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Perth Amboy’s Van Eckert Accepts Flagler’s Offer To Be Economic Development CEO

January 30, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Helga Van Eckert has accepted Flagler County’s government’s offer to become its latest economic development CEO. She will start in late February with a salary of close to $110,000 a year. The future of Greg Rawls, the previous CEO still serving through the transition, is unclear.

House Close to Approving Redistricting Maps as Coalition Charges “One-Party State”

January 30, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The maps the House panels approved would change Flagler’s place in the congressional district, which would no longer include portions of Orange County, where John Mica is based. If Flagler loses Mica, it would mean losing Mica’s seniority and the benefits of his chairmanship of the powerful House Transportation Committee.

Deaf District as Flagler Students Are Cheated Out of Dozens of Hours of Test Preparation

January 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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As high schools prepare students for the FCAT writing test in a few weeks and end-of course exams in May, Matanzas High School’s Jo Ann Nahirny explains how the district’s abbreviated schedule is hurting student preparation and will likely hurt results. Yet administrators seem deaf to alternatives.

The Live Profile:
Who The Hell Is Saul Alinsky?

January 29, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 19 Comments

Saul Alinsky: a profile of the author of “Rules for Radicals,” dead since 1972, whom Newt Gingrich names as the reason to oppose Barack Obama. But the Saul Alinsky Gingrich creates never existed. The invention is more revealing of Gingrich than it is of Alinsky. A corrective to both.

Florida’s Disgraceful New Limits on Voting

January 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

The upcoming election is about to be stolen – or, at the very least, rigged – and thousands of your neighbors and, in some cases, your children, are about to be disenfranchised, argues Martin Merzer.

House Releases $69.2 Billion Budget, Including 9.5% Increase in Pre-K-12 Funding

January 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

House budget builders on Friday released their $69.2 billion spending blueprint that includes more than $1 billion in additional funding for K-12 education and more than $2.5 billion in reserves.

Gingrich Momentum in Florida Has Vanished, Romney Win Expected

January 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

4:36 p.m….Flip-flop again: the Gingrich lead in Florida was short-lived and, as it turns out, not so sweet. Romney is back ahead, comfortably, and expecting a solid win on Tuesday. In a rare victory for the 4th Amendment, the US Supreme Court rules unanimously against police “intrusion” by way of GPS tracking, when it’s physically tacked onto private property, including vehicles on public roads.

25 Homes in P-Section Under Boil-Water Advisory After Water Main Break

January 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Some 25 homes in Palm Coast’s P-Section lost their water connection for a few hours and remain under a boil-water advisory for the next 48 hours when workers serving a line today tapped into a water-main and split it

Canvassing Board Certifies 1,095 Absentee Ballots, County Commission Picks Alternate

January 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The three-member Flagler County Canvassing Board met at noon Friday to certify the first batch of primary election ballots ahead of Tuesday’s vote. On Thursday, the county commission picked Milissa Holland as an alternate canvassing board member.

Bloodied Candidates Stumble Toward Florida Finish as Gingrich Wilts and Romney Adjusts

January 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Newt Gingrich was under fire from all sides at the 19th GOP primary debate in Jacksonville Thursday, looking weaker and less sure-footed than he had in South Carolina, and ceding the advantage to Mitt Romney ahead of Tuesday’s vote in Florida.

Debt, Divorce, Downsizing and Death: The Thriving State of Estate Sales in Palm Coast

January 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Estate Sales have been the lifeblood of Diana Minotti’s business in Palm Coast in the last four years, underscoring the extent–and occasional upside–of a recession as people retrench and sell off luxuries from fine art to historic furniture.

Live-Blogging the GOP Jacksonville Debate, Reluctantly

January 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Rather than on the GOP debate, everything suggests the television should be tuned to something more grabbing, whether its Nadal-Federer at the Australian Open or Your Home With Jill on QVC. But civic penance may have its virtues. So let’s give this a shot.

Florida’s Plan to Privatize 30 Prisons Fast-Tracks to the Dismay of Guards and Others

January 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

A legislative proposal to privatize about 30 prisons in most of the southern part of Florida is headed for the Senate floor after a vote in the Budget Committee that angered prison guards who feel they’re not being heard.

Alzheimer’s Disease Research:
Florida’s Inexcusable Indifference to Funding

January 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Florida, the state with the largest per-capita population over age 65, invests zero dollars in Alzheimer’s research, though one in 40 Floridian has the disease–and half do over age 85. Nancy Smith argues the indifference is short-sighted on many levels.

Gingrich Surge Wipes Out Romney Advantage in Florida While Improving Obama’s Numbers

January 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The latest Quinnipiac polls have Gingrich tied with Romney ion Florida, but losing badly to Obama in a head-to-head race, while Romney’s slight advantage over Obama two weeks ago has also vanished.

Flip-Flops OK, Tuck-In Not Required: District’s Uniform Policy Will Be Relatively Permissive

January 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

The Flagler school board met this morning to iron out the wording of its new “uniform dress code” policy, which merely tightens existing standards rather than imposes a rigid uniform standard.

When Even Hoboken Is Funny: Catholicism Optional in Flagler Playhouse’s “Nunsense”

January 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

What to do with four dead nuns in a freezer and no money for their burial? Why, throw a talent show and let the nun puns rip: the Flagler Playhouse’s production of “Nunsense,” running through Feb. 5, is worth an evening’s conversion. A review.

Full Text of Proposed Uniform Policy for Flagler County Schools

January 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

The full text of the proposed “uniform dress code” policy the Flagler County School board agreed to on Jan. 25, and is scheduled to vote on adopting, at its Jan. 31 meeting.

Roe Back: Florida Would Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks and Require 24-Hr Waiting Periods

January 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

A Republican-dominated House subcommittee approved three anti-abortion bills in party-line votes Tuesday, after testimony and debate that reflected the country’s deep divide over abortion.

Flagler Beach Rotary Hosting Wing-Themed 5K Race on Feb. 11

January 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The Flagler Beach Rotary’s 5K Race at the Flagler County Airport will include helicopters, flyovers, resident planes on display as well as a peek at innovative projects currently underway at the airport.

In Another Move To Charters, Florida Would Give Parents More Say Over Failing Schools

January 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Parents of children in chronically failing schools would get greater power to force the schools to change, including the possibility they could make the school into a charter school or contract its management out, under a Jeb Bush-inspired bill that advanced Tuesday in the Florida House.

In Flagler Beach City Election, More Reruns Of Faces and Ideas Than Stark Choices

January 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Two of the four candidates in the Flagler Beach municipal election on Jan. 31 have served on the commission before, a third has run for office many times, leaving just one rookie in the mix. Fresh ideas, too, were wanting in a recent forum where the candidates laid out their positions.

JoAnne King, Who Oversaw Florida Hospital Flagler’s Hospice Expansion, Is Elevated to VP

January 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

As administrative director JoAnne King oversaw Florida Hospital Flagler’s expansion into hospice care across county lines last year, a first for a Florida Hospital. She was promoted to vice president for ancillary services, overseeing a half dozen departments, including hospice.

Grenade in a Tree in Woodland Home’s Yard Turns Out to be a Dummy as Bomb Squad Is Called In

January 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Updated Tuesday with latest:
A section of the Woodlands in Palm Coast was shut down to traffic and cordoned off after 7 p.m. Monday evening when authorities responded to an incident involving a pineapple grenade in the yard of the house on Blare Drive.

The Live Poll:
Gingrich, Paul, Romney, Santorum?

January 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

We believe in open primaries, so cast your vote, whatever your party affiliation, for the four contenders in the GOP presidential primary.

Maintaining Low A, Flagler School District Is 29th in New Florida Ranking; St. Johns Is 1st

January 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The new rankings by the state Department of Education are a first step in what will lead to school-by-school rankings in the near future. But those rankings are entirely based on FCAT scores, limiting their validity.

Don’t Ban Internet Cafés. Regulate Them.

January 23, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 10 Comments

Internet cafés may be a pest, and their proponents make laughable arguments when they claim they’re not about gambling. But it’s not government’s business to ban them while swinging from the lottery’s levers. Regulation is the key.

Florida Virtual School Students’ AP Results Beat Brick and Mortar Peers’, at Less Cost

January 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Online students at Florida Virtual School, the state’s virtual extension of the public school system, outperformed their traditional-school peers on Advanced Placement tests in 2011 for $2,159 less per student.

Co-Pay Interruptus: Catholic Bishops Will Sue Feds Over Contraception and Insurance Rules

January 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is promising a legal challenge to federal rules requiring health insurers to provide women with a range of preventive health services, including birth control, without charging a co-payment, co-insurance or deductible.

Florida Redistricting: More Transparent Than Fair

January 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Floridians truly have a meaningful voice in the actions taken by the Florida Senate? Paula Dockery, in her last term as a Republican Senator, thinks not, particularly when it comes to redistricting.

Jacques Brel, Alive and Well and Living At Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre

January 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Starting Friday, the City Repertory Theatre will stage six performances of “Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris,” the Eric Blau and Mort Schuman revue of the great Belgian troubadour, under the direction of John Sbordone.

News-Journal Re-Opening Flagler Bureau, in St. Joe’s Center, as Newspaper War Intensifies

January 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The News-Journal’s 2,400-square-foot office in the St. Joe’s Business Park is less than a quarter the size of its old bureau on SR100, closed three years ago, and a concession that it can no longer address its Flagler competition–including a weekly newspaper and three radio stations–long distance.

Flagler’s Unemployment Falls to 13.9%, But Labor Force Is Down 3.6% Over the Past Year

January 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Flagler’s rate is the lowest in three years, suggesting sustained, if slow, improvement, but the workforce has shrunk by 1,200, raising concerns that the county is losing population or attraction as a place to work.

When Profit-Raking Disney and the Daytona Speedway Beg Florida for Corporate Welfare

January 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Disney is asking the state for an array of tax breaks that could cost Floridians as much as $100 million over 20 years. International Speedway Corp., owner of Daytona International Speedway, is in on the deal.

Live Wire: Newt Gingrich, Open Marriage Man

January 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Newt Gingrich’s second ex-wife says he lacks the moral character to be president and describes how he wanted a wife and a mistress. Scott opposes Internet cafes; Wikipedia and other big websites go dark to protest the invasive Stop Online Piracy Act, states look to online gambling to plug their deficits, Diego Rivera ignites the Museum of Modern Art, a short history of atheism, and more.

Flagler Beach Election: Candidate Forum 6 p.m. Tonight at Disabled American Veterans Hall

January 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Tonight’s forum starts at 5 p.m. with a meet-and-greet and at 6 with actual questions at the DAV Hall on 6th Street. Flagler Beach elections are usually held in March. This election was moved up to coincide with the presidential primary election on Jan. 31, and to save the city money.

Palm Coast’s Business Assistance Center Offering Three Training Sessions in January

January 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The training sessions, ranging in themes on how to start your business to managing cash flow to developing a marketing strategy, are priced between $15 and $35.

Washington Oaks Gardens Events: Garden Walk in January, Citrus Festival in February

January 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Washington Oaks Gardens State Park is offering a guided garden walk on Saturday, Jan. 28, and welcoming volunteers interested in beautifying the citrus groves at the park on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012.

Chief Rick Look, Ailing, Will Not Return to Sheriff’s Office; Maj. O’Brien Likely Successor

January 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Chief Rick Look joined the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office from FDLE in 2005. His retirement, while not yet official, had been known for some time. He’ll be drawing disability as Maj. David O’Brien, acting chief since last year, takes over.

Debbie Reynolds, Too, Is Alive and Well, and Singin’ On Flagler Auditorium’s Stage Tonight

January 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Debbie Reynolds, star of “Singin’ In the Rain,” is turning 80 in a few weeks–and taking the Flagler Auditorium stage Thursday evening to show off her enduring versatility as a singer and comic.

In Washington State, a Proposed Mandate for Abortion Coverage, Whoever the Insurer

January 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Democratic members of the Democratic-controlled Washington State legislature introduced a bill that would require private and public insurers that provide maternity coverage to cover abortion services as well.

Turner Talk Begins at Flagler’s Tourist Development Council; Several Grants Awarded

January 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Georgia Turner, Flagler’s new tourism chief, had her debut before the Tourist Development Council Wednesday as the council approved grants totaling $170,000, including underwriting for two popular and growing local conferences that attract numerous out-of-towners.

Don’t Let It Happen

January 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act give the federal government unprecedented powers to censor or block access to websites judged to be carrying pirated music or videos, a power usually associated with authoritarian regimes.

Flagler School Board Adopts Uniforms on 3-2 Vote But Only Vaguely Defines What It Means

January 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 91 Comments

The Flagler County School Board’s 3-2 decision to institute uniforms in all schools Tuesday evening was only vaguely defined beyond what may be only a somewhat more stringent dress code than the one in effect now.

Bill To Ban Internet Cafes Advances in Florida Legislature as Opponents Call It a Job Killer

January 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

A House panel Today approved a proposal to shutter the 1,000-some Internet cafés that have opened in shopping centers across the state in recent years, including nearly a dozen in Palm Coast.

Downplaying Expectations, County Ratifies Offer to Jobs Council CEO, for $110,700

January 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Don’t start looking for bottom-line job creation from the county’s new economic development department, commissioners are saying, even as the county’s tax-funded efforts will be judged overwhelmingly by net new jobs that can be attributed to their existence.

New Garbage Contract: Hazardous Waste Option and Lower Monthly Cost, to Around $19

January 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Only very faint public objections were raised Tuesday to Palm Coast’s new 5-year contract with Waste Pro for garbage, which would add curbside hazardous waste pick-up and lower the overall cost, assuming fuel prices don’t rise.

The Live Poll: 53% Against Uniforms

January 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

Should the Flagler school board adopt a uniform policy? Out of more than 700 responses, the verdict is 53 percent against as the school board prepares to vote on the issue Tuesday evening.

As School Board Votes on Uniform Policy, a Reality Check From the Trenches

January 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

Drawing on arresting experiences, Jo Ann Nahirny, a veteran teacher at Matanzas High School, disputes assumptions on school uniforms in a letter to Flagler County School Board members.

Miranda Vows: Commissioner Milissa Holland and Undersheriff O’Brien Will Marry April 21

January 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

WNZF’s David Ayers exerted the confession about the upcoming wedding from David O’Brien, the undersheriff, who had done his best to keep the news of his wedding to Milissa Holland an open secret.

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