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Afrikaners are South African Opportunists, Not Refugees

May 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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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.

Federal Judge Hears Challenge to Florida’s Law Sharply Restricting Ballot Initiatives

May 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Florida Decides Healthcare Executive Director Mitch Emerson talks to reporters in Tallahassee outside the federal courthouse May 22, 2025. (Photo by Christine Sexton/Florida Phoenix)

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker listened to about three hours of testimony on Florida Decides Healthcare’s and Smart & Safe Florida’s request that he block certain provisions of the law while the legal challenge moves ahead — including a requirement that sponsors turn in completed petitions within 10 days after the voter signs the petition, as well as stepped up fines and criminal penalties.

Sheriff Warns of Scammer Peddling Fake Arrest Warrant

May 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A forged arrest warrant (FCSO) (Click on the image for larger view.)

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office warns the public to think twice before responding to unsolicited text messages or phone calls after a local resident received a text message and subsequent phone call on May 20 from an individual posing as a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office employee who claimed the victim had an active misdemeanor arrest warrant for Failure to Appear.

Palm Coast City Attorney Calls Mayor Norris ‘Unprofessional and Inappropriate’ 3 Weeks After Censure for Similar Behavior

May 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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Palm Coast City Attorney Jeremiah Blocker last week told Mayor Mike Norris that his conduct with the city’s two attorneys was “unprofessional and inappropriate” following a suggestion by Norris that the attorneys were ignoring him. It was the latest in a series of incidents involving Norris’s often brusque conduct involving city staffers, council members or members of the business community. The latest revelations are notable for having occurred after Norris was censured by the rest of the City Council for his conduct, and after he had offered something resembling an apology.

An Ugly Town Meeting in Marineland as Questions Hang Over Legality of Mayor’s Unilateral Appointment of a Commissioner

May 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Marineland Acting mayor Dewey Dew at Wednesday's emergency meeting. (© FlaglerLive)

An emergency meeting of what was left of the Marineland Town Commission on Wednesday degenerated into a 40-minute verbal brawl involving the mayor, two attorneys, and members of the public as accusations of lies, improprieties, corruption and possible charter violations marred the legally dubious appointment of a commissioner. The meeting was called following the death of Mayor Gary Inks. Acting Mayor Dewey Dew unilaterally appointed Jessica Finch commissioner, against the town attorney’s advice, even though the meeting’s quorum and Dews’s authority to make the appointment were in question. 

Flagler Beach Centennial Community Dinner’s Ticket Deadline Is Friday

May 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Centennial Community Dinner will be held at Veterans Park, seen here from the balcony of a room at Compass by Margaritaville, one of the Centennial's sponsors. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach continues to host a series of monthly events to mark its centennial, highlighted by a 300-seat Community Dinner at Veterans Park that will be catered by 15 city restaurants, but tickets are limited and the deadline to buy them is Friday. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, May 22, 2025

May 22, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

King Donald by Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Flagler Beach City Commission meets this evening, and will ask permission of itself to serve alcohol at a centennial event in veterans Park, Model Yacht Club Races, the tipping point in media.

Israel’s Catastrophic Starvation of Gaza’s Millions

May 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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After 18 months of punishing airstrikes, raids and an increasingly restrictive siege in Gaza, the United Nations on May 20, 2025, issued one of its most urgent warnings yet about the ongoing humanitarian crisis: an estimated 14,000 babies were at risk of death without an immediate influx of substantial aid, especially food. Aid delivery continues to be inconsistent and well below what was necessary for the population, culminating in a dire warning by U.N. experts in early May that “the annihilation of the Palestinian population in Gaza” was possible without an immediate end to the violence.

Pasco Sheriff Ordered to Pay Legal Fees After Suppressing Public Records

May 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Pasco Sheriff's Office was overruled by an appeals court. (Facebook)

A three-judge panel of the 2nd District Court of Appeal sided with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Florida, which filed a lawsuit in September 2022 seeking to force the sheriff’s office to provide records related to what was known as the “Intelligence Led Policing” program. The program included analyzing various types of information and compiling lists of “problem people” and “at-risk youths” who would get increased law-enforcement attention, according to Wednesday’s ruling.

Maga’s Fearful War on Universities

May 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The University of Florida Campus in Gainesville, via UF

Ron DeSantis has been trying for years to regulate speech in colleges and universities, impose restrictions on what teachers can teach in schools, and decree which books the state of Florida finds “acceptable.” DeSantis, nothing if not energetic in his rage, is now determined to shield our precious college students from Dangerous Thoughts. He’s the model for someone else in charge.

Palm Coast’s Golden Chopsticks Buffet Open Again 2 Days After Sanitation Inspection Ordered It Closed

May 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The Golden Chopsticks Buffet on Palm Coast's Cypress Edge Drive was open again today. (© FlaglerLive)

Two days after it was ordered closed due to several sanitation violations, Golden Chopsticks Buffet, the less-than-one-year-old Chinese restaurant on Palm Coast’s Cypress Edge Drive, was bustling with business again today at lunch, its neon “open” sign burning red. 

Margaritaville’s Compass Hotel in Flagler Beach Opens in Buffett-Themed Celebration of a Downtown Remade

May 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

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“Total excitement. Fantastic. Finally.” With those words, Flagler Beach Mayor Patti King summed up the response to today’s opening of the 100-room Compass Hotel by Margaritaville in the heart of Flagler Beach, more than half a century after its three-story predecessor in the same spot closed its door on its last guest. The $27 million project includes a pair of bars and restaurants totaling 240 seats and employs some 80 people, most from Flagler Beach and Palm Coast.

Flagler County Clears Construction of 124 Single-Family Houses at Veranda Bay in Latest Phases of 453-Unit Development

May 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The sun rising on Veranda Bay this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission approved Monday the final plat for 124 single-family house lots at Veranda Bay near Flagler Beach, the last two of six phases totaling 335 houses in the development along John Anderson Highway, which was permitted for 453 housing units in 2020. Veranda Bay’s ultimate plan is for 2,400 housing units and annexation into Flagler Beach. That plan is on a hiatus.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, May 21, 2025

May 21, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Clay Jones

The Flagler County Contractor Review Board meets, the Flagler County’s Technical Review Committee meets, the Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Board meets, and we remember Joe Isuzu, emblem of the lying 80s.

AI Is Changing How Students Write

May 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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A writing professor sees artificial intelligence as more of an opportunity for students, rather than a threat. That sets her apart from some of her colleagues, who fear that AI is accelerating a glut of superficial content, impeding critical thinking and hindering creative expression. They worry that students are simply using it out of sheer laziness or, worse, to cheat. Perhaps that’s why so many students are afraid to admit that they use ChatGPT.

State Attorney Investigating Records Linked to Casey DeSantis’ Hope Florida

May 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Ron and Casey DeSantis. (Facebook)

Records related to a state House probe of a nonprofit linked to First Lady Casey DeSantis’ signature Hope Florida assistance program are part of an “open” investigation, Leon County State Attorney Jack Campbell’s office said Tuesday. House Health Care Budget Chairman Alex Andrade, R-Pensacola, submitted records to Campbell’s office late last month after concluding a House inquiry into the Hope Florida Foundation, a nonprofit linked to the Hope Florida program.

Flagler Cares Recognized for 10 Years of Treating ‘Every Individual with Dignity and Compassion’

May 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The Flagler County Commission on Monday recognized through a proclamation the 10th anniversary of Flagler Cares, the social service non-profit that provides its own services, coordinates many others and houses independent organizations at its Flagler County Village at City Marketplace in Palm Coast. The proclamation is making the rounds of local governments.

Reversing Planning Board’s Decision, Palm Coast Council Approves 100,000-Sq.-Ft. Storage Facility on Pine Lakes Pkwy

May 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The Crepe myrtle might need a little time to grow: a rendering of the proposed self-storage facility on Pine Lakes Parkway. (Johnson Development)

Overriding a decision by its Planning Board, the Palm Coast City Council today granted a special zoning exception to allow construction of a 100,000-square-foot storage facility on 6.8 acres off Pine Lakes Parkway, halfway between Belle Terre and Palm Coast Parkway.  The Planning board, in an unusual decision, voted 4-2 to deny the special exception, saying there were enough self-storage facilities as it is: social media pages are rife with screeds about a surfeit of storage facilities. 

Flagler Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord Warns of a Different Disaster Ahead: the Vanishing of FEMA Money

May 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Flagler County Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord in a press conference during last October's Hurricane Milton Emergency. (© FlaglerLive)

With or without FEMA, Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord cautioned, local governments must be prepared to assume more costs of recovery than they have in the past, especially if the federal government declares fewer disasters, as appears to be the plan. Fewer declarations will mean far less reimbursements and far fewer grants for innumerable projects and services local governments depend on in the recovery phase of what are becoming routine climate disasters. 

Marineland Mayor Gary Inks Dies at 79; Had Led Career in Resort and Dolphin Attraction Marketing

May 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Gary Inks at a Marineland Town Commission meeting in December. (© FlaglerLive)

Gary Paul Inks, the mayor of Marineland since last year, a member of that town’s commission since 2020, and a former marketing director for Marineland Dolphin Adventure, died over the weekend after battling illness for weeks. He was 79. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, May 20, 2025

May 20, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Israel bombs last Hospital in Gaza by Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Palm Coast City Council meets at 9 a.m. but without a mayor (he’s on vacation), Food Truck Tuesdays in Central Park, the Library of America’s new volume by and on Hellen Keller.

Ex-Sen. Travis Hutson Joins St. Johns Clerk of Court as Government Affairs Adviser

May 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Sen. Travis Hutson's district includes all of Flagler County. (© FlaglerLive)

The St. Johns County Clerk of the Circuit Court and County Comptroller’s Office announced that former Florida State Senator Travis Hutson will be joining the team as Senior Advisor for Intergovernmental Affairs, effective today.

The Trouble with Gluten-Free Foods

May 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The vast majority of Americans are not sensitive to foods containing gluten.

U.S. consumers often pay more for gluten-free products, yet these items typically provide less protein and more sugar and calories compared with gluten-containing alternatives. That is the key finding of a new study, published in the journal Plant Foods for Human Nutrition.

Federal Judge Orders Florida to Follow Series of Steps to Protect and Feed Manatees

May 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Florida's manatees are in trouble. (FWC)

A federal judge Monday ordered the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to take a series of steps aimed at protecting manatees in the northern Indian River Lagoon, including requiring it to go through a federal permitting process and temporarily preventing new septic tanks in the area. U.S. District Judge Carlos Mendoza also ordered establishment of programs to conduct biomedical-health assessments and supplemental feeding for manatees.

Reversing Planning Board’s Decision, Bunnell Commission Clears the Way for ‘Historic’ 28-Unit Affordable Housing Project

May 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Attorney Dennis Bayer, representing Abundant Life Ministries and its Phoenix Crossings project, won a reversal of the decision by the Bunnell Planning Board to deny Phoenix's final site plan. (© FlaglerLive)

Reversing a recommendation by its planning board and significant public opposition neighboring the proposed development, the Bunnell City Commission unanimously approved the final site plan for Phoenix Crossings, a planned 28-unit affordable-housing apartment complex for people with disabilities and other difficulties, and for the elderly. None like it exists in Palm Coast or Flagler County. The 5-year-old proposal is the work of Sandra Shank and her Abundant Life Ministries, a non-profit. The Bunnell Planning Board on April 1 recommended denial of the site plan on a 3-2 vote. 

Judge Lauren Blocker’s Elevation and Judge Stasia Warren’s Retirement Open 2 More Seats on 7th Circuit Bench

May 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Circuit Judge Lauren Blocker.

With the retirement of Circuit Judge Stacia Warren and the elevation to Circuit Court of County Judge Lauren Blocker, the Judicial Nominating Commission for the circuit will conduct a new round of interviews for candidates looking to fill the two vacancies. Applications are due by June 23. 

Palm Coast Man, 26, Charged with Making Lewd Selfie Video While Holding 8-Month-Old Daughter

May 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Timothy Williams IV.

Timothy Wiliams IV, a Daytona Beach transient who shares custody of a Palm Coast toddler, is at the Flagler County jail on a second-degree felony charge of lewd exhibitionism in his daughter’s presence. According to law enforcement, Williams, 26, uploaded a 12-second video clip of himself nude, holding his daughter and masturbating when she was 8 months old. She is a little older now. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, May 19, 2025

May 19, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Trump Dismantles Democracy by Peter Kuper, PoliticalCartoons.com

A Flagler County Commission workshop takes on beach-management yet again, along with a few other issues, the Gershwin’s “Someone to Watch Over Me,” and Michel Houellebecq on nostalgia.

Here’s What Makes the Most Dynamic and Sustainable Cities

May 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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The top 10 cities in 2025 were London, New York, Paris, Tokyo, Berlin, Washington DC, Copenhagen, Oslo, Singapore and San Francisco. The top three all do particularly well in human capital, which includes features like educational and cultural institutions. They also score highly on international profile, which looks at indicators of global interest, such as the number of airport passengers and hotels.

Flagler Free Clinic Earns National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics Award

May 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Free Clinic in Bunnell. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Free Clinic earned a 2025 Gold Rating from the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC) Quality Standards Program. This achievement reflects the clinic’s ongoing commitment to delivering high-quality, accessible healthcare to uninsured individuals in Flagler and Volusia counties.

Palm Coast Council’s Charles Gambaro Calls Norris Lawsuit Against Him ‘Frivolous’ and Mayor’s Conduct an ‘Abdication’

May 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Palm Coast City Council member Charles Gambaro. (© FlaglerLive)

In a letter to the community, Palm Coast Council member Charles Gambaro on Sunday said Mayor Mike Norris’s conduct, from suing to get Gambaro off the council to conspiracy theories to evading City Hall deeply concerning, and the mayor’s refusal to fulfill numerous responsibilities “a troubling and unprecedented abdication of the fundamental duties he swore to uphold when taking office and deprive our citizens of full representation in their government.” Gambaro, for his part, intends to continue to serve.

Dog Surfing Hilarity Conquers Flagler Beach as Chi-weenie, Corgis and Costumes Thrill to 4th Hang 8 Extravaganza

May 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

* Palm Coast resident JJ Crane raises his arms in triumph after he and his dog Ocean, a Chi-weenie, completed a run that helped them win the Human/Dog Tandem Surfing category at the 4th Hang 8 Dog Surfing Extravaganza. Ocean also won the Small Dog Surfing category and Best Wave in both the Small and Human/Dog Tandem categories. FlaglerLive photo

The Hang 8 Dog Surfing and Costume Contest returned to Flagler Beach for its fourth edition Saturday with a few repeat winners as the six-hour event south of the pier combined hilarity with humane causes against a picture-perfect backdrop of blue skies, blue oceans and gentle waves perfectly calibrated to surfing paws. Hang 8 was conceived by Suzie Johnston and Eric Cooley four years ago, becoming a signature event for Flagler Beach since.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, May 18, 2025

May 18, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Trump Parades by Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News.

Troop 472 Summer Camp Car Show and Fundraiser in Central Park, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, NYU withholds a student’s diploma for speaking out about the Gaza genocide at his graduation.

America’s Cancer Research, Best in the World, Is in Jeopardy

May 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Without federal support, the lights will turn off in many labs across the country. Thomas

The United States has long led the world in cancer research. It has spent more on cancer research than any other country, including more than US$7.2 billion annually through the National Cancer Institute alone. But that legacy is under threat. Funding delays, political shifts and instability across sectors have created an environment where basic research into the fundamentals of cancer biology is struggling to keep traction and the drug development pipeline is showing signs of stress.

Statewide Dangerous Dog Registry Now Depends on DeSantis Signature

May 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

No, not you Maya. (© FlaglerLive)

On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis received a bill (HB 593) intended to protect people from crazed canines. The “Pam Rock Act,” named after a former Putnam County mail carrier who was killed by a group of dogs while on her route, requires dangerous dogs to be penned. It also requires animal control to quarantine dogs that are investigated for being menaces, including those that have killed or seriously hurt humans.

NRA, Raging That 18 Year Olds Can’t Buy Rifles in Florida, Appeals to US Supreme Court

May 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Calling split appellate-court decisions “intolerable,” the National Rifle Association on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a challenge to a Florida law that raised the minimum age to purchase rifles and other long guns from 18 to 21. Friday’s move was the latest in seven years of legal wrangling over the law passed after a February 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 students and faculty members.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, May 17, 2025

May 17, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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The third annual Hang 8 Dog Surfing Competition in Flagler Beach, swing Through the Years Dinner Dance Benefit for St. Thomas Episcopal Church, The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, when Ronald Reagan was shot and John Hinkley unwittingly helped pass the biggest tax cut in history until then.

How Florida’s Wildlife Corridor Aims to Save Panthers and Black Bears

May 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Florida panthers are a federally endangered species.

The Florida Wildlife Corridor is a statewide system of interconnected wildlife habitat that turns 15 this year. It is built on conservation efforts that date back to the 1980s and 1990s, when researchers from the University of Florida created maps of existing and proposed conservation areas that interlinked across the state. Today, the Florida Wildlife Corridor spans 18 million acres – about half of the state. Ten million of these acres are protected from development.

Two Florida congressional Democrats Want Hope Florida Investigated

May 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Ron and Casey DeSantis in Brandon on May 14, 2025. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)

Two Florida congressional Democrats have asked federal officials to investigate allegations that the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and Hope Florida Foundation inappropriately diverted Medicaid funds to two unrelated political committees last year.

The Rotary Club of Flagler Beach Launches Life-Saving ‘Drown Zero’ Initiative

May 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Some Rotary Club of Flagler Beach club members and their family at the Drown Zero station at 8th Street South. Pictured from left to right standing: Debby Meyer, Bob Snyder, Sandra McDerrmott, Tom Gillan, Art MacQueen, Gingie MacQueen, Keith Kessler, Dina Kessler. Sitting: Savannah and Kai Prince and Cindy Dalecki.

The Rotary Club of Flagler Beach is announced the launch of Drown Zero, a life-saving initiative designed to help prevent drowning incidents in Flagler Beach.

In Palm Coast Town Hall, David Jolly Gives Local Democrats Something to Cheer About as He Readies Run for Governor

May 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

David Jolly, standing in the dark suit, with supporters before his town hall at Palm Coast United Methodist Church on Wednesday. (© FlaglerLive)

David Jolly gave a crowd of a couple of hundred Democrats something to cheer about in a town hall-style appearance Wednesday evening at Palm Coast United Methodist Church. Two weeks ago he also launched an electoral committee, Florida 2026, and now says he’s “actively considering running for governor.” Based on his polished, carefully calibrated and stump-like appearance in Palm Coast–and based on the rousing response he received–his announcement appears to be a matter of when, not if.

Palm Coast Will Charge Transaction Fees on Electronic Utility and Other Payments 2 Months After Rate Increases Kicked In

May 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

Until now only Palm Coast's Building Department passed on transaction fees to customers. Those fees will now be passed on to most other transactions, such as utilities, code enforcement and business taxes. (© FlaglerLive)

Starting June 1, all Palm Coast customers paying their utility bills by credit or debit card–67 percent of customers last year–will see their bills increase by $1.95 per month, or 3.5 percent if they pay in person. Payments by electronic checks will cost 43 cents per transaction. The Palm Coast City Council in February, overriding its finance director’s recommendation,  unanimously approved changing the payment model to pass those costs on to customers. Until now, the city was absorbing $700,000 worth of such fees. Customers may still avoid paying the new transaction fees if they pay bills by check or in cash, in person. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, May 16, 2025

May 16, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Gulf Of America Renamed Gulf Of Qatar by R.J. Matson, CQ Roll Call

Buddy Taylor Middle School’s annual “Night at the Museum” features works created by sixth grade students, the ethics of the Times voyeuristic report on the death of Virginia Giuffre, Life Magazine on a picture of three dead Americans.

Majority of Palm Coast Council Willing To Scrap Certain Restrictions on Commercial Vehicles in Residential Driveways

May 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

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Palm Coast may finally revise its commercial-vehicle ordinance, removing a ban on the parking of commercial vehicles in residential driveways. The proposed allowance would apply to commercial pick-up trucks, work vans and similar work trucks, including trucks with ladders and racks and a few other allowances. Commercial messaging–or any messaging, including political, poetic or polemical messaging–willl no longer have to be covered up if it exceeds 3 square feet on each side. 

Don’t Bet on Hydrogen Cars Just Yet

May 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Hydrogen will play a significant role in achieving net zero carbon emissions by replacing natural gas in industrial and domestic heating. But it remains difficult to see how hydrogen can compete with electric vehicles, as the bulk of the car, bus and light-truck market looks set to adopt battery electric technology, which are a cheaper solution than fuel cells.

Indian Trails Middle School’s Brandy Nicole Anderson Is a Finalist for Florida Teacher of the Year

May 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Brandy Nicole Anderson got a surprise from her superintendent and principal. (Flagler Schools)

Today, the Florida Department of Education announced Brandy Nicole Anderson, a teacher at Indian Trails Middle School in Flagler County, as one of five finalists for the 2026 Florida Teacher of the Year. The state finalists were chosen from 76 district teachers of the year. The 2026 Florida Department of Education Teacher of the Year winner will be announced in July.

The Annual Memorial to Fallen Officers Is a Near-Daily Ritual for Sheriff Rick Staly

May 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The candlelight moment during the annual memorial for fallen officers at the Flagler County Sheriff's Office Wednesday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

When he took office as Flagler County Sheriff in January 2017, Rick Staly started a ritual. Every time a law enforcement officer’s life was lost in the line of duty, he’d write two cards: one to the agency that lost the officer, and one to the family of the fallen. 

Court Sets Arguments for July 3 on Legitimacy of Charles Gambaro’s Palm Coast Council Seat

May 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Circuit Judge Chris France. (© FlaglerLive)

A July 3 hearing is set before Flagler County Circuit Judge Chris France to determine the validity of Palm Coast Mayor Norris’s lawsuit claiming that Council member Charles Gambaro was appointed to fill out a two-year term last October in violation of the city charter. Norris contends the council should have held a special election for the District 4 seat, and Gambaro should not have continued past Election Day in November. 

Broward County Circuit Judge Gary Farmer Indefinitely Suspended Over ‘Pervasive’ Behavior Unfit for the Bench

May 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Circuit Judge Gary Farmer fueled his own problems on the Broward Circuit bench. (Facebook)

The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday indefinitely suspended Broward County Circuit Judge Gary Farmer, a former Senate Democratic leader, 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 Florida Senate. He served as minority leader during the 2021 legislative session but was ousted after a vote of no confidence by fellow Democrats.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, May 15, 2025

May 15, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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The Palm Coast Code Enforcement Board hears an appeal from a solicitor who was denied a permit, the Marineland Commission meets, yachts race in Central Park, Medicaid cuts move ahead to facilitate a tax cut for the rich, and what Ted Kennedy said about that sort of crime in 1980.

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