Monday Briefing: No School All Week, Short-Term Rentals Workshop, Mickey Mouse's Carmen

auditorium christmas trees — Every year, the Flagler Auditorium Holiday Extravaganza Program Committee hosts a Deck the Walls and Deck the Halls Holiday Wreath and Christmas Tree Program. Local businesses, school groups, and organizations make a financial donation so a tree or wreath can be decorated on behalf of their organization or business. The Christmas trees and wreaths are displayed and sold in the lobby of Flagler Auditorium from November through December. The event is open to everyone. Trees and wreaths are available for purchase during all performances and during regular Box Office hours. All the proceeds from this event support K-12 Arts in Education programs in Flagler County. (c FlaglerLive)

Today: Cool, pleasant, highs in the 70s, lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. Details here.
Today’s document from the National Archives and the Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Today’s tides: at the beaches, at the Intracoastal Waterway.
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Cultural Coda

“Indeed, all male friendships outside of work sometimes seem to be impossible: you look at each other at the restaurant at some point in the conversation and you know that each of you is thinking, man, this is futile, why are we here, we’re wasting our time, we have nothing to say, we’re not involved in some project together that we can bitch about, we can’t flirt, we feel like dummies discussing movies or books, we aren’t in some moral bind with a woman that we need to confess, we’ve each said the other is a genius several times already, and the whole thing is depressing and the tone is false and we might as well go home to our wives and children and rent buddy movies like ‘Midnight Run’ or ‘Planes, Trains, and Automobiles’ or ‘The Pope of Greenwich Village’ when we need a shot of the old camaraderie.”

–Nicholson Baker, from “U and I” (1991).

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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.

No school all week: it’s the Thanksgiving holiday break.

Short-term vacation rentals: The Flagler County Commission holds a workshop with Rep. Paul Renner and Sen. Travis Hutson to discuss short-term rentals and how to position Flagler in light of likely legislative changes that could limit or change local authority to regulate the rentals. 1 p.m. at the Emergency Operations Center, 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Bldg. 3, Training Rooms A & B, Bunnell.

The Flagler County Commission meets at 5 p.m. in board chambers at the Government Services Building in Bunnell. Commissioners are to select a new chairman and vice-chairman, presumably replacing Chairman Nate McLaughlin. Commissioners will consider adopting an ordinance long in the works revising local regulations that apply to towing companies, including the setting of maximum towing fees. Commissioners are also expected to adopt on final reading a land use ordinance that would allow for medical marijuana dispensaries in certain areas of the county.

Cancellation notice: The County Commission was originally set to consider a series of applications for land uses leading to the development of a multi-residential-housing project at either end of Lakeside off State Road A1A at the north end of the county. Those hearings have been rescheduled to the evening commission meeting of Dec. 18.

Blood Donations: The Big Red Bus will be at the following locations this week:

Monday, Nov. 20, Walmart at 174 Cypress Point in Palm Coast, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 20, Banfield Pet Hospital, 5270 State Road 100 East, Palm Coast, from noon to 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 21, Bealls at 1210 Palm Coast Parkway, from noon to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 22, Fantastic Sams at 5200 State Road 100 East, Suite 103B, Palm Coast, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 24, Walmart at 174 Cypress Point in Palm Coast, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 25, Epic Theaters, 1185 Central Ave., Palm Coast, from noon to 6 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 26, Walmart at 174 Cypress Point in Palm Coast, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Announcements:

Rotary Requests Volunteer Bands For Fantasy Lights: The Fantasy Lights event at Palm Coast’s Central Park put on by the Rotary Club of Flagler County is looking for bands to entertain in the evening. Fantasy Lights runs the entire month of December and is a popular event with families who come to see the lights display, snow and Santa. Church bands and choirs, school groups and individuals and others are invited to sign up and sing seasonal music for the holidays. Sound equipment is available but groups can also bring their own sound equipment. To sign up, contact music coordinator Carl Laundrie at [email protected] or a member of the Rotary Club of Flagler County with your contact information.

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.

CHILD ABUSE INTERVIEWS DISCUSSED: The Forensic Interview Protocol Task Force, which works on issues related to forensic interviews of suspected child-abuse victims, will meet. (Monday, 9 a.m., Embassy Suites Orlando, 8978 International Dr., Orlando.)

RETAILERS DETAIL HOLIDAY SHOPPING: The Florida Retail Federation will hold a media conference call to discuss its annual holiday shopping forecast. (Monday, 11 a.m. Call-in number: 1-877-868-6863. Code: 621327#)

PUBLISHER SPEAKS AT TIGER BAY: Skip Foster, publisher of the Tallahassee Democrat, is scheduled to speak to the Capital Tiger Bay Club. (Monday, 11:30 a.m., Donald L. Tucker Civic Center, 505 West Pensacola St., Tallahassee.)

—-Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive

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The Day’s Best Reads:

A series of graphics on #climatechange as the #cop23 talks end in Bonn. https://t.co/MjalXjC3Sh Part 1 of 10. pic.twitter.com/Yu86xZjOBc

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 18, 2017

A Catholic priests says Christians have lost the war on Christmas and should get over it https://t.co/c7X1R1AEGD pic.twitter.com/QIoXVDiqG9

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) November 18, 2017

The IRS is building a safe to hold Trump’s tax returns https://t.co/EViQj2sxRx via @MikeGrunwald pic.twitter.com/yolkVXHGAR

— POLITICO (@politico) November 18, 2017

https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/931881708152115200

Moore supporter: "He's the closest thing to a Founding Father that we have seen" https://t.co/ydhE6SePI2 pic.twitter.com/paHpuix4bi

— The Hill (@thehill) November 17, 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. Here’s a summary of the latest developments as of Oct. 6

Click to access Oct-6-2017.pdf

Road and Interstate Construction:

Florida Department of Transportation Road Project List

Cultural Coda

When Mickey Mouse Jammed Out Carmen and Other Favorites

From WQXR Blog: “One of the earliest Mickey Mouse shorts, “The Opry House,” features some of the most well-known tunes from Bizet’s Carmen, including a comedic rendition of the “Toreador Song,” in which a violinist breaks his instrument and then uses his beard as an improvised violin of sorts, and a meowed version of the popular Habanera in which a pair of dentures stand in for castanets. But that’s not the only bit of classical music we find in ‘The Opry House.'”