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Don’t Stereotype Voters Without Children

October 28, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

As many as 50 million to 60 million Americans may have decided that they don’t want to have kids.

Politicians and others often use the word “childless” as an umbrella term for people who do not have children. This doesn’t capture some important nuances. Large-scale demographic data show that there are many types of nonparents – and each has its own set of political priorities.

An Invitation to Mobility Week Nov. 1 at Lehigh Trailhead

October 28, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Trail on. (Palm Coast)

The City of Palm Coast, in partnership with Flagler County Government, the River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization (TPO), and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), invites residents to join us for a Mobility Week Trail Walk, with staff, elected officials, and local partners to promote active transportation and community connectivity.

Internet Groups File Constitutional Challenge to Renner-Led Social Media Law Restricting Access

October 28, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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In a long-anticipated move, two internet-industry groups Monday filed a constitutional challenge to a new Florida law aimed at keeping children off social-media platforms. The Computer & Communications Industry Association and NetChoice, whose members include tech giants such as Google and Meta Platforms, said in a federal lawsuit that the law violates First Amendment rights and that parents should make decisions about children’s social-media use.

Palm Coast Council Sharply Divided Over Making Large Developers Pay ‘Minuscule’ Fee for Public Art

October 28, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Copper Tritscheller’s “Burro With Bird on Shoulder” in Town Center's Central Park has been lonely since a 2020 installation that was to open the way for a lot more public art. The Burro's eyes on City Hall were disappointed by the council's divided enthusiasm over expanding the city's public art capabilities in a vote last month. The council tries again next week. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council is divided over a modest program to fund public art installations that would require larger developers to devote half of a percent of the value of their project to the arts. One council member calls it “awesome.” Another says it “makes no sense.” A third is “torn.”

Two Flagler Beach Residents Prevail Over Veranda Bay’s Parent Company, Ending 5-Year-Old Defamation Suit

October 28, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The meeting that cast shadows over the lives of several Flagler Beach residents or member of the group Preserve Flagler Beach and Bulow Creeek, after the parent company of the Veranda Bay development seized on some statements to sue for defamation. A judge has ruled against the company five years later. (© FlaglerLive)

Sunbelt Land Management, the company affiliated with the Veranda Bay development on John Anderson Highway, has lost a defamation suit the company filed in 2020 against Sallee Aernoff and Ken Bryan, two Flagler Beach residents who spoke up about its land-clearing practices. Circuit Judge Chris France, in a strong opinion in defense of expression on public issues free of intimidation, granted the two residents’ motion for summary judgment last week.

Palm Coast Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary with Quilts, Cake and a ‘Living Time Capsule’

October 28, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Michelle Young and her dog Nitro memorialize the occasion. (© FlaglerLive)

In contrast with the rain-soaked 10th anniversary celebration, the skies were cloudless Saturday and the sun blazing as Palm Coast marked its 25th anniversary with speeches, a blue and yellow cake, quilts and a “living time capsule” that looks back at the past quarter century.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, October 28, 2024

October 28, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Early voting enters its second week, the Bunnell City Commission meets, the Washington Post’s decision not to endorse, and whether newspapers should ne endorsing to start with.

Free School Meals Are On the Rise. Trump Would Change That.

October 27, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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Donald Trump’s administration made multiple attempts to weaken the nutritional quality of school meals despite evidence supporting their benefits for students. For example, they rolled back expectations that kids would be served more whole grains and stalled efforts to decrease sodium levels. Project 2025, a package of policy proposals authored by people closely tied to Trump’s 2024 presidential bid – but that the campaign has sought to disavow – calls for cuts in federal spending that helps fund universal free school meal programs.

Florida Politicians Owned by Polluters: A Database Helps Show How

October 27, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Polluting the Intracoastal is a Florida tradition. (© FlaglerLive)

Vote Water recently rolled out what it calls its “Dirty Money Project.” It’s a searchable database to track donations to Florida politicians from polluting industries such as Big Sugar and the rest of the agricultural industry, the phosphate miners, the major utilities, the developers and even the sneaky “polluter PACs” — committees that function as cash machines and get significant funding from these industries.

Rubio Claims ‘Anti-Trump’ Generals Are Lying to Get Paid

October 27, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Florida’s Senior Senator (and potential Secretary of State if Donald Trump is elected) is disputing claims by Generals Mark Milley and John Kelly that the GOP candidate is a “fascist” and that Adolf Hitler did “some good things” by questioning their motivations.

Portions of East Drain Street in Bunnell Will Be Renamed in Honor of Former Commissioner Daisy Henry

October 27, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Daisy Henry and East Drain Street have long been synonymous. (© FlaglerLive)

Following a vote by the Bunnell City Commission in July, Bunnell government will rename a portion of East Drain Street in the south part of the city after Daisy Henry, the long-time city commissioner and a local icon who was all but synonymous with life around and beyond Drain Street. The street will be called Daisy Henry Street. That ceremony is scheduled for Nov. 1 at 8:30 a.m. at the intersection of East Drain Street and South Pine St. in Bunnell, with ample parking near Carver Gym. 

The Affordable Care Act Is Back in the Bull’s Eye in Final Days of the Campaign

October 27, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Health care is suddenly front and center in the final sprint to the presidential election, and the outcome will shape the Affordable Care Act and the coverage it gives to more than 40 million people. Besides reproductive rights, health care for most of the campaign has been an in-the-shadows issue. However, recent comments from former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, about possible changes to the ACA have opened Republicans up to heavier scrutiny.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, October 27, 2024

October 27, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Polling Voters Who Never Answer Phone by R.J. Matson, CQ Roll Call

The St. Augustine Orchestra is in Concert at Flagler Auditorium, how unaffordable homes have become, Peter Viereck’s review of William Buckley’s God and Man at Yale.

What Kent State Teaches About Deploying Troops to Crush Legal Protests

October 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

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The prospect of dispatching troops in the way that Trump proposes chillingly echoes actions that led up to the Kent State shootings. Some active-duty units, as well as National Guard troops, are trained today to respond to riots and violent protests – but their primary mission is still to fight, kill, and win wars. It is not policing.

Trump Doubles His Support Among Florida’s Cuban-Americans

October 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Cuban-Americans in South Florida build-up support for Trump. (© FlaglerLive)

The Cuba Poll asked 1,001 Cuban Americans in South Florida about a variety of issues between Sept. 25 and Oct. 9, including preference atop the ticket in November. The survey finds Donald Trump is riding high with the traditionally right-of-center cohort, leading Kamala Harris 68% to 23%.

A ‘Firehose’ of Disinformation as Trump and Musk Spread Lies About Voter Fraud in Campaign’s Final Days

October 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

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Fanned by former President Donald Trump and notable allies such as tech tycoon Elon Musk, election disinformation is warping voters’ faith in the integrity of the democratic process, polls show, and setting the stage once again for potential public unrest if the Republican nominee fails to win the presidency. Their lies about noncitizens voting, the vulnerability of mail-in ballots and the security of voting machines are spreading widely over social media.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, October 26, 2024

October 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Trump the pretend president by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

Peps Art Walk, noon to 5 p.m. next to JT’s Seafood Shack, Coffee With Commissioner Scott Spradley, Maze Days at Cowart Ranch, an enraged elephant hits a woman at the zoo.

Trump’s Attack on Overseas Voters: Factually Wrong, Politically Dangerous.

October 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Donald Trump’s Truth Social post about overseas voters in late September and Republican efforts to undermine those voters are factually wrong and politically dangerous. There are lawsuits in several states designed to disenfranchise American citizens abroad. These are citizens who may have gone to enormous lengths to carry out their duties by asking for and sending in election ballots, often at substantial personal expense and faced with substantial barriers.

Speech Codes at Flagler School Board and Palm Coast Council Are Now Illegal, Thanks to Moms for Liberty

October 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Several of the rules in effect at government meetings such as the Flagler County School Board have been ruled unconstitutional by a federal court, among them the prohibition on addressing anyone but the board chair, the prohibition on referring to district or government employees by name, or the use of certain profanities. (© FlaglerLive)

A decision by the federal 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, controlling law in Flagler County, invalidates local governments’ speech codes that prohibit public speakers from addressing individual members of elected boards, or citing employees by name, or quoting from school library books, no matter how racy, or speaking offensively, which is considered a point of view. But rules against disruption and obscenity remain. The question is: will local governments correct their rules accordingly?

DSC Partners with Florida Surf Film Festival in Showings Nov. 15-16

October 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Three-time World Surf League Champion Tom Curren will make a special appearance at the East Coast premiere of “Tom and I”, a film directed by Nilton Baptista and Jeremy Pfeiffer. The premiere will be held during the Florida Surf Film Festival, taking place November 15-16 at Daytona State College’s News-Journal Center.

A Third of Flagler County Voters Have Already Cast a Ballot, Compared to 24% in Florida

October 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Voting continues to be brisk at Flagler County's five early-voting locations. (© FlaglerLive)

Early voting in Flagler County have significantly exceeded the numbers in the 2020 and 2016 general elections, with the total of mailed-in votes almost at parity with early voting. By early afternoon Friday, just the fifth of 13 days of early voting, a third of Flagler County’s registered voters–almost 32,000—had cast a ballot, well ahead of the 24 percent who have done so statewide.

A Different Kind of Road Rage: Man Accused of Threatening Work Crew with Machete

October 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Miguel Angel Rodriguez, a 43-year-old resident of Seminole Woods in Palm Coast, faces a felony assault charge after allegedly confronting a work crew while brandishing a machete. He’d been upset about a delay on Belle Terre Boulevard.

Flagler Auditorium’s New Season Launches with St. Augustine Orchestra, and a Special Violinist, Sunday

October 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

St. Augustine Orchestra conductor and artistic director Scott Gregg with trumpeter Andrea Albritton. (St. Augustine Orchestra)

When the SAO, which lacks its own permanent performing space in St. Augustine and plays at high schools, churches and other venues across Northeast Florida, reached out to the Fitzgerald to rent its theater for a concert, Fulmer and the performing arts center governing board saw an opportunity they didn’t want to slip away: to bring back classical music performances to the local stage.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, October 25, 2024

October 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A horrified woman at her Halloween door by Bruce Plante, PoliticalCartoons.com

Flagler Outreach Brings Social Service Providers to Cattleman’s Hall, Collective Bargaining session in Palm Coast, Fall Horticultural Workshops at the Palm Coast Community Center, reflections on raising a new roof.

Harris and Trump on Crime and Justice

October 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The jury box in Courtroom 401 at the Flagler County courthouse, where criminal trials are held. It'll be idle for a few more weeks. (© FlaglerLive)

Though crime and criminal justice policy are central issues in many elections, that’s not true in 2024. Surveys show that relatively few American voters rank crime as their most important concern. Yet both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris say they take those problems seriously.

Stetson University Named a Green College by Princeton Review for 9th Time

October 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Oscar Bluemner, Sunset Effect on Rain, 1929.

Stetson University has been recognized for the ninth time as a Green College by The Princeton Review, which cited the institution’s strong commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship on the DeLand campus.

Florida, in Turf War, Sues U.S. Attorney General Over Trump Assassination Investigation

October 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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In a dispute over federal law following the second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland. 

Company Building Data Center in Palm Coast Clears Undersea Cables’ Final Hurdle in Flagler Beach

October 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The acreage in Palm Coast's Town Center that will be transformed into a data center. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach’s South 6th Street will soon be the landing point for up to six of the 600-some transatlantic data cables that form the backbone of the internet. The cables will then snake underground, across State Road 100 and into Town center, where DX Blox, the Atlanta-based company, will build a “cable landing station,” or a data center, near the intersection of Town Center Boulevard and Royal Palms Parkway.

As Seminole Woods Soon Gets Its Own Fire Station, Emergency Response Times May By Cut in Half for Many

October 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

At the groundbreaking this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast Fire Department and city government officials hosted a groundbreaking for the $10.5 million Fire Station 26 in Seminole Woods, what will be the city’s sixth fire station. It is expected to drastically reduce emergency response time in Seminole Woods and Quayle Hollow when the building is finished in January 2026.

Palm Coast Belies Its Own Council Members’ Statements As It Claims Debt Referendum Is ‘Clear and Unambiguous’

October 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Circuit Judge Chris France. (© FlaglerLive)

Sharply divided though it’s been over the matter, the Palm Coast City Council is opting to fight a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate a proposed charter amendment at the Nov. 5 election, filing an answer to the lawsuit that seeks its dismissal primarily on technical grounds. The city’s answer that the ballot language is “clear and unambiguous,” however, directly contradicts what a majority of the council has said about the language. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, October 24, 2024

October 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Close Election polls by Guy Parsons, PoliticalCartoons.com

Early voting continues, the Flagler Beach City Commission meets, the Model Yacht Club races at the pond in Palm Coast’s Central Park, and could a letter to the editor have provided the idea for the first-ever beach renourishment, at Coney Island?

How the Government Can Stop Political ‘Churches’ From Exploiting Tax Exemption

October 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Uniformed members of Trail Life USA present the colors at the Family Research Council’s 2018 Values Voter Summit.

Some groups that aren’t churches or associations of churches want to be designated that way to avoid the scrutiny being a charitable organization otherwise requires. At the same time, some other groups that should qualify as churches may have difficulty doing so because of the IRS’ outdated test for that status.

Florida Health Chief Ladapo of Vaccine Shams Attacks Abortion-Rights Ads Over Facts

October 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo speaks to reporters after being confirmed Wednesday by the Senate. (Jim Turner/NSF)

In a document filed Tuesday opposing the committee’s request for a preliminary injunction, lawyers for Department of Health Secretary Joseph Ladapo, who is the state surgeon general, argued that the ad contains “objectively false factual information” because the six-week law includes exceptions when the life of a pregnant woman is at risk.

Cajun Beach Restaurant in Flagler Beach, In Rare City Rebuke Over Noise, Is Denied Music Permit

October 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Cajun Beach restaurant is on Oceanshore Boulevard at South 12th Street. (© FlaglerLive)

In a rare rebuke that reflects a history of complaints about the business, the Flagler Beach City Commission denied an outdoor entertainment permit to Cajun Beach Boil and Sushi, the restaurant on State Road A1A at South 12th Street, after the business flouted a city ordinance.

‘Significant Reservations’ About Approving 2,735 Homes at Veranda Bay as Development Advances on 4-1 Vote

October 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The entrance to Veranda Bay off John Anderson Highway. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission is slowly moving toward approval of annexing Veranda Bay, the 900-acre development along that could potentially double the population of the city, change its character as a small town and upend its political center of gravity. But commissioners are pushing back against the number of homes, which could be a deal-breaker. The developer has made several concessions and is continuing to negotiate, but the total number of homes has so far been a hard line.

In Flagler and Florida, Democrats Lose Vote-By-Mail Edge as Republicans Rally in Early Voting

October 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

Early voting has been brisk in Flagler County as in the rest of Florida, wiping out any advantage Democrats might have built in mailed-in ballots. Above, a scene at the Flagler County Public Library on Palm Coast Parkway, one of five early-voting sites for a fortnight. (© FlaglerLive)

After falling behind in voting by mail, Florida Republicans quickly moved ahead of Democrats in ballots cast in the November election on the strength of turning out to early voting sites. In Flagler County, ballots turned in by registered Democrats had an edge before early voting started on Monday, and Democrats were clinging to a bare difference of a few dozen ballots in that category by midday today. But a record turnout in the first two days of early voting quickly wiped out that advantage.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, October 23, 2024

October 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A year of manhunt by Patrick Chappatte, La Tribune Dimanche, France

Early voting, the River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization meets, a Palm Coast Parkway flash mob of one, Beirut Airport flash mob, metropolitan diaries.

Harris and Trump on LGBTQ Rights

October 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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A March 2024 survey by independent pollster PRRI found that 68% of voters will take LGBTQ rights into consideration at the polls. Fully 30% stated that they would vote only for a candidate who shares their views on the issue. It is no coincidence, then, that LGBTQ rights issues feature prominently in the party platforms.

AI-Driven Technology Changing Heart Care at AdventHealth Palm Coast

October 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

With an assist from AI. (AdventHealth)

The new tool, called CathWorks, is enhancing the way doctors at AdventHealth Palm Coast and AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway detect and treat heart blockages, making procedures safer and more precise for patients. CathWorks uses advanced computer-based software to help cardiologists accurately pinpoint areas of concern within the heart’s arteries.

Touch-and-Go Noise Around Flagler County Airport: Residents Hear Facts, and Contempt

October 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 131 Comments

The view from the Flagler airport's control tower. (© FlaglerLive)

A group of residents surrounding the Flagler County airport in Palm Coast have for years complained about the constant stream of touch-and-go student flights, about noise, about pollution, and about the county’s own dismissive attitude toward them. On Monday, the group got more of the same, with at times overt contempt from Airport Director Roy Sieger.

Hammock and Barrier Island Outside Cities Would Pay New Tax to Help Pay for Flagler’s $8.2 Million Beach Plan

October 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

The county has a plan. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County government has devised a plan to generate $8.2 million a year in local dollars to rebuild and maintain the 11.6 miles of beach north of Beverly Beach to the border of Marineland. The County Commission intends to vote on that plan, which includes a new tax for portions of the barrier island, on Nov. 4.

Palm Coast Historical Society and City Unveil Hernandez-Honoring Historical Marker at Long Creek Preserve

October 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The celebrants. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast Historical Society and Palm Coast government on Friday unveiled a new historical monument at Long Creek Nature Preserve, honoring the rich history and natural beauty of this beloved local treasure.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, October 22, 2024

October 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Fall Horticultural Workshops at the Palm Coast Community Center, Palm Coast’s bedraggled Residential Drainage Citizens Advisory Committee meets, Willie Nelson, the Red-Headed Stranger and “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.”

The Contradictions of ‘Minnesota Nice’

October 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Members of St. Paul’s Hmong community protest in 1998 after a local radio host said on air that Hmong immigrants needed to ‘assimilate or hit the goddamn road.’

After Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, much of the media coverage zeroed in on Walz’s Midwestern roots, with some pundits using the phrase “Minnesota nice” to describe his appeal. Minnesota nice, whether represented in policies or in being kind to neighbors, is a worthy ideal. But looking at the experiences of Vietnamese refugees in Minnesota, the trope of Minnesota nice has a more complex history – especially when it comes to nonwhite people.

DeSantis Rails Against Abortion-Rights Amendment on 1st Day of Early Voting

October 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday continued his push to get voters to reject Amendment 4 by appearing in Coral Gables alongside anti-abortion doctors, including one of his appointees to the Board of Medicine, to criticize the proposed abortion-access initiative.

Early Voting Kicks Off in 51 Florida Counties

October 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A long line today at an early voting site at the Flagler County Public Library in Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive)

Monday marked the earliest date Floridians could vote in person, as all but 16 counties in Florida started early voting. Nine counties will open voting on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday and the remaining seven will open on Saturday.

Matters of Temper Dominate Palm Coast Mayoral Candidates Cornelia Manfre’s and Mike Norris’s Final Clash

October 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

Mike Norris and Cornelia Manfre in the WNZF studios last Friday. (WNZF)

In their hour on the air, sitting in close quarters in WNZF’s studio but with an empty chair between them, Palm Coast mayoral candidates Cornelia Manfre and Mike Norris attacked, ducked, provoked and raised alarms about each other, never in good fun but never with disrespect. Manfre was clearly more prepared, sounding more forceful, answering questions in sharp, short and clear outlines and keeping Norris on the defensive.

Early Voting at Flagler County’s Five Locations Breaks Single-Day Record; 12,100 Mail Ballots Already In

October 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Turnout was brisk at the Flagler County Public Library on Palm Coast Parkway, one of five early-voting locations. The library location was the busiest this morning, with a line snaking around the sidewalk and halfway down the parking lot, toward the entrance. (© FlaglerLive)

With some 12,100 votes already turned in by mail so far, early voting in Flagler County began its 13-day run today with record-breaking turnout despite slow lines as a ballot with two dozen races and a half dozen constitutional and charter amendments took voters time to read and fill out.

Federal Judge Cites ‘Legislative Privilege’ to Shield School Board Members from testifying in Book Ban Case

October 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The wagons have circled. An illustration from "And Tango Makes Three."

A federal judge has shielded Escambia County School Board members from having to testify in a legal battle about the removal of children’s books from school libraries. United States Magistrate Judge Zachary C. Bolitho on Friday issued a 15-page order agreeing with the school board that members do not have to give depositions because of what is known as “legislative privilege.”

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, October 21, 2024

October 21, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Kids hate fact-checking teachers, KID HATES FACT CHECKING TEACHER by Randall Enos, Easton, Conn.

The Flagler County Commission meets in workshop to talk beach management and other matters, then in a voting evening meeting, the canvassing board meets, reading crime novels, Celine on fearing human beings.

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