Monday Briefing: Bunnell Bypass, Industrial Building at Airport, Trial Week, Manager Interviews, Heat Index 102

The architect Eero Saarinen, known for his distinctive furniture and buildings, such as what was the TWA terminal at JFK Airport,above, was born on this day in 1910. He died in 1961. (Wikimedia Commons)

Today: Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent. Heat index readings 98 to 102. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. 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.
Drought Index: 136
The OED’s Word of the Day: maunder, v.2.
The Live Community Calendar
Today’s jail bookings.

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In State Government
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In Coming Days in Flagler, Palm Coast and Beyond
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Palm Coast Construction and Development
Local Road and Interstate Construction
Cultural Coda

“Suppose you go to Washington and try to get at your government. You will always find that while you are politely listened to, the men really consulted are the men who have the biggest stake,—the big bankers, the big manufacturers, the big masters of commerce, the heads of railroad corporations and of steamship corporations. I have no objection to these men being consulted, because they also, though they do not themselves seem to admit it, are part of the people of the United States. But I do very seriously object to these gentlemen being chiefly consulted, and particularly to their being exclusively consulted, for, if the government of the United States is to do the right thing by the people of the United States, it has got to do it directly and not through the intermediation of these gentlemen. Every time it has come to a critical question these gentlemen have been yielded to, and their demands have been treated as the demands that should be followed as a matter of course. The government of the United States at present is a foster-child of the special interests. It is not allowed to have a will of its own. It is told at every move: “Don’t do that; you will interfere with our prosperity.” And when we ask, “Where is our prosperity lodged?” a certain group of gentlemen say, “With us.” The government of the United States in recent years has not been administered by the common people of the United States. You know just as well as I do,—it is not an indictment against anybody, it is a mere statement of the facts,—that the people have stood outside and looked on at their own government and that all they have had to determine in past years has been which crowd they would look on at; whether they would look on at this little group or that little group who had managed to get the control of affairs in its hands.”

–From Woodrow Wilson’s “The New Freedom,” 2013.

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.

Primary election early voting in Flagler County at three locations: Flagler County Public Library, 2500 Palm Coast Parkway N.W., Palm Coast; Palm Coast Community Center at the corner of Clubhouse Drive and Palm Coast Parkway, 305 Palm Coast Parkway; and Supervisor of Elections Office in the Government Services Building, 1769 E. Moody Boulevard, Building 2, Suite 101, Bunnell.

In Court: Three trials are scheduled this week before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins, starting with jury selection on Monday: Hubert Bell, accused of possession weapons as a career criminal, drunk driving and cocaine possession; Terence Bennett, accused of cocaine sale; and Corey Lynch, accused of burglary. The cases may be pleaded out or continued before trial.

The Flagler County Commission meets in workshop at 3 p.m. to discuss large grants for large projects: an $8 million public infrastructure grant to build the long-talked-about Bunnell bypass road, connecting State Road 100 with U.S. 1; and a pair of grants totaling almost $14 million to build an industrial building at the county airport’s industrial park. At the Emergency Operations Center.

The Flagler County Commission meets in regular session at 5 p.m. at the Government Services Building, Bunnell. Commissioners will consider reappointing Mike Kuypers to the Land Acquisition Committee for an additional three-year term, and the reappointment of Arnold Levine and Michal Dembosz, as well as the appointment of David Ragsdale, to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board for two-year terms. Commissioners will discuss 2019 legislative priorities.

The Bunnell City Commission meets at 6 p.m. for a workshop to interview two of four candidates for city manager: Lawrence McNaul at 6 p.m., and Rodney Lucas at 7 p.m., at City Hall. See McNaul’s resume here, and Lucas’s here. Two more interviews are scheduled for Tuesday evening.

Fall semester classes begin at Bethune-Cookman College. The freshman class of 2022 is anticipated to number 1,000 students, hailing from every state and some 30 countries.

Bunnell Elementary PTO meeting, 5 p.m. in the school cafeteria.

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

Monday: Palm Coast Ford, 1150 Palm Coast Parkway , 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Wednesday: Florida Hospital Flagler, 60 Memorial Medical Parkway, Palm Coast, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday: Matanzas High School, 3535 Old Kings Road, Palm Coast, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday: Epic Theaters, 1185 Central Avenue, Palm Coast, 1 to 7 p.m.
Sunday: Metro Diner, 250 Palm Coast Parkway, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sunday: Epic Theaters, 1185 Central Avenue, Palm Coast, 1 to 6 p.m.

Jail Bookings and Last 24 Hours' Incidents in Flagler, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Bunnell


Jail Bookings, June 19-22 Sheriff's night shift incident reports, June 21 Sheriff's day shift incident reports, June 21 Flagler Beach's night shift incident reports, June 21 Flagler Beach's day shift incident reports, June 21 Bunnell police's night shift incident reports, June 21 Bunnell police's day shift incident reports, June 21
Previous and archived reports

Sources: Flagler County Sheriff's Office, Flagler Beach Police Department, Bunnell Police Department. This is Flagler County's only comprehensive, one-stop compilation of all local law enforcement's daily day and night shift commanders' reports.

Announcements:

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.

CITIZENS PANEL DISCUSSES RETIREMENT PLAN: The Retirement Plan Committee of the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Board of Governors will hold a conference call to discuss updates and recommendations from human-resources staff members, plan administrator MassMutual and plan investment adviser Fiduciary First. (Monday, 10 a.m. Call-in number: 1-888-270-9936. Code: 4155253)

SHORE-BASED SHARK FISHING AT ISSUE: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioner will hold one in a series of meetings to gather input on shore-based shark fishing. (Monday, 6 p.m., Piggotte Community Center, 504 Big Tree Road, South Daytona.)

—-Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive

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Cats and Dogs Looking For Homes


The following is provided as a service to Community Cats of Palm Coast and the Flagler Humane Society. Should you have a lost pet and would like it noticed here, please contact us at [email protected].

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A Twitter List by PierreTristam

Keep Up with Donald Trump’s attacks on the press through the ACLU’s running tab here.

Keep Up with mass shootings in a running database here.

Palm Coast Construction and Development Progress Reports

Here’s a summary of the latest city developments as of Aug. 3, 2018, with a link to the full week in review here.

Click to access week-in-revioew-aug-13-20181.pdf

Road and Interstate Construction:

Florida Department of Transportation Road Project List

Cultural Coda

Karajan: Dvorak Symphony No.8 Rehearsal

From Michael Callaghan on YouTube: “Herbert von Karajan conducting a dress rehearsal of Dvorak’s Symphony No.8 in Japan 1973, with the Berlin philharmonic orchestra. It’s mostly a standard run through of the symphony’s more tricky passages, where a strong sense of balance between the instruments is key.”