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What Loneliness Epidemic? The Benefits Of Being Alone.

May 31, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Loneliness and isolation are indeed social problems that warrant serious attention, especially since chronic states of loneliness are linked with poor outcomes such as depression and a shortened lifespan. But there is another side to this story, one that deserves a closer look. For some people, the shift toward aloneness represents a desire for what researchers call “positive solitude,” a state that is associated with well-being, not loneliness.

Canal Capacity Expansion Project on Flagler County’s West Side Will Be Completed by July 4

May 31, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The canal zone. (Flagler County)

What started with cleaning the box culvert at the intersection of county roads 302 and 65 – just a small piece of the project – on the last day of March and scheduled for completion of the Canal Capacity Expansion Project on September 22, is now looking like everything will be finished before the Fourth of July.

Sales Tax Cut Appears Dead as House and Senate Leaders Agree to More Limited Exemptions

May 31, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Nearly a month after leaving the Capitol without passing a budget, House and Senate leaders said Friday night they had reached an agreement that will clear the way for lawmakers to begin hammering out details of a spending plan Tuesday. The agreement includes a $900 million tax cut through eliminating a tax on commercial leases, a longtime priority of business lobbyists. It also includes what the memos described as $350 million in “permanent sales tax exemptions targeted towards Florida families,” $250 million in debt reduction and $750 million in annual payments into a state rainy-day fund.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, May 31, 2025

May 31, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Elon Musk Leaves DOGE by Margolis & Cox, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Wickline Park, along South Daytona Avenue, the sordidness of juvenile prisons and justice from Bicêtre to Florida.

Local Police Collaboration With ICE Undermines Public Safety

May 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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The surge of so-called 287(g) agreements between federal immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) and local police agencies sets a dangerous precedent for local policing, where forging relationships and building the trust of immigrants is a proven and effective tactic in combating crime. In my view, the expansion of 287(g) will erode that trust and makes entire communities – not just immigrants – less safe.

John Thrasher, Who’d Represented Flagler County in the Senate and Led FSU, Dies at 81

May 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

John Thrasher in Palm Coast in 2013. (© FlaglerLive)

Former Florida State University President and House Speaker John Thrasher, whose career in politics and public service spanned more than three decades, died Friday after a battle with cancer, his family announced. Thrasher, 81, served in the House and the Senate before being tapped in 2014 as president of FSU, where he had earned his bachelor’s and law degrees. He had represented Flagler County while in the Senate.

Answering Lawsuit, Palm Coast Accuses Mayor Norris of Frivolously Weaponizing Court Against Gambaro’s Legitimacy

May 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Rachel Crews of GrayRobinson representing Palm Coast before Circuit Judge Chris France in a different case last November. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast has mordantly and vigorously answered Mayor Mike Norris’s claim that Charles Gambaro should be booted off the council and a special election held to replace him. Attorney Rachael Crews, who represents the city, is giving Circuit Judge Chris France a buffet of arguments to find Norris’ claim “frivolous,” falsely urgent, legally groundless, injurious to the city charter, and not least, without standing. Norris sued Palm Coast and Gambaro on May 5, claiming that Gambaro’s appointment last fall should have ended in November.

Ethics Opinion Recommends Restricting Flagler School Board’s Lauren Ramirez’s Business Activities in Schools

May 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Lauren Ramirez was elected to the School Board last August and seated in November. (© FlaglerLive)

A proposed opinion by the staff attorney of the Florida Ethics Commission recommends restricting Flagler County School Board member Lauren Ramirez’s private-business activities in Flagler schools to unbranded and neutral volunteering. If ratified, the opinion would prohibit Ramirez from marketing her company on school grounds, recruiting students to her various programs, employing any school personnel either as company staffers or as volunteers, sponsoring any teams or events beyond unmarked donations, or using a district-wide communication tool to market her company’s fliers to students. 

Potentially Toxic Algae Bloom at Dead Lake by the Bull Creek Boat Ramp

May 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Blue-green algae is not always visible but can be harmful to humans and animals. Above, a blue-green algae bloom at Lake Erie. (NOAA)

The Florida Department of Health in Flagler County has issued a health alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algae toxins in Dead Lake, at the Bull Creek Boat Ramp. The alert is in response to a water sample taken on May 28. The public should exercise caution in and around Dead Lake.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, May 30, 2025

May 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Public workshop to discuss impact fees, at the Community Center, the Friday Blue Forum, Becs, the Argentine cartoonist, misfires with a piece that recalls cheap stereotypes, cartoons during the Napoleonic era.

When the Government Built Beautiful Homes for the Working Class

May 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The U.S. Housing Corporation built nearly 300 homes in Bremerton, Wash., during World War I.

In 1918, as World War I intensified overseas, the U.S. government embarked on a radical experiment: It quietly became the nation’s largest housing developer, designing and constructing 100,000 houses in more than 80 new communities across 26 states in just two years. These weren’t hastily erected barracks or rows of identical homes. They were thoughtfully designed neighborhoods, complete with parks, schools, shops and sewer systems. Few Americans are aware that such an ambitious and comprehensive public housing effort ever took place. Many of the homes are still standing today.

ICE Arrests More Than 100 in Raid of Construction Site Near FSU

May 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

An image of the College Town raid and arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, posted on a Homeland Security Department social media site.

Workers building an apartment complex near the Florida State University campus were detained and some 100 were arrested Thursday morning by agents from U.S. Homeland Security, U.S. Marshals Service, and Florida Highway Patrol. After entering a construction site in Tallahassee, federal and state officials asked workers for identification and separated them into two categories.

DeSantis Vetoes Bill That Would Have Made Suing for Medical Malpractice Easier

May 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday vetoed a bill aimed at clearing the way for some people to pursue medical-malpractice lawsuits over the deaths of family members.

Flagler Beach Secures All FEMA Funds for New Pier, Construction of $14 Million Replacement Begins June 16

May 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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Flagler Beach today secured $10 million from FEMA in addition to the $4.5 million awarded by the state for the reconstruction of an 800-foot concrete pier. The city announced that the demolition of the old pier will begin June 16. The late Larry Newsom, the former city manager, first sought FEMA funds after the pier was damaged by Hurricane Matthew. It has been damaged much more since, and closed since October 2022.

Flagler County’s Beach-Saving Plan All But Killed by Opposition to Sales Tax Increase Despite Last-Minute Switch

May 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Shortly after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed the renourishment of 3 miles of beach in Flagler Beach last summer, a storm blew a thick coating of sand onto State Road A1A. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s long-debated $114 million beach-management plan looked all but dead at the end of a contentious two-hour meeting of the County Commission Monday, with only two commissioners willing to support an increase in the half-cent sales tax to fund the plan. The commission needs four votes to enact the higher tax. At the last minute, and after at times angrily denouncing the information the administration has provided her–and not provided her–Commissioner Kim Carney said she would support the tax. But the switch may be short-lived.

Palm Coast Man, 55, Arrested on Felony Animal Cruelty Charge for Asphyxiating Dog That Attacked His Chihuahua

May 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Howard Taft Blair, a 55-year-old resident of Warwick Place in Palm Coast, was arrested and charged with aggravated animal cruelty, a third-degree felony, for killing one of his dogs by asphyxiation. Blair told Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies that killing Nutmeg, a 15-month-old American bulldog and labrador retriever mix, was necessary after Nutmeg attacked one of the family’s four other dogs.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, May 29, 2025

May 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Tourism to USA by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune,

Palm Coast Concert Series, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Stage at Town Center. Tonight’s band: Chillula. Drug Court convenes for the first time in a few weeks, Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Central Park, the American Conservative calls for the resignation of Randy Fine.

Palm Coast’s Fire, Parks and Road Impact Fees Are About to Jump 90 to 160% as City Capitalizes Future on Development

May 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Palm Coast has been experiencing a housing boom since 2018. The city is hoping to shift more costs of new infrastructure onto future residents. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council is about to raise development impact fees for transportation, fire and parks from 95 percent to over 160 percent in some cases. The new fees would go in effect in full in mid-September. Impact fees are the one-time fee builders or developers pay on new construction to defray the cost of the “impact” of their development on infrastructure. The revenue helps pay for new roads, new parks or recreation centers and new fire stations or fire trucks. 

Governors Pick Up Where Presidents Abandoned Fight Against Climate Change

May 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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In recent years, the real progress against climate change has been outside the rooms where the official U.N. negotiations are held, not inside. In these meetings, the leaders of states and provinces talk about what they are doing to reduce greenhouse gases and prepare for worsening climate disasters. Many bilateral and multilateral agreements have sprung up like mushrooms from these side conversations.

Animal Abusers Face Harsher Penalties as DeSantis Signs New Bills

May 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed two bills  Wednesday that will increase fines and sentences for people convicted of abusing pets or restraining them outside during natural disasters. Lawmakers passed the bills, HB 255 and SB 150, in honor of Dexter, a bulldog mix found decapitated and dumped in St. Petersburg, and Trooper, a bull terrier a Florida Highway Patrol officer found tied to a fence along Interstate 75 as Hurricane Milton approached.

Judge Allows Florida Republican Party to Defend Law Restricting Citizens’ Ballot Measures

May 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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A federal judge Wednesday approved a request by the Republican Party of Florida to help defend a new law that places additional restrictions on the state’s ballot-initiative process. The law is one in a series of steps that Republican leaders have taken to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments — and came after fierce fights in 2024 about ballot proposals on recreational marijuana and abortion. Supporters of the law’s restrictions have contended that they are needed to prevent fraud, particularly in the petition-gathering process for initiatives.

Palm Coast Council Holds 8-Hour Meeting Without Drama or Embarrassments. Mayor Norris Was On Vacation.

May 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor Mike Norris's chair was empty for the duration of the City Council's eight-hour workshop Tuesday. The meeting went very well. (© FlaglerLive)

Normalcy shouldn’t be news. At the Palm Coast City Council’s workshop on Tuesday, it was. Normalcy returned, if perhaps temporarily, after a string of meetings going back months that degraded proceedings with embarrassing regularity, derailing the city’s search for a city manager and culminating in the mayor’s censure and his retaliatory lawsuit against the city he leads. The tone on Tuesday was oddly, radically different. Mayor Mike Norris was on vacation. And Vice Mayor Theresa Pontieri chaired the workshop.

Randy Fine Calls 1 Million Gazans Incestuous ‘Idiots’ as He Slightly Walks Back ‘Nuke’ Comment

May 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine was a guest speaker at Monday's Memorial Day commemoration hosted by palm Coast government. (© FlaglerLive)

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine, whose district includes all of Flagler County, attacked people who accused him of wanting to “nuke” Gaza as idiots and said those are probably from Gaza, where he claimed half the population is incestuously married and therefore prone to being idiots. He also accused Tucker Carlson–who suggested that Fine should seek help–of taking “Muslim terrorist money” and of being bought off by Qatar.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, May 28, 2025

May 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Gaza Aid Dispenser Netanyahu Israel Starvation UN by Emad Hajjaj, Alaraby Aljadeed newspaper, London.

The River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) meets, a “spicy level warning” at Thai and I triggers recollections of budget motels past, “Baghdad Cafe,” F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Lost City.

The Euro Could Replace the Dollar as the World’s Reserve Currency

May 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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A global reserve currency is one that is extensively held by foreign Central Banks. Since the 1944 Bretton Woods agreement this position has been occupied by the US dollar and it still holds true – according to IMF data from late 2024, the dollar represented 54% of global official reserves, while the euro came in a distant second at 19%. That’s not set in stone.

By Law, $10 Million Hope Florida Deal Should Have Been Audited. It Wasn’t.

May 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

No one was watching the store when $10 million in state Medicaid settlement money was diverted to the Casey DeSantis-led charity Hope Florida. (Facebook/Casey DeSantis)

The Florida statute that governs money owed to the state requires the CFO to audit the “accounts of all the officers of the state” in regard to transactions like last year’s controversial settlement with Medicaid contractor Centene Corp. that saw $10 million in public proceeds funneled through the Casey DeSantis-affiliated Hope Florida Foundation to attack a referendum staunchly opposed by her husband, Gov. Ron DeSantis, to legalize cannabis. No such review or audit was conducted.

Silver and Gold a Step Closer to Legal Tender in Florida

May 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Detail from a royal carriage at Buckingham palace. (© FlaglerLive)

Precious metals are closer to being usable for transactions, as Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill “to make gold and silver proper legal tender.” DeSantis says the move protects “financial sovereignty” and safeguards against the “declining value of the dollar.”

With New Cat-5 Resistant Roof, Flagler’s Emergency Management Prepares for Hurricane Season of 13 to 19 Named Storms

May 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Flagler County Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord spoke of the Operations Center's 180-miles-per-hour-wind resistant roof today, as he discussed the coming hurricane season. (© FlaglerLive)

Aside from his annual briefing on the coming hurricane season’s 13 to 19 named storms, Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord said the county’s Emergency Operations Center now has an $830,000 roof that can resist 180 miles per hour winds, his department is just one of six certified departments ou of the state’s 67 counties, and a new, $10 million stand-alone emergency shelter is scheduled to be completed at the county fairgrounds by next summer.

At Flagler Tiger Bay, Ex-US Attorney General Gives Bullish View of ‘Unitary’ Executive Power, With Nod to Calvin Coolidge

May 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Former Acting U.S. Attorney General Jesse Panuccio at Flagler Tiger Bay last week. (© FlaglerLive)

Jesse Panuccio is the former executive director of the Florida Department of Executive Opportunity, general counsel to former Gov. Rick Scott and twice the acting U.S. Attorney General during the first Trump administration. He focused on the record spate of recent presidential executive orders and “their legal status,” drawing from headlines about the most aggressive use of executive power since the Civil War in combination with Panuccio’s interpretation of history in the founding era to endorse the current president’s conduct as legally justified.

Solemnity and Dissonance at Palm Coast’s Memorial Day Ceremony as Congressman Invokes 1.2 Million Casualties

May 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine, left, as Palm Coast Council member Charles Gambaro would ceremonially place a wreath near a monument during Monday's Memorial Day commemoration at Heroes Park. (© FlaglerLive)

Vice Mayor Theresa Pontieri led Palm Coast’s traditional commemoration of Memorial Day at Heroes Park with a tribute to Gold Star families as U.S. Rep. Randy Fine invoked the “stupendous” deaths of 1.2 million American casualties in wars over the years, four days after implying that nuking 2 million Palestinians was justified.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, May 27, 2025

May 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Whitehouse Visit Trump Trap Ambush Chair DC by Emad Hajjaj, Alaraby Aljadeed newspaper , London

The Palm Coast City Council meets in workshop to discuss coming increases in development impact fees, the Flagler School Board meets in the evening, William Faulkner’s “That Evening Sun” and primitive fears.

Why You Fall for Fake Health Information

May 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Should you share that health-related Instagram post?

Although there is a fire hose of health-related content online, not all of it is factual. In fact, much of it is inaccurate or misleading, raising a serious health communication problem: Fake health information – whether shared unknowingly and innocently, or deliberately to mislead or cause harm – can be far more captivating than accurate information. This makes it difficult for people to know which sources to trust and which content is worthy of sharing.

Don’t Buy the False Narrative that Palm Coast’s Infrastructure Isn’t Keeping Up with Growth

May 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

You've come a long way, baby. A detail from the time capsule unveiled at Palm Coast's 25th anniversary celebration last October. (© FlaglerLive)

No one disputes that Palm Coast has grown significantly and faster than most communities in the country. The city’s population has grown by 150 percent in 20 years. That kind of growth naturally brings challenges, and anyone who suggests otherwise is being disingenuous. But to claim that our infrastructure is incapable of supporting this growth, or worse, that the city has been sitting idly by, is to ignore a mountain of evidence.

Gov. DeSantis Jeered at WWE’s Pro Wrestling Event

May 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A screen capture from an X video of Gov. Ron DeSantis being jeered at a pro wrestling event.

Ron DeSantis has a less than certain political future. But he may have a future as a pro wrestling baddy, if the rude reception he received at Saturday Night’s Main Event in Tampa is any indication. The Governor was greeted by jeers and a mild “You Suck” chant, as depicted in multiple tweets from the event.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, May 26, 2025

May 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Trump Is A Tumor for America by Christopher Weyant, CagleCartoons.com

Memorial Day ceremonies today at 8 a.m. in Palm Coast, 10 a.m. at Bunnell’s county government building, and 1 p.m. in veterans’ Park in Flagler Beach, Ronald Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate, behind the words: tear down this wall.”

How Ronald Reagan Made Disney a Patriotic Site

May 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

First lady Nancy Reagan kisses Mickey Mouse as President Ronald Reagan and Minnie Mouse watch 20 bands marching in the unofficial inaugural parade at Disney’s Epcot Center on Memorial Day, May 27, 1985.

Disneyland in Anaheim, California, and Walt Disney World, near Orlando have become two of the most important spaces for the celebration and creation of American identity. One of the reasons for this is the legitimization a presidential visit bestows on a site. Forty years ago this month, Walt Disney World received a very special visitor: Ronald Reagan.

Democracy’s Sunset: There’s a 70% Chance the Constitution Will Be Suspended Before 2028

May 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

The mob's message. (Tyler Merbler)

The democratic moment is over. There’s a 70 percent chance that the Constitution will be suspended before the legal end of the current administration. The chance of a suspension grows to 110 percent in case of an actual emergency, like a 9/11-style attack. But a majority of Americans aren’t interested in democracy anymore. They want their strongman. Nothing else explains the country’s surrender to the degradation of the country’s institutions since Jan. 20.

Dangerous Dog Owners Must Now Have $100,000 Liability Insurance: New Law

May 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law bringing harsher penalties and restrictions for owners of dogs that severely injure or kill people. The bill, known as the “Pam Rock Act,” honors a mail carrier who was mauled to death by five dogs in Putnam County in 2022. Starting July 1, owners of dogs that have attacked humans, severely injured or killed pets, or menacingly chased people will have to carry liability insurance of at least $100,000.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, May 25, 2025

May 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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SunBros Cafe Celebrates the Life of Travis Sundell, Clay Jones on Kristi Noem’s corpulent ignorance, Gamble Jam, André Gide on what gratefulness he owes his creator, Brian Greene on God’s choice.

No, Race Is Not a ‘Biological Reality’

May 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Malvina Hoffman’s sculptures illustrate a map titled Races of the World and Where They Live. Malvina Hoffman/Field Museum of Natural History

Scientists reject the idea that race is biologically real. The claim that race is a “biological reality” cuts against modern scientific knowledge. Anyone trying to pound a nail with a screwdriver soon realizes that tools are good for tasks they were designed for and useless for anything else. Genetic populations are tools for specific biological uses, not for classifying people into “real” groups by race.

Florida Lawmakers Shrug Off Budget Negotiations Until June 2

May 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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House Speaker Daniel Perez and Senate President Ben Albritton issued brief statements late Friday afternoon telling their members that they do not need to plan on returning to Tallahassee next week.

Why the Far Right Fabricated the Myth of a Migrant ‘Invasion’

May 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Looking for a myth. (US Customs and Border Enforcement)

The current administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the far right has been building this case for years. By 2022, invasion rhetoric, which had previously been relegated to white nationalist circles, had become such a staple of Republican campaign ads that most of the public agreed an invasion of the U.S. via the southern border was underway.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, May 24, 2025

May 24, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A mountain climber asks a guru about AI by Bruce Plante, PoliticalCartoons.com

Peps Art Walk, near Beachfront Grille in Flagler Beach with makers, crafters, artists, of all kinds, the Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, fanaticism and sexual repression and the rage of the incels.

The Supreme Court Hands a Temporary Defeat to Religious Charter Schools

May 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Supreme Court justices heard arguments April 30, 2025, and issued a 4-4 order just a few weeks later.

Critics of funding religious charter schools warned a faith-based charter would be an unconstitutional breach of the “establishment clause,” which forbids the government from establishing an official religion or promoting particular faiths over others. In an anticlimatic outcome, the Supreme Court issued a brief order in a 4-4 outcome that leaves a lower court judgment in place that prevented St. Isidore’s from opening – but did not explain why.

Flagler Sheriff’s Detective Kyle Gaddie A Finalist for Florida Attorney General’s Officer of the Year Award

May 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier recognized Flager County Sheriff’s Office Master Detective Kyle Gaddie as one of six finalists for the Attorney General’s “Officer of the Year” award during the Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Ceremony in Tallahassee. Of the six finalists, Sunrise Police Department Detective Robert Padron was ultimately named “Officer of the Year.”

Danko No Longer District Director for Randy Fine; Congressman Calls for Nuking Gaza’s 2 Million Palestinians

May 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine, appearing on Fox News Thursday, calling for the nuking of 2 million Palestinians in Gaza.

Ed Danko and U.S. Rep. Randy Fine have parted ways a week after the former Palm Coast City Council member was named Fine’s district director in Flagler, Volusia and St. Johns Counties. On Thursday, Fine called for the nuking of Gaza, the small enclave of 2 million Palestinians. Fine will be a featured speaker at Palm Coast’s Memorial Day commemoration, and at the county’s commemoration later on Monday.

41-Year-Old Woman Accused of Stabbing Boyfriend in Argument Over Air Conditioning

May 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Amy Dougherty, a 41-year-old resident of Winchester Road south of Favoretta, is at the Flagler County jail on a second-degree felony charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend of 26 years during an argument over an air-conditioning unit he had turned off. J.W., the 40-year-old victim, bled “profusely,” according to the woman’s arrest report, and was treated at AdventHealth Palm Coast.

Flagler Beach’s Farmers Market Will Move to South 2nd Street by City Hall After Losing Wickline Park

May 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The famers market had been run by Flagler Strong, the non-profit, at Wickline Park since 2022. It will move to South 2nd Street after July 4. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach farmers market that’s jazzed up the grounds of the Wickline Center off South Daytona Avenue since 2022 will have a new home after July 4: along South 2nd Street between State Road A1A and South Central Avenue, in front of City Hall. The city nudged the market out of Wickline Park where it had been operating since 2022, after complaints about the misuse of the park. The new location will significantly improve visibility for the market, which is run by Flagler Strong, a nonprofit.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, May 23, 2025

May 23, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Suffering Population by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune

School Board member Janie Ruddy is on Free For All Fridays, the Scenic A1A Pride Committee meets, Acoustic Jam Circle At The Community Center In The Hammock, Carlos Lozada’s 73 percent solution, André Aciman on non-fiction.

Afrikaners are South African Opportunists, Not Refugees

May 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Newly arrived South Africans in a hangar at Atlantic Aviation Dulles near

South Africans are wearily attuned to governments’ Orwellian misuse of language. So perhaps they should not be unduly surprised that the government of the US has imported 49 Afrikaners and labelled them as “refugees”. The claim is that they are escaping from the persecution of Afrikaners – and white people more broadly – in South Africa today. But there is no evidence whatsoever that Afrikaners or white people more generally are subject to genocide.

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