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Palm Coast Fire Chief Issues Safety Tips for Halloween as Department Gives Safe Space to Ghosts

October 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Palm Coast Fire Chief Kyle Berryhill with his "new friend." (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast video)

Palm Coast Fire Chief Kyle Berryhill, in footage documented on video and issued by the city today, agreed to let a scream of a ghost take refuge at Palm Coast Fire Station 21 as he videotaped a public service message on Halloween safety.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, October 23, 2023

October 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Egotistical and wrong by Taylor Jones, Politicalcartoons.com

It’s trial week in felony court, including potentially the trial of Damari Barnes, the Bunnell City Commission and the Flagler County Beekeepers Association meet, deconstructing Fox News’s anti-Gaza biases.

How Generative AI Threatens $68 Billion SEO Industry

October 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Search engines are expected to increasingly incorporate generative AI.

Google, Microsoft and others boast that generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT will make searching the internet better than ever for users. Rather than getting a list of links, both organic and paid, based on whatever keywords or questions a user types in, generative AI will instead simply give you a text result in the form of an answer. But it may destroy the US$68 billion search engine optimization industry that companies like Google helped create.

Richard Corcoran Will Be Paid $1.3 Million to Remake New College in DeSantis’s Image

October 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran. (© FlaglerLive)

New College of Florida President Richard Corcoran is set to earn up to $1.3 million per year in salary and benefits under a five-year contract approved Friday. Corcoran’s time as interim president of the college was part of sweeping changes to the school spearheaded by Gov. Ron DeSantis, who appointed a slate of conservative allies to the New College trustees board in January.

Palm Coast Government Joins Flagler Humane Society for “Adopt a Dog Month”

October 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The City of Palm Coast is thrilled to announce its partnership with the Flagler Humane Society in “Adopt a Dog Month” celebration this October. As part of this initiative, we will be featuring one lovable, adoptable dog each week, and we invite our residents to join us in recognizing the invaluable contributions of the Flagler Humane Society to our community.

Voices from Gaza: ‘These Could Be Our Final Days.’

October 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

A man evacuating from a-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City, in a sector already demolished by the Israeli bombings. (Muhammad Sabah/B'Tselem)

Olfat al-Kurd is a 45-year-old a mother of four, and Muhammad Sabah, 42, both residents of Gaza, provide testimonies about their attempts to escape bombings and find secure refuge inside the 140 square mile enclave–exactly the geographic size of Bunnell. Gaza’s population is 2 million.

Palm Coast Historical Society Marks Founders’ Day with Food Truck Festival and Exhibits Oct. 28

October 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The Palm Coast Historical Society marks Founders’ Day on Oct. 28 at Holland Park with its 10th year anniversary celebration of the opening of the society’s museum at the park, with food trucks, 24 community groups, music and speakers.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, October 22, 2023

October 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Crime Panic by Pat Byrnes, PoliticalCartoons.com

Boo-Ling For Wishes fundraiser, St Elizabeth Ann Seton Community Fall Festival, the sad part of clearing the grounds for the Margaritaville Hotel in Flagler Beach, St. Augustine Music Festival, when the Democratic Party was the pits, circa 1866.

The Hezbollah Threat to Israel–and Lebanon

October 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Lebanon, which is teetering on the edge of economic and political collapse, risks becoming entangled in the escalating war between Israel and Hamas. Hezbollah has launched multiple attacks on Israeli targets from Lebanon, prompting return fire from the Israel Defense Forces. Over a dozen people have died, mostly Hezbollah fighters but also at least a few civilians on both sides of the border, including a Reuters photojournalist.

Marineland’s River-To-Sea Preserve Park Will Close for Dune Restoration

October 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Not much left of the beach on the sea portion of the preserve in Marineland. (© FlaglerLive)

The Federal Emergency Management Administration emergency dune-repair project is moving to the area of River-to-Sea Preserve in Marineland, which will close the park on weekdays beginning Monday (October 23). The southern half of the parking lot – and the restroom facilities – will be open from 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday evening.

Florida’s Manatees Should Never Have Been Delisted from Endangered

October 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A manatee at the Santa Fe River. (FWC)

Six years ago the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took Florida manatees down a notch on the endangered list, reclassifying them as merely “threatened.” Now, after nearly 2,000 have died over the past few years, the feds say they may put them back on the top of the list. Manatees had previously been on the endangered list longer than since the Endangered Species Act of 1973. They were an entry on the original list issued in 1967.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, October 21, 2023

October 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Republican Symbol by (Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com)

Ground Up Motors’s Cars and Coffee, Boo-Ling For Wishe, The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, the pine barrens of Thunder Gulch and New Jersey.

The Link Between Morbid Curiosity and Conspiracy Theories

October 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Conspiracy theorists and anti-vax activists generally run in, or are, the same circles. (Fibonacci Blue)

From blood-harvesting Satanists who stealthily run the world to shapeshifting alien lizards invading the world, conspiracy theories often offer alternative explanations of unsettling events. They all centre on a proposal that a malicious group of people is behind strange or political happenings. Conspiracy theories have another thing in common – they go against mainstream explanations and lack concrete evidence.

In Gaza, Fighting Atrocities with Atrocities Compounds the Indefensible at Civilians’ Expense

October 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Israel hasn’t won a war since 1967, and even that proved to be the untenable occupation and low-grade war it has faced for decades. It’s not about to win against Hamas. Hamas knows this. Israel knows it. Civilians are paying. Civilians alone will lose, as revenge substitutes for strategy and both sides perpetrate war crimes.

Palm Coast Moving To Loosen Sign Ordinance, Allowing More Free Expression–and Realtors’ Sales Pitches

October 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

The sign that started it all, in Gilbert, Arizona, leading to a 2015 Supreme Court decision that found unconstitutional any attempt by local governments to regulate the content of signs. The image is taken from a brief filed with the court.

A proposed rewriting of Palm Coast’s sign ordinance would not change the look of the city markedly, preserving most of the restrictions in place now. But a draft ordinance–still very much a work in progress–errs on the more permissive than restrictive side, now that local governments are largely (but not entirely) barred from regulating what signs say. That means homeowners will get to express themselves more freely, including with hate speech. Realtors will get to plant more signs.

Drug-Possession Charge Filed Against Charles Cowart, 19, Graver Charges Dropped

October 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Charles T. Cowart.

Charles T. Cowart, a 19-year-old resident of Kaiser Place in Palm Coast–not to be confused with his father of the same first and middle name–faces a felony drug-possession charge.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, October 20, 2023

October 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

GOP Haunted House 2023 by Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Flagler County Cultural Council’s annual meeting, Palm Coast officials talk comprehensive plan on WNZF, when Reagan’s chief speech writer compared Reagan to Jay Gatsby.

Heather Haywood Is Homesteaded in Volusia But Serves on Flagler’s Planning Board. A Commissioner Questions That.

October 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Flagler County Commissioner Leann Pennington has issues with Heather Haywood serving on the county's planning board while being homesteaded in Volusia County. Commission Chairman Greg Hansen was among those voting to waive Haywood's residency requirement in February 2022 when the commission appointed her to the planning board. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission is giving Realtor Heather Haywood, who the commission appointed to the county planning board in February 2022, 30 days to drop her homestead exemption in Volusia County or appear before the commission for another vote on her eligibility for the planning board. But for the homestead record, there appears to be little question that Haywood is a Flagler County resident.

Union Power: Health Care Workers Win

October 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Striking Kaiser Permanente workers hold signs as they march on Oct. 6, 2023, in Vallejo, Calif.

The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions reached a tentative agreement with its employer on a new four-year contract on Oct. 13, 2023. They agreed following the largest documented strike of U.S. health care workers on record, which involved more than 75,000 workers in several states and the District of Columbia.

Outreach Event Providing Wide Range of Social Services for Needy at Cattleman’s Hall Friday

October 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Flagler Health Department staffers setting up a new covid-19 testing location at Cattleman's Hall at the county fairgrounds earlier this week. The location is open three days a week, six hours a day. (DOH)

 Flagler Fall Outreach, a free event providing access to and information about a range of social service, health, education, legal and recovery services, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. on Friday (October 20) at Cattleman’s Hall at the Flagler County Fairgrounds at 150 Sawgrass Road, Bunnell.

Flagler County Commissioner David Sullivan Gets NAACP ‘Engagement’ Award

October 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

County Commissioner Dave Sullivan. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Commissioner David Sullivan was honored by the local branch of the NAACP on October 14 when he was presented with the “Community Engagement Award” during its Freedom Fund Awards Luncheon.

Ex-Employee of Palm Coast Assisted Living Who Defrauded Residents Is Sentenced to Jail and House Arrest

October 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Tina Marie Teixeira. (© FlaglerLive)

Tina Marie Teixeira, 27, an ex-employee of Market Street, the assisted living facility on Palm Coast Parkway, was sentenced to a year in jail instead of the recommended three and a half years in prison, followed by two years of house arrest and three years on probation on convictions for defrauding several residents or their spouses at the facility last year.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, October 19, 2023

October 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

If Lincoln had been Trump, by Randall Enos, Easton, Conn.

The sentencing of Tina Marie Teixeira, the Democratic Women’s Club meets, the beauty of wind-assisted shipping, Bill McKibben’s age of missing information.

The Disturbing Jingoism of Amish Tourist Towns

October 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Gift items for sale in Walnut Creek, Ohio, in May 2023.

The shops that line the main streets of supposedly peace-loving Amish towns like Berlin, Sugarcreek and Walnut Creek sell a plethora of items that feature Christian nationalist motifs, intense patriotism and ominous suggestions of violence – all antithetical to the core values of the Amish.

Biden Pledges Support for Israel and Humanitarian Aid for Gaza

October 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Protesters from the progressive organization Jewish Voice for Peace chant “cease-fire now” and “free Palestine” inside the U.S. House Cannon Office Building rotunda Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. U.S. Capitol Police arrested and led protesters away through the New Jersey Avenue exit. The demonstration occurred the same day that President Joe Biden visited Tel Aviv, Israel to announce defense aid as well as humanitarian assistance for Palestinians displaced in the Gaze Strip. (Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)

President Joe Biden assured Israel that the U.S. will replenish defense stockpiles and also announced new humanitarian aid for Palestinians in Gaza during his historic visit Wednesday to the war-torn region where thousands have died in just a dozen days, including 31 Americans.

Flagler County Tried to Evict a Tenant at the Airport. Jury Called It Retaliation and a Violation of 1st Amendment.

October 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 82 Comments

Les Abend with his plane at the county airport, from where the county attempted to evict him in retaliation, a jury said, for Abend's opinions. (© Les Abend for FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Airport Director Roy Sieger sent Les Abend an eviction notice regarding the hangar Abend had leased for over four years. A two-day trial resulted in a verdict against the county, with a jury finding that the county was retaliating against Abend, a former member of the county’s airport advisory board, for his criticism of Sieger. An eviction case turned into a rare First Amendment case in County Court. Abend will get to keep the hangar.

Grim Year for Local Arts as 3 Big Organizations Vanish and Palm Coast Drops Grants to Lowest-Ever Level

October 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Palm Coast government on Tuesday scaled back its Cultural Arts Program almost by half, offering $20,000 to 13 organizations the coming year. It is the lowest nominal level since 2012, and the lowest level in the city’s history when adjusted for inflation. The retreat takes place in a year that has seen the disappearance of three major cultural organizations in Palm Coast and the county.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, October 18, 2023

October 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Speakers Chair Still Empty by Monte Wolverton, Battle Ground, Washington.

Public Meeting on Flagler Beach Project Updates at Santa Maria del Mar, plus the Tourist Development Council and the Contractor Review Board meet, so does the Palm Coast Planning Board, and Víkingur Ólafsson has a new recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

Teach Democracy’s Strife in Public Schools. Don’t Censor It.

October 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Advocates and Black leaders in the Florida Legislature gathered at the Capitol on Jan. 25, 2023 to push back against the DeSantis administration’s rejection of an AP African American pilot history course. Issac Morgan

Public school is the forum for teaching young people how to engage with the contentious ideas that sustain our democracy. That training is necessary for democratic self-rule, and public school ensures the access promised by the Declaration of Independence.

Gaza Has Been Under Siege for Decades. Its Health System Is in Critical Condition.

October 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

A health service on its knees.

For the wounded, injured and sick in Gaza, there is seemingly no escape. On Oct. 17, 2023, news broke that at least 500 patients, staff and people seeking shelter from Israeli bombs had been killed in an explosion at a hospital, according to health authorities in the Hamas-run enclave. It amounts to a devastating loss of life during a campaign of bombing that has not spared the frail or sick.

Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord Addresses House Committee on Hurricane Recovery

October 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler County Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord was invited to address the Florida House Select Committee Monday for the second time this year about hurricane resiliency and recovery as part of a panel discussion.

School Board and Attorney Kristy Gavin Explore ‘Mutual Agreement’ Breakup Ahead of Oct. 26 Decision

October 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Board member Colleen Conklin, second from left, explaining the ramifications of firing Board Attorney Kristy Gavin during a workshop this afternoon, as Gavin sat at her usual desk behind Board Chair Cheryl Massaro. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Schools)

Stepping back from a brink that had School Board member Sally Hunt ready to make a motion to fire attorney Kristy Gavin this evening, the board and Gavin agreed at a workshop today to what amounts to a pair of mediation sessions, one behind closed doors and one in a public meeting, to explore a severance on mutually agreed terms. The terms are not known, nor is Gavin’s willingness to agree to them.

Victory for the Hammock as County Rejects More Intense Commercial Development on A1A Parcels

October 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

The pair of parcels on State Road A1A an applicant was seeking to rezone. (Google)

The Flagler County Commission Monday unanimously rejected a proposal to rezone an acre of Hammock property along State Road A1A to more intensive commercial uses. The commission, siding with Hammock residents, found the proposal vague in its designs for the property, at odds with the Scenic A1A overlay, and at risk of setting a precedent that would potentially damage or demolish the road’s character.

Superintendent LaShakia Moore’s $175,000 Salary Is Significantly Less Than a Predecessor’s, When Adjusted

October 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

LaShakia Moore at a recent School Board meeting. Starting tonight the "interim" part of her superintendent title will be eliminated. (© FlaglerLive)

The four-year contract with Superintendent LaShakia Moore the Flagler County School Board is ratifying tonight calls for less compensation than that awarded the two other executive of the county’s largest governments, even though Flagler schools have more employees than both combined, and it is less, in adjusted numbers, than the starting pay of Bill Delbrugge, who in 2005 became superintendent, like Moore, without previous such experience.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, October 17, 2023

October 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The school board holds a pair of meetings and will consider firing or reassigning its attorney and awarding a contract to its new superintendent, the Palm Coast City Council meets, it’s Food Truck Tuesday, more trains and deep-sea peeking.

Revenge Is Poor Strategy. Israel Needs Only Ask the U.S.

October 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Israeli tanks gather near the border with the Gaza Strip on Oct. 13, 2023.

In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by al-Qaida on the United States, President George W. Bush made an expansive pledge to end terrorism. It didn’t work out so well. As Israel pursues its response to the Hamas attack, the Israeli government would be well advised to remember the past two decades of often indecisive warfare conducted by both the United States and Israel against insurgent and terrorist groups.

Matanzas Brawl Was Long Simmering: Parents Had Alerted the School and Sought Mediation, To No Avail

October 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 52 Comments

Parents of Matanzas High School students who face charges and were disciplined over a brawl last week say they had attempted to address the situation in the run-up to the brawl, but they say Kristin Bozeman, left, the principal, was unaware of the situation until it occurred, while Assistant Principal Fred Terry, right, would not allow mediation between parents. (© FlaglerLive)

The Matanzas High School brawl last week did not occur out of nowhere. According to eight of the parents involved, several of them had been warning the school administration of problems well before, asking for a series of measures, all neglected or turned down outright by the administration, to an apparently unaware principal, Kristin Bozeman, who would tell several of the parents that she was unaware of the issues until the day of the brawl.

21-Year-Old Palm Coast Woman Is Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash on Unlit Old Kings Road

October 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

A 21-year-old Palm Coast woman driving alone was killed in a single-vehicle crash on an unlit portion of Old Kings Road shortly before midnight Sunday. It was the 17th fatality on Flagler County roads this year.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, October 16, 2023

October 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Gaza emergency by Schot, De Volkskrant, Netherlands

The Flagler County Commission considers a car wash on A1A, “The Zoo Story” and “White Rabbit Red Rabbit,” Bundling in Puritan New England–and in book-banning.

Laws of Combat in the Latest Palestine-Israel War

October 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Warring parties are duty-bound to minimize civilian casualties.

The killing of Israeli civilians by Hamas and retaliatory airstrikes on the densely populated Gaza Strip by Israel raises numerous issues under international law. President Joe Biden said that that while democracies like the U.S. and Israel uphold such standards, “terrorists” such as Hamas “purposefully target civilians.” But the European Union’s top diplomat said that Israel was not acting in accordance with international law by cutting water, electricity and food to civilians in Gaza.

Drag Shows Can Go On in Florida: Court Rejects Ban

October 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Drag Queen Brittany Moore during her performance at Central Park Saturday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

It’s OK to take in a drag show in Florida — a federal appeals court has upheld a block on enforcement of Florida’s anti-drag law against any entertainment venue in the state.

Nat Adderley Jr. Performs for NEFJA’s Scholarship Concert Supper on Oct. 29

October 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A screenshot from a video of the Natt Adderley Jr. Quartet in concert in April 2022. See the full video below.

The North East Florida Jazz Association (NEFJA) is proud to announce that the Nat Adderley Jr. Quartet featuring internationally acclaimed Jazz pianist, bandleader, producer and arranger Nat Adderley, Jr. will be performing a concert at NEFJA’s 20th annual Jeep McCoy Memorial Scholarship Concert Supper, Sunday, October 29 at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Daytona Beach.

Florida’s Matt Gaetz: Jerkiness In a Class By Himself

October 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Matt gaetz when he was a Florida House member. (Florida House)

As Sen. Lindsey Graham once remarked, “If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate, and the trial was in the Senate, nobody would convict you.” You could probably murder Matt Gaetz in the House chamber and receive a standing ovation.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, October 15, 2023

October 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

“The Zoo Story” and “White Rabbit Red Rabbit” at City Repertory Theatre, Wyoming’s Snow Chi Minh Trail, John McPhee on John McPhee, and the Grand Tetons.

Strength Training Is Your Hedge Against Steep Physical Decline in Old Age

October 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Resistance training can take many forms and can be individualized to suit a person’s needs as they age.

Prioritizing physical fitness and health as you get older can help you go through your normal day-to-day routine without feeling physically exhausted at the end of the day. It can also help you continue to have special memories with your family and loved ones that you might not have been able to have if you weren’t physically active.

22nd Annual Tommy Tant Memorial Surf Classic Is Oct. 27-29

October 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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What began in memory of Tommy Tant-a local surfer who, at age 24, passed away from an aortic aneurysm -has grown into a beloved event that celebrates the bond of family, friendship, and the surf culture he loved. With several events taking place in Flagler Beach the weekend of October 27-29, it will prove to be a time of fun for the youngest ‘tadpoles’ to the oldest in the master’s.

Local Newspapers Are Disappearing, But Don’t Romanticize Their Role Too Much

October 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The lobby of the Daytona Beach News-Journal in 2010, at its 6th Street location. It no longer exists there. (© FlaglerLive)

Taking one newspaper’s history as a prism, local newspapers didn’t always fulfill their watchdog role, lavishing attention on their community sometimes with a paternalism that chose to conceal problems and fostering a certain coziness with the area’s power players. Boosterism and conflicts of interest occasionally interfered with telling the full story.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, October 14, 2023

October 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Israel and Palestine by Bob Englehart, PoliticalCartoons.com

Smokin’ at the House at the Flagler Woman’s Club, Selina Hernandez of the Flagler Education Foundation at the AAUW lunch, the Economist on Hamas, Herbert Spencer on the evolution of societies away from war.

Gaza’s Desperation

October 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Palestinian children play outside an UNRWA school following Israeli airstrikes on Oct. 12, 2023.

International aid groups now face the same problem in Gaza that local businesses and residents have encountered for about 16 years: a blockade that prevents civilians and items, like medicine from easily moving into or out of the enclosed area, roughly 25 miles long. That 16-year blockade did not apply to the food and fuel that groups brought in to Gaza. Now, it does.

Flagler Beach Increases Water, Sewer, Garbage and Stormwater Fees 8%, Swelling Monthly Bills By $8.15

October 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Flagler Beach's sanitation plant. (© FlaglerLive)

After an 8.5 percent increase last year, the Flagler Beach City Commission Thursday unanimously approved an 8 percent increase in water, sewer, garbage-collection and stormwater rates starting on Halloween–an apparently unintentional spook–with a smaller, 3.5 percent increase next year.
The city is estimating the the average water bill for residents will increase by $8.15 a month, to $110, or by $102 for the year.

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