Partisanship is the primary problem for the American republic, according to Washington. Washington’s fear that partisanship could lead to destruction of the Constitution and to the rule of “ambitious, and unprincipled men” was so important to him that he felt compelled to repeat the warning more than once in the Farewell Address.
Archives for October 15, 2025
Florida Prisons Chief Wants ‘Staggering’ Half a Billion Dollars Next Year Just for Operations, Not Salaries
Sounding as desperate as he ever has since being appointed four years ago, Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) Secretary Ricky Dixon asked a panel of state lawmakers Wednesday for more than $512 million for next fiscal year to maintain the prison system. “It is a staggering amount of money that we’re asking for. I’m aware of that,” Dixon told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice. Adding to the scale of the needs, he said that amount did not include funding for salaries of correction officers, which he said rank among the lowest for its size in the country.
FBI Was in Mondex Today Investigating Sheriff’s Deputy’s Property Involved in Accidental AR-15 Shooting of Boy
The FBI joined Flagler County Sheriff’s investigators today at the Daytona North property of a sheriff’s deputy at the center of a shooting that injured an 11-year-old boy on a neighboring property the evening of Aug. 27. Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy Bryan “Scotty” Jackson and his daughter, a new recruit with the agency, were target-shooting in the backyard with an AR-15 that the new recruit had just received from the agency when a bullet Jackson says he fired traveled halfway up the block to the property at 1288 Hazelnut Street and struck the boy, who was in his room.
Jury Exonerates Palm Coast’s Kevin Cichowski in 2-Day Trial
A Flagler County jury on Tuesday exonerated 45-year-old Kevin Kevin J. Cichowski of three domestic violence charges, two of them felonies, stemming from an incident involving his wife at their C-Section house in September 2024. Cichowski was briefly a candidate for Palm Coast mayor in the special election of 2021. He cited a family member’s health as the reason for dropping out.
Military Guy and ‘Defiant’ Candidate Out as Council Narrows City Manager Choices to 2 Experienced Administrators
Passing over military brass or heavy hands, the Palm Coast City Council last night narrowed its choices for city manager to two middle-of-the-road candidates steeped in local government experience: J. David Fraser, who’s managed several cities in the West, and Michael McGlothlin, a former law enforcement investigator and police chief in city management since 2019, most recently in Reddington Shores on the Gulf of Mexico. The two candidates will be interviewed in person at City Hall on Nov. 13 for a job that may earn them up to $250,000 a year. Interim City Manager Lauren Johnston’s current salary is $190,000.
Flagler Sheriff’s K-9 Kyro, Almost 3, Dies from Unknown Medical Episode
Late Tuesday evening, Sheriff Rick Staly and the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office announced in a release the death of K-9 Kyro due to an unknown medical issue. Kyro died on Tuesday (Oct. 14). He would have been 3 this December.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
The Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Board meets, the Flagler County Industrial Development Authority meets, driving Bunnell’s Commerce Parkway for the first time, Bruce Springsteen’s hometown.