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DeSantis Stands By Attorney General’s Defiance of Federal Court Order Halting Cops’ Arrests of Migrants

May 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking at the Tampa Hula Bay Club on May 7, 2025. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)

Gov. Ron DeSantis is standing by Attorney General James Uthmeier’s open defiance of a federal court order requiring law enforcement agencies in Florida to halt immigration arrests under a new state immigration law. Talking with reporters in Tampa, the governor said the episode raises a “larger issue” of who can enact public policy in the United States.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, May 8, 2025

May 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Waiting to land in Newark by Jeff Koterba, patreon.com/jeffreykoterba

The Flagler Beach City Commission meets, Evening at the Whitney Lecture Series, Model Yacht Club Races, a terrible memory triggered by Simenon and one of his Maigret novels.

If Approved, Religious Charter Schools Will Shift Yet More Money from Traditional Public Schools

May 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Supreme Court is considering whether to allow churches to operate charter schools that teach religious topics like the Bible.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on April 30, 2025, in what could be the most consequential case for public education since the court started requiring schools to desegregate in the years following Brown v. Board of Education. If the court allows churches to operate religious charter schools, the public education system, as Americans know it, will take on an entirely new face and set of financial challenges.

Judge Gary Farmer, ‘Discriminatory, Offensive, Sexually Charged, and Demeaning,’ Fights Suspension

May 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Sen. Gary M. Farmer Jr., the Fort Lauderdale Democrat, was one of two opponents to the vacation-rental proposal in its current form. Sen. Travis Hutson, who represents Flagler County, was in support. (FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

Arguing he has “learned his lesson,” Broward County Circuit Judge Gary Farmer, a former Senate Democratic leader, this week urged the Florida Supreme Court to reject a recommendation that he be immediately suspended after an investigative panel accused him of “pervasive and extensive” behavior demonstrating “unfitness to hold office.” Farmer was elected as a judge in Broward County’s 17th Judicial Circuit in 2022 after six years in the Senate. He served as Senate minority leader during the 2021 legislative session but was ousted after a vote of no confidence by fellow Democrats.

Palm Coast and Flagler County Burn Ban Issued in April Is Extended Through May 14 Despite Rain

May 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

What Palm Coast and Flagler County would like to avoid. The image above is from the Espanola fire of 2011. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County burn declared on April 23 and in effect countywide has been extended through May 14, the county announced today even though some areas of Flagler County started receiving rain Wednesday.

Sheriff Staly Cautions Palm Coast Mayor Norris on Mystery Claims: ‘We Just Don’t Go on Witch Hunts and Innuendoes’

May 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly likes evidence, not political intrigue. The image above is from a news conference a year ago. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said today that Palm Coast Mayor Mike Norris is welcome to report an allegation of a “quid pro quo” involving him and suggesting an attempted bribe from a developer, but cautions that “we just don’t go on witch hunts and innuendoes,” or “fishing expeditions,” and that in any case the way Norris has handled the matter so far has likely undermined any effective investigation. 

Broadband Company’s Contractor Severs Flagler Beach’s Main Water Line on SR100, Cutting Off City’s Supply

May 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Flagler Beach crews working on repairing the water main break on State Road 100 this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

A contractor laying down broadband cables for Metronet, the Evansville, Ind.-based high-speed internet company, struck Flagler Beach’s main water line on State Road 100 late this morning, cutting off supply to the city.

Quid Pro Quoi? Mayor Norris Flips Against Discussing Incendiary Accusation About Mystery Developer 

May 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Mayor Mike Norris at Tuesday evening's meeting. (© FlaglerLive)

After agreeing to openly discuss an alleged “quid pro quo” a developer had offered him, Palm Coast Mayor Mike Norris said at last night’s meeting he wouldn’t talk about it after all, and take his case to law enforcement. Still, Norris’s conduct was one more example in an accumulating series of bizarre behavior, conspiratorial statements, accusations, deflections and flip-flops that continue to shift the sands under the council’s feet and project more images of distrust and dysfunction.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, May 7, 2025

May 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Abandon Hope by Harley Schwadron, CagleCartoons.com

Connecting to Palm Coast Expo at the Palm Coast Community Center, Separation Chat, Open Discussion, Weekly Chess Club for Teens, at the public library, when Retif de la Bretonne and Ronald Reagan were big readers.

How Trans People Affirmed Their Gender in Medieval Europe

May 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Lady and the Unicorn. (Unknown/Musée de Cluny, Paris via Didier Descouens/Wikimedia Commons)

Restrictions on medical care for transgender youth assume that without the ability to medically transition, trans people will vanish. History, however, shows that withholding health care does not make transgender people go away. Scholarship of medieval literature and historical records reveals how transgender people transitioned even without a robust medical system – instead, they changed their clothes, name and social position.

Firing Recruiting Firm, Palm Coast Council Agrees to Re-Start City-Led Search for 90 Days as Mayor Attacks Administration

May 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council this evening. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council unanimously agreed to fire SGR, the recruiting firm that had led the search for a city manager since last April, and directed the city administration to post the position for 90 days. Mayor Mike Norris’s attempt to yet again attempt to hire Rich Hough, a candidate who withdrew Monday, failed. The council worked through that segment of the meeting through more antagonism between Mayor Norris and Council member Charles Gambaro, and from a raucous audience.

DeSantis Calls House’s Property Tax Cut Study as ‘Dog and Pony Show’

May 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis, Senate President Ben Albritton, and House Speaker Daniel Perez stand in front of a joint session of the Florida Legislature to hear the governor’s State of the State address on March 4, 2025. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke out during a press availability in Miami on Tuesday to take more verbal shots at Florida House Republicans — this time regarding the select committee studying a potential cut in property taxes formed by House Speaker Daniel Perez, which convened for the first time on Friday.

Sustainable: Palm Coast Marks 20 Years of Arbor Day

May 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Arbor Day. (Palm Coast)

Sunshine, smiles, and sustainability took center stage as Palm Coast’s 20th Annual Arbor Day celebration drew hundreds of residents from across the community this past Saturday. This milestone event marked two decades of environmental awareness and community connection, blending eco-conscious fun with family-friendly festivities.

3-Judge Panel of Fifth District Court of Appeal Hears Arguments at Flagler County Courthouse for 1st Time

May 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The three-judge panel's seats moments before the judges walked in this morning. The Court of Appeal does not permit photography when court is in session. (© FlaglerLive)

For the first time in recent memory, and perhaps ever, a panel of the Fifth District Court of Appeal held oral arguments at the Flagler County courthouse this morning, hearing three cases, none local. One of the three cases centered on the meaning of theft, and whether a defendant had in fact committed a crime–grand theft–when she diverted business from her employer, even though she did not steal products.

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine Picks Ex-Palm Coast Councilman Ed Danko as District Director in Flagler, St. Johns and Volusia

May 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Ed Danko will be Randy Fine's district director in Flagler, Volusia and St. Johns counties starting Friday. (© FlaglerLive)

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine, the unfiltered provocateur and former member of the Florida Senate who won a special election in April to claim the Flagler County-centered congressional seat vacated by Mike Waltz, has chosen the like-minded former member of the Palm Coast City Council to be his regional director in Flagler, Volusia and St Johns County: Ed Danko. Danko begins his job on the federal payroll Friday.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, May 6, 2025

May 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

High cost of groceries by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

5th District Court of Appeal holds a session at the Flagler County courthouse, the Palm Coast City Council decides what to do next on its city manager search, and a new lawsuit, the Bunnell Planning, Zoning and Appeals Board considers a massive rezoning.

How Groupthink Creates Intolerance

May 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

groupthink intolerance

People struggle to express tolerance for different moral values – for instance, about sexual orientation, helping the poor, being a stay-at-home mother and so on. In study after study, people are less willing to help, share with, date, be roommates with and even work for people who have different moral values. Even children and adolescents express more willingness to shun and punish moral transgressors than people who do something personally obnoxious or offensive but not immoral.

AdventHealth Hospitals Hire More than 800 Nurses in Flagler, Volusia and Lake Counties in Past Year

May 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway.

Amid a national nursing shortage, the AdventHealth East Florida Division is taking action by expanding its nursing workforce, enhancing hands-on training programs, and reinforcing its commitment to exceptional patient care across its seven hospitals in Flagler, Lake, and Volusia counties. In the past year, the division hired more than 800 new nurses and opened a second center for education and simulation to help nurses gain hands-on experience before they step into a hospital room.

Sales Tax Proposal to Protect Flagler’s Beaches Takes Another Lashing as Commissioners Talk Referendum and Other Alternatives

May 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

A severely eroded beach in Flagler County after Hurricane Ian in 2022. A beach management plan for the county's beaches is going sideways. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s $114 million beach management plan is looking like a sand castle on the county’s critically eroded shore, and the water is rising. The Flagler County Commission today could not give its administration–or itself–anywhere near the clear direction needed to forge ahead with a plan every one of its five members agrees is critically needed. Three commissioners find the plan’s revenue formula problematic. The workshop ended with deeper uncertainty as commissioners gave their administration direction to produce yet more alternatives.

Palm Coast Mayor Norris Sues Palm Coast, Seeking Councilman Gambaro Booted and Special Election Held

May 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor Mike Norris, left, and Council member Charles Gambaro each wants the other booted off the council. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Mayor Mike Norris today filed an emergency suit against Palm Coast government and Council member Charles Gambaro, charging that Gambaro’s appointment last fall violated the charter. The suit seeks to have Gambaro removed through “a judgment of ouster” and a special election declared for the District 4 seat. Norris has been claiming that Gambaro’s appointment was illegal since soon after he was sworn-in late last November. The lawsuit was filed days after Gambaro made an unsuccessful motion for the council to ask Gov. Ron DeSantis to remove Norris from the council.

Last of Palm Coast’s City Manager Candidates Withdraws, Clearing the Way for Pause and Reset Months from Now

May 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Rich Hough, the last candidate for Palm Coast City manager, has withdrawn. (© FlaglerLive)

Richard Hough, the last remaining candidate for Palm Coast city manager, withdrew his name from consideration this morning, ending a year-long search that began on a previous council’s crutches and ended amid unprecedented turmoil for the council seated since November.

University of Michigan President Santa Ono Is the Sole Finalist to Become President of the University of Florida

May 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

University of Michigan President Santa Ono. (University of Michigan)

Santa Ono, who has led the University of Michigan since 2022, is the sole finalist to become president of the University of Florida, UF announced Sunday. A presidential-search committee recommended that the UF Board of Trustees approve Ono after a search that began last year following the abrupt resignation of former President Ben Sasse. Kent Fuchs, a former UF president, has served as interim president.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, May 5, 2025

May 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The first 100 days by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Flagler County Commission holds a workshop to decide the fate of its beach-management plan, the Beverly Beach Town Commission meets, press freedom again falls in the United States.

Rising Electricity Demand Could Bring Three Mile Island Back to Life

May 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

three mile island

Three Mile Island was the site in 1979 of a partial meltdown at the plant’s Unit 2 reactor. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission calls this event “the most serious accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant operating history,” although only small amounts of radiation were released, and no health effects on plant workers or the public were detected. Unit 1 was not affected by the accident. University of Michigan nuclear engineering professor Todd Allen explains what restarting Unit 1 will involve, and why some other shuttered nuclear plants may also get new leases on life.

Religious Charter Schools’ Fate May Hinge on Justice Roberts

May 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

public money religious charter schools

The Supreme Court on Wednesday was divided over a Catholic virtual charter school’s bid to become the country’s first religious charter school. With Justice Amy Coney Barrett recused from the case, the outcome appeared to hinge on the vote of Chief Justice John Roberts, who asked probing questions of both sides but did not make his position clear. 

Randy Fine’s Bill Banning Pride Flags at Public Buildings Fails, as Does Preferred-Pronoun Ban

May 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

anti lgbtq cheap shots

LGBTQ advocates are celebrating several bills — including one that could have banned Pride flags flown at government buildings — stalling out this Session. Some of the dead bills including HB 75/SB 100 that would have banned government buildings, schools and universities, from flying flags that represented a “political viewpoint.” The proposal was sponsored by outgoing state Sen. Randy Fine before he left for Washington, D.C.

Flagler Beach Reels at Death of SunBros Café Owner Travis Sundell, 49, ‘Passionate Part of What Makes This Town Special’

May 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

SunBros Café in this morning's drizzle. (© FlaglerLive)

Travis Gene Sundell, the 49-year-old owner and operator, with his wife Leigh Ann, of SunBros Café in the heart of Flagler Beach since 2021, died Friday. Family, friends, neighbors and regular patrons of the restaurant and bar, which one regular compared to “Cheers” for its friendliness, were reeling at the unexpected announcement this weekend. Sundell died from from an aortic aneurysm.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, May 4, 2025

May 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

clay jones gang members

Bringing back the décrotteurs, RockabillieWillie At City Repertory Theatre, Paws for Music: Benefit for Community Cats of Palm Coast, the unending corruptions of Napoleon and his family.

Social Security Could Run Short on Funds Within a Decade

May 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

social security trust fund running out

Under current law, when the trust fund is empty, Social Security can pay benefits only from dedicated tax revenues, which would, by that point, cover only about 79% of promised benefits. Another way to say this is that when that trust fund is depleted, the people who rely on Social Security for some or the bulk of their income would see a sudden 21% cut in their monthly checks in 2036.

Students Will Be Banned from Using Cell Phones in Florida Elementary and Middle Schools

May 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Can't even call 911. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida lawmakers late Friday approved barring students in elementary and middle schools from using cell phones during the school day — and testing the idea in high schools. Current law prevents students from using cell phones during instructional time, but the change would expand that prohibition to throughout the school day in elementary and middle schools. Rep. Demi Busatta, a Coral Gables Republican who spearheaded the proposal, described it as “bell to bell.”

A Gutted Education Department Is Rolling Back Civil Rights and Targeting Transgender Students

May 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Disallowed in schools. (© FlaglerLive)

The Education Department is being radically reshaped away from education, fairness and equity toward a more prosecutorial arm of the federal government as it negates civil rights investigations and ramps up investigations targeting transgender students and schools that apply more event-handed treatment of students and athletes. Civil rights offices are closed. Workers are fired. Investigating discrimination in schools is practically “impossible.”

Daytona State Rocket League Esports Team Wins NJCAAE Championship for DSC

May 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Daytona State College’s No. 1 seed Rocket League Esports team claimed its second national championship Wednesday night, winning the 2025 NJCAAE Spring Premier Series National Title. The team defeated the No. 4 seed Columbia Basin College Hawks 3-0 in the Grand Finals matchup.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, May 3, 2025

May 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Trump Looks To Next 100 Days by Christopher Weyant, The Boston Globe

RockabillieWillie At City Repertory Theatre, Arbor Day in Palm Coast’s Central Park at Town Center, The Flagler Beach All Stars hold their monthly beach clean-up, the end of an era and time’s dark matter.

Jesse Helms’s Children: The Renewed Push To Defund PBS and NPR

May 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

defunding pbs and npr

The Republican Party’s long-standing goal of ending federal funding for NPR, the nation’s public radio network, and PBS, its television counterpart, may be near. Across the country, 1,500 independent stations affiliated with NPR and PBS air shows such as “Morning Edition,” “Marketplace,” “PBS NewsHour,” “Frontline” and “Nova.” Some 43 million people tune into public radio every week, and over 130 million watch PBS every year, according to the networks.

State Prison Inmate on a Work Crew in Palm Coast Is Arrested for Burglary

May 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Jay Working

An inmate from the Putnam Correctional Institution, assigned to a prison inmate work crew contracted by the City of Palm Coast, faces charges of burglary stemming from when he was working in a Palm Coast neighborhood. He had previously been convicted on burglary- and theft-related charges and sentenced by a court to state prison.

Palm Coast Has a City Manager. A Replacement Can Wait Until the Council Defuses Its IED.

May 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

She's not acting: Lauren Johnston, Palm Coast's city manager. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council did the right (and impressive) thing when it voted down both of the last two remaining candidates for city manager on Tuesday. It’s now time to shelve that search, stick with Lauren Johnston as city manager, and work on restoring the City Council’s reputation before launching a new search. The city is not in crisis. The same recycled gadfly demagogues addressing the council at every meeting should not create the false impression that it is.

Florida Lawmakers Raise New Barriers to Citizens’ Ballot Initiatives

May 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A very old ballot box preserved at the Flagler County Supervisor of Elections' Office in Bunnell. (© FlaglerLive)

With Democrats calling the changes an “assault on the very spirit of Florida’s democracy,” the Republican-controlled Legislature on Friday finalized a plan that will impose additional hurdles on the ballot-initiative process and heighten penalties for wrongdoing. Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed lawmakers to crack down on the process after highly contentious and expensive battles over proposals last year that sought to place abortion rights in the state Constitution and allow recreational marijuana for adults.

Flagler Humane Society Board Members Brazenly Reproach City and County Officials’ Push for Accountability

May 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Linda Lester, a member of the Flagler Humane Society board, startled county and city officials with her rebukes before walking them back at a workshop this week. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler County YouTube)

Palm Coast council members and county commissioners, meeting jointly earlier this week to discuss their long-frayed relationship with the society, have been dissatisfied with what they see as poor accountability and transparency at the non-profit, and not enough oversight by the governments. A pair of Humane Society board members’ language and lecturing did not help.

Jeffrey Hutchinson Killed for the 1998 Murders of His Girlfriend’s Three Children

May 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

One of the prison's guard towers. (© FlaglerLive)

After the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his final appeals, Jeffrey Hutchinson was executed Thursday night at Florida State Prison for the 1998 murders of his girlfriend’s three children in Okaloosa County, according to the state Department of Corrections.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, May 2, 2025

May 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Republicans Drop In Polls Over First 100 Days by R.J. Matson, Portland, Maine.

RockabillieWillie At City Repertory Theatre, Sneaker Ball Gala at the Community Center, Bunnell’s State of the City, First Friday Garden Walks at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, Rex Stout on getting up in the morning.

How Probation Fuels Mass Incarceration

May 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

probation mass incarceration

On any given day, 1.9 million people are incarcerated in more than 6,000 federal, state and local facilities. Another 3.7 million remain under what scholars call “correctional control” through probation or parole supervision. That means one out of every 60 Americans is entangled in the system — one of the highest rates globally. Yet despite its vast reach, the criminal justice system often fails at its most basic goal: preventing people from being rearrested, reconvicted or reincarcerated.

Need To Be Background-Checked? Flagler Sheriff Offers Service for $60 to $105

May 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Public Service Officer at the Flagler Sheriff’s Operations Center scans fingerprints for a background check. (FCSO)

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office is now offering comprehensive, nationwide background check services to Flagler County residents through ACCESS Background Check Services.

Mike Waltz Out as National Security Adviser, In as UN Ambassador

May 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

I can see the United Nations from my house: Mike Waltz in Flagler Beach last year. (© FlaglerLive)

Mike Waltz, a former Florida congressman [who represented Flagler County] and became known for sharing U.S. plans to strike Yemen on a Signal group chat, was out as White House national security adviser on Thursday. President Donald Trump announced he will instead nominate Waltz to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a position that requires U.S. Senate confirmation.

Mayor Norris and Partisans Turn Council Meeting on His Charter Violations and Improprieties Into One More Sideshow

May 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Mayor Mike Norris

The Palm Coast City Council’s special meeting today heard and discussed an attorney’s independent investigation sustaining allegations that Mayor Mike Norris violated the charter by unilaterally seeking the ouster of top staffers, behaving unprofessionally at City Hall and repeatedly demeaning staff. But the report was almost a sideshow as the meeting devolved into often baseless screeds from the floor and self-pity from Norris. 

Recruiter’s Advice to Palm Coast Council in City Manager Hire: Pause, ‘Settle Down’ and Gel Before Restarting Search

May 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Doug Thomas, center, executive vice president of SGR, the executive recruiting firm, setting up one of the one-on-one interviews of candidate Rich Hough with City Council member Theresa Pontieri at City Hall last week. (© FlaglerLive)

The consultant who coordinated Palm Coast’s search for a new city manager is recommending that the council pause its search for now, that it regroup, go through a facilitated process for its members to better understand each other and “gel” before moving on to another search. Only one candidate remains, Rich Hough. The council had asked for a white paper on budgeting from him earlier this week. That will not happen, for now.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, May 1, 2025

May 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

First they came for by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

The Palm Coast City Council holds a special meeting to review the findings of the investigation of Mayor Mike Norris that found him to have violated the city charter, Eugène Pottier and his Internationale, the true Labor Day.

Politically Motivated Deportations from the Chinese Exclusion Act to Pro-Palestinian Activists

April 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The bad days are back. (Times Machine)

The recent deportation orders targeting foreign students in the U.S. have prompted a heated debate about the legality of these actions, especially as many individuals were facing removal because of their pro-Palestinian advocacy. The current removal orders targeting student activists echo America’s long and lamentable past of jailing and expelling immigrants because of their race or what they say or believe – or all three.

Hammock Dunes Charity Donates $100,000 to Flagler Free Clinic

April 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Flagler Free Clinic is celebrating 20 years of service. (Free Clinic)

The Flagler Free Clinic received a $100,000 donation from Hammock Dunes Cares, matching last year’s contribution. (The charity is not connected to Flagler Cares, the countywide social service agency and nonprofit.) The funds were raised during Hammock Dunes Cares’ Rally Auction, a two-week event in late February featuring activities such as tennis, croquet, bocce, a creek porch party, live music, and pickleball. The check presentation occurred on Tuesday, March 18, at Hammock Dunes.

Attorney General Flouts Federal Judge’s Order Suspending Florida Immigration Law, and May Face Sanctions

April 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier faces possible sanctions at the hands of a federal judge in Miami for allegedly encouraging enforcement of a temporarily blocked immigration law.. (Florida Phoenix)

Attorney General James Uthmeier could face contempt sanctions over a letter he sent to Florida law enforcement agencies labeling as illegitimate a court order suspending a state immigration law that led to the arrest of a U.S. citizen. In an order issued late Tuesday night, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams wrote that Uthmeier will have to prove that he shouldn’t face legal consequences over his greenlighting of arrests under the law, which she had temporarily blocked as likely unconstitutional.

Stephen Cox, 15-Year Veteran of Flagler Beach Fire Department and Leader Before His Time, Is Named City’s Fire Chief

April 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Flagler Beach City Manager Dale Martin, left, appointed Stephen Cox Flagler Beach's fire chief following a unanimous recommendation from a three-member independent board. (© FlaglerLive)

Stephen Cox, a nearly 15-year veteran of the Flagler Beach Fire Department who’s long represented its new generation, was appointed its fire chief earlier this month, from a pool of 15 candidates. He replaces Bobby Pace, who’d retired in February from the post he’d held for 12 years. 

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