As with every other Napoléon movie, Scott’s version will leave viewers with no understanding of the genocidal war to restore slavery that Bonaparte waged against Black revolutionaries in the French colony of Saint-Domingue – what’s known as Haiti today. It’s like making a movie about Hitler without mentioning the Holocaust.
Sheriff’s Shop With a Cop Raises Over $35,000 for Christmas Spree, Shattering records
Flagler County Sheriff’s Office employees contributed nearly $25,000 and community organizations another $10,000 to the Flagler Sheriff Children’s Charities Shop With A Cop event set for Dec. 15 at the Palm Coast Walmart.
St. Johns County Judge Casey Woolsey Could Face Reprimand Over Inappropriate Fundraising
St. Johns County Judge Casey Woolsey “admitted that her conduct was inappropriate” and violated judicial canons, according to a document filed Monday at the Florida Supreme Court by an investigative panel of the state Judicial Qualifications Commission.
Facing Lawsuit from Ormond Beach, Flagler Defends Acquiring ‘Easement of Necessity’ That Crosses Volusia Border
Flagler County Attorney Al Hadeed explained why in his view Ormond Beach’s lawsuit against the county over an easement through conservation land in Hunter’s Ridge is off-base: Ormond Beach could itself settle the matter by acquiring conservation land on its side of the border, by setting aside unreasonable fears that Flagler will build a highway–and by upgrading Durrance Lane, the road that runs across the Hunter’s Ridge development.
Flagler Schools Again a ‘B’ District, With Only 2 Schools Notching A’s and FPC Improving to B
Twenty-nine Florida school districts–or 43 percent of districts in the state–scored an A this year. The Flagler County school district is not among them. The district notched another B, its ninth in the last 10 years that the state Department of Education has awarded school grades.. When a plurality of districts across the state score an A and Flagler does not, it makes it harder for the district to claim, as its motto likes to claim, that it is a “premier learning organization,” or that it promotes a “culture of excellence.”
First a Machete Swing Then a Shotgun and a Pulled Trigger During a Domestic Dispute Lead to Jail for Palm Coast Man
Randall Martin, a 79-year-old resident of Palm Coast’s B-Section, is accused of striking his wife with a machete, pulling a shotgun trigger as he pointed it at her during a domestic dispute, then violating the terms of his pre-trial release by ignoring a no-contact order hours after he was released from jail.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, December 11, 2023
It’s trial week in felony court, including the case of the 54-year-old Palm Coast man and convicted felon arrested in February following a standoff with sheriff’s deputies at his house, the Bunnell City Commission meets, memories of the Dog River.
Achieving Our Country According to Norman Lear
Even Americans who strongly disagree with each other may find common ground when they watch the same TV shows and movies, especially those that make us laugh or cry.
Norman Lear, who died on Dec. 5, 2023, at 101, created television shows that did just that.
The Wheels Are Falling Off the Ronbo Bus
Ron DeSantis has decided to show how tough he is, going on the offensive not against Moscow but against a peaceable nation of pink buildings, blue seas, and Black people, wooing voters in Iowa and New Hampshire by hollering, “Like, if the Bahamas were firing rockets into Fort Lauderdale, like, we would not accept that for, like, one minute. I mean, we would just level it.”
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, December 10, 2023
City Repertory Theatre’s Holiday Cabaret, a fund-raiser for the Flagler Playhouse, final day, the 18,000 dead of Gaza and the 18,000 dead of Lebanon in 1982, compliments of the IDF.