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Rick Scott’s Poll Numbers Go From Dismal to Merely Bad in Latest Quinnipiac

August 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Rick Scott remains among the least popular governors in America, with pronounced, and unusual, dislike of him as a person, and 61 percent of Floridians are dissatisfied with the way things are going.

Fact Check: The Economy By the Numbers

August 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A sobering look at the real economy’s numbers broken down in easy-to-chew bullet points, from national to local numbers. Spam can not included.

Less Dire Than Feared: Economy Adds 117,000 Jobs, Unemployment Falls to 9.1%

August 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Defying expectations, the national economy added 117,000 jobs in July. Figures for May and June were revised upward to add 56,000 jobs to those two months’ totals, and the overall unemployment rate fell back to 9.1 percent, from 9.2.

Florida Hospital Flagler’s David Ottati Is Among Northeast’s Ultimate CEO Award Winners

August 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

David Ottati and the Ultimate Award in his office, a few hours after after receiving it in Jacksonville. (© FlaglerLive)

The Jacksonville Business Journal’s fifth annual Ultimate CEO Award drew some 40 nominations from northeast Florida. Ottati, Florida Hospital Flagler’s CEO for the past five years, was among 13 winners.

Jail Follows Allegation of Shooting Up in a Kangaroo Bathroom With 4 Kids in the Car

August 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The four children in Michelle Marie Smith’s car are 8 or younger, including twins who are turning 3 on Friday. She was charged with child abuse while a friend was charged with drug possession.

Public Money, Public Purpose, Closed Doors: Enterprise Flagler and Chamber Carry On

August 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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In a closed-door session, the Flagler Chamber of Commerce is hosting a delegation from Enterprise Flagler today to discuss economic development plans that would be publicly funded and publicly governed.

Grim, Doleful Post-Mortem as State School Board and Educators Wonder What’s Next

August 3, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Nails on a chalkboard. Education in Florida isn't sounding hopeful. (Sharon Drummond)

A daylong meeting of the State Board of Education drew dozens of school officials from around the state and dismal assessments of what they’ve been left with after compulsive budget-cutting.

Ex-Bunnell Commissioner Jimmy Flynt Faces State Ethics Violations on 3 Counts

August 3, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Bunnell City Commissioner Elbert Tucker filed a series of ethics charges against Jimmy Flynt last August. Flynt faces fines of up to $10,000 on each of the three violations. Several others were thrown out.

Palm Coast Council Shocked, Shocked To Hear It Ever Had $10 Million for City Hall

August 3, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

It was not originally presented to the Palm Coast City Council as a pie in the sky, but as aconcrete project. Jim landon now says the city never had the $10 million. The chart is from his staff's presentation to the council last year.

The Palm Coast city administration now says that it never had $10 million to build a city hall. The copious record on the matter says otherwise, raising questions about the city’s numbers and verbal shell games.

Gunning for Immigration Reform Again, Rick Scott Divides Business Groups

August 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Divisive immigration reform failed during Florida’s last legislative session. Gov. Rick Scott favors another go at it, but business groups, Hispanics and immigration advocates are just as leery.

Tropical Storm Emily Not Expected to Shake Up Flagler This Weekend

August 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Tropical Storm Emily may be closest to Flagler County by Saturday, but even then the National Weather Service isn’t predicting much of a change from the usual summer storms.

Allegations of Brutality, Rape and Torture Over 2 Days Emerge from Bunnell Kidnapping

August 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The victim, a Palm Coast woman, told police she was held in a crack house on July 21 and 22 before escaping to a gas station on SR100. Examiners point to evidence of severe beatings, cigarette burns and numerous other injuries.

Condo No-Go: Florida Cabinet Sides With Flagler County Over Hammock Dunes

August 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

In a victory for Flagler County, the Florida Cabinet unanimously approved a judge’s order that blocks Ginn-Lubert Adler’s plan to build an oceanfront condominium and hotel at Hammock Dunes, near the 16th Road public park and beach.

Hammock Dunes Showdown: Flagler and Developer Battle Before Florida Cabinet

August 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Ginn-Lubert Adler and investors want to build a 77-foot hotel and significantly increase the residential density in an area adjoining the public beach by 16th Rd. in the Hammock. Flagler County is opposed. The two sides are arguing their case before the Florida Cabinet today.

Charter School Heist, Obama’s Surrender, Scrutinizing Fox: The Live Wire

August 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

How Florida charter schools swiped all the construction money, the GOP’s disenfranchisement of voters, MTV at 30, pyramid-building, time to scrutinize Fox, and more.

Palm Coast Data CEO John Meneough Resigns After 15 Years As Company Struggles

August 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

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John Meneough, 62, had been with Palm Coast Data in its various incarnations since 1996. A successor has not been named. Meneough’s resignation is part of broader changes at Palm Coast Data parent Amrep Corp.

His Poll Numbers Diving, Rick Scott Seeks Help From Snubbed Estate: The Press

August 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

After refusing to meet with all but one editorial board during his campaign, Gov. Rick Scott is putting on a media-charm offensive in an attempt to reverse his 27-29% approval rating.

Palm Coast’s Fireworks, Canceled on July 4, Are Now Leveraged Over 3 Fall Dates

August 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The $15,000 subsidy to Palm Coast will be split over fireworks shows on Labor Day and the two evenings of the city’s seafood festival in early November.

Update: Two Children in Critical Condition Following Seminole Woods Wreck Near Integra Woods

August 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

Palm Coast and county fire rescue personnel were at the sxcene of the two-vehicle wreck late Saturday. (FlaglerLive)

A severe two-vehicle accident took place at around 11 p.m. Saturday night at the intersection of Seminole Woods Boulevard and Integra Woods Boulevard, near the Integra Woods apartment complex, triggering trauma alerts for four victims.

Public Employees Retire in Droves as Florida Pension System Narrows Incentives to Work

July 31, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

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About 10,100 people chose to enter retirement or exited the state’s deferred retirement plan ahead of new laws kicking in on July 1, an increase of more than 900 people from the same time last year.

The Week Ahead in Tallahassee: Florida Cabinet, School Financing and Nukes

July 31, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Florida Cabinet meets for the first time since June 2, the Village Square takes on Florida’s post-Fukushima nuclear energy future, the State Board of Education takes on school financing. The week’s full line-up.

Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin and Tea Parties: The Gipper’s NAACP Warning to Extremists

July 31, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Maybe more Earl Grey than Lipton: Ronald Reagan delivering his presidential acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Detroit on July 17, 1980. (White House Photographic Collection)

“You are the ones who are out of step with our society,” Ronald Reagan said of extremists in a 1981 speech to the NAACP, a speech that resonates in tea party America today, Zach Roberts argues.

GMAC Mortgage Machination: Don’t Have Document to Foreclose? Make It Up

July 30, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

When GMAC, one of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers, sought to foreclose on a homeowner last year and lacked a crucial document, the company just made one up, pointing to a pattern of deceptive filings to foreclose on homeowners.

Capital Punishment As a Crime More Dreadful Than Murder: Dostoyevsky on the Guillotine

July 30, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

'The Triumph of the Guillotine in Hell' by Nicolas-Antoine Taunay (1795)

The death penalty, in this passage from Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot,” is seen as a punishment mostly for what precedes it–and an indictment of those who impose capital punishment.

Two-Day Kidnapping Lands 3 in Jail After SWAT Team Descends on South Bunnell

July 30, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

The two Bunnell men were charged with kidnapping and held without bail. Two additional men were jailed on more minor charges. One victim, a woman, was involved.

Ethics Commission Ratifies $600 Settlement With Flagler Commissioner Nate McLaughlin

July 30, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The settlement now goes before Gov. Rick Scott, who’ll issue an executive order requiring McLaughlin to pay the fine. McLaughlin’s attorney still contends that the Supervisor of Elections could have prevented the problem.

With or Without Palm Coast, County Would Lead New Economic Development Council

July 29, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The county’s proposal would mean the end of Enterprise Flagler and the creation of a 9-member council chaired by the county, with cities and private-sector membership overseeing a $410,000 budget. Palm Coast’s buy in is a question mark.

Students as Customers, Universities as Businesses: Scott’s Plan To Texify Higher Ed

July 29, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Gov. Rick Scott is following Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s lead in higher ed: merit pay for professors, tenure reform, and generally a greater emphasis on business-like measurement of whether professors are turning out students that meet certain goals.

George W. Bush’s Debt, Thrasher’s $1.3 Million Home, Unnecessary Censorship: The Live Wire

July 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Giacometti on Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive)

What $15 trillion in $100 dollar bills would look like, Jason Alexander on the Netflix Relief Fund, Florida’s water problems–solved, When Lady Gaga is great, the Muppets’s tribute to Jim Henson, and more.

Soaring Corporate Tax Credit Voucher Program Costing Flagler Schools Half a Million Dollars

July 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A new law passed by the Legislature last year increased the amount of taxpayer dollars available for private-school vouchers, from $118 million to $140 million-money denied the public school system. Some 33,000 students, including 86 in Flagler, are enrolled.

Bunnell PD Seizes Ex-Cop’s Lost Flash Drive, Deleting Files Against His Consent

July 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

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Roosevelt James, formerly of the Bunnell Police Department, lost his drive on June 21. The police department held it for 26 days “under review,” deleting files along the way, according to James, who’s calling for an investigation.

Health Reform Won’t Slow Costs as Spending on U.S. Care Nearly Doubles by 2020

July 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

U.S. Health spending will grow by an average of 5.8 percent a year through 2020, compared to 5.7 percent without the health overhaul. With that growth, the nation is expected to spend $4.6 trillion on health care in 2020, nearly double the $2.6 trillion spent last year.

Auditions Set for Flagler Playhouse’s “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee”

July 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Flagler Playhouse will hold open auditions for their upcoming production of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” on July 31 and Aug. 1 at 6 pm at the Flagler Playhouse in Bunnell.

Flagler Fish Company’s Pet-Friendly Patio Expands Outdoor Dining

July 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The Flagler Fish Company in Flagler Beach completed an expansion of their pet-friendly outdoor dining area.

Attorney General Bondi’s Motive Questioned in Firing of Mortgage Fraud Investigators

July 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi fired two assistant attorneys general who were heavily involved in investigating alleged mortgage fraud, including focusing on one firm that had contributed to Bondi’s campaign. Bondi says they had “shortcomings.”

Tony Robbin, Philharmonic Horns, the Art of Trash: Culture Worth the Miles

July 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Acrylic on Canvas by Tony Robbin.

A Tony Robbin retrospective at the Orlando Museum of Art, Theresa Rebeck’s “The Understudy” at the Mad Cow Theater, Parker Sketch and M Scott Morgan at Gallery Q, and more.

Fire at Bunnell’s Palm Terrace Claims A Home and Burns One Victim

July 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The mobile-home fire started just after 5 p.m. The owner, a man in his mid-20s, said he’d fallen asleep. His 5-year-old son was not in the house at the time.

Would-Be Assailants on Palm Coast’s Pine Crest Lane Flee After Being Shot At

July 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Three men were prowling about a house on Pine Crest Lane in Palm Coast Wednesday morning when a resident there confronted them and took out his Glock 27, firing one shot at one of them.

Gov. Rick Scott on Impending Federal Government Shutdown: What, Me, Worry?

July 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Rick Scott is unconcerned about the federal shut-down, saying its impact on Florida will be “minimal.” Much of the evidence says otherwise as millions of Floridians’ including Social Security and food stamps recipients, may be affected.

Mia Bella Dance Academy’s Team of 21 Sweeps National Showdown in Gatlinburg

July 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Mia Bella Dance Academy’s competition team of 20 dancers more than doubled their national awards tally from last year in a competition in Gatlinburg, Tenn., this month. Charlotte Marten’s video report.

Mystery Midnight “Fireball” Serves Up Barroom Speculation, and Vain Search, In Flagler Beach

July 27, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Patrons at an oceanfront Flagler Beach bar reported seeing a fireball over the ocean around midnight Tuesday, triggering speculation about a plane crash. It turned out to be no more than speculation.

School Board Rejects Administrators’ 2% Raise, Awards It to Lesser-Paid Professionals

July 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The proposed raise for the 50-some administrators in the county, who make between $50,000 and $100,000, had triggered a political wildfire. Board members were more willing to give the raise to supervisors paid, for the most part, less than teachers.

Lightning Sets Off 10 New Wildfires, Not Counting a Half Dozen Quickly Put Out

July 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The fires signal the danger of somewhat dry conditions as lightning-rich storms keep rolling through. There are no plans to re-institute a burn ban in Flagler for now.

Palm Coast Sets Intial Tax Rate 14% Higher With Goal of Whittling It Down By September

July 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Palm Coast City Council members are trying desperately to hold the line on property tax increases, but will likely not succeed entirely. The final tax rate will still not translate into a tax increase for most.

Resuming Eastward March, Palm Coast Will Annex Graham Swamp’s 3,300 Acres

July 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Palm Coast will annex the Graham Swamp area to better control its assets, which include the new Graham Swamp trail, but the annexation is also a beachhead on attractive property along Colbert Lane.

Boehner-Obama Debt-Ceiling Follies: Your Hair-Pulling Guide on Stats and What Ifs

July 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

How dire could the consequences of not raising the debt ceiling be? What are the possible solutions? Here’s a reading list to help you keep up as the clock ticks to next week’s deadline.

Slow-Cooked Success: Palm Coast’s Woody’s Bar•B•Q Marks 13th Year

July 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Owned by Flagler County natives, Woody’s BarBQ on State Road 100 in Palm Coast has, like any business, weathered its share of difficulties in the past three years. “We’re not going anywhere,” its owner says.

Flagler County Tax Rates Will Go Up 12%, But Tax Bills Are More Likely to Go Down

July 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

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Flagler County’s tax rate is going up for the fourth year in a row to make up for collapsing valuations, but the rise will still not translate into a tax increase for most. The contrary may be true.

Paging All Parents: Flagler Schools Launch “Graduate One” Campaign on Aug. 4

July 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Flagler schools want parents better informed and more involved as graduation requirements increase. The district is hosting a countywide orientation session at nine locations on Aug. 4 under the banner of its “Graduate One Everyone” campaign.

Florida Graduation Requirements for Students Entering 9th Grade, 2011-2017

July 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Florida high school graduation requirements for entering 9th graders from 2011-12 to 2016-17: a year-by-year guide including FCAT, end-of-year-course assessments and science requirements.

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