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Panel Recommends Renaming City Hall’s Community Wing for Late Palm Coast Mayor Jon Netts

January 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The Community Wing at City Hall is the slightly more squat structure to the left. (© FlaglerLive)

Two months after the Palm Coast City Council rejected naming the city’s flagship community center for Jon Netts, the late mayor and councilman, an advisory committee voted unanimously to recommend renaming City Hall’s Community Wing, where meetings and workshops are held, for Netts. The city’s Beautification and Environmental Advisory Committee, where all renaming proposals are vetted, also recommended renaming the new show tennis court at the Southern Recreation Center for the Friends of Tennis–what will be called the Friends Stadium Court.

Aiden Barnett, 20, Arrested on Aggravated Child Abuse Charge Days After Telling Judge He’s a ‘Changed Man’

January 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Aiden Barnett.

Three weeks ago 20-year-old Aiden Barnett of Palm Coast’s B-Section wrote a judge that he was a “a completely changed person” since he fled from a cop at 115 miles per hour. On probation, he was asking for a waiver on his anger-management class and community service hours. On Friday, he was arrested on a first-degree felony charge of aggravated child abuse after allegedly punching a 17-year-old girl so hard that she had a concussion and was hospitalized.

Palm Harbor Golf Course Lost $3.4 Million in Operating Costs Alone, Far More in Capital Since Palm Coast Took Ownership

January 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

The Palm Harbor golf course has been in the bunker since its earliest days. (© FlaglerLive)

Since it opened in 2009 as a city-owned facility, and with one meager exception in 2022, Palm Coast’s Palm Harbor golf course has been a drain on city coffers. The course has run combined losses of $3.44 million in the last 16 years, or an average of $215,000 a year. The figure increases sharply when depreciation and capital losses are included. Taxpayers have been subsidizing the golf course all those years. Palm Coast City Council members are tiring of the losses.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, January 27, 2025

January 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Stephen King scariest by Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com

The East Flagler Mosquito Control District Board meets, the Bunnell City Commission meets, the Beekeepers Association meets, the Library of America’s new “Black Writers of the Founding Era.”

Paris’s Iconic Centre Pompidou, a Cultural Superstar, Faces Telling Challenges

January 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Centre Pompidou will have to close its doors for renovation work between 2025 and 2030. (© Pierre Tristam/FlaglerLive)

Whether known as the Centre Pompidou or simply Beaubourg, this Parisian landmark is set to close its doors from 2025 to 2030 for extensive renovations. Criticised and even mocked at its opening, the Centre Pompidou has since earned its place as an iconic fixture in the Parisian landscape and a major player on the international museum scene.

Palm Coast Connect, City’s Customer Service Portal, Adds New Features Allowing Residents to Manage Cases

January 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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The City of Palm Coast has enhanced its customer service portal, Palm Coast Connect, by introducing new features designed to deliver a more streamlined and efficient user experience. The system, utilized by nearly 32,000 residents, aims to improve creating and managing cases.

Imagine What Will be Left of Florida After Our Leaders Are Done With It

January 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

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This is the country we’re now living in: dictatorial, unrepresentative, and deeply unkind. What will be left of Florida in four years? What will be left of America?

Pioneered in Palm Coast: A Decade of Robotics at AdventHealth

January 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Dr. Gary Allen and the AdventHealth Waterman team members trained extensively to support state-of-the-art robotic-assisted cardiac surgery. Pictured left to right: David Morales, Barb Short, “Terry” Donald Caskey, David Ellingson, PA, Dr. Gary Allen, Eric Soto, Xiaoya Liu, Perla Ruiz, and Teresa Haire. (AdventHealth)

A decade ago, AdventHealth introduced the area’s first surgical robot in Palm Coast. Today, this program has grown to include a fleet of 17 robotic surgery devices across the AdventHealth East Florida Division, offering patients robotic surgical procedures in multiple specialties.

Sheriff Grady Judd Opposes Trump Pardons of Jan. 6 Insurrectionists and Tells Deputies: I Have Your Back

January 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 42 Comments

Grady Judd, one of the most well-known sheriffs in Florida is letting his officers know that he has their backs against people recently pardoned by President Donald Trump. And furthermore, he thinks the President messed up by getting them released from lockdown.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, January 26, 2025

January 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Dragging Liberty by Bill Day, FloridaPolitics.com

‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, ‘Crimes of the Heart’ at St. Augustine’s Limelight Theatre, the mystery of that one Willa Cather letter, and a few more thoughts on the writer from Nebraska.

U.S. News Ranks Daytona State’s Online Bachelor’s Programs Among Best in U.S. for 13th Straight Year

January 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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U.S. News & World Report has ranked Daytona State College’s online Bachelor’s programs among the best in the nation for the 13th straight year. And DSC is again the top-ranked non-university college in the United States.

Saltwater Flooding a Serious Threat to Electric Vehicles’ Batteries

January 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flooded cars in Clearwater, Fla., after the arrival of Hurricane Milton on Oct. 10, 2024. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Particularly when these batteries are soaked in saltwater, they can become “ticking time bombs,” in the words of Florida State Fire Marshall Jimmy Patronis. That’s because the fire doesn’t always occur immediately when the battery is flooded. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, about 36 EVs flooded by Hurricane Ian in Florida in 2022 caught fire, including several that were being towed after the storm on flatbed trailers.

Joan Dupray McReynolds, 1934-2025

January 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Joan Dupray McReynolds

Joan Dupray McReynolds was born August 10th, 1934, in Vista, California to Donald and Emma Dupray. Joan met and married the love of her life James “Jim” Newton McReynolds while he was stationed in California, and they remained together for 46 years until his passing. She was a proud military wife and lived in Germany through three separate deployments, with her husband and three boys while Jim was on active duty.

Should Public Money Fund Religious Charter Schools? Supreme Court Will Decide Constitutionality.

January 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

An online Catholic charter school in Oklahoma is challenging the state's prohibition on spending public money on religions schools. (© FlaglerLive)

In Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond and St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v. Drummond, the Oklahoma Supreme Court agreed with the state’s attorney general, Gentner Drummond, that the charter school board violated state law, the Oklahoma Constitution, and the U.S. Constitution when it allowed St. Isidore, a Catholic online school, to become a charter school.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, January 25, 2025

January 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Jan. 6 pardons by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

The cold-weather shelter opens, coffee with Commissioner Spradley, ‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, Gamble Jam, Cinderella: Youth Edition, at Athens Theatre, pining for the days when reading the press didn’t induce vomiting.

The Good and Bad of Ozempic

January 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The research shows the health effects of these drugs are significant and wide-ranging.

Today, GLP-1 drugs, including Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound, have become household names and key tools in the fight against obesity. GLP-1 drugs could help treat dozens of other ailments as well. But there are risks. GLP-1 drugs come with significant side effects and increase the risk of 19 health conditions, such as gastrointestinal issues, kidney stones and acute pancreatitis, in which the pancreas becomes inflamed and dysfunctional.

DeSantis Cant Wait to Get His Hands on ‘Illegal Immigration’ Legislation

January 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

GOP Rep. Kiyan Michael, Gov. Ron DeSantis, and Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters discussed illegal immigration during a roundtable discussion in Jacksonville on Jan. 23, 2025. (Screenshot DeSantis Facebook)

Gov. Ron DeSantis used the power of his bully pulpit on Thursday to once again lean on the Florida Legislature to come together for a special legislative session next week to further restrict illegal immigration, vowing to fight like a “junkyard dog” that just won’t stop until he sees results. The governor has said repeatedly over the past couple of weeks that the Legislature must not wait until the regular session opens in March to address the newly implemented executive orders signed by President Donald Trump on reducing the number of the undocumented in Florida.

Republicans Hold Huge Registration Advantage in Special Elections, But Turnout Is Tepid

January 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Heading into special elections to replace former U.S. House members Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz, Republicans hold major voter-registration advantages in the two districts, according to newly released numbers. But turnout has been tepid. Republicans are holding a two-to-one advantage over Democrats turning up at the polls in Flagler County, with 4,859 registered Republicans casting a ballot, to just 2,592 Democrats doing so.

Tuscan Reserve Apartments Handyman Accused of Using His Access to Units to Steal Thousands in Jewelry

January 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Joshua Powell.

Joshua Raymond Powell, a 44-year-old resident of Satsuma employed as a handyman at Tuscan Reserve, the apartment complex in Palm Coast’s Town Center, was arrested last week on nine felony charges of burglary, fraud and dealing in stolen property following a Flagler County Sheriff’s investigation that determined that Powell allegedly entered homes where he was needed for repairs, only to steal the residents’ jewelry and other valuables.

Flagler Beach Pier Construction Delayed to Spring as City Commission Approves $14.1 Million Construction Contract

January 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The Flagler Beach Pier in 1929, when it was a year old and 600 feet long. (Florida Memory)

After a relatively brief discussion that belies nearly nine years of anguish, delays, debates, financing and design of a new pier, the Flagler Beach City Commission Thursday evening unanimously approved a $14.1 million contract with Beckley, W.Va.-based Vecellio and Grogan to build a 714-ft. concrete pier in place of the existing, 97-year-old wooden relic, which has been closed to public or any use since the fall of 2022. Construction was previously set to start last December. It may not start until late spring, and it’ll be a challenge to complete it by July 4, 2026.

Flagler Unemployment Falls Slightly to 3.8% but Labor Force Continues to Decline; Home Sales Rebound a Little

January 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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Flagler County’s unemployment rate edged back below 4 percent for the first time in six months, at 3.8 percent, as a couple hundred people gained jobs and the number of unemployed residents fell by 300. But Flagler County’s labor force again shrank, as it has most months for more than a year, to 50,849. The labor force is at its lowest level since February 2023, when it was 50,773 and rising.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, January 24, 2025

January 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Remembering Dexter Romweber, the cold-weather shelter opens, Flagler and Florida unemployment numbers released, ‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, Cinderella at Athens Theatre.

Palm Coast’s Disc Golf Course in W-Section Wins Private Public Partnership Award

January 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The disc golf course off Pine Lakes Parkway and White Mill Drive in Palm Coast.

The City of Palm Coast was awarded the “Outstanding Private and Public Partnership” award by the Florida Planning and Zoning Association (FPZA) Surfcoast Chapter. This award recognizes the City’s collaborative work with Mesa Capital Group to bring the Palm Coast Disc Golf Course to life.

Charlie Hebdo 10 Years On: Conversations About Free Speech Are Still Too Black and White

January 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A special edition of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo commemorates 10 years since an Islamist attack in 2015.

Communities’ reactions to satire are deeply influenced by factors such as religious marginalization, political exclusion and cultural tensions. The Charlie Hebdo attack was a horrific act of violence that cannot be justified. However, the discussions that followed often overlooked the ways in which the magazine’s caricatures perpetuated racist stereotypes – particularly against Muslims.

Behind Daniel Fish Losing Head Football Coach Job at FPC: Major Fumbles in Classroom, and 2nd Reprimand in 14 Months

January 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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Following an internal investigation that ended in December, Daniel Fish, who was fired last week as head football coach at Flagler Palm Coast High School, was the subject of a letter of reprimand for a series of grave failures in his teaching and administrative duties. It was the second disciplinary write-up for Fish in 14 months. He had been the subject of a “letter of caution” in October 2023 following a violent incident that had started among student-athletes in the football team’s unsupervised locker room. He retains his teaching job.

Old Dixie Motel Owners Have 5 Months To Secure Building Permits or Face Demolition by County’s Order

January 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Special Magistrate Sean McDermott. (© FlaglerLive)

A special magistrate gave the owners of the neglected Old Dixie hotel five months to secure four permits from Flagler County or face demolition of the property. The decision by the magistrate, Sean McDermott, amounts to a further life extension for the hotel property, yet again frustrating the county’s attempts since last March to demolish a building it considers to be a nuisance and a danger to public health.

Protesters Disheartened and Disbelieving at an Abortion-Rights Rally in St. Pete: ‘Florida Is Gone’

January 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Bree Wallace with the Tampa Bay Abortion Fund in St. Petersburg, Florida on Jan 22. 2024 (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)

Two months after a proposal to repeal Florida’s six-week abortion law and enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution failed to gather the 60% required for passage, more than 100 people gathered Wednesday on four street corners in downtown St. Petersburg to advocate for the cause. But it was a dispirited and disbelieving protest.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, January 23, 2025

January 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Trump tower of promises by Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Flagler Beach City Commission meets and awards a contract to start demolition and construction of the pier, Lee Greenwood at the Fitz, a Palm Coast committee considers requests to rename two city venues, Alice Munro considered and reconsidered.

Trump’s Attack on Birthright Citizenship

January 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Children born on U.S. soil automatically have U.S. citizenship, regardless of who their parents are.

One of President Donald Trump’s first executive orders relating to immigration and immigrants is a direct attack on the long-standing constitutional principle of birthright citizenship. That’s the declaration in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution that anyone born on U.S. soil is a U.S. citizen, regardless of their parents’ nationalities or immigration status.

Flagler-Palm Coast Affordable Housing Advisory Committee Is Seeking New Members: Please Apply

January 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Everyone needs a roof over theor head. (© FlaglerLive)

The Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC), which makes recommendations to the Flagler County Board of County Commissioners and the City of Palm Coast, is seeking to fill open vacancies.

Palm Coast Council Approves 182-House Development’s Final Step Near Airport in Seminole Woods, With a Disclaimer

January 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 54 Comments

About 80 percent of the infrastructure has been built at the Enclave, a new Seminole Woods development that will total 180 single-family houses when completed. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday approved the final plat for the 182-home subdivision known as the Enclave at Seminole Palms, on 70 acres north of the Citation Boulevard extension, between Belle Terre Boulevard and Seminole Woods Boulevard, and just south of the county airport property. Platting is a legally required final regulatory step in a development, mapping out individual property boundaries, easements, roads and other infrastructure features.

AdventHealth CEO Audrey Gregory Cautions Employers of Labor Crunch Ahead, and to Prize Workers Accordingly

January 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Audrey Gregory in an earlier phase of her career, as a nurse, and with her family, in a slide she showed the audience at a Tiger Bay lunch talk today. (© FlaglerLive)

A labor crunch is tightening the job market all over America from IT to education to retail, but more especially in restaurants, hotels, construction and healthcare, AdventHealth East Region Executive Vice President and CEO Audrey Gregory told a sold-out audience at today’s Flagler Tiger Bay Club monthly lunch. The way to manage through it is primarily to nurture and value existing employees, to further their education at the company’s expense, to move them up, and to pay them better.

Vincent’s Clubhouse Spurs Opportunities for People with Disabilities, Bridging Needs Beyond School District

January 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Vincent Cona, for whom Vincent's Clubhouse is named, embracing his mother and Vincent's Founder Erica Flores, with her husband, Hector Flores, left, at Tuesday's ribbon-cutting. (© FlaglerLive)

Vincent’s Clubhouse Enrichment Center at Palm Coast’s European Village is an evidence-based program focused on vocational and life skills training, personal development, hygiene, financial skills, marketplace skills, and literacy for adults and younger people. But it was not until late last year, after years of evolution and growth, that Vincent’s Clubhouse’s nomadic years ended with the opening of its permanent home, a 1,600-square-foot facility–what would otherwise be a shopfront–at European Village, with a faculty of five and 20 adult “members” enrolled.

Florida Lawmakers Are Looking for Money, Now that Biden’s Covid Aid Has Dried Up

January 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Sen. Tom Leek, R-Ormond Beach, advised constituents to not expect as much money for local projects this year. (Colin Hackley/NSF)

Florida lawmakers have started filing what are expected to be hundreds of proposals seeking money for local projects and programs — but legislative leaders are cautioning not to expect as much spending as in the past few years. As of Tuesday morning, House members had filed 40 funding proposals, while one had been filed in the Senate, according to legislative websites. Lawmakers will consider the proposals as they negotiate a budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year during the legislative session that will start March 4.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, January 22, 2025

January 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Trump Inauguration by Bill Day, FloridaPolitics.com

A discussion on book bans at today’s Separation Chat discussion, John Lennon’s ‘Lost Weekend,’ at Ocean Art Gallery, Weekly Chess Club for Teens, reflections on the inaugural, a few words about Andrew Jackson.

Sexual Identity Is More Fluid Than Previously Thought

January 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

It's not complicated. (© FlaglerLive)

Nearly 16% of people changed their sexual identity over a 12-year period, according to a new study I conducted with my colleagues, involving around 35,000 residents of Stockholm County. This challenges long-held beliefs about sexual identity being largely fixed.

Catherine Robinson Again Re-Elected Mayor Without Opposition; 5 Vie for Bunnell Commission, 3 for Flagler Beach

January 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

No surprise: Catherine Robinson was re-elected mayor in Bunnell without opposition. (© FlaglerLive)

Bunnell Mayor Catherine Robinson was re-elected without opposition when qualifying ended last week, extending the longest tenure of any of Flagler County’s 37 elected officials, by a wide margin. Three commissioners and the mayor in Beverly Beach were re-elected without opposition. But two commission seats in Bunnell and two seats in Flagler Beach are being contested. The election is March 4.

Yacht Club Gives Up Palm Coast Boat Parade After 41 Years, Citing Costs and City’s Obstacles; Mayor Pledges Takeover

January 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

It's sunset for the Palm Coast Holiday Boat Parade, at least in the Palm Coast Yacht Club's hands, which have sponsored the parade for the last 41 years. Palm Coast government may take it over. (Robert Ulis)

The Palm Coast Yacht Club is giving up on the Holiday Boat Parade, a local fixture for 41 years. The Yacht Club cited burdensome costs and too many obstacles and expectations from the city, all of which have taken the fun out of running it, its organizer says. The Palm Coast City Council today signaled its willingness to take it over and run it as a special event. But it would have to be approved through the coming budget process. 

Sorry Palm Coast, No Snow For You: Winter Storm Warning Boundaries Are North and West of Flagler

January 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A still from a video posted by Storm Chaser Houston this morning as snow was starting to accumulate in southeast Texas.

If you’re hoping to see a few snow flurries as a rare winter storm barrels through the Gulf of Mexico, you’ll have to go north and west of Flagler County even as winter storm warning boundaries were extended southward to include all of Duval and Clay counties overnight. Putnam and St. Johns have a winter storm advisory.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, January 21, 2025

January 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Israel - Hamas ceasefire shaky by Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Palm Coast City Council meets, where James M. Cain’s The Postman Always Rings Twice meets John McCain’s cheeky Islamophobia.

3 Strategies to Bridge the Deepening Partisan Divide

January 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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A record-high 80% of Americans believe the U.S. is greatly divided on “the most important values”. A similar percentage of Americans said they feared violence and threats to democracy. Almost half the country believes people on the other side of the political divide are “downright evil.” Some say that the vitriolic rhetoric of political leaders and social media influencers is partly to blame for the country’s state of toxic polarization. Others cite social media platforms that amplify misinformation and polarization.

Manifest Perfidy: Trump Is No Seward

January 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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As the Dear Leader asserted the other day in his completely rational press conference, if the 51st-staters don’t play nice, we’ll bring them to their frostbitten knees with “economic force” and turn their so-called “provinces” into good Christian Florida counties with lousy hospitals and empty libraries.

“We Cannot Walk Alone… We Cannot Turn Back”

January 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 58 Comments

Martin Luther King at the March on Washington, 1963. (National Archives)

A brief history of the origins and battles of the Martin Luther King federal holiday, and of the MLK monument at the Washington Mall, with full text and video of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream Speech.”

Rotary Club of Flagler Beach Equips Lifeguards with Lifesaving AEDs

January 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Karen Pastoriza - Rotary Club of Flagler Beach President, Joe Armellino - Flagler Beach Lifeguard Captain, Tom Gillian - Flagler Beach Recreation Director, Christian Carre - a Firefighter/EMT with the City of Flagler Beach Fire Dept., Kyle Carre - a Paramedic with Flagler County, Cindy Dalecki - owner of Marketing 2 Go and a Rotary Club of Flagler Beach member for 13 years, and Lauren Ramirez - owner of Salus Medical.

The Rotary Club of Flagler Beach presented three lifesaving automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to the Flagler Beach lifeguard captains at their club meeting last month. These AEDs, acquired through a successful grant, will be mounted on the lifeguards’ ATVs, ensuring rapid response to cardiac emergencies along the beach.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, January 20, 2025

January 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Michelle Obama Skipping Trump Inauguration by Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News

The cold-weather shelter opens. A strange conjunction between Martin Luther King Day and the inaugural, with a very special musical special to mark the special occasion, and Trump’s Letterman nights.

David Lynch Exposed the Rot at the Heart of American Culture

January 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Lynch, the director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ died in January 2024 at the age of 78.

Lynch’s films and TV series reflected the dark, ominous, often bizarre underbelly of American culture – one increasingly out of the shadows today. American cinema holds up a mirror to society. Lynch was a master at this. His images of corruption, violence and toxic masculinity ring all too familiar in America today.

Trump’s Coming Tax Plan: Shift Handouts from Poor to Rich

January 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

It was once called the People's House. (White House)

Republicans plan to give the richest Americans a fresh round of individual tax breaks, slash the corporate tax rate yet again, and cut taxes on capital gains and dividends, which would let their Wall Street friends keep even more of their winnings when they sell a stock or are showered with dividends. Then they’ll move to step two: draconian budget cuts for the programs Americans rely on.

Suzanne Johnston Is Flagler Sheriff’s Citizen of the Year

January 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Suzanne Johnston will be recognized as Citizen of the Year at an upcoming Sheriff’s gala. Johnston recently retired after serving as Flagler County Tax Collector since 2005. In total, Johnston dedicated 55 years of service to the community prior to her retirement. Deputy Christian Harrison will be recognized as Law Enforcement Deputy Sheriff of the Year.

Childhood Vaccination Rates Are Slipping in ‘Health Freedom’ Florida and Other States with Exemptions

January 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Pediatricians in states with high exemption rates, such as Florida and Georgia, say they’re concerned by what they see — declining immunization levels for kindergartners, which could lead to a resurgence in vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles. The Florida Department of Health reported nonmedical exemption rates as high as 50% for children in some areas.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, January 19, 2025

January 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Tariff-free Girl Scout cookies by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre, ‘Crimes of the Heart’ at St. Augustine’s Limelight Theatre, the tautology of “Christian fiction,” Mencken’s two cents.

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