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More Tension and Frustration Than Answers as County Seeks to Break Off Animal Control from Flagler Humane Society

July 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Flagler County government is estimating that if it were to run its own animal control operation, separate from the Flagler Humane Society, it would cost taxpayers $420,000 in the first year and an average of $333,000 a year. County Commissioner Kim Carney says the numbers are not believable and are designed to set up the proposal for failure. Commissioner Leann Pennington, who is also interested in breaking away, is displeased with the slow pace of moving that way, despite the commission’s direction to its administration to have a plan fleshed out before the next one-year contract with the society runs out.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, July 3, 2025

July 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Tax The Rich and Other Political Buttons by R.J. Matson, Portland

Mayor Mike Norris’s lawsuit against the city and Charles Gambaro goes before Judge France, Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Central Park, the Australian cat-kidnappers of “Lebanon Days.”

Christian Nationalism Raises Its Flag at the Pentagon

July 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s affiliation with the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches – commonly called the CREC – drew attention even before his confirmation hearings in January 2025. More recently, media reports highlighted a Pentagon prayer led by Hegseth and his pastor, Brooks Potteiger, in which they praised President Donald Trump, who they said was divinely appointed.

Federal Appeals Court Endorses Florida Ban on Teachers’ Preferred Pronouns in Public Schools

July 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

It's not complicated. (© FlaglerLive)

A federal appeals court has ruled against a Florida teacher who challenged a state law forbidding transgender teachers from using their preferred pronouns during their official duties in the classroom. The case involves Katie Wood, a math teacher in Hillsborough County who is transgender. She sued the state after a 2023 law passed saying that employees of public schools may not identify to their students with pronouns not consistent with their birth sex, “an immutable biological trait.”

Heavy Rainfall May Dampen July 4 Weekend

July 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Palm Coast and Flagler County may be in for a soaking. (NWS)

The National Weather Service is cautioning that Palm Coast, Flagler County and Northeast Florida are in for a soaking over the Independence Day weekend, with local accumulations of several inches possible.

Mayor Mike Norris Snubs July 4 Parade and Reading of Declaration of Independence with Colleagues

July 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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Palm Coast Mayor Mike Norris is snubbing both the July 4 parade and the traditional reading of the Declaration of Independence alongside 15 elected officials, including all four of his council colleagues Friday as he continues to abdicate many of his office’s public responsibilities outside of council meetings. 

Stunning Flagler Beach, County Plans to End Paying Its Half of Lifeguard Costs, Endangering Program’s Future

July 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

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Flagler County Administrator Heidi Peito wants to end the county’s annual grant to Flagler Beach that for years has paid for half the cost of the city’s lifeguard program. Without that money, the city may have to either shrink its 15-block zone of lifeguard-covered shoreline or space out its lifeguard towers further, increasing response times in drowning or distress incidents. At least one city commissioner is questioning whether the city could keep financing the program on its own.

Palm Coast Library Hours Will Be Cut 23% and Staff Reduced, Shifting Resources to New Nexus Center in Bunnell

July 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The Nexus Center, the south side library, nearing completion in Bunnell. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Public Library in Palm Coast will see a sharp, 23 percent reduction in hours of operation–from 52 to 40 hours a week–and a significant reduction in staffing as the new south side library, known as the Nexus Center, opens later this year, itself with slightly fewer staff than originally planned. Each library will be closed two days a week. For the Palm Coast branch, that means no more Monday hours. It’s been closed on Sunday. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, July 2, 2025

July 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Weekly Chess Club for Teens, the Flagler Beach Parks Ad Hoc Committee meets, the Palm Coast Code Enforcement Board meets, Jay Gardner’s birthday, John McEnroe at his tennis academy, Casanova on love.

Bill Moyers’ Brilliant, Humane Journalism Strengthened Democracy

July 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

This photo of Bill Moyers was taken in 1996, three decades into his journalism career.

Bill Moyers, who died at 91 on June 26, 2025, was among the most acclaimed broadcast journalists of the 20th century. He’s known for TV news shows that exposed the role of big money in politics and drew attention to unsung defenders of democracy, such as community organizer Ernesto Cortés Jr. Earlier in his life, Moyers served in significant roles in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, but his fame comes from his journalism.

DeSantis Vetoes Bill That Would’ve Limited University Board Seats to Florida Residents

July 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday vetoed three bills, including a proposal that would have placed new restrictions on members of the state university system’s Board of Governors and university boards of trustees.

Pulitzer Prize Board Appeals to Supreme Court to Halt Trump Defamation Lawsuit

July 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The Pulitzer medal. (Wikimedia Commons)

Pulitzer Prize board members have gone to the Florida Supreme Court as they seek to halt a defamation lawsuit that President Donald Trump filed after the board refused to rescind a 2018 award to The New York Times and The Washington Post.

County Administrator Asks Constitutionals to Cut Cost-of-Living Raises from 4% to 2% to Close $2.2 Million Gap

July 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

County Administrator Heidi Petito and Deputy Administrator Jorge Salinas are crafting next year's budget. (© FlaglerLive)

Facing a $2.2 million deficit in next year’s budget Flagler County Administrator Heidi Petito is asking the county’s five constitutional officers to consider reducing what had been a proposed 4 percent cost-of-living pay increase to 2 percent, a reduction that would all but erase the gap. Most of the constitutional officers are willing to work with the county toward that end, with caveats. The constitutionals include Property Appraiser Jay Gardner, Clerk of Court Tom Bexley, Sheriff Rick Staly, Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart, and Tax Collector Shelly Edmonson. 

No More Undocumented Chickens: Palm Coast Launches Pilot Backyard Program for Up to 4 Hens Per Coop

July 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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The city today launched a pilot program that will permit 50 residents to have up to four chickens per backyard coop. The $100 permit, valid for two years (or $50 a year), will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis. The program is available to residents of homesteaded, single-family houses only. That means residents of areas controlled by homeowner associations are not eligible. Nor are residents in apartments or duplexes. Nor are renters. Nor are roosters. 

Palm Coast Administration Issues Budget Plan Scaling Back Some Spending Ahead of July 8 Discussion

July 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Palm Coast City Hall is a two-story, 32,000 square foot building. The proposed clubhouse/restaurant at Ocean Palms Golf Club would be a two-story, 30,000 square foot building. (© FlaglerLive)

With budget season in full swing, the City of Palm Coast is presenting the Fiscal Year 2026 General Fund budget at the City Council workshop meeting on Tuesday, July 8, at 6 p.m. The City Council’s priorities remain at the heart of this budget, with a focus on maintaining a healthy fund balance or reserve while investing in public safety, infrastructure, and long-term efficiencies.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, July 1, 2025

July 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Big Beautiful Tax Cuts For The Rich by R.J. Matson, Portland, Maine.

The Bunnell Planning Board discusses a retail project on the west side, The Palm Coast City Council holds an evening meeting, a few more thoughts on the Schbertian “Memory of Old Jack,” and some late Schubert.

One in 3 Florida 3rd Graders Have Untreated Cavities. Now a New Law Prohibits Fluoride in Water.

June 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Florida ranks among the worst states in the U.S. for dental care access, with over 5.9 million residents living in dental care health professional shortage areas. a new Florida law, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in May 2025 and going into effect on Tuesday (July 1), now prohibits local governments from adding fluoride to public drinking water. This makes other preventive treatments even more essential. Fluoride varnish, recommended by pediatric and dental associations, is a topical treatment that should be applied every 3-6 months to reduce the risk of tooth decay.

Elected Officials’ Personal Phone Numbers and Home Addresses Are Now Secret

June 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Government in the Sunshine by Bill Day, FloridaPolitics.com

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a bill that creates a public-records exemption to prevent the release of home addresses and telephone numbers of legislators, members of Congress and numerous other elected officials.

DeSantis Signs $115 billion Budget, Vetoes $567 million; Palm Coast’s Modest Appropriations Survive

June 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A 6 million-gallon tank at Wastewater Treatment Plant 1. The city needs a similar equalization tank built there. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a long-awaited state budget Monday just hours before it would take effect, vetoing $567 million. Palm Coast’s pair of appropriations, $2.5 million for an “equalization tank” and $2.5 million to help modernize Waste Water Treatment Plant 1 in the Woodlands, the city’s biggest and oldest, survived vetoes.

14 Years in Prison for Devarus Bethea, 38, Over Fentanyl Trafficking as He Quotes Latin Root of ‘Remorse’ to Judge

June 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Devarus O’Shea Bethea in a mugshot from state prison, where he is returning for the fourth time since 2010, and from the county jail, where he has also been numerous times since then.

Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols sentenced Palm Coast’s Devarus Oshay Bethea, 38, to 14 years in prison, by far his longest of his four prison sentences since 2010, with an additional five years he gets to serve concurrently. Bethea pleaded to trafficking fentanyl, a first-degree felony, and unlawful use of a communication device, a third-degree felony. He could have faced 35 years in prison and $100,000 fine. The fine was waived. He spoke to the judge of the latin root for the word “remorse” in hopes of mitigating his sentence.

Assistant County Attorney Sean Moylan’s Lock on Job to Succeed Hadeed Looks Anything But Certain

June 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Deputy County Attorney Sean Moylan, right, at an April meeting of the County Commission. (© FlaglerLive)

A divide over the hiring of the next county attorney is becoming clearer between Flagler County commissioners, making Deputy County Attorney Sean Moylan’s prospects to get the job, so bright a few months ago, somewhat less than a lock as two commissioners didn’t shortlist him for public interviews on July 15, though they did not foreclose on his chances, either.

Gregory Smith, 45, of Palm Coast, Faces at Least 7 Felonies from Years of Sexually Assaulting Adolescent

June 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Gregory Alllen Smith being read his charges at his place of work on Friday. (FCSO)

Gregory Allen Smith, a 45-year-old resident of 6 Plateau Place in Palm Coast, is being held without bond at the Flagler County jail on five first-degree felony rape charges and two molestation charges involving the adolescent daughter of his wife before they separated in 2019.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, June 30, 2025

June 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Total Obliteration of Truth by R.J. Matson, Portland

The total obliteration of truth, so naturally nobody wants to do anything today, how housing assistance falls short, how architecture shapes humanity, Dickens’s Bleak House.

The Meaning of Zohran Mamdani’s Win in New York

June 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters in Brooklyn on May 4, 2025.

Top Republicans and Democrats alike are talking about the sudden rise of 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani, a state representative who won the Democratic mayoral primary in New York on June 24, 2025, in a surprising victory over more established politicians. Some establishment Democratic politicians say they are concerned about how the democratic socialist’s progressive politics could harm the broader Democratic Party and cause it to lose more centrist voters.

Sarasota County Officials Downplayed Flood Risk. Tropical Storm Debby Exposed their Failures.

June 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Sarasota County’s stormwater system is designed to steer floodwaters away from homes and businesses and safely to the coast. When Tropical Storm Debby hit in August 2024, the system proved dangerously unprepared when it mattered most — not because the system was overwhelmed, but because those in charge neglected to protect it, an investigation found.,

As Gun Homicides Continue to Decline, Gun Suicides Reached Record High in 2023

June 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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More people in the United States died by gun suicide in 2023 than any year on record — more than by gun homicide, accidental shootings and police shootings combined. A new report analyzing federal mortality data found that suicides involving firearms made up 58% of all gun deaths in 2023 — the latest year with available data. In total, 27,300 people died by gun suicide in 2023, according to the report from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions and the Johns Hopkins Center for Suicide Prevention.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, June 29, 2025

June 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Trump Bombs Iran by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune

On the pleasures of smoking a pipe from Casanova to Flaubert to Yusuff Ali to John Updike to Simenon, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, Pat Bagley on the bombing of the Constitution.

The Supreme Court Doesn’t Want You To Choose Your Own Doctor

June 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Killing Planned Parenthood

Having the freedom to choose your own health care provider is something many Americans take for granted. But the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority ruled on June 25, 2025, in a 6-3 decision that people who rely on Medicaid for their health insurance don’t have that right.

States Fear Critical Funding From FEMA May Be Drying Up: ‘Locals Won’t Step Up Unless They’re Dealing with a Catastrophe’

June 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Engineers are urgently recommending the immediate demolition of a further 125 to 150 feet from the end of the pier, which remains in danger of collapse, and walling off the entire structure before it is entirely demolished. (© Scott Spradley for FlaglerLive),

Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders are looking for clues about the money — and the future of FEMA itself. W. Craig Fugate served as FEMA administrator under Obama and, before that, as head of Florida’s emergency management division under then-Govs. Jeb Bush and Charlie Crist. “My experience tells me locals will not step up unless they are dealing with a catastrophe,” Fugate said.

Palm Coast Fire Department and Sheriff’s Office Hold Joint Training at Long Creek Nature Preserve

June 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The Palm Coast Fire Department held a three-day joint training exercise with the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office – the latest in a long line of training efforts that the two agencies have worked together on to prepare for a variety of different emergencies.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, June 28, 2025

June 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

I Hate Sequels by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

Peps Art Walk, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. eat Beachfront Grille in Flagler Beach, the Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, Bruce Springsteen Hometown, Wendell Berry and Old Jack’s memories.

Understanding the Supreme Court Ruling Against Universal Injunctions

June 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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When presidents have tried to make big changes through executive orders, they have often hit a roadblock: A single federal judge, whether located in Seattle or Miami or anywhere in between, could stop these policies across the entire country. But the Supreme Court has just significantly limited this judicial power.

Flagler Beach Commissioners Blister Design for New A-Frame and Boardwalk as ‘Expensive Gingerbread’

June 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

It's all about preserving that old Florida feel. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach’s planned reconstruction of the A-Frame and boardwalk at the pier is now estimated to cost $3 million, up $300,000 from last year. And city commissioners are not too thrilled about the too-fancy architectural design. Not at all–especially proposed changes to the A-frame and shell-like exteriors to a new building’s facade. They killed both proposals, among others they panned, opting for simpler looks that preserve what they see as old charms. They directed their designer to return later this summer with a significantly revised plan. 

DeSantis Warns: The Vetoes Are Coming

June 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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During a lengthy press conference on higher education held on the campus of Florida Atlantic University, the Republican governor took shots at the Legislature for not passing a budget on time. He also noted that the final $115.1 billion budget includes enough local projects for individual lawmakers to leave him “kind of numb.”

Environmental Groups Sue in Federal Court to Stop Everglades Stockade for Migrants

June 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Environmental groups Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking to halt construction and operation of a detention center for undocumented immigrants that has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” saying it threatens ecologically sensitive areas and species in the surrounding Everglades and Big Cypress National Preserve. The lawsuit, filed by the group Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity, alleges that federal and state agencies have violated laws that, in part, require evaluating potential environmental impacts before such a project can move forward.

Flagler County Attorney Al Hadeed Awarded State Association Honor for ‘Outstanding Contributions to Local Government Law’

June 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Al Hadeed has been Flagler County's attorney for 27 of the last 35 years. (© FlaglerLive)

A month from retirement after a career spanning four decades as county attorney for Flagler County government, Al Hadeed on Thursday received the Gordon Johnson Award “for his distinguished service to Flagler County and outstanding contributions to local government law in the State of Florida.” Hadeed received the award during the Florida Association of County Attorneys’ annual two-day continuing legal education seminar in Orlando. The association president prized Hadeed’s institutional memory and his mentorship of younger attorneys.

Fast times at Flagler Beach for DJ Vern’s Cherry Drops as Hall of Fame Inductees Take Over Pier for Music Video

June 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Vern Shank, left, recruited his friend, actor Robert Romanus (of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," “CHiPs,” “21 Jump Street,” “MacGyver,” “Will & Grace” and many more credots), to appear in the video for the new Cherry Drops tune, “I Dedicate This Song to You.” (Vern Shank)

Flagler Beach’s Vern Shank, also known as DJ Vern, whose band The Cherry Drops was inducted into the California Music Hall of Fame last year, is bringing “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” star Robert Romanus to shoot a new music video on the Flagler Beach Pier this weekend, “I Dedicate This Song to You.” The new video is just part of what are heady times for Shank and the Cherry Drops, keeping Flagler Beach in the limelight.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, June 27, 2025

June 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The rainbow of these times by Becs, CagleCartoons.com

Acoustic Jam Circle At The Community Center In The Hammock, Free For All Fridays with Host David Ayres, the Friday Blue Forum, Georges Lefebvre, Napoleon, and that bogus assassination attempt on 18 Brumaire.

Canada’s Strong Borders Act Is Bad News

June 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

American ‘Elbows Up for Canada’ protesters gather near The Peace Bridge border crossing in Buffalo, N.Y., in April 2025.

The Canadian government advanced the controversial Strong Borders Act covering a wide swath of proposed legislative changes, from intensified border security measures to more restrictive immigration and asylum policies. Embedded within the proposed legislation are significant risks to digital privacy, along with increased executive authority — also known as “warrantless” powers — without judicial or civilian oversight. In these respects, the proposed Canadian legislation could be considered more worrisome than American travel bans.

DeSantis Joins Other Southern States to Develop Anti-‘Woke’ University Accreditation System

June 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Rebranded for Kool-Aid. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced, alongside State University System Chancellor Ray Rodrigues and university leaders from Texas and South Carolina, that the states are developing a Commission for Public Higher Education that will combat “woke” ideologies such as diversity, equity, and inclusion, and remake state higher education institutions to be more conservative.

Yummy: Palm Coast Residents Get Behind-the-Scenes Look at Water and Sewer Plants

June 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Palm Coast residents gained an in-depth understanding of the city’s vital water and wastewater treatment processes during a guided tour of the city’s Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant. Not to worry: the two are not co-located.

July 4 Celebration from Flagler Beach Parade to Palm Coast Fireworks at County Airport

June 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Flagler County Government and the Cities of Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, and Bunnell invite all Flagler County residents and visitors to the United Flagler 4th Community Celebration on Friday, July 4, starting with the Independence Day Parade in Flagler Beah and culminating with a 15-16 minute firework show featuring 3,300 shells at the county airport. All events are free.

Answering Appeal, Attorney General Says Brendan Depa’s Adult Sentence for Beating Teacher’s Aide Was Deserved

June 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Brendan Depa getting finger-printed after his sentencing hearing on Aug. 6, 2024. (© FlaglerLive)

Answering the appeal of Brendant Depa’s conviction to five years in prison and 15 years on probation for assaulting his teacher’s aide at Matanzas High School in February 2023, the Attorney General’s Office in a 25-page brief argued that Circuit Judge Terence Perkins did not abuse his discretion when he imposed an adult sentence in Augsut 2024, as the defense argued in its appeal.

Flagler County Students Post Strong, Across-the-Board Improvements in All Grades and Disciplines, Boosting Superintendent

June 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Flagler County students in all grades improved their scores year over year in English and math, in some cases markedly so, as well as in all other disciplines subject to standardized tests, according to figures released by the state Department of Education Wednesday. The results are a boon to Superintendent LaShakia Moore and her administration, reflecting the first testing cycle entirely on her watch since her appointment in September 2023. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, June 26, 2025

June 26, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Palm Coast Concert Series at the Stage at Town Center with Half Step Down FLA, The Flagler Beach City Commission talks Beachwalk/Boardwalk redesign, Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Central Park, J.M. Coetzee on the barbarians.

Bombing Iraq’s Osirak Nuke Plant Fueled Saddam’s Ambitions

June 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Osirak nuclear power research station in 1981.

Israel, with the assistance of U.S. military hardware, bombs an adversary’s nuclear facility to set back the perceived pursuit of the ultimate weapon. We have been here before, about 44 years ago. In 1981, Israeli fighter jets supplied by Washington attacked an Iraqi nuclear research reactor being built near Baghdad by the French government. It didn’t work. Had Saddam not invaded Kuwait over a matter not related to security, it is very possible that Baghdad would have had a nuclear weapon capability by the mid-to-late 1990s.

DeSantis Scoffs at Environmental and Ethical Concerns Over 1,000-Bed Migrant Stockade in Everglades

June 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking the USF Health Morsani Center for Advanced Healthcare in Tampa on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)

Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that the temporary detention center being constructed at an isolated Everglades airfield will have “zero impact” on Everglades restoration, rebuking concerns by environmental advocates and local officials who say the project threatens drinking water and protected land. He scoffed at environmental and ethical concerns while appearing at a bill-signing event in Tampa on Wednesday, contending the opposition from critics stems from their antipathy to the crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

Palm Coast Man Arrested for Faking His Mother’s Signature on Checks After Her Death and Stealing $9,000

June 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

John Frazzetto

Last Oct. 24, Janet Sterry died at a hospital in Palm Coast. She was 76. Last week, her 56-year-old son, Thomas Frazzetto of White Star Drive in Palm Coast, was arrested on a felony charge of grand theft and a felony charge of fraud. He’d faked his late mother’s signature on a series of checks in November and made a half dozen electronic transfers out of her bank account in October and November, allegedly stealing some $9,000 before family members got an alert from the bank: someone was attempting to cash a $51,200 check. 

Palm Coast Council Will Seek At Least a Small Reduction in Property Tax Rate, Leaving Open Possibility of More

June 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A crew applying an asphalt sealant on a P-Section street in April. The sealant is a lower-grade, cheaper alternative to repaving. It is intended to extend the life of a street's surface by several years. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council will seek at least a modest decrease in next year’s property tax rate when it adopts its budget in September, continuing a trend begun in 2021. It is not ruling out a full rollback in the tax rate, something the council has done only once in the city’s history, in 2023, at heavy cost to the city’s operations. The council resisted rolback last year. 

Largest Restoration Project in FWC’s History Conducted on Lake Kissimmee

June 25, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Lake Kissimmee. (Savanna Mathis/FWC)

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is undertaking a historic restoration effort to promote native plant communities through large-scale revegetation on Lake Kissimmee. The FWC has allocated an unprecedented $2.35 million over two years to support this restoration effort, marking the largest revegetation project in agency history.

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