Thursday Briefing: FEMA Town Hall in Flagler Beach, Audubon Society, Conan on Vega,s Indian Trails Band Concert

Cavernous charter: Wednesday evening's second of four Palm Coast charter-review workshops, held at Indian Trails Middle School, drew as few people as the first one did. The charter is Palm Coast's constitution. The city is putting on workshops ostensibly to involve the public in reviewing the document and propose changes, but participation is strictly limited, and the workshops don't involve any public discussions. Wednesday's meeting drew a little over a dozen people, including a former mayor, a former council member and a sitting advisory council member, along with several who had attended the first meeting. City staffers, council members and the 'facilitator' totaled 10 people. Only two council members showed up, down from four at the last meeting. The Observer and the News-Journal, which had covered the first meeting, did not cover this one. We did not find it necessary to stay long, either. (c FlaglerLive) — Cavernous charter: Wednesday evening’s second of four Palm Coast charter-review workshops, held at Indian Trails Middle School, drew as few people as the first one did. The charter is Palm Coast’s constitution. The city is putting on workshops ostensibly to involve the public in reviewing the document and propose changes, but participation is strictly limited, and the workshops don’t involve any public discussions. Wednesday’s meeting drew a little over a dozen people, including a former mayor, a former council member and a sitting advisory council member, along with several who had attended the first meeting. City staffers, council members and the ‘facilitator’ totaled 10 people. Only two council members showed up, down from four at the last meeting. The Observer and the News-Journal, which had covered the first meeting, did not cover this one. We did not find it necessary to stay long, either. (c FlaglerLive)

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Today’s document from the National Archives and the Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Today’s tides: at the beaches, at the Intracoastal Waterway.
Drought Index 28.
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The Live Community Calendar
Today’s jail bookings.

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

Previously:

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.

The Sheriff’s daily incident reports and jail bookings are posted here.

FEMA Town Hall in Flagler Beach: The City of Flagler Beach and Representatives from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) invite the residents and property owners to attend a public Town Hall/Open House between the hours of 6:00 P.M until 8:00 P.M. in the Commission Chambers at City Hall. In an effort to assist residents and property owners to better understand the process to apply for individual disaster loans and assistance. The meeting will be an open house format where all in attendance will have the opportunity to make notes, provide comments and hear a presentation from FEMA Representatives and the SBA disaster loan application process. A representative from the Florida Department of Health will be in attendance to provide information on mold mitigation.

Flagler Audubon Society Monthly Program: Secrets to Remember Birds: Learn secrets to remember birds, their field marks and behaviors. Programs are held on the first Thursday of the month in meeting rooms A & B, and start at 6:30 p.m. with a chapter activity update and social session. Formal presentation begins at 7:00 p.m. Programs are open to the public and free to attend. Visitors are welcome. Florida Hospital Flagler, 60 Memorial Medical Pkwy, Palm Coast.

Critic’s Choice Dinner Club, 5:30 p.m. This monthly club visits a new restaurant, chosen by the group, to spend time with friends enjoying a casual dinner while rating food and service. New members welcome. This month’s location is Captain BBQ at Bings Landing, the county park in the Hammock of A1A. Food and transportation are the participant’s responsibility. Pre-register by 5 p.m. Sept. 5: www.palmcoastgov.com/register. More info: 386-986-2323.

Belle Terre Elementary School PTO Meeting at the media center, 7:30 p.m.

Indian Trails Middle School Band Concert in the school’s gym at 6:30 p.m.

Announcements:

Hurricane Maria slammed the Caribbean just days after it was hit by Irma. Here's how you can help those in need. https://t.co/oLyh2Q07YD pic.twitter.com/xJIOAXUz5E

— CNN International (@cnni) September 21, 2017

In Florida and in State Government:

Note: Some proceedings below can be followed live on the Florida Channel. Most legislative proceedings can be followed through the Senate or House websites.

CONSTITUTION REVISION PANEL MEETS: The Education Committee of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission is scheduled to meet. (Thursday, 9 a.m., 110 Senate Office Building, the Capitol.)

SUPREME COURT RELEASES OPINIONS: The Florida Supreme Court is expected to release weekly opinions. (Thursday, 11 a.m.)

PUBLIX CEO SPEAKS TO ECONOMIC CLUB: Todd Jones, president and CEO of Publix Super Markets, Inc. is scheduled to speak to the Economic Club of Florida. (Thursday, 11 a.m., FSU Alumni Center, 1030 West Tennessee St., Tallahassee.)

LAMBRIX TO BE EXECUTED: Death Row inmate Cary Michael Lambrix is scheduled to be executed in the 1983 murders of Aleisha Bryant and Clarence Moore near LaBelle. Lambrix met Bryant and Moore at a LaBelle bar and invited the pair to his mobile home for a spaghetti dinner. They were killed outside the home. (Thursday, 6 p.m., Florida State Prison, Raiford.)

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

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The Day’s Best Reads:

.@SenJohnMcCain offered shooting victims in Las Vegas his prayers. He got nearly $8 million from the N.R.A.https://t.co/WdG1t9DtB4

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) October 4, 2017

The reason the Jones Act remains is because a lot of people that work in the shipping industry don’t want it lifted. https://t.co/NuVogh9ZPZ pic.twitter.com/iY9Z6lS7HV

— Cato Institute (@CatoInstitute) October 5, 2017

In one remark, Ruth Bader Ginsburg made it clear she wasn’t going to let Neil Gorsuch rewrite the Court’s history: https://t.co/LSLGbb7cp5 pic.twitter.com/qgxHKz5u6i

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) October 4, 2017

"My source didn't just say he called him a moron. He said he called him an f-ing moron." — @SRuhle https://t.co/meVHZiAbaB

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 4, 2017

SCOTUS rulings have huge ramifications across America. Yet out of the 8,000 cases submitted annually, only 80 are accepted. Here’s why: pic.twitter.com/QpDYGS9Yo2

— Vox (@voxdotcom) October 5, 2017

Editor’s Tweets

Editor’s Tweets by @PierreTristam

A Twitter List by PierreTristam

Palm Coast Construction and Development Progress Reports

Updates of ongoing permitting, construction and development projects in Palm Coast usually run here, along with a link to the city’s Week in Review. But the Week in Review, under the guise of being modernized, has become flashier and power-point like while becoming less substantive and dumbed down. We may or may not link to it in future.

Road and Interstate Construction: