Tuesday Briefing: Food Truck Tuesday, Chairmanship Votes at School Board, Voltaire's Birthday, Bill Ryan's Trip

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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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The OED’s Word of the Day: qawwali, n..
The Live Community Calendar
Today’s jail bookings.

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First Light
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

“When will I spend with you the quiet evening of this nebulous day we call a life?” (“Quand passerai-je avec vous le soir tranquille de ce jour nébuleux qu’on nomme la vie?)””

–Voltaire, from a letter to Cideville, September 26, 1739.

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.

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

The Palm Coast City Council meets 9 a.m. at City Hall in Town Center. The council on first or second reading will hear several land-use matters.

The Flagler County School Board meets for a workshop at 1 p.m. in Training Room 3 on the third floor of the Government Services Commission, when it will discuss board policies, and again at 6 p.m. for a meeting in board chambers at the GSB, when the board is expected to vote in its new chairman, or chairwoman, and new vice-chair. Trevor Tucker has been the chairman for the past year.

The Bunnell Planning Board meets at 7 p.m. at 201 West Moody Boulevard, Bunnell. Among the items on the agenda, the planning board will hear a request for a Site Plan approval for the US 1 Business Center to be located at 7 Otis Stone Hunter Road.

The Flagler County Historical Society hosts its monthly bus trip, journey and adventure through Flagler County history, with host and historian Bill Ryan. The bus leaves from the Holden House, 204 East Moody Boulevard in Bunnell at 10 a.m. and returns at 2:30 p.m. The cost is $20 per person which does not include lunch at The Bull Creek Fish Camp. To make reservations please call 386-439-5003.

Food Truck Tuesday: Purchase and enjoy delicious cuisine available from food trucks situated along Park Street next to Central Park. Free entertainment is also provided. Proceeds this month will benefit the Parks & Recreation Scholarship Program. 5 p.m.

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

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.

ABORTION WAITING PERIOD AT ISSUE: Leon County Circuit Judge Terry Lewis will hold a hearing in a legal battle about the constitutionality of a 2015 law that would require women to wait 24 hours before having abortions. The Florida Supreme Court this year approved a temporary injunction blocking the law from taking effect. Plaintiffs argue the law is an unconstitutional violation of the right to privacy, while the law’s supporters say it would give women more time to consider whether they want to have abortions. (Tuesday, 11 am., Leon County Courthouse, 301 South Monroe St., Tallahassee.)

LAWMAKERS HOST TURKEY DRIVE: Sen. Bobby Powell, D-West Palm Beach, and Rep. Al Jacquet, D-Lantana, will host a “turkey drive” to provide turkeys to constituents in need. (Tuesday, noon, Jacquet district office, 314 11th St., West Palm Beach.)

MEDICAID ISSUES ON TABLE: The Agency for Health Care Administration will hold a meeting about a proposed rule on requirements for providers in the Medicaid program. (Tuesday, 2 p.m., Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Dr., Tallahassee.)

—-Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive

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The Day’s Best Reads:

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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.'”