Polls open at 7 a.m., close at 7 p.m., though if you’re in line to vote, you’ll still get to vote no matter how late after 7 p.m. Here’s a sample ballot. Find your precinct here.

Voter intimidation is unlikely to occur, but it's still illegal. If you notice anything suspicious, contact @866OURVOTE, at 866-OUR-VOTE! pic.twitter.com/5XsCqXObgp

— ACLU of Florida (@ACLUFL) November 7, 2016

The Palm Coast City Council meets at 9 a.m. for a special meeting to sever its contract with Tumbleson White Construction of Gainesville, the contractor hired to rebuild Holland Park, and whose work and delays the city has been dissatisfied with: the park’s renovation is half a year behind schedule. The meeting will be followed by a workshop, the last for Mayor Jon Netts and council member Jason DeLorenzo. The council will discuss the contract with a construction company set to build sewer infrastructure for the city for $4.1 million.

The Flagler County Canvassing Board meets for three successive meetings at the elections supervisor’s office at the Government Services Building in Bunnell, as follows: at noon and again at 6 p.m. to canvass absentee ballots, and at 7 p.m. to issue unofficial results of the election.

Job fair: More than 50 local and regional employers will be on hand for Daytona State College’s Fall Job Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Mori Hosseini Center (bldg. 1200) on the Daytona Beach Campus, 1200 W. International Speedway Blvd. Details here.

Stetson Chamber Orchestra, Anthony Hose, conductor: A rare opportunity to hear Roberto Molinelli’s Twin Legends, featuring David Bjella, cello. 7:30 p.m. Lee Chapel in Elizabeth Hall 421 N. Woodland Blvd, DeLand, 386-822-8950. Tickets: $10 adult, $8 senior, $5 youth and student, no charge for 12 and younger. Tickets available at the door or at www.stetson.edu/music-tickets.

Local Media Recap:

2016 General Election Interviews

Sheriff

Larry Jones (D)
Rick Staly (R)
Thomas Dougherty (I)

Palm Coast City Council

Nick Klufas (Dist. 3)
Pam Richardson (Dist. 3)

Flagler School Board

Maria Barbosa (Dist. 5)
Myra Middleton-Valentine (Dist. 5)

Flagler County Commission

Jason DeLorenzo (Dist. 1)
Charlie Ericksen (Dist. 1)
Barbara Revels (Dist. 3)
Dave Sullivan (Dist. 3)
George Hanns (Dist. 5)
Donald O'Brien (Dist. 5)

Updated jail bookings and day and night shift incident summary reports are available here.

Repairs on Speed: A1A Reopens to Governor’s Applause as Businesses Cheer With Relief

Governor comes to Flagler Beach to reopen section of A1A

Gov. Scott on Frank Meeker’s Commission Seat Replacement: “We’re Working On It”

Miles Smith, 32, Troubled W-Section Resident at Center of Dead Puppy Feud Last March, Found Dead

Three Men Burglarize AT&T Store Off Palm Coast Parkway, Crash and Evade Copter Search

ERAU professor showed girl porn, exposed himself to her

Last Poll Before Election Day Has Clinton Maintaining Thinnest Lead, Rubio Well Ahead

Jennifer Stagg, Flagler’s Embattled Emergency Planner, Survives Firing as Hearing Exposes Deeper Problems

Amendment 2: Medical Marijuana Through the Eyes and Suffering of Those Who Need It Most

In Florida and in State Government:

Note: Some proceedings below can be followed live on the Florida Channel.

ELECTION DAY: Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the general election. That means 8 p.m. eastern for western Florida.

–Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive

In Coming Days in Palm Coast, Flagler and the Occasional Beyond:

♦ Nov. 10: The Flagler County Canvassing Board meets at the elections supervisor’s office at the Government Services Building in Bunnell at 5:15 p.m. to canvass provisional ballots and discuss unofficial results.
♦ Nov. 14: The St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society presents Marcia Fine, award-winning author of seven novels, who will speak about a “Sephardic Journey” at 7 p.m. in the Flagler Room of the Old Ponce de Leon Hotel, 74 King Street at Cordova Street on the Flagler College Campus in St. Augustine. Fine’s historical fiction, “The Blind Eye,” has been chosen by the State Library of Arizona ONEBOOKAZ, a celebration of quality literature. The program is free, all are welcome, no advance arrangements are necessary. Please call (904) 829-6481 for best directions.
♦ Nov. 18: The Flagler County Canvassing Board meets at the elections supervisor’s office at the Government Services Building in Bunnell at 5 p.m. to canvass overseas ballots and discuss official results.
♦ Nov. 22: The Flagler County Canvassing Board meets at the elections supervisor’s office at the Government Services Building in Bunnell at 10 a.m. to conduct a post-election, manual audit.
♦ Nov. 29: A hearing is scheduled before Circuit Judge Scott DuPont in the case of Dunn v. Flagler County Schools, the case involving an allegation that two children were bullied and one of them was sexually assaulted by other children at a voluntary pre-kindergarten at Old Kings Elementary school in 2015. See the background story here. 1:45 p.m., Courtroom 402, Flagler County Courthouse.
♦ Feb. 6: The great violinist Itzhak Perlman opens the 2017 season of the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival with a 7:30 p.m. performance at First Baptist Church, 1600 South 8th Street in Fernandina Beach. Tickets here.

The Day’s Best Reads:

This is how democracy happens in Florida. Every one of these 6,419,154 dots represents a real vote, by location and date. It is beautiful. pic.twitter.com/6g2GThleAb

— Kevin Cate (@KevinCate) November 7, 2016

Ruth Bader Ginsburg reminds the Trump campaign that voter intimidation is illegal: https://t.co/sta3muvoAi pic.twitter.com/GyM29CbAll

— Slate (@Slate) November 7, 2016

It sure sounds like Pope Francis doesn’t think Americans should vote for Trump: https://t.co/5hrkkIqXfp pic.twitter.com/DWXSzIOkzD

— Slate (@Slate) November 8, 2016

Ignorance.
Intellectual curiosity.
Enlightenment.
If only we could require the assembling of all those things. pic.twitter.com/sHFpioLa6a

— Scott Maxwell (@Scott_Maxwell) November 7, 2016

Rolling Stone 'Jackie' trial: university administrator awarded $3m for defamation https://t.co/gbLEoLHtiR

— The Guardian (@guardian) November 8, 2016

17% of social media users say social media has helped to change their views about a specific political candidate https://t.co/ysp4MkFzAn pic.twitter.com/MqLsEF3WWb

— Pew Research Fact Tank (@FactTank) November 8, 2016

Fact-Checking the Knaves:

Palm Coast Construction and Development Progress Reports

The following is an update of ongoing permitting, construction and development projects in Palm Coast, through Oct. 28 (the city administration’s full week in review is here):

Click to access development-oct-31-2016.pdf

Road and Interstate Construction: