In the years after the undisclosed trip to Alaska, Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself.
At Tiger Bay, a Triumphal Paul Renner Reaps Adulation and Delivers a Few Inaccurate Jabs
House Speaker Paul Renner today exulted in considerable adoration and a standing ovation at Flagler Tiger Bay like no bringer of bacon before him, tempered though both Renner and the audience were by the club’s disfavor with uncivil partisanship.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Flagler Beach’s joint-government meeting on the future of the city’s tourism management, Florida Speaker of the House Paul Renner at Flagler Tiger Bay, St. Augustine’s inglorious racial history.
Southern Baptists’ Renewed War on Women and LGBTQ
The Southern Baptist Conference’s stance on issues of gender and sexuality have not always been just about fidelity to their interpretation of scripture. Rather, the SBC uses these issues to differentiate itself from other, more progressive denominations.
Flagler School Board Rejects Arming Employees in 3-2 Vote, Citing Too Many Doubts for Now
The Flagler County School Board this evening rejected on a 3-2 vote a proposal to arm some school employees on the unfounded assumption that it would improve security. The vote ends a year-long discussion about the so-called “guardian program,” as a majority of board members still had too many questions, doubts, and lacking buy-in from school staff.
Council Approves 1st Leg of Beltway from Matanzas Woods to Palm Coast Parkway, Opening West
The Palm Coast City Council approved an engineering contract for the first phase of what will be a three-phase, 7-mile beltway connecting Matanzas Woods Parkway and Palm Coast Parkway west of U.S. 1. The ambitious road incursion through 12,000 acres of empty wilds would open that part of the city to development.
In Palm Coast, a Pitbull Attack, a Dead Dog, and Disputed Accusations of City ‘Gestapo’ Tactics
Palm Coast City Council member Ed Danko compared employees to “Gestapo agents” in reference to an animal control case involving a pit bull attack and a dog’s death earlier this month. Danko later walked back the statement, but remained “infuriated’ with the way an animal control officer had allegedly handled the case.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, June 20, 2023
The school board and the Palm Coast City Council have meetings, Career Shadowing for Flagler County students at FPC, debating the spread of tipping, Food Truck Tuesday.
Juneteenth as Antidote to Erasing Black History
Many Juneteeth celebrations not only commemorate the end of slavery, but they also honor the generations of Black men and women who have fought to end slavery and for racial justice.
42 Photographs of Interior of Alleged Rapist’s Home Will Be New Evidence in 2nd Teron Trial
In five weeks, Monserrate Teron will again go on trial on two capital counts of raping a 7-year-old child–his niece. This time the prosecution will have what it did not have before: images of the interior of the house where the alleged assault took place, enabling the prosecution to question a central tenet of the defense.