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Excluding Themselves, Florida Lawmakers Pass Drug-Testing Program for State Workers

March 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

The House voted largely along party lines to allow state agencies to set up drug testing programs for their workers over the objection of Democrats who said it wasn’t just unconstitutional, but a bully tactic.

What It’s Like to Be The Whale Guy: The True Story of Getting A Life

March 3, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

In his debut column for FlaglerLive, Frank Gromling relates his long association with the Marineland Right Whale Project and the Atlantic right whales’ 1,400-mile annual migrations along Flagler and Florida shores.

Bio: Frank Gromling

March 3, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Frank Gromling, owner of Ocean Publishing in Flagler Beach, is an author, publisher, adventurer, conservationist, and entrepreneur, and now a regular contributing columnist to FlaglerLive.

Sheriff Fleming, Under Oath, Contradicts His Own Records in Hit-and-Run Case

March 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 73 Comments

Sheriff Fleming followed his under-oath interview with the Florida Highway Patrol with a written statement the next day that changed his story for a fourth time regarding his phone calls to and from John Fischer, the school board member and husband of the woman charged in a hit-and-run fatality on Nov. 10.

Public Pressure Works as State Funds Return to Flagler’s Disabled Adults Services

March 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Flagler County would have lost $600,000 and 18 jobs, and disability and job-learning skills to 248 adults in the affected programs, had a Senate proposal to end funding prevailed. A public-awareness campaign led by school board member Colleen Conklin helped reverse the cuts.

Rush Limbaugh, Slander Slut

March 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 54 Comments

If there ever was a need for a prophylactic to syphilitic discourse, Rush Limbaugh’s latest attack on women makes the case. But insurers won’t cover it.

Florida House Passes Sweeping Abortion Restrictions, Including 24-Hour Waiting Period

March 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The bill requires all abortion clinics to be owned and operated by a doctor (only one of Florida’s 68 clinics fits the bill) and presumes, with little scientific evidence, that pain for the fetus begins at 20 weeks.

In a Response, Jim Manfre Recasts Sheriff Fleming’s 8 Years in Harsh Terms

March 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Responding to Sheriff Don Fleming’s earlier criticism, Jim Manfre, a candidate for sheriff, calls Fleming a liar while assailing him over employment lawsuits, issues at the jail and other matters.

53-Year-Old Man Tries to Set Himself and Doctors on Fire at St. Augustine VA Clinic

March 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Gregorio Iglesias-Cruz, 53, is in jail in St. Johns County today after reportedly walking into a VA clinic in St. Augustine and attempting to set himself and a doctor he was speaking with on fire.

Why Santorum Flops, Atheists and Muslims

March 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Thursday, 4 p.m. A minor crash causes bigh headaches near Belle Terre Elementary. Kathleen Parker on Santorum’s pandering flops, Jacksonville’s No meat March movement, Florida-style literacy, video of John Steinbeck’s Nobel speech, and the Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.

Hit-and-Run: More Doubt Than Urgency in Fischers’ Call to Sheriff’s Non-Emergency Line

March 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

As John and Jamesine Fischer’s call to the sheriff’s office is released, they’re are heard casting doubt on the nature of the collision that eventually killed Francoise Pecqueur. The call, and a private investigator’s report, raise more questions.

Give Us This Day Our Daily Contraceptive

March 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Six in ten Americans, including Catholics, said they support a requirement by the Obama administration that health plans supply free contraceptives as a preventive benefit for women. Women registered as independents favor the rule by a 2-1 margin.

Public Mostly Rejects State Proposal for 2.7 Miles of Manatee Speed Zones in Flagler Waters

February 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Three-quarters of the people who addressed a Florida Fish and Wildlife delegation on the proposed speed zones on the Intracoastal Waterway rejected the argument that manatees are endangered, or that further regulation is needed.

Too Many Streetlights? Palm Coast Readies to Remove 41 Redundant Ones For Future Savings

February 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The city will remove 41 lights–out of 2,876 in the city–at a cost of $15,444, money the city says it will make back in just over three years as savings from monthly bills it won’t be paying for those lights. Meanwhile, new light strings must wait for lack of money.

Wife-Shooter William Merrill’s Arrest Record Dates Back to Felony and DUI in Tennessee

February 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

William Merrill was arrested repeatedly in 1999 by the Nashville Police Department and the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office, when he was 20 years old, and convicted on felony and misdemeanor drug possession and reduced reckless driving charges.

Florida Moves Past No Child Left Behind, But Not Past High-Stakes Testing

February 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Breaking from from federal No Child Left Behind strictures, Florida can now use its own school accountability system, its A-through-F school grades, to rate the state’s public education system. But the waiver comes with strings attached.

Maj. David O’Brien Replaces Chief Look as Sheriff Fleming’s 2nd in Command

February 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff Don Fleming appointed Maj. David O’Brien, a 29-year-veteran of the department, his chief deputy, replacing Rick Look, who left the agency he’d served since 2005 late last year.

Florida’s Misguided Lunge for Internet Sales Taxes

February 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Nancy Nally, a Flagler County-based web publisher, argues that Florida’s proposed law to compel internet merchants to pay sales taxes won’t level the playing field or increase revenue, but hurt local businesses like her own.

Happy 80th Birthday, Jim Guines

February 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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Just before Christmas Jim Guines, the long-time Flagler County School Board member, was hospitalized with a recurring leg ailment that may have contributed to a stroke while he was in surgery. He’s been in rehab since.

Cassimiro Tavares Faces 7 Felony Charges Over Bilking A&T Auto Repair Shop Owner

February 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Cassimiro Tavares, who worked as the office manager at A&T Auto Repair in Bunnell for three years, is accused of diverting close to $25,000 to his own uses, creating a shell company and threatening Andrzej Tyminski, the Polish shop, owner with deportation to keep him quiet.

Ear, Nose, Throat, Hard Hat:
Florida Hospital Flagler Shows Off Its New Digs

February 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Florida Hospital Flagler’s new Parkway Medical Plaza, opening in July between Walmart and Golden Corral, is a $15 million expansion–and a signal of intensifying head-to-head competition in such fields as imaging and lab work.

Palm Coast Councilman Frank Meeker Petitions for Civility Manifesto in 2012 Elections

February 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Whether a candidate is worthy of political office should be decided by free and clear elections, not tainted by character assassination and media hype, Frank Meeker argues, laying out a 10-point “Statement on Election Fairness” for 2012.

State Attorney Files 1st Degree Felony Charge Against Fischer in Hit-and-Run Case

February 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 70 Comments

Jamesine Fischer, the wife of Flagler County School Board member John Fischer, faces 30 years in prison if convicted of the felony charge involving the death of Francoise Pecqueur, the 76-year-old woman struck by Fischer’s PT Cruiser on Columbia Lane in Palm Coast in November.

Silencing Maneuvers: When the Florida Legislature Resembles the Politbureau

February 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Stopping debate at three minutes, Republicans in the House Education Committee passed a bill overhauling standards and finances for charter schools and another limiting the power of the Florida High School Athletics Association.

Finding Her Palm Coast, Nancy Grace Takes On Wife-Shooting Tonight, With FlaglerLive

February 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

FlaglerLive’s Pierre Tristam is among the guests on tonight’s Nancy Grace show, whose opening segment focuses on the William Merrill shooting of his wife in Palm Coast last Tuesday. The news value is limited.

Flagler County Jail Bookings, Feb. 24-March 2

February 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler County jail daily bookings for the week of Feb. 24-March 2, 2012, with an excerpt on Zen and the art of meditating with prisoners at Sing Sing in Ossining, N.Y.

When 125 Students, Infinite Expectations and Untold Critics Encircle Teachers’ 36-Hour Day

February 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

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Down time after dismissal? Summers off? Think again. Matanzas High School teacher Jo Ann Nahirny, in her latest installment from the trenches, describes permanent on-call nature of a teacher’s days and evenings.

Arrest Report Details Fischer Trying to “Mislead Medical Personnel and Bystanders”

February 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 50 Comments

Three times at the scene, where 76-year-old Francoise Pecqueur lay bleeding, and again when she called 911, Jamesine Fischer said she’d seen Pecqueur fall, that she’d noticed her lying in the grass, and that she herself had hit a dog, but not Pecqueur, Fischer’s arrest report states.

Florida Lawmaker Richard Steinberg Resigns After Admitting to Harassing, Anonymous Texts

February 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Rep. Richard Steinberg, the Miami Beach Democrat, quit the House effective immediately on Friday after admitting earlier in the week that he sent inappropriate, unwanted texts to a federal prosecutor in Miami.

A Desperate William Merrill Pleads For Help: “My Wife’s Been Shot”; the 911 Call

February 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

In a voice broken by sobs and desperation, a clearly devastated William Merrill pleads with the 911 dispatcher to send help after describing how he accidentally shot his wife, Stefanie, while she was giving a bath to their 3-year-old daughter. The 7-minute 911 recording as released by the sheriff’s office.

Flagler County Democrats, at Low Ebb, Face Eviction From Their Palm Coast Office

February 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Flagler County Democrats have been rending the Hargrove Grade location since 2007, for $334 a month, but between disorganization and lack of interest, have been unable to raise the money to pay the rent for months.

Ex-Bunnell Cops John and Lisa Murray Plead Out, Avoiding Jail Time

February 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

John and Lisa Murray pleaded no contest to reduced charges stemming from their arrest and firing on felony counts in 2010. Neither can be a police officer again.

Responding to Criticism, Sheriff Fleming Calls ex-Sheriff Manfre a “Legend In His Own Mind”

February 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 57 Comments

The two sheriffs have a long history of rivalry and mutual criticism dating back to 2004, when Don Fleming replaced Jim Manfre. In 2008, Fleming defeated Manfre by less than a 2 percent margin.

Florida Senate Passes $70.7 Billion Budget, Cutting Higher Education By $400 Million

February 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Senate overwhelmingly approved a $70.7 billion spending plan for the coming budget year on Thursday, with a 33-6 vote, setting up a two-week window for negotiating with the House’s smaller budget.

Gytonia Cheek, Guilty on All Counts in Teacher Myrtle McKinney Murder, Will Serve Life in Prison

February 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A jury of six men and six women found Gytonia Cheek guilty of first-degree murder, burglary and robbery today in Flagler County Circuit Court, in the 2007 killing of Myrtle McKinney in Palatka at Christmas that year. Gytonia was sentenced to life in prison.

William Merrill Charged With Manslaughter for Killing His Wife With AK-47; 20 Guns at Home

February 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

Stefanie Merrill had been giving a bath to her 3-year-old daughter when her husband, William, pointed an AK-47 assault and its laser light at her chest and accidentally pulled the trigger. He was jailed on $200,000 bail.

Pizza Delivery Leads to SWAT Swarm and Arrest of Man Wanted for Serial Burglaries

February 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Jacquez Roland, 34. of 11 Service Tree Place in Palm Coast is in jail today, on $429,000 bail, in connection with a series of armed and violent burglaries, including the Microtel and Sharps Liquor burglaries in October, where workers in both cases were cuffed at gunpoint and robbed.

Flagler County’s Republicans at War With Each Other as Lawsuit Slams Prizer and REC

February 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The rift between tea party Republicans and old guard Republicans boiled over Thursday as insurgents denied membership in the Flagler County Republican Executive Committee filed suit against Committee Chairman Nancy Prizer and the Florida Republican Club.

As Investigation Into Fatal Shooting Continues, Disturbing Details from a Prior Domestic Fight

February 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

William Merrill, who fatally shot his wife on Tuesday while inspecting a rifle, was arrested in 2006 for head-butting her and throwing her on a bed during a heated argument. Charges were not pursued in that case.

Ex-Bunnell Cop John Murray, On Trial, Takes Stand and Denies Wrongdoing

February 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

John Murray was fired in 2010 and faces four felony charges, including cocaine possession and tampering with evidence. The trial Flagler County Circuit Judge Raul Zambrano is expected to take all day.

I-95 Crash Sends 2 to Hospitals; Witnesses Cite Cell-Phone Distraction

February 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The two-vehicle crash on I-95 just north of Palm Coast Parkway this morning sent two people to hospitals, one of them with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Florida Senate Says No to No Fast-Tracking Oil and Gas Drilling on State Lands

February 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A bill making it easier to drill for oil and gas on state lands hit the skids Tuesday as it failed to advance from a key Senate Committee that does not intend to meet again.

He’s Back: Sensing a Weakened Don Fleming, Jim Manfre Is Running for Sheriff a 4th Time

February 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

Jim Manfre was Flagler County sheriff from 2001 to 2005, and lost to Sheriff Fleming in 2008 by a thin margin. The recent controversy over Fleming’s handling of a fatal road accident spurred Manfre to become the fourth candidate against the incumbent.

Suspicious Shooting: Husband Kills 30-Year-Old Wife on Covington Lane in Palm Coast

February 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

William Merrill, 32, was inspecting a rifle at his home at 94 Covington Lane in Palm Coast when his weapon went off. His 30-year-old wife Stefanie was struck in the chest and killed.

Flagler School Board Balks Over New Teacher Contract; Union President Calls It “Bad Faith”

February 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

After a closed-door meeting, the Flagler school board ratified a new contract with its teacher union minus a crucial portion defining teacher evaluations, causing a breach with the union just as the two sides are planning next school year.

Foreclosure Fast-Tracking Bill Has Homeowners Worried About Being Shoved Out

February 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A controversial bill backers say would speed up the foreclosure process and help jumpstart the economy made its Florida Senate debut Monday amid concerns that the measure could leave some homeowners unjustly out in the cold.

Flagler 911: More Pitbull Attacks, Fraud Alert and Facebook Trouble

February 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Two more reports of pitbull attacks–dog-on-dog, and dog-on-disabled-man, but the latter without injuries; Facebook suspicions trigger a fight; an altercation at the courthouse; smashed windows at Imagine Chool, and too many lesser incidents to count.

Visits Decline 26% in 2 Years at Flagler County Public Library; E-Books Beginning Oct. 1

February 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Patrons will be able to borrow the books through their digital devices. The library’s plans for a cafe continue despite a setback, and it has no plans for scaling back its physical presence: to the contrary. Expansion plans are afoot for the main branch library in Palm Coast.

Peterson Draws Commission Challenge From Ericksen, the Man He Introduced to Politics

February 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Four years ago Alan Peterson encouraged Charlie Ericksen to apply to finish the term of Peterson’s seat on the Palm Coast City Council, when Peterson decided to run for the Flagler County Commission. Now the two Republicans will face each other in the Aug. 14 primary for that commission seat.

City of Bunnell Centennial Celebration Logo Contest

February 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The City of Bunnell, in preparation for its 100th anniversary in June 2013, is sponsoring a logo design contest to produce a graphic symbol that will be used on all materials created for this event . The logo should represent the city’s heritage and the spirit of its community.

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