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At Celebration of Life for Jorge and Nancy Salinas, a Couple’s Forever ‘Spirit and Joy’ Counter Brutality of Loss

October 13, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

An audience of some 150 people who’d turned up for the celebration of life for Nancy and Jorge Salinas Sunday afternoon at the Palm Coast Community Center. (© FlaglerLive)

“There is some sweetness in knowing that they passed after enjoying time together at Disney, and that they were together when they passed,” Jorge and Nancy Salinas’s daughter told the audience of some 150 people who’d turned up for the celebration of life for Nancy and Jorge Salinas Sunday afternoon at the Palm Coast Community Center. They were at Disney that October 4 barely a week ago, spending the day as they loved to spend it, and they were there in their last hours, before a hit-and-run driver caused their fatal crash on I-4.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, October 13, 2025

October 13, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Clay Jones will recover from his stroke, the Flagler County Library Board of Trustees meets, the Bunnell City Commission meets, a talk with Clay Jones by cartoonist Angelo Lopez.

László Krasznahorkai’s Nobel Prize for Literature

October 12, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

László Krasznahorkai. (Wikimedia Commons)

Awarding the Nobel prize for literature to László Krasznahorkai today, the Swedish Academy commended the author’s “compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. But in itself their decision is also a commitment to the value of serious and intellectual writing in an age characterised by immediacy, the distractions of digital culture and the entertainment industry.

Stetson University Student Musicians Performing at Carnegie Hall

October 12, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Carnegie Hall. (© FlaglerLive)

Stetson University student musicians will take the stage at one of the world’s most celebrated concert venues next spring. The Dr. M. Jean Greenlaw Stetson University Concert will be held on Friday, March 6, 2026, at 8 p.m. in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City, showcasing the talents of selected student soloists and chamber ensembles.

Florida’s 1st Public School Chaplain Is Trump Disciple at War with Church-State Wall

October 12, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

A Facebook post celebrating the appointment of Rev. Jack Martin as a public school chaplain. (© FlaglerLive)

Rev. Jack Martin, the state’s first public school chaplain, twice ran for Congress, wrote an ode to Charlie Kirk, preached the need to “battle alongside Trump” and defended the Jan. 6 assault on Congress as “the ratification of the theft of the presidency.”

He identifies with the Black Robe Regiment, a coalition of pastors committed to tearing down the wall of separation between church and state.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, October 12, 2025

October 12, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Troops deployed to US cities by Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com

A Celebration of Life in memory of Jorge and Nancy Salinas at the Palm Coast Community Center, ‘Sweeney Todd’ at Athens Theatre, Maria Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize, and a few caveats.

María Corina Machado’s Peace Prize

October 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gestures during a protest in Caracas on Jan. 9, 2025.

Machado is in many ways a controversial pick, less a peace activist than a political operator willing to use some of the trade’s dark arts for the greater democratic good. Of course, many Nobel Peace Prize awards generate controversy. It has often been bestowed on great politicians over activists. And sometimes the prize’s winners can have complex pasts and very non-peaceful resumes. Past recipients include dubious choices such as Henry Kissinger, Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, despite their past association with terrorism and, in Kissinger’s case, mass slaughters.

Trump’s ‘Beautiful’ Bill Cuts $3.8 Billion from Florida’s Healthcare System, Hurting Hospitals and the Poor

October 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will cut $3.8 billion from Florida’s health care system, with that money primarily affecting Florida hospitals. Five Florida programs are over a certain cap and currently receive $9 billion. That total will drop to $5.2 billion in state-directed payments by 2034-2035, Meyer told the group of lawmakers after facing earlier questions in the week about how children are being disenrolled from the Florida KidCare program for not paying their premiums.

DeSantis Signs Warrant to Kill Bryan Jennings, Murderer of 6-Year-Old Girl, for 16th Execution of the Year

October 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Bryan F. Jennings.

Bryan Frederick Jennings, 66, is scheduled to be executed Nov. 13 and could be a record 16th inmate put to death by lethal injection this year in Florida. The state has carried out 13 executions and is slated to put to death Samuel Smithers on Tuesday and Norman Grim on Oct. 28. Jennings was convicted of murdering Rebecca Kunash on May 11, 1979, in Merritt Island.

With Shutdown, Democrats Finally Take a Clear and Critical Stand

October 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

obamacare subsidies

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will add $4 trillion to the national debt and throw 20 million people off Obamacare over the life of the bill, which lets supplemental premium subsidies enacted during the Biden administration expire. It would more than double premium costs for Obamacare recipients. The cost of extending the subsidies over the next 10 years is $350 billion, or 8 percent of the Trump tax cuts. This is what the Democrats have been willing to shut the government over. It’s about time.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, October 11, 2025

October 11, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Light at the end of the tunnel in the Middle East, by by Marian Kamensky, Austria.

Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market , Peps Art Walk in Flagler Beach, Sweeney Todd’ at Athens Theatre, Bari Weiss takes over the house that Ed Murrow, Walter Cronkite and Fred Friendly built.

St. Johns County Launches Children’s Advocacy Group

October 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

IMPACT - Co Chair Patti Greenough - Commissioner Sarah Arnold - Co Chair Schuyler Siefker

St. Johns County has helped launch IMPACT: Advocating for Children Today, Inc., with community partners to identify the needs, resources, and partnerships to improve the lives of St. Johns County children and their families by advocating for a safe, healthy, and nurturing environment. A community workshop was held in August to proceed forward with program priorities, funding opportunities, and the formation of a board of directors.

For Trump’s Perceived Enemies, the Process May Be the Punishment

October 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The costs – in time and money – may be incredibly significant for those targeted by the Trump administration. (White House)

If the case against Comey is exceedingly weak – and little more than a political prosecution – then it should result in the dismissal of charges by the judge or a not guilty verdict by the jury. But even when an individual is not convicted, the process of defending against charges can itself be a form of punishment, as renowned legal scholar Malcolm Feeley pointed out almost 50 years ago.

Florida Could Face Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Food Stamp Costs Under Trump’s ‘Beautiful’ Bill

October 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

At a farm market in St. Petersburg, Fla., SNAP recipients were able to use their Electronic Benefits Transfer cards for food. (Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA)

Currently, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits — commonly known as food stamps — distributed by the state are fully funded by the federal government. But under the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed this summer by President Donald Trump, that could change on Oct. 1, 2027, when states could be required to contribute money based on payment error rates. The error rate isn’t based on fraud but overpayments and underpayments. Benefits are calculated based on household sizes and net monthly incomes, which can change and might not be immediately reported.

Flagler Cares’ Carrie Baird Is Among ‘Women Shaping Florida’s Future’ at State Awards, a First for Flagler County

October 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The annual Above and Beyond Award winners lined up for the cameras at the end of the event hosted by the News Service of Florida in Tallahassee Wednesday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

Close to 200 people gathered at Tallahassee’s DoubleTree Hotel Wednesday evening to honor “women who are shaping Florida’s future, who are leading, innovating and lifting others up as they rise,” as Shevaun Harris, Secretary, Agency for Health Care Administration, a keynote speaker and one of the honorees, told the audience. One of the women was Carrie Baird, Chief Executive Officer of Flagler Cares, the 10-year-old, Palm Coast-based nonprofit. It was the first time that the leader of an organization in Flagler County was the recipient of the News Service of Florida’s annual Above and Beyond Award.

Flagler Beach Commission Votes 3-2 to Sell Ocean Palm Golf Course at a Loss, for $801,000, Citing ‘Painful’ Years

October 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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The Flagler Beach City Commission voted 3-2 Thursday to sell the nine-hole Ocean Palm Golf Club it bought in 2008. The sale price would be $801,000, or $100,000 less than what the city paid for it, when it acquired an additional 3 acres a decade ago. The course has been a perennial loss for the city even with the two golf management companies that have run the course since 2015. The buyer is the current lease holder, Ocean Palms Golf Club, owned by Jeff Ryan. 

Celebration of Life and Other Services Scheduled in Memory of Jorge and Nancy Salinas

October 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Jorge Salinas with Heidi Petito at a July send-off for Al Hadeed, the retiring county attorney. (© FlaglerLive)

The family of Jorge Salinas and his wife Nancy Salinas have scheduled a celebration of life in honor of the couple’s memory at 2 p.m. at the Palm Coast Community Center on Sunday. It is the first of a week of services. Salinas, the deputy Flagler County administrator since 2020, and his wife lost their lives on Oct. 4 in a hit-and-run crash on I-4 that took the life of a third person as well. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, October 10, 2025

October 10, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The Nobel Peace Prize is announced this morning, the Friday Blue Forum, remembering Malala Yousafzai’s Peace Prize Lecture, ‘Sweeney Todd’ at Athens Theatre, Neil Postman on a culture’s memory holes.

The Gaza Peace Plan’s Familiar Rings

October 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Two men in suits stand at podiums in front of flags. U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive for a joint news conference at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025.

The latest U.S.-sponsored peace plan for the Middle East was unveiled at the White House on Sept. 29, 2025, and immediately accepted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The proposal, which U.S. President Donald Trump said marked a “historic” moment that was “very close” to ending the two-year-old war in Gaza, will now go to Hamas.

Hutson Companies, Major Housing Developer, Bids $3.5 Million for Bankrupt Marineland Dolphin Adventure

October 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Marineland Dolphin Adventure has been in the shadow of its former glory. (© FlaglerLive)

The Hutson Companies, a St. Augustine developer of single-family homes and apartment complexes, has placed a $3.5 million bid for the bankrupt 5.1-acre Marineland Dolphin Adventure property in Marineland, suggesting that if the sale closes later this month, the famed attraction’s 87-year history may be coming to an end. An open auction is scheduled for Oct. 27 in Delaware. A stalking-horse bid, or agreement, is an opening bid that allows the company in bankruptcy to set a floor for potential future bids. But it gives the stalking horse an advantage.

Palm Coast Man Neglects to Take Infant Daughter to Hospital After She Ingested Edibles, Attending Football Game Instead

October 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Kajuan Arthur Harris marijuana infant ingestion

Kajuan Arthur Harris, a 29-year-old resident of Wheatfield Drive in Palm Coast, faces a charge of child neglect with great bodily harm, a second-degree felony, following the second hospitalization of his 5-year-old autistic daughter after she ingested a large quantity of marijuana edibles while she was in Harris’s care. He refused to take the child to the hospital, going to a football game instead and urging the child’s mother to let the child “sleep it off.”

For Flagler County’s I-95 Corridor, Long Duration Nor’Easter Brings High Winds, Potential Flooding and Erosion

October 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

noreaster weather Florida

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville is cautioning that a “long-duration nor’easter’ began today and will continue through Saturday, bringing wind and heavy downpours along the I-95 corridor, high tides 2 to 3 feet above normal and dangerous surf that will batter and damage Flagler County’s beaches, and potential coastal flooding. Calmer, dryer weather returns Sunday.

Florida National Guard Can’t Retain Enough Troops Or Recruit New Ones

October 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Drivers needed: vehicles at the Palm Coast National Guard facility near the county airport. (© FlaglerLive)

Compared to other states, the Florida National Guard ranked 53rd out of 54 in the guardsmen-to-citizen ratio, said Major General John Haas, an Adjutant General of Florida with the Department of Military Affairs. Haas warned during a Senate hearing that the Florida National Guard should be more than double its current size. He said Florida has the same size force as much smaller states like Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, October 9, 2025

October 9, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

ICE attacks by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Nobel Prize in literature is awarded this morning, Evenings at Whitney Lecture Series explores the skeletons of dinosaurs, The Flagler Beach City Commission meets, ‘Sweeney Todd’ at Athens Theatre, Flagler Beach United Methodist Church Food Pantry.

Palm Coast’s Ebike Ordinance in Effect: Limits Speeds, Restricts Riders’ Age to 11 and Up and Requires Photo ID

October 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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Palm Coast’s ebike ordinance is now in effect following the Palm Coast City Council’s approval Tuesday of a measure that sets speed limits at between 20 and 28 mph, depending on the bike, restricts riders to age 11 and up, and requires riders to carry government-issued identification at all times.

Sheriff’s Operations Center May Be Renamed for Rick Staly in Recognition of His 50 Years in Policing

October 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff's Operations Center. name change

The Flagler County Commission is considering–and will likely approve–renaming the Sheriff’s Operations Center in Bunnell as the Sheriff Rick Staly Law Enforcement Center in recognition of Staly’s 50 years of service in law enforcement. Sheriff’s Chief Mark Strobridge, a colleague and friend of Staly’s going back to their many years together at the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, conceived and proposed the idea. Commissioner Leann Pennington is championing it, if with some policy-related pause from Commission Chair Andy Dance and Commissioner Greg Hansen.

Flagler Beach Planning Board Rejects Veranda Bay/Summertown Annexation in Striking Reversal of Former Welcome

October 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Not a good night for Ken Belshe, left, the representative of Veranda Bay and its associated development, Summer Town, and his attorney, Mike Chiumento, seen here addressing the Flagler Beach planning board before the board rejected recommending annexing the developments. The proposal goes before the Flagler Beach City Commission Thursday. (© FlaglerLive)

In a striking reversal from its unanimous recommendation approving Veranda Bay’s annexation into Flagler Beach last year, before the threat of a lawsuit suspended further regulatory steps, the Flagler Beach Planning Board Tuesday denied recommending approval on a series of 4-1 votes. For Veranda Bay, it is the latest blow in a six-year slog through sustained public opposition, litigation, official courtship, second thoughts and now uncertainty.

Derek Barrs Is Finally Confirmed as Administrator of Motor Carrier Safety Administration After Fractious Senate Maneuvers

October 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Derek Barrs as he was sworn-in at the School Board by County Judge Melissa Distler, alongside Sheriff Rick Staly, last November. (© FlaglerLive)

The U.S. Senate in a strict party-line 51-47 vote Tuesday night confirmed Derek Barrs, the former Flagler County school board member, administrator of the federal Transportation Department’s Motor Carrier Safety Administration, seven months after President Trump nominated Barrs to the post.

Florida’s Colleges and Universities May Be Forced Each to Change a Street Name for Charlie Kirk

October 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

It would be Stadium Road no more, but Charlie Kirk Road.

Every one of Florida’s 40 public universities and colleges would have to redesignate a road, a street or an avenue after Charlie Kirk, the extremist controversialist who was assassinated last month, if a bill introduced by a Dade City Republican becomes law. Revered among wide swaths of the right, Kirk had a long record of making divisive and bigoted comments. It is likely the bill will generate significant debate if it is taken up in committees. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, October 8, 2025

October 8, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Electric grid and AI data center demands by John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune.

Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk, the TPO’s Bicycle/Pedestrian Advisory Committee meets, The Atlantic Chapter of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State meets, Weekly Chess Club for Teens at the county library.

AI’s Energy Consumption and Data Center Efficiency

October 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

chillers on the roof of a data center from above, work to cool the equipment inside the building.

Artificial intelligence is growing fast, and so are the number of computers that power it. Behind the scenes, this rapid growth is putting a huge strain on the data centers that run AI models. These facilities are using more energy than ever.

Florida Has No Clue How Many Kids Have Lost Health Coverage Since DeSantis Refusal to Comply with Eligibility Rule

October 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

kidcare florida dispute

In 2023. the Legislature ordered that children in families making up to 300 percent of the poverty level be eligible for KidCare, not 200 percent. The DeSantis administration has refused to comply, sticking with 200 percent, and causing enrollment to fall. But Brian Meyer, the state’s top Medicaid official, couldn’t answer a simple question: How many children have been disenrolled from the program because their families haven’t paid the premiums.

Palm Coast Government Invites Community Input on Land Development Code

October 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Mapping out the future of Palm Coast's maps. (© FlaglerLive)

The City of Palm Coast is beginning the process of reviewing and updating its Land Development Code (LDC) and is inviting the community to participate in this important effort. A series of public workshops will be held during the Planning and Land Development Regulation Board (PLDRB) meetings and City Council meetings, all of which are open to the public. The first workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. at Palm Coast City Hall.

Flagler County’s Development Authority Board Wants to Wade Into Economic Development, Conjuring Grim History

October 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Some of the members of the Industrial Authority Board at a previous meeting. From left, Shawn Rhoto, County Commissioner Pam Richardson, the commission's liaison on the board, Chair Ray Ricchi, Bruce Parker and Don Turlington. (© FlaglerLive)

Some of the members of Flagler County’s newly appointed Industrial Development Authority wants to be more than just an industrial development authority. They want to be the county’s economic advisory council–reviving the sort of council the county killed in 2020 after years of meager results. Just as IDA members have mixed feelings about that, so did the Flagler County commissioners who appointed them. 

Fact-Check: How Flagler County Misuses Numbers in Pitch of $110 Million Sports Complex

October 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Parents spend a lot of money on their children's sports--but not nearly the sort of money local tourism officials will have you believe as they pitch an expensive sports complex for the region. (© FlaglerLive)

In a pitch to the Flagler County Commission on Monday, the county’s tourism bureau and its consultant backed up an analysis of a proposed $110 million sports complex with numbers that, while accurate in themselves, were entirely without context and, on close inspection, had little to do with Palm Coast, and in some regards contradicted the county’s rosy claims. 

More Skepticism and Vagueness than Hard Data to Support Mammoth $110 Million Sports Complex in Palm Coast

October 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

A very long way from goal. (© FlaglerLive)

A company pitching a proposed $110 million sports complex for west Palm Coast claims it could attract up to 400,000 a year even though the county as a whole doesn’t attract more than 100,000 total visitors a year, including those who flock to its beaches. Yet the Flagler County Commission, with some strong skepticism from one member and questions from others, continues to encourage its tourism office to further explore the possibility of just such a complex, which would require a $6 million a year “rent” payment from taxpayers.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, October 7, 2025

October 7, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Hegseth Preaches Warrior Ethos by Monte Wolverton, Battle Ground, Washington.

The Palm Coast City Council, Flagler Beach’s and Bunnell’s planning boards all meet, when Nixon was claiming he would not use personal attacks in the same issue of the New York Times that led to the Sullivan ruling, Anthony Lewis on “Make No Law.”

Florida Attorney General Leads 21 States Backing ‘Parental Rights’ Over Child’s Gender Privacy in Court Case

October 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

An image on January Littlejohn's Facebook page, posted Sept. 22.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier led 21 states in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court Monday supporting a Tallahassee mother who claimed her rights were violated when a local middle school created a secret plan supporting her child switching genders.

Jorge Salinas, Flagler County’s Steadying Deputy Administrator Since 2020, and His Wife, Are Killed in Crash

October 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Jorge Salinas. (© FlaglerLive)

Jorge Salinas, Flagler County’s deputy administrator since 2020, a steadying voice of the county administration and one of the more beloved people at the Government Services Building, was killed late Sunday night in a four-vehicle hit-and-run car crash on I-4, as was his wife and an unrelated motorcyclist. 

The Supreme Court Resumes Its Rightward Reel

October 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court building at dawn in Washington, D.C.

This year’s controversies at the Supreme Court focus on three dominant themes. One is the continuing constitutional revolution in how the justices read our basic law. The court has shifted from a living reading of the Constitution, which says the Constitution should adapt to the American people’s evolving values and the needs of contemporary society, to an original reading, which aims to enforce the constitutional principles understood by the Americans who ratified them.

Hearings Begin Over FPL’s Proposed Rate Increase

October 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

FPL provides electricity to all Flagler County customers. (© FlaglerLive)

FPL’s originally proposed base rate hike in February would have allowed it to collect $9.8 billion in revenue over the next four years — the highest in U.S. history. Since then, that has been negotiated down by approximately $2.9 billion — still far too high, energy advocates argue.

Sirius Healthcare, Specializing in HIV and Hepatitis C, Joins Flagler Care’s Village at City Marketplace

October 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A new villager joins the Village. (© FlaglerLive)

Sirius Healthcare, established 15 months ago and headquartered in Orange City, is dedicated to enhancing the lives of individuals impacted by HIV, Hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted diseases, as well as mental health and primary care services. Founded on principles of compassion and excellence, Sirius Healthcare focuses on improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations by empowering patients through education, support, and comprehensive care tailored to their unique needs.

In a Surprise, Flagler Commissioners Vote 4-1 to Indemnify Contractor of South-Side Library for Up to $1.25 Million

October 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The Nexus Center, the south-side public library, is set to open later this year. (© FlaglerLive)

In one of the most unusual–if not unprecedented–moves on behalf of a building contractor, the Flagler County Commission this morning voted 4-1 to indemnify Ajax Construction for up to $1.25 million for non-structural-related contractual matters in its construction of the Nexus Center, the south-side library Ajax is building for the county. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, October 6, 2025

October 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

peace plan Gaza by Arend van Dam, politicalcartoons.com

The Flagler County Commission meets in the morning, the Beverly Beach Town Commission meets in the evening, and the Mediterranean brings back all sorts of memories from Homer to Braudel.

The US Edges Closer to War Footing with Venezuela

October 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

U.S. Marines park a Lockheed Martin F-35B fighter aircraft at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico on Sept 13, 2025.

For many in Venezuela, the question is no longer whether tensions with Washington will reach a boiling point – they already have. Rather, the big unknown now is whether the U.S. will follow up on threats and the sinking of drug boats with something more drastic: direct military engagement or even regime change.

Grand Jury Reported Imminent in Hope Florida Scandal

October 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 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)

Subpoenas are being issued to Gov. Ron DeSantis staffers over the Hope Florida spending scandal. The subpoenas come as prosecutors in Tallahassee are convening a grand jury to meet during the week of Oct. 13, according to the Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times. Hope Florida has been the subject of increasing scrutiny. Leaders of the organization faced lawmakers’ questions during the last Legislative Session.

Rampant Gaslighting About Freedom of Speech at Florida Universities

October 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

academic freedom trashed

Our state government is authoritarian and proudly ignorant, hell-bent on destroying what makes universities great — freedom of expression, critical thinking, creativity, exposing students to ideas that may challenge them (or even upset them), unfettered research, scientific rigor, and advances in knowledge based on data. Why would a scholar want to pursue a career in such a fact-resistant, small-minded, censorious state?

Do ‘Conversion Therapy’ Bans Violate Free Speech?

October 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Points of view are protected by the First Amendment. Medical therapy is not a point of view. (Wikimedia Commons)

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a challenge to Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” – treatment intended to change a client’s sexual orientation or gender identity – for young people. Kaley Chiles, a therapist in Colorado Springs and a practicing Christian, argues that the ban violates her right to free speech because it imposes “a gag order on counselors.” Colorado counters that the ban merely regulates the treatments that mental health professionals can provide because conversion therapy has been found to be “unsafe and ineffective.”

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, October 5, 2025

October 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Clay Jones shutdown

Final day of the Creekside Music and Arts Festival at Princess Place Preserve, final chance to see ‘Avenue Q,’ at City Repertory Theatre, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, ‘Sweeney Todd’ at Athens Theatre in DeLand, the wonderful George Hanns turns 79.

The Shutdown and the Battle Over Obamacare Subsidies

October 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Democrats demanded that Republicans negotiate with them on ACA subsidies and Medicaid cuts.

In the lead-up to the current shutdown, Republicans needed Democratic votes in the Senate to pass a bill that would keep funding the government at existing levels at least until November. In return for their support, Democrats sought several concessions. A major one was to extend subsidies for ACA insurance policy premiums, which were established during the COVID-19 pandemic. These subsidies addressed a shortcoming in the ACA by decreasing premiums for millions of Americans – and they played a crucial role in more than doubling enrollment in the ACA marketplaces.

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