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Fake Gun. Real Fear. Small Consequence: A Mother’s Outrage at Flagler Schools’ Response

May 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 72 Comments

On March 2, Gloria Kollosch’s son and a friend left Matanzas High School on their bikes, and had a confrontation with other Matanzas boys, who brandished a gun–a fake gun, which they thought was real. The school district responded with a slap on the wrist, calling the incident a “prank,” and blatantly contradicting its own Code of Conduct, Kollosch argues.

Return of the Sea Turtles: Flagler’s First Sighting Renews a Million-Year Ritual

April 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

They're back: Sea turtle tracks in Beverly Beach on April 24. (© Frank Gromling)

The first sea turtle to scout for a nest on a Flagler beach did so Tuesday, renewing a ritual going back 200 million years. She scouted Columnist Frank Gromling’s beach backyard for her nursery. A report from the sands.

American Soldiers Committing Atrocities: Placing the Blame Where It Belongs

April 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

From posing with corpses of insurgents to going on murderous rampages, American soldiers’ atrocities in Afghanistan are becoming routine. Without absolving the military of its responsibilities, the real isn’t the soldiers’ alone.

The Citizen Scientist:
Inside Marine Mammal Research Offshore

April 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Frank Gromling describes his two days off the coast of St. Johns County as he assisted marine mammal scientists in various research projects about endangered whales.

FCAT Season From a Teacher’s Perspective: An Absurd and Demeaning Fraud

April 15, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Florida’s FCAT autocrats have gamed the system into an exam only the dumbest can fail while hijacking teachers’ and students’ time for nine weeks of regimentation and secrecy worthy of classified military secrets, argues teacher Joann Nahirny in her latest dispatch from the trenches.

Protecting the Oceans: Your Role

April 14, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Individuals can have a big role in protecting oceans no matter here they live. The key in ocean protection is to get started today, right now, argues Frank Gromling, who provides a list of suggestions.

In Defense of Ozzie Guillen: Cuban-Americans Have Held US Policy Hostage Long Enough

April 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The Florida Marlins’ duplicitous suspension of Ozzie Guillen aside, the real scandal is the degree to which South Florida’s Castro-era Cuban community continues to hold American foreign policy hostage to seven decades of juvenile antagonism.

Stare Decisis Their Ass: The GOP’s Activist Judges

April 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Scorn for “activist judges” has been a staple of the Republican playbook ever since it was Earl Warren’s Supreme Court. Now that it’s John Roberts’s court–or should we say Antonin Scalia’s?–and a Democratic president is calling them out, the rhetorical roles have reversed overnight.

The 4th Amendment, Stripped and Degraded

April 8, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 19 Comments

The Supreme Court’s decision allowing the strip-searching of anyone booked into jail–no matter how small the charge, no matter the presumption of innocence of the accused–is merely the latest in a long series of constitutional violations, enshrined by conservative justices.

Protecting the Oceans to Protect Life

April 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The oceans are not an inexhaustible source of good things, argues Frank Gromling. It is past time for every earth-dweller to make a pivotal change in direction to allow the oceans to recover to their former health and productivity.

Bob Graham, the First Lady and Umbarger: Honoring Florida’s Book Award Winners

April 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Caren Umbarger, artistic director of the Flagler Youth Orchestra, was among the authors honored by First Lady Ann Scott at a Governor’s mansion luncheon recognizing the winners of the Florida Book Awards. Umbarger recounts the experience.

Your Password, Please: When a Job Interview Includes Demands for Facebook Pages

April 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

In a society where privacy is constantly eroding, recent efforts by some employers to pry into Facebook pages to investigate job applicants should be resisted as an unwarranted intrusion on personal freedom and dignity.

Between a Tortoise and a Turtle

April 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

You say tortoise, I say turtle.

Living on the Atlantic Coast, we often hear about sea turtles while gopher tortoises get second billing, though they’ve inhabited Florida and a few other southern states for millions of years. A primer.

What Does a Black Father Say to His Son?

March 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

In the wake of the killing of Trayvon Martin, everyone has been talking about mothers having the talk with their sons. But I haven’t heard enough about us — fathers, black men — having that conversation with our sons, writes Andrew Skerritt.

From the Archives: Palm Coast’s Masonic Cemetery, Where a Cherished Glen Harbors Family Albums

March 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Masonic cemetery is Palm Coast’s oldest human landmark and the most noble monument to the region’s ancestry, forgotten relics of Indian haunts aside. But it’s been at the margins of care.

Stonehenge Justices: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Stuffy Ban on TV Cameras and Live Audio

March 25, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 10 Comments

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s ban on television cameras or live audio feed for its arguments, including this week’s on the health law, is absurd. The justices opposition to cameras rests on shabby reasoning and stuffed up conceits.

Before You Next Feast on Seafood

March 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Does it really matter what fish we eat? Yes, says Frank Gromling, if health and overfishing are concerns. The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch programs helps consumers and restaurants figure out how to do their part in preserving fishing stocks.

Gov. Scott, Veto the School Prayer Bill

March 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Today, several Florida and national leaders of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, including Palm Coast’s Merrill Shapiro, sent the following letter to Gov. Rick Scott, urging him to veto a school-prayer bill that cleared the Legislature.

Teachers’ Bane: Students Who Don’t
Give a Damn, and Parents Who Reward Them

March 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

In her latest installment from the trenches, teacher Jo Ann Nahirny describes how regulations force teachers’ time to be consumed by efforts to improve the performance of indifferent students at the expense of students who actually want to learn.

Flagler’s and Florida’s Economic Development Hoax

March 18, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 11 Comments

Florida lawmakers and their local replicas seem hypnotized by the buzz of economic development, nattering about it with great stamina. But it’s a hoax, and a costly one. The assault on public and higher education of the last few years proves it.

Going Green on St. Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Adding “Going Green” to our St. Patrick’s Day activities makes perfect sense, while lending a little fun to the festivities. Frank Gromling provides a list of suggestions in his Coastal View column.

When Rick Santorum’s Official Language Blares Idiocy

March 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Rick Santorum telling Puerto Rico’s people this week that they must all speak English before the island can become a state is the latest of many idiotic, exclusionary statements during his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, argues Angel Castillo Jr.

Piety’s Double Edge: When Deeds Speak Louder Than Public Prayers

March 14, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

As Gov. Rick Scott readies to sign into law Florida’s school prayer bill, how can legislators push for “inspirational messages” in classrooms while they work to destroy access to affordable healthcare, a woman’s right to choose and the rights of service workers to earn a decent wage?

Seeking Thaw, Flagler School Board Pleads Its Case Against Teachers’ Charge of “Bad Faith”

March 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

School Board member Colleen Conklin and Superintendent Janet Valentine explain why the controversy over a controversial provision in teachers’ contract doesn’t tell the whole story.

The North Atlantic Garbage Patch: A Plastic Soup Ladled from Consumption

March 10, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Typical plastic parts gathered in North Atlantic. Source: Sea Education Association

A floating garbage dump consists of billions of small plastic man-made items stretches in the Atlantic from Cuba to Maryland by way of Florida. Here’s what you can do to keep plastics and other litter out of the oceans.

Do Kiss, Do Tell, Do Show

March 9, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 50 Comments

The homecoming picture of the gay Marine kissing his boyfriend has the same iconic feel as Alfred Eisenstaedt’s Life magazine shot of the sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on V-J Day. Both images capture the essence of liberation on a large scale.

Palm Coast At Its Worst: Felled on Old Kings Road, and for 20 Minutes, Nobody Stops

March 8, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 59 Comments

Inna Hardison’s 20-year-old son was traveling on his motorcycle on Old Kings Road the evening of March 3rd when he struck a boar and was thrown from the bike and injured. It was 20 minutes before anyone bothered to stop and help.

What It’s Like to Be The Whale Guy: The True Story of Getting A Life

March 3, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

In his debut column for FlaglerLive, Frank Gromling relates his long association with the Marineland Right Whale Project and the Atlantic right whales’ 1,400-mile annual migrations along Flagler and Florida shores.

Bio: Frank Gromling

March 3, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Frank Gromling, owner of Ocean Publishing in Flagler Beach, is an author, publisher, adventurer, conservationist, and entrepreneur, and now a regular contributing columnist to FlaglerLive.

Rush Limbaugh, Slander Slut

March 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 54 Comments

If there ever was a need for a prophylactic to syphilitic discourse, Rush Limbaugh’s latest attack on women makes the case. But insurers won’t cover it.

In a Response, Jim Manfre Recasts Sheriff Fleming’s 8 Years in Harsh Terms

March 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Responding to Sheriff Don Fleming’s earlier criticism, Jim Manfre, a candidate for sheriff, calls Fleming a liar while assailing him over employment lawsuits, issues at the jail and other matters.

Florida’s Misguided Lunge for Internet Sales Taxes

February 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Nancy Nally, a Flagler County-based web publisher, argues that Florida’s proposed law to compel internet merchants to pay sales taxes won’t level the playing field or increase revenue, but hurt local businesses like her own.

Finding Her Palm Coast, Nancy Grace Takes On Wife-Shooting Tonight, With FlaglerLive

February 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

FlaglerLive’s Pierre Tristam is among the guests on tonight’s Nancy Grace show, whose opening segment focuses on the William Merrill shooting of his wife in Palm Coast last Tuesday. The news value is limited.

When 125 Students, Infinite Expectations and Untold Critics Encircle Teachers’ 36-Hour Day

February 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

Jean-Pierre Raynaud's 'Human Space' (1995).

Down time after dismissal? Summers off? Think again. Matanzas High School teacher Jo Ann Nahirny, in her latest installment from the trenches, describes permanent on-call nature of a teacher’s days and evenings.

Responding to Criticism, Sheriff Fleming Calls ex-Sheriff Manfre a “Legend In His Own Mind”

February 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 57 Comments

The two sheriffs have a long history of rivalry and mutual criticism dating back to 2004, when Don Fleming replaced Jim Manfre. In 2008, Fleming defeated Manfre by less than a 2 percent margin.

It’s Not About Religious Liberty. It’s About The Church’s Opposition to Contraception.

February 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

Religious liberty is window dressing for the bishops’ real objection, birth control. Republicans who used the bishops’ complaints for their own partisan purposes may continue to rail about Obama’s “war on religious liberty,” but it’s unlikely we will see them standing beside the bishops as they complain about contraception.

Pit-Bull Blood Money:
Why Breed-Specific Bans Don’t Work

February 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Florida in 1990 made it illegal to discriminate against dogs because of their breed, but gave Miami-Dade an exemption. Bills are moving through the Legislature to remove this exemption, but Miami-Date is resisting. It’s about money.

“He Looks Like He Just Came Out of Auschwitz,” But DCF Blames the Child Anyway

February 12, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Florida’s Department of Children and Families rewards workers who stage photo-ops and punishes workers more interested in “getting it right” than “getting it done.” Corners will continue to be cut and children will continue to pay the price, argues Florence Snyder.

Lady Liberty at Flagler Palm Coast High School: When Veterans Get Patriotism All Wrong

February 11, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 43 Comments

Veterans complained to the Flagler County School Board that student portrayals of Lady Liberty they say at FPC “desecrated” her and the flag and should be removed. The veterans were wrong, and were themselves desecrating American values.

Fox’s Islamist Gene, 9/11 Conspiracies, Planned Parenthood Reborn: The Live Wire

February 5, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

What Fox News’s right-wingers have in common with Sharia-loving Islamists, stem-cell hype, 10 best Super Bowl ads, deadly sugar substitutes, the war on Planned Parenthood, and more.

English-Only Laws: The Hispanic Poll Tax

February 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The court-ordered testing of a Hispanic political candidate’s English-language skills is reminiscent of the “literacy tests” once used by southern whites to prevent black Americans from voting and gaining political power.

Komen and the Smear on Planned Parenthood: Swiftboating Tactics From Abortion Zealots

February 3, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 13 Comments

The Susan J. Komen foundation had a choice with Planned Parenthood: Stick with rational neutrality or surrender to the political contamination of reactionaries’ echo chambers and the bogus war on abortion. Komen surrendered. The war on cancer–the only war worth fighting–and women will suffer.

Whether It’s Romney or Obama, Democracy Is Losing Big

February 1, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 18 Comments

No wonder so many people don’t see the point in voting. While the rest of us play one man, one vote in democracy’s delusional sandbox, a bunch of donors who add up to a cocktail party’s guest list are sealing the campaign’s fate.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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