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One in 3 Florida 3rd Graders Have Untreated Cavities. Now a New Law Prohibits Fluoride in Water.

June 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Florida ranks among the worst states in the U.S. for dental care access, with over 5.9 million residents living in dental care health professional shortage areas. a new Florida law, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in May 2025 and going into effect on Tuesday (July 1), now prohibits local governments from adding fluoride to public drinking water. This makes other preventive treatments even more essential. Fluoride varnish, recommended by pediatric and dental associations, is a topical treatment that should be applied every 3-6 months to reduce the risk of tooth decay.

Elected Officials’ Personal Phone Numbers and Home Addresses Are Now Secret

June 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Government in the Sunshine by Bill Day, FloridaPolitics.com

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a bill that creates a public-records exemption to prevent the release of home addresses and telephone numbers of legislators, members of Congress and numerous other elected officials.

DeSantis Signs $115 billion Budget, Vetoes $567 million; Palm Coast’s Modest Appropriations Survive

June 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A 6 million-gallon tank at Wastewater Treatment Plant 1. The city needs a similar equalization tank built there. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a long-awaited state budget Monday just hours before it would take effect, vetoing $567 million. Palm Coast’s pair of appropriations, $2.5 million for an “equalization tank” and $2.5 million to help modernize Waste Water Treatment Plant 1 in the Woodlands, the city’s biggest and oldest, survived vetoes.

14 Years in Prison for Devarus Bethea, 38, Over Fentanyl Trafficking as He Quotes Latin Root of ‘Remorse’ to Judge

June 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Devarus O’Shea Bethea in a mugshot from state prison, where he is returning for the fourth time since 2010, and from the county jail, where he has also been numerous times since then.

Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols sentenced Palm Coast’s Devarus Oshay Bethea, 38, to 14 years in prison, by far his longest of his four prison sentences since 2010, with an additional five years he gets to serve concurrently. Bethea pleaded to trafficking fentanyl, a first-degree felony, and unlawful use of a communication device, a third-degree felony. He could have faced 35 years in prison and $100,000 fine. The fine was waived. He spoke to the judge of the latin root for the word “remorse” in hopes of mitigating his sentence.

Assistant County Attorney Sean Moylan’s Lock on Job to Succeed Hadeed Looks Anything But Certain

June 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Deputy County Attorney Sean Moylan, right, at an April meeting of the County Commission. (© FlaglerLive)

A divide over the hiring of the next county attorney is becoming clearer between Flagler County commissioners, making Deputy County Attorney Sean Moylan’s prospects to get the job, so bright a few months ago, somewhat less than a lock as two commissioners didn’t shortlist him for public interviews on July 15, though they did not foreclose on his chances, either.

Gregory Smith, 45, of Palm Coast, Faces at Least 7 Felonies from Years of Sexually Assaulting Adolescent

June 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Gregory Alllen Smith being read his charges at his place of work on Friday. (FCSO)

Gregory Allen Smith, a 45-year-old resident of 6 Plateau Place in Palm Coast, is being held without bond at the Flagler County jail on five first-degree felony rape charges and two molestation charges involving the adolescent daughter of his wife before they separated in 2019.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, June 30, 2025

June 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Total Obliteration of Truth by R.J. Matson, Portland

The total obliteration of truth, so naturally nobody wants to do anything today, how housing assistance falls short, how architecture shapes humanity, Dickens’s Bleak House.

The Meaning of Zohran Mamdani’s Win in New York

June 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters in Brooklyn on May 4, 2025.

Top Republicans and Democrats alike are talking about the sudden rise of 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani, a state representative who won the Democratic mayoral primary in New York on June 24, 2025, in a surprising victory over more established politicians. Some establishment Democratic politicians say they are concerned about how the democratic socialist’s progressive politics could harm the broader Democratic Party and cause it to lose more centrist voters.

Sarasota County Officials Downplayed Flood Risk. Tropical Storm Debby Exposed their Failures.

June 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Sarasota County’s stormwater system is designed to steer floodwaters away from homes and businesses and safely to the coast. When Tropical Storm Debby hit in August 2024, the system proved dangerously unprepared when it mattered most — not because the system was overwhelmed, but because those in charge neglected to protect it, an investigation found.,

As Gun Homicides Continue to Decline, Gun Suicides Reached Record High in 2023

June 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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More people in the United States died by gun suicide in 2023 than any year on record — more than by gun homicide, accidental shootings and police shootings combined. A new report analyzing federal mortality data found that suicides involving firearms made up 58% of all gun deaths in 2023 — the latest year with available data. In total, 27,300 people died by gun suicide in 2023, according to the report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions and the Johns Hopkins Center for Suicide Prevention.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, June 29, 2025

June 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Trump Bombs Iran by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune

On the pleasures of smoking a pipe from Casanova to Flaubert to Yusuff Ali to John Updike to Simenon, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, Pat Bagley on the bombing of the Constitution.

The Supreme Court Doesn’t Want You To Choose Your Own Doctor

June 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Killing Planned Parenthood

Having the freedom to choose your own health care provider is something many Americans take for granted. But the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority ruled on June 25, 2025, in a 6-3 decision that people who rely on Medicaid for their health insurance don’t have that right.

States Fear Critical Funding From FEMA May Be Drying Up: ‘Locals Won’t Step Up Unless They’re Dealing with a Catastrophe’

June 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Engineers are urgently recommending the immediate demolition of a further 125 to 150 feet from the end of the pier, which remains in danger of collapse, and walling off the entire structure before it is entirely demolished. (© Scott Spradley for FlaglerLive),

Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders are looking for clues about the money — and the future of FEMA itself. W. Craig Fugate served as FEMA administrator under Obama and, before that, as head of Florida’s emergency management division under then-Govs. Jeb Bush and Charlie Crist. “My experience tells me locals will not step up unless they are dealing with a catastrophe,” Fugate said.

Palm Coast Fire Department and Sheriff’s Office Hold Joint Training at Long Creek Nature Preserve

June 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The Palm Coast Fire Department held a three-day joint training exercise with the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office – the latest in a long line of training efforts that the two agencies have worked together on to prepare for a variety of different emergencies.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, June 28, 2025

June 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

I Hate Sequels by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

Peps Art Walk, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. eat Beachfront Grille in Flagler Beach, the Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, Bruce Springsteen Hometown, Wendell Berry and Old Jack’s memories.

Understanding the Supreme Court Ruling Against Universal Injunctions

June 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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When presidents have tried to make big changes through executive orders, they have often hit a roadblock: A single federal judge, whether located in Seattle or Miami or anywhere in between, could stop these policies across the entire country. But the Supreme Court has just significantly limited this judicial power.

Flagler Beach Commissioners Blister Design for New A-Frame and Boardwalk as ‘Expensive Gingerbread’

June 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

It's all about preserving that old Florida feel. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach’s planned reconstruction of the A-Frame and boardwalk at the pier is now estimated to cost $3 million, up $300,000 from last year. And city commissioners are not too thrilled about the too-fancy architectural design. Not at all–especially proposed changes to the A-frame and shell-like exteriors to a new building’s facade. They killed both proposals, among others they panned, opting for simpler looks that preserve what they see as old charms. They directed their designer to return later this summer with a significantly revised plan. 

DeSantis Warns: The Vetoes Are Coming

June 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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During a lengthy press conference on higher education held on the campus of Florida Atlantic University, the Republican governor took shots at the Legislature for not passing a budget on time. He also noted that the final $115.1 billion budget includes enough local projects for individual lawmakers to leave him “kind of numb.”

Environmental Groups Sue in Federal Court to Stop Everglades Stockade for Migrants

June 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

florida everglades prison site

Environmental groups Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to halt construction and operation of a detention center for undocumented immigrants that has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” saying it threatens ecologically sensitive areas and species in the surrounding Everglades and Big Cypress National Preserve. The lawsuit, filed by the group Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity, alleges that federal and state agencies have violated laws that, in part, require evaluating potential environmental impacts before such a project can move forward.

Flagler County Attorney Al Hadeed Awarded State Association Honor for ‘Outstanding Contributions to Local Government Law’

June 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Al Hadeed has been Flagler County's attorney for 27 of the last 35 years. (© FlaglerLive)

A month from retirement after a career spanning four decades as county attorney for Flagler County government, Al Hadeed on Thursday received the Gordon Johnson Award “for his distinguished service to Flagler County and outstanding contributions to local government law in the State of Florida.” Hadeed received the award during the Florida Association of County Attorneys’ annual two-day continuing legal education seminar in Orlando. The association president prized Hadeed’s institutional memory and his mentorship of younger attorneys.

Fast times at Flagler Beach for DJ Vern’s Cherry Drops as Hall of Fame Inductees Take Over Pier for Music Video

June 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Vern Shank, left, recruited his friend, actor Robert Romanus (of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," “CHiPs,” “21 Jump Street,” “MacGyver,” “Will & Grace” and many more credots), to appear in the video for the new Cherry Drops tune, “I Dedicate This Song to You.” (Vern Shank)

Flagler Beach’s Vern Shank, also known as DJ Vern, whose band The Cherry Drops was inducted into the California Music Hall of Fame last year, is bringing “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” star Robert Romanus to shoot a new music video on the Flagler Beach Pier this weekend, “I Dedicate This Song to You.” The new video is just part of what are heady times for Shank and the Cherry Drops, keeping Flagler Beach in the limelight.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, June 27, 2025

June 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The rainbow of these times by Becs, CagleCartoons.com

Acoustic Jam Circle At The Community Center In The Hammock, Free For All Fridays with Host David Ayres, the Friday Blue Forum, Georges Lefebvre, Napoleon, and that bogus assassination attempt on 18 Brumaire.

Canada’s Strong Borders Act Is Bad News

June 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

American ‘Elbows Up for Canada’ protesters gather near The Peace Bridge border crossing in Buffalo, N.Y., in April 2025.

The Canadian government advanced the controversial Strong Borders Act covering a wide swath of proposed legislative changes, from intensified border security measures to more restrictive immigration and asylum policies. Embedded within the proposed legislation are significant risks to digital privacy, along with increased executive authority — also known as “warrantless” powers — without judicial or civilian oversight. In these respects, the proposed Canadian legislation could be considered more worrisome than American travel bans.

DeSantis Joins Other Southern States to Develop Anti-‘Woke’ University Accreditation System

June 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Rebranded for Kool-Aid. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced, alongside State University System Chancellor Ray Rodrigues and university leaders from Texas and South Carolina, that the states are developing a Commission for Public Higher Education that will combat “woke” ideologies such as diversity, equity, and inclusion, and remake state higher education institutions to be more conservative.

Yummy: Palm Coast Residents Get Behind-the-Scenes Look at Water and Sewer Plants

June 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Palm Coast residents gained an in-depth understanding of the city’s vital water and wastewater treatment processes during a guided tour of the city’s Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant. Not to worry: the two are not co-located.

July 4 Celebration from Flagler Beach Parade to Palm Coast Fireworks at County Airport

June 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Flagler County Government and the Cities of Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, and Bunnell invite all Flagler County residents and visitors to the United Flagler 4th Community Celebration on Friday, July 4, starting with the Independence Day Parade in Flagler Beah and culminating with a 15-16 minute firework show featuring 3,300 shells at the county airport. All events are free.

Answering Appeal, Attorney General Says Brendan Depa’s Adult Sentence for Beating Teacher’s Aide Was Deserved

June 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Brendan Depa getting finger-printed after his sentencing hearing on Aug. 6, 2024. (© FlaglerLive)

Answering the appeal of Brendant Depa’s conviction to five years in prison and 15 years on probation for assaulting his teacher’s aide at Matanzas High School in February 2023, the Attorney General’s Office in a 25-page brief argued that Circuit Judge Terence Perkins did not abuse his discretion when he imposed an adult sentence in Augsut 2024, as the defense argued in its appeal.

Flagler County Students Post Strong, Across-the-Board Improvements in All Grades and Disciplines, Boosting Superintendent

June 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Flagler County students in all grades improved their scores year over year in English and math, in some cases markedly so, as well as in all other disciplines subject to standardized tests, according to figures released by the state Department of Education Wednesday. The results are a boon to Superintendent LaShakia Moore and her administration, reflecting the first testing cycle entirely on her watch since her appointment in September 2023. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, June 26, 2025

June 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

clay jones

Palm Coast Concert Series at the Stage at Town Center with Half Step Down FLA, The Flagler Beach City Commission talks Beachwalk/Boardwalk redesign, Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Central Park, J.M. Coetzee on the barbarians.

Bombing Iraq’s Osirak Nuke Plant Fueled Saddam’s Ambitions

June 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Osirak nuclear power research station in 1981.

Israel, with the assistance of U.S. military hardware, bombs an adversary’s nuclear facility to set back the perceived pursuit of the ultimate weapon. We have been here before, about 44 years ago. In 1981, Israeli fighter jets supplied by Washington attacked an Iraqi nuclear research reactor being built near Baghdad by the French government. It didn’t work. Had Saddam not invaded Kuwait over a matter not related to security, it is very possible that Baghdad would have had a nuclear weapon capability by the mid-to-late 1990s.

DeSantis Scoffs at Environmental and Ethical Concerns Over 1,000-Bed Migrant Stockade in Everglades

June 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking the USF Health Morsani Center for Advanced Healthcare in Tampa on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that the temporary detention center being constructed at an isolated Everglades airfield will have “zero impact” on Everglades restoration, rebuking concerns by environmental advocates and local officials who say the project threatens drinking water and protected land. He scoffed at environmental and ethical concerns while appearing at a bill-signing event in Tampa on Wednesday, contending the opposition from critics stems from their antipathy to the crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

Palm Coast Man Arrested for Faking His Mother’s Signature on Checks After Her Death and Stealing $9,000

June 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

John Frazzetto

Last Oct. 24, Janet Sterry died at a hospital in Palm Coast. She was 76. Last week, her 56-year-old son, Thomas Frazzetto of White Star Drive in Palm Coast, was arrested on a felony charge of grand theft and a felony charge of fraud. He’d faked his late mother’s signature on a series of checks in November and made a half dozen electronic transfers out of her bank account in October and November, allegedly stealing some $9,000 before family members got an alert from the bank: someone was attempting to cash a $51,200 check. 

Palm Coast Council Will Seek At Least a Small Reduction in Property Tax Rate, Leaving Open Possibility of More

June 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A crew applying an asphalt sealant on a P-Section street in April. The sealant is a lower-grade, cheaper alternative to repaving. It is intended to extend the life of a street's surface by several years. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council will seek at least a modest decrease in next year’s property tax rate when it adopts its budget in September, continuing a trend begun in 2021. It is not ruling out a full rollback in the tax rate, something the council has done only once in the city’s history, in 2023, at heavy cost to the city’s operations. The council resisted rolback last year. 

Largest Restoration Project in FWC’s History Conducted on Lake Kissimmee

June 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Lake Kissimmee. (Savanna Mathis/FWC)

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is undertaking a historic restoration effort to promote native plant communities through large-scale revegetation on Lake Kissimmee. The FWC has allocated an unprecedented $2.35 million over two years to support this restoration effort, marking the largest revegetation project in agency history.

‘We’re Not in a Great Shape,’ School Board’s Derek Barrs Warns as Vouchers Fuel Financial Crunch and Enrollment Drop

June 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The Flagler County school district is caught in a feedback loop draining its budget as enrollment drops: more students are abandoning the district for private or homeschool education paid for with public money. That reduces the amount of state money the district can count on. More limited resources may encourage more students to leave, further reducing state dollars going to the district.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, June 25, 2025

June 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Iraq Missioned Accomplished Iran One and Done by R.J. Matson, Portland.

‘Let’s Talk Palm Coast’ Town Hall with Council Member Theresa Pontieri, The River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization meeting, Separation Chat, Open Discussion, the erasure of transgender people.

Europe Can Lead the World the US Is Abandoning. But Will It Seize the Moment?

June 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The Place de Brouckère in Brussels, the Belgian city considered the capital of the European Union. (© FlaglerLive)

Europe’s decision-making processes are sub-optimal. Indeed, they were built for a different age. There is no shared voice on foreign policy – the EU has been able to say far less on Gaza than individual countries like Spain or the UK, for example. This may have the practical consequence of eroding the “moral leadership” that should still be Europe’s soft advantage.

DeSantis Signs ‘Customary Use’ Bill Securing Public Beach Access, a Step Flagler County Took in 2018

June 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a bill reversing a controversial 2018 law that led to limited public beach access in some areas. Lawmakers in April passed the bill (SB 1622) after widespread complaints about waterfront property owners in Walton County preventing people from using beaches. Flagler County was ahead of the curve. Beating a deadline, and at the urging–and orchestration–of County Attorney Al Hadeed, the Flagler County Commission in 2018 enacted an ordinance that preserved customary use on the county’s 18 miles of shore, in essence grandfathering the county under the new law.

DeSantis Seizes Land in Everglades to Open ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Mass Migrant Detention Center

June 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Florida started this week to build a temporary detention center in the Florida Everglades for undocumented immigrants arrested by state police and federal immigration authorities. Gov. Ron DeSantis is using emergency powers to take control of the facility after his administration offered to buy the land from the county. According to the governor’s office, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava offered what DeSantis’ office called an “unreasonable” price tag for the state to buy the county land, $190 million.

Ex-Teacher Union Leader Katie Hansen is Buddy Taylor’s New Principal, Mike Rinaldi Takes Over at Matanzas

June 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Mike Rinaldi and Katie Hansen. (Flagler Schools)

Flagler County School Superintendent LaShakia Moore has named Katie Hansen the next principal of Buddy Taylor Middle School, following Cara Cronk’s retirement, and Mike Rinaldi the principal of Matanzas High School, following the resignation of Kristin Bozeman, who is moving to North Carolina with her family after three years leading the school.

Palm Coast Council Deadlocks Over Selling Palm Harbor Golf Club; It May Raise Rates Again and Beg Loopers for a Cut

June 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Golf carts at the Palm Harbor Golf Club. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council deadlocked over the future of the Palm Harbor Golf Club today, split between council members who want to sell it and those who don’t. Other proposals include sharply raising rates, bringing in new management, reconfiguring overhead costs, and even asking Loopers, the successful restaurant at the golf club, to renegotiate its lease for a little profit sharing that would benefit the club’s bottom line. Previous councils have tried most of these tactics for years, almost going back to the city’s acquisition of the 141-acre property in 2008.

Bunnell Mayor in Stunning Maneuver Revives 8,000-Home Development Commission Killed 2 Weeks Ago

June 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Bunnell Mayor Catherine Robinson has learned the powers of parliamentarian maneuvers in her three decades on the City Commission. (© FlaglerLive)

The Bunnell City Commission in a stunning move at the very end of its meeting Monday night, before a nearly empty chamber, voted 3-2 to revive the 8,000-home Reserve at Haw Creek development the commission rejected just two weeks ago. The item was not on the agenda. Mayor Catherine Robinson, who asked for the motion, had met with the city manager and the developer for three hours Monday morning. She said the developer was prepared to submit a revised plan that takes public concerns into account. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, June 24, 2025

June 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

clay jones

The Palm Coast City Council talks property taxes and the potential sale of the Palm Harbor Golf Club, the LAPD’s shameful apology for a humanist tweet, Budgeting by Values: a free virtual class to learn budgeting skills at Flagler Cares.

Christianity Has Long Revered Saints Who Would Be Called ‘Transgender’ Today

June 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Saint Eugenia in the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy. GeorgesB via Wikimedia Commons

There are at least 34 documented stories of transgender saints’ lives from the early centuries of Christianity. Originally appearing in Latin or Greek, several stories of transgender saints made their way into vernacular languages.

60 Missing Florida Children in ‘Critical Danger’ Rescued in Largest U.S. Operation

June 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Federal, state, and local officials say 60 children ranging in age from 9-17 have been recovered in what an official called the “the largest in the history of the United States Marshal Service.”
“Operation Dragon Eye” involved 20 agencies and more than 100 people, recovering 60 missing children in “critical danger.” Eight people arrested face various charges, including human trafficking, child endangerment, drug possession, and drug trafficking.

After He’s Declared in Contempt, Uthmeier Takes Immigration Defiance to Supreme Court

June 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Attorney General James Uthmeier announces the Office of Parental Rights in Jacksonville on April 29, 2025. (Screenshot via Attorney General’s X livestream)

After an appeals court rejected his arguments, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier last week asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and at least temporarily allow enforcement of a new law targeting undocumented immigrants who enter the state. If the Supreme Court grants Uthmeier’s request, the state could enforce the law while what could be a lengthy court battle plays out.

Still on Warpath, Palm Coast Mayor Files Records Requests Targeting City Manager’s Communications 

June 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Back in December, Mike Norris would still look occasionally Acting City Manager Lauren Johnston in the eye. (© FlaglerLive)

In an unprecedented inquisition into the city’s top staff by its own mayor, Norris filed a public record request, seeking to know every communication Acting Palm Coast City Manager Lauren Johnston has had with Chief of Staff Jason DeLorenzo, local developers, county and sheriff’s officials, local media and others, from the day of his election–Nov. 6–to the present. It is unusual that an elected official would seek with such sweep what amounts to an interrogative of his own city manager’s administrative paper trail, especially in light of his recent censure.

Leaseholder Issues Letter of Intent to Buy Ocean Palm Golf Club, But Without Accountable Milestones City Expected

June 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

A basketful of mulligans at the Ocean Palms Golf Club. (© FlaglerLive)

The leaseholders of the city-owned Ocean Palm Golf Club in Flagler Beach on Friday submitted a brief letter of intent to buy the 37-acre property on South Central Avenue that the city bought at auction for $490,000 12 years ago. The City Commission was expecting the letter. But it was also expecting the leaseholder to show how he would meet a set of milestones to prove that he’s capable of fulfilling his promises of turning the property into a functioning, attractive golf course. Those milestones were not in the letter. 

Proposed Rezoning to Industrial of 1,842 Acres in Bunnell Will Be Reduced by About 500 Acres and Its Uses Restricted

June 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The Bunnell City Commission will not hear the proposed rezoning this evening. The item has been pulled from the agenda as it is being revised. It will be resubmited in August. (© FlaglerLive)

The proposed and controversial rezoning in Bunnell of 1,842 acres from agricultural to industrial will be reduced by about 500 acres and designations limited to light industrial and heavy industrial, dropping the previous request for agricultural community industrial, the attorney for the landowners said today. The owners are also pledging to make the rezoning conditional on permanent restrictions, so such uses as landfills, fuel depots and hazardous chemical processing would be prohibited. Public opposition had cited all three among its concerns. The “voluntary restriction list” is in the works. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, June 23, 2025

June 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Fascist ICE A Menace by Bob Englehart, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Bunnell City Commission takes on the rezoning of nearly 1,900 acres to industrial, the Flagler County Beekeepers Association meets, visiting the caves of Altamira and Lascaux, and that first moment when Maria Justina encountered the bull.

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