A proposal that would eliminate restrictions on the number of hours that 16- and 17-year-olds could work received its first hearing in the Florida Legislature on Wednesday, where it passed on a party-line vote in the GOP-controlled committee. The measure limits restrictions that now prohibit 16- and 17-year-olds from working more than six consecutive days in any one week or working 4 hours continuously without a break.
School Board’s Cheryl Massaro Will Run Again, Saying Reign of Rookies Scares Her
When Cheryl Massaro was elected to the Flagler County School Board a little over three years ago, she intended to serve one term. The past year’s aberrations on the board by its three rookies and constituents’ pressures on her not to retire in the face of those aberrations changed her mind. Massaro is running again.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, December 13, 2023
The trial of Jerome Malerba on charges of stalking an underage girl and illegally using a computer continues before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins, Separation Chat, Open Discussion, too many people are postponing visits to the doctor, Janice Joplin and Barbara Ehrenreich.
The Minefield of College Free Speech Codes
Private colleges and universities have speech codes that allow them to punish certain speech. But in their testimony before Congress about antisemitism on their campuses, college presidents tripped, triggered a furor over their prevarications. and one of them resigned after failing to respond clearly to a simple question.
Sheriff Staly Is Honored with Bethune-Cookman’s Law Enforcement Leadership Award
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly was recognized with the Law Enforcement Leadership Award at the 6th Annual Florida Historically Black Colleges and Universities (FL HBCUs) Law Enforcement Luncheon hosted by the Center for Law and Social Justice at Bethune-Cookman University (BCU). Sheriff Staly received the award for his leadership, community-policing engagement efforts, and for providing internships and opportunities to minority applicants and BCU interns.
City Attorney Warns Palm Coast Away from Directly, Financially Aiding Flooded Property Owners
Palm Coast City Council member Ed Danko wants the city to more directly aid property owners whose yards have been flooded from adjacent, new construction, but the city attorney says funds may not be spent to benefit any single private property owners. The city administration will look at alternatives.
All Those Yards Flooding from New Construction? Blame ITT, Nature or Changing Codes, Not Builders, City Finds
More than 80 property owners have filed complaints about yards flooding as new construction has gone up in Palm Coast recently. Palm Coast officials say there are all sorts of reasons but builders and new construction are not among them. The city is working with property owners to analyze the issues and provide direction. It is also rewriting is technical building rules. But it’s stopping short of providing direct aid.
John Garrison Charged With Vehicular Homicide, Faces Minimum of 9 Years in Prison in Death of Debra Ashrafi on SR11
John Frederick Garrison, a 49-year-old resident of Deltona, was arrested Monday on charges of vehicular homicide and reckless driving causing serious injuries as a result of the head-on crash last year on State Road 11 south of Bunnell that devastated three generations of a single family. The crash took the life of Debra Ashrafi, 59, and critically injured her 41-year-old daughter Shana Sciortino, who was at the wheel of the vehicle, and her 79-year-old mother Shirley Burkett.
Brightline Rail from Orlando to Tampa ‘Making Tremendous Strides,’ With SunRail Spurs to Airport and Disney Ahead
What is known as the Sunshine Corridor Partnership seeks to connect the SunRail commuter-rail service in Central Florida to Brightline at Orlando International Airport, while linking the Orange County Convention Center, south International Drive and the Disney Springs areas. While Florida in 2011 turned down $2.4 billion in federal money for high-speed rail between Tampa and Orlando, the right-of-way along the I-4 corridor is reserved for passenger rail.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, December 12, 2023
The Palm Coast City Council has a long workshop agenda to close out the year, the Flagler County Planning Board, on Joyce Carol Oates’s Black Water and Chappaquiddick.