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Elections 2024

Sheriff Staly Rejects as ‘Misleading’ Ed Danko Campaign Claim of Endorsement in Latest Ollie North Video

July 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

One of the two images Ed Danko uses of himself with Sheriff Rick Staly in a campaign video for Danko's race for County Commission. (YouTube)

As he did in 2022 regarding a different campaign using almost identical techniques and using Oliver North, Sheriff Rick Staly today said he was never endorsed by Ed Danko, as a Danko campaign video claims, and called the Danko video–which uses two images of Staly with Danko–“misleading” at best. Danko said he’s frequently spoken of his support of the sheriff and equates support with endorsement.

Bill Clark, Flagler County Commission Candidate District 3: The Live Interview

July 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Bill Clark is a Republican candidate for Flagler County Commission, District 3, in an open-seat election, as Dave Sullivan has opted not to run again. Clark faces Republicans Kim Carney and Nick Klufas in the Aug. 20 primary.

Kim Carney, Flagler County Commission Candidate District 3: The Live Interview

July 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Kim Carney. (© FlaglerLive)

Kim Carney is a Republican candidate for Flagler County Commission, District 3, in an open-seat election, as Dave Sullivan has opted not to run again. Carney faces Republicans Bill Clark and Nick Klufas in the Aug. 20 primary.

Tendentious ‘Statement’ on Florida Abortion Ballot Measure Sparks Controversy

July 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Plus ca change: abortion activists from both sides of the debate demonstrating outside the old Florida Capitol in 1989. (Florida Memory)

A state panel late Monday finished revising a “financial impact statement” that will appear on the November ballot with a proposed constitutional amendment on abortion rights — with amendment supporters accusing the panel of a “dirty trick to mislead voters.” The statement makes several unsubstantiated claims about costs the abortion measures could impose on the state budget.

Nick Klufas, Flagler County Commission District 3 Candidate: The Live Interview

July 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Nick Klufas. (© FlaglerLive)

Nick Klufas is a Republican candidate for Flagler County Commission, District 3. The two-term Palm Coast City Council member, who is term-limited, faces Kim Carney and Bill Clark, both Republicans, in the Aug. 20 primary. Because a write-in candidate has filed expressly to close the election to non-Republicans, only registered Republicans may cast a ballot in this race.

Trump Chooses J.D. Vance Over Rubio for Vice President

July 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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Former President Donald Trump on Monday bypassed U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio in making his vice-presidential pick, averting what could have been a major change in Florida’s political landscape. Trump announced freshman U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his 2024 running mate, a short time after the Republican National Convention opened in Milwaukee.

Assassination Merch

July 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

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Medieval pilgrims traded gold for relics such as the alleged thumb of John the Baptist or vials of the alleged blood of Christ from his crucifixion. This will be the first presidential race in history when blood will feature front and center in the Trump campaign’s most iconic image, the candidate bloodied but fist-pumping as an Iwo Jima-flag-like clutch of brawn props him up. Trump is the flag. Trump is America. Welcome to assassination merch.

Fernando Melendez, Flagler County Commission Candidate District 1: The Live Interview

July 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Fernando Melendez. (© FlaglerLive)

Fernando Melendez is a Republican candidate for Flagler County Commission, District 1. He is challenging incumbent Andy Dance in the Aug. 20 primary. Since no non-Republicans filed to run, it will be an open primary: all registered Flagler County voters from all parties or no-party affiliation may cast a ballot in this race, which will be decided on Aug. 20.

Andy Dance, Flagler County Commission Candidate, District 1: The Live Interview

July 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

County Commissioner Andy Dance. (© FlaglerLive)

Andy Dance is the incumbent candidate for Flagler County Commission, District 1. Fernando Melendez is challenging him in the Aug. 20 primary. Both candidates are Republicans. Since no non-Republicans filed to run, it will be an open primary: all registered Flagler County voters from all parties or no-party affiliation may cast a ballot in this race, which will be decided on Aug. 20. There is no run-off.

Alan Lowe, Palm Coast Mayor Candidate: The Live Interview

July 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Alan Lowe. (© FlaglerLive)

Alan Lowe is a candidate for Palm Coast Mayor in the Aug. 20 primary. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Behind the Smear of Palm Coast Mayoral Candidate Peter Johnson

July 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

Peter Johnson in a screen capture from a Sheriff's Office body cam video during a June 2023 incident over a feral cat feeding station.

Peter Johnson, a candidate for Palm Coast mayor, has been the target of the most vicious slander in Flagler County in this year’s election. The claim has been spread through an alleged screenshot of an alleged slur he used, but all the evidence gathered so far points to a fabrication intended to defame Johnson and peddled by discreditable operatives, among them one of Johnson’s opponents in the mayoral race.

Mike Norris, Palm Coast Mayor Candidate: The Live Interview

July 8, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

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Mike Norris is a candidate for Palm Coast Mayor in the Aug. 20 primary. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Donald Trump’s Ten Commandments, Updated

July 6, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

A scene from "History of the World, Part 1," right after Moses breaks five commandments, reducing the total to 10. (YouTube)

Diane Roberts lets Donald Trump speak his soul: Like I told the Faith and Freedom Coalition (great people), “If I took this shirt off you’d see a beautiful, beautiful person, but you’d see wounds all over me. I’ve taken a lot of wounds.” You know who else took a lot of wounds? Jesus.

With Nod to ‘Slippery Slope,’ Palm Coast Will Ask Voters for More Borrowing Power Through Vague Ballot Measure

July 3, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council has eyes on easier borrowing. (© FlaglerLive)

In an understated way that has so far drawn little public attention or interest, the Palm Coast City Council is hoping to convince voters to approve a momentous change in the way the city does business, clearing the way for more borrowing ahead. The council approved a proposed referendum that would go before city voters in November, asking them whether they’d be in favor of eliminating borrowing limits in place since 1999.

Drive Begins to Get Medicaid Expansion on Ballot as 653,000 Floridians Lost Coverage in Past Year

July 3, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Angela Dumala speaking at a press conference in Tampa on March 27, 2024. (Photo by Mitch Perry/Florida Phoenix)

More than 653,000 Floridians who lost their Medicaid coverage over the past year because the state determined they were ineligible. Nearly 315,000 Floridians in the so-called coverage gap, ineligible for Medicaid or insurance through the Affordable Care Act. Florida Voices for Health, a nonprofit advocacy group that works on multiple health issues including expanding Medicaid, is pushing to get Florida to join the majority of states that have expanded Medicaid.

Peter Johnson, Palm Coast Mayor Candidate: The Live Interview

July 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Peter Johnson. (© FlaglerLive)

Peter Johnson is a candidate for Palm Coast Mayor in the Aug. 20 primary. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Cornelia Downing Downing Manfre, Palm Coast Mayor Candidate: The Live Interview

July 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Cornelia Downing Manfre. (© FlaglerLive)

Cornelia Downing Manfre is a candidate for Palm Coast Mayor in the Aug. 20 primary. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

David Alfin, Palm Coast Mayor Candidate: The Live Interview

July 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin. (© FlaglerLive)

David Alfin is a candidate for Palm Coast Mayor in the Aug. 20 primary. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Trump Is No Longer the Greatest Danger to the Country. Biden Is.

June 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 187 Comments

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Biden has a choice: certain defeat and a Trump win, or stepping aside and letting Democrats take the only kind of gamble that gives them at least a competitive chance to win in November, with either California’s Gavin Newsom or Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer at the top of the ticket–and with Whitmer clearly the better of the two. If the Democratic Party allows Biden to dig in, the party loses all legitimacy going forward.

Tiger Bay Straw Poll: Richardson Trounces Danko; Derek Barrs and Lauren Ramirez Take Schools, Alfin Hangs On

June 28, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Thursday's Flagler Tioger Bay Meet and Greet at the Palm Coast Community Center drew some 300 people and almost every candidate on the local Aug. 20 primary ballot. (© FlaglerLive)

Thursday’s Flagler Tiger Bay Meet and Greet at the Palm Coast Community Center drew some 300 people and almost every local election candidate on the Aug. 20 primary ballot. A straw poll consisting of some 225 votes yielded a few arresting results, such as County Commission candidate Pam Richardson’s trouncing of an absent Ed Danko, and a not-too surprising tight race for mayor in Palm Coast.

Flagler Tiger Bay Prepares for Largest Candidate Meet-and-Greet of Primary, Waving Off Fret Over Straw Poll

June 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Flagler Tiger Bay's meet-and-greet featuring almost all the local candidates in the August primary election follows in the tradition of similar events, like the former Chamber of Commerce's hob knob of 2018, above, at the Palm Coast Community Center. (© FlaglerLive)

As of Monday some 40 local and state candidates had confirmed attendance at Thursday’s Tiger Bay Meet and Greet, what is expected to be the largest election gathering of the sort for Flagler County and Palm Coast politics ahead of the Aug. 20 primary. The three-hour free event starting at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Palm Coast Community Center will include a voter-registration drive organized by the Supervisor of Elections’ office, and a straw poll, which one candidate is criticizing as a “sham.” He appears isolated.

Palm Coast Mayor Alfin’s Sudden Spate of City-Aided ‘Town Halls,’ 2 Months from Election, Raises Red Flag

June 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Mayor David Alfin at a town hall style meeting at Panera Bread in April. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin’s decision to hold weekly “Share with the Mayor” gatherings at the City Hall flagpole is drawing criticism from an opponent in the mayoral race and a request by the council as a whole for a legal opinion on the legality of city aided town hall style meetings in proximity to an election. Alfin defends the practice, saying he is continuing the practice of “Share with the Mayor,” in effect throughout his term, by other means.

The Write-In Fraud

June 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 53 Comments

"What District am I running for?" Jose Fabiani asked as he was filling paperwork to run as a write-in in a County Commission race on June 13, with his handler, Dennis McDonald, standing by to the right, and Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart looking on. Fabiani had to redo the paperwork. (© FlaglerLive)

Two people who have zero intention to run campaigns have filed to run as write-ins, closing two Flagler County Commission races to 51 percent of the electorate in cynical maneuvers to benefit Ed Danko and Kim Carney in their respective races, against Pam Richardson in one and Nick Klufas and Bill Clark in the other. The write-in fraud takes advantage of a loophole in the law that enables anyone, without paying a dime or showing any intention to campaign, to be a write-in, thus closing otherwise open primaries.

Palm Coast Takes a Step Closer to Utility Tax, But Only If Voters Approve in a Binding Referendum

June 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

An electric franchise fee could increase power bills by up to 10 percent in Palm Coast, but would require voter approval first. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council today took its closest step in 25 years toward a utility franchise fee, an additional levy that would raise your power bills by up to 10 percent. Public opposition has defeated such fee proposals four times since 2011. But the council is leaving it to the voting public to decide what the fee should be, or if there should be a fee at all. The fee must be contingent on a future referendum. And the referendum must be binding.

Historic Sweep: Flagler’s 5 Constitutionals Elected Without Opposition as Shelly Edmonson Wins Tax Collector’s Seat

June 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Clerk of Court Tom Bexley, Tax Collector-Elect Edmonson, Property Appraiser Jay Gardner, Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart and Sheriff Rick Staly were elected without opposition today, the first time an entire slate of constitutionals managed the feat in memory. Edmonson will take over for Suzanne Johnston, who decided to retire after 20 years as the tax collector.

Amendment 5: I’m Homesteaded. I Don’t Need Another Perk To Deepen Inequalities and Hurt Local Governments.

June 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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A yes vote on Florida’s Amendment 5 on this November’s ballot means that every year, the second of two $25,000 exemptions will increase according to the previous year’s inflation rate. The indexing is not only unnecessary–the Save Our Homes cap on taxes already does that–but it’s another pander that will deepen disparities at the expense of local governments, businesses, renters and agricultural properties, all of whom will have to make up for lost revenue. 

Alan Grayson Opts Out of Senate Race for Run at Florida Legislature

June 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Former U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson is shown at left. Source: Screenshot from 2022 campaign ad

Alan Grayson has filed to run for the Florida Legislature. The former three-term Democratic congressman had been a candidate for the U.S. Senate, but he didn’t appear to be making much traction against establishment favorite Debbie Mucarsel-Powell.

DeSantis Is Right: Even As a Convicted Felon, Trump Would Be Eligible to Vote in Florida

June 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Trump ponders the meaning of bars. (White House)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on June 7 suggested on X that former President Donald Trump is still eligible to vote in Florida, his home state, even though he is now a convicted felon 34 times over. DeSantis is correct, though not necessarily for all the reason he stated on X.

Judge Blocks Florida Law Requiring Cities’ Elected to Disclose Same Financial Details as County and State Officials

June 11, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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A federal judge has blocked a 2023 Florida law that required municipal elected officials to disclose detailed information about their personal finances, ruling that the law likely violated First Amendment rights. U.S. District Judge Melissa Damian on Monday issued a preliminary injunction, siding with municipal officials throughout the state who challenged the law. The decision came three weeks before a July 1 deadline for filing the information.

In Florida and Elsewhere, New GOP Rules Hostile to Voter Registration Threaten Fines and Criminal Penalties

June 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 50 Comments

Roxanne Perret, an organizer with People Power for Florida, registers Mark Wendell to vote at a May festival in Orlando. Third-party voter registration groups have been threatened with fines and workers with jail time if they violate new state laws.

Republican lawmakers in Florida , Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, and Texas have enacted a variety of voter registration laws over the past four years. The measures add new requirements around registering and communicating with voters and threaten hefty penalties for violations. The stated goal of the new laws is to prevent fraud, but in the absence of any evidence of more than very rare fraud some voting rights groups contend their real purpose is to dampen participation by likely Democratic voters.

Scott DuPont Appeals Decision Booting Him Off August Ballot for Judge in Local Circuit

June 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Scott DuPont during his electoral run in 2016. (© FlaglerLive)

n attorney for Scott DuPont filed a notice of appeal last week after Leon County Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh ruled that DuPont was ineligible to run for judge in the 7th Judicial Circuit, which is made up of St. Johns, Putnam, Flagler and Volusia counties.

Sally Hunt Confirms She’ll Resign, But Late Enough To Ensure DeSantis, Not Voters, Will Choose Replacement

June 4, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

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Flagler County School Board member Sally Hunt today confirmed that she will resign her seat before November. She did not say when precisely between now and then. She appears to be purposefully doing so late enough to have prevented an election to fill the remaining two years of her terms. Gov. Ron DeSantis would fill the seat with his own appointment, which could take months after the seat becomes vacant.

Down-Ballot Effect in Florida of Trump Conviction Is Unlikely, But It’s a Fund-Raising Boon to Ex-President

June 3, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Political experts don’t anticipate last week’s conviction of former President Donald Trump in New York will create significant down-ballot momentum — either way — for candidates in Florida. Fundraising has ratcheted up after Trump’s conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records, but experts in Florida pointed to issues such as voters already having their minds made up.

DeSantis Endorses Leek as Hutson’s Replacement, and as John Morgan Sneers

June 3, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

From left, Gov. Ron DeSantis, hen-Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson, Tom Leek, and Paul Renner in Flagler Beach in October 2022. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday endorsed House Appropriations Chairman Tom Leek, R-Ormond Beach, in a Northeast Florida Senate race, days after high-profile attorney John Morgan publicly criticized Leek.

Supervisors of Election Push Back Against Proposed DeSantis Rule On Determining Voter Intent

June 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

A Flagler County Canvassing Board meeting during the November 2018 election cycle. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida supervisors of elections are pushing back on a rule proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration to update standards for determining voters’ intent on ballots, saying the proposal includes “inconsistencies” that could lead to problems for county canvassing boards.

Among Florida Politicians, Trump Verdict Draws Predictable Outrage from GOP, Praise from Democrats

May 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 67 Comments

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Florida Republicans on Thursday quickly attacked the conviction of former President Donald Trump on 34 counts of falsifying business records, while Democrats said the verdict showed nobody is above the law. A 12-member jury returned the verdict more than a month after the criminal hush-money trial began in New York and after just one day of deliberations. Trump is the first former president to be convicted of a crime after leaving office.

Obscure Provision Could Keep Biden Off the Ohio Ballot in November

May 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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President Joe Biden might not appear on the November 2024 presidential ballot in Ohio because the Democratic National Convention that will formally nominate Biden won’t open until nearly two weeks after Ohio’s Aug. 7 certification deadline.

Scott DuPont Booted Off Ballot as Judge Rose Marie Preddy Prevails in Challenge Over Eligibility to Run

May 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Judge Rose Marie Preddy in an image from her campaign website.

Circuit Judge Rose Marie Preddy, who sits in Putnam County, will not face an opponent in her bid to retain her seat as a judge today threw out Scott DuPont–a former judge–off the August ballot. DuPont, a former judge in the circuit, was removed from the bench by the Supreme Court in 2018, then suspended from the Bar for several months. That suspension meant he could not be eligible for a judgeship until 2026.

Previously Disgraced Scott DuPont, Running Again for Judge, Offers Orwellian Explanation of His Bar Suspension

May 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Scott DuPont during his electoral run in 2016. (© FlaglerLive)

Former Circuit Judge Scott DuPont, who served in Flagler County and who is running against Judge Rose Marie Preddy, argues that while he was suspended from the Florida Bar as a result of inappropriate and scandalous conduct on and off the bench, he was still a member of the Bar during that suspension, therefore should still be eligible to run. Preddy’s lawyer argues the Florida Constitution says otherwise.

Palm Coast Mayor Alfin Hints Against Rolled Back Tax Rate This Year, But Says ‘New Sources of Revenue’ Ahead

May 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin at today's "Meet the Mayors" forum at the Flagler County Association of Realtors. He was flanked by Bunnell Mayor Catherine Robinson and Sheriff's Chief Mark Strobridge. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin today hinted that he may not be supportive of going back to the rolled back property tax rate this year as he was last year. He said there may be also be new, alternative revenue sources that don’t rely on the property tax. But he did not say what those would be except in the most cryptic terms: “Eco Dev.,” he wrote in a text, abbreviating the words for “economic development.” “I will share as soon as I can,” he added.

St. Augustine/St. Johns County Win Nod for Museum of Black History; Getting It Built Is Next Challenge

May 22, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Ralph Abernathy, left, and Martin Luther King Jr. in St. Augustine in 1964, when King said he was leading "a massive assault against segregation." (Florida Memory)

A state task force assessing possible sites for a proposed Florida Museum of Black History voted 5-4 Tuesday in favor of St. Johns County, where Martin Luther King once rallied protests against segregation in the city of St. Augustine but where the site would require extensive development, including roadbuilding. The close vote followed intense lobbying by St. Augustine/St. Johns, which branched out to support from surrounding counties, including Flagler County, where Palm Coast and the School Board lent support.

Ballot Proposal to Adjust Homestead Exempting to Inflation Would Hurt Renters, Businesses and Local Governments

May 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The proposal would only shift more of the tax burden toward renters and businesses. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida voters will get to decide in the November election whether to shield more of the value of their homes from property taxes under a proposed amendment to the Florida Constitution, but the measure might mean higher taxes for renters, landlords, and other commercial property owners.

Lawyers for Judge Rose Marie Preddy File for Final Judgment Against Scott DuPont’s Qualification to Run

May 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Circuit Judge Rose Marie Preddy. (© FlaglerLive)

Lawyers for Circuit Judge Rose Marie Preddy, who sits in Putnam County, have filed a motion for a final judgment against Scott DuPont’s qualification to run again for judgeship as he is attempting to do against Preddy in this year’s election. DuPont was booted off the bench in 2018 and suspended from practicing law in 2019 after he was found to have acted with egregious misconduct during his 2016 re-election run and on several occasions in court, as a sitting judge in Flagler County or Putnam Counties.

Judge Rules Unconstitutional Part of Florida Law Forbidding Non-Citizens from Gathering Petitions

May 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

It's much harder to find petition-gatherers. (Erin M McCuskey)

A federal judge Wednesday issued a final decision blocking part of a 2023 Florida elections law that placed new restrictions on voter-registration groups, including preventing non-U.S. citizens from “collecting or handling” registration applications.

Bacardi Jackson , New Florida ACLU Leader, Points to ‘Urgency of Now’ at ‘Deeply Disturbing’ Juncture

May 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Bacardi Jackson by "The Embrace," the Hank Willis Thomas sculpture on Boston Common in Boston. (Instagram)

Bacardi Jackson, a veteran litigator seeped in civil-rights advocacy, took the leadership of of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida on Monday amid a growing number of challenges to laws passed by the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Jackson views her new position as an opening to spur action at a critical juncture in the history of the state and the nation.

Sen. Rick Scott Attends Trump Trial and Calls Prosecutors ‘Thugs’

May 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Scott traveled to New York City on Thursday, where he became the first member of Congress to attend Former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial. Speaking to reporters outside the courtroom during a break from the proceedings, Scott said that the treatment that the former president was enduring was “despicable.”

The Fear and Loathing Behind GOP’s Christian White Nationalism

May 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Joseph Mallord William Turner's "The Deluge" (1805)

MAGA adherents to Aryan tough-guy Jesus see America becoming less white and less Christian, so they’re freaking out, flailing around, breaking things — such as your right to control your own body, your right to read what you want, identify however you want, and love who you want.

Marco Rubio Auditioning for Trump’s Vice President

May 4, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio will be one of several names being tested for Trump’s vice president at a donor retreat at the Four Seasons in Palm Beach, where Trump will be “parading the top contenders for the slot in front of rich benefactors this weekend.”

Florida’s 6-Week Abortion ban Goes in Effect Wednesday. Here’s What It Means for Patients and the South.

April 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

More than 25,000 women traveled to Florida for an abortion over the past five years, most from states like Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi with little or no access to abortion. Hundreds traveled from as far as Texas. Starting on May 1, Florida’s 6-week ban goes in effect. The ban could be short-lived if 60% of Florida voters in November approve a constitutional amendment adding the right to an abortion.

‘I Love You Mayor’: Palm Coast’s David Alfin Gets a Warmer Reception at Coffee Talk Than at Council

April 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 42 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin this morning at his town-hall-style Coffee Talk with residents at Panera Bread. (© FlaglerLive)

Based on the pillorying he regularly gets from the floor at Palm Coast City Council meetings, David Alfin can look like a mayor more embattled than front-running barely three months from an August primary. Judging from this morning’s town hall-style “Coffee Chat” with Alfin at Panera Bread, where he was warmly received, reports of Alin’s demise may be premature. “I love you Mayor” isn’t something you hear at council meetings lately. It was heard this morning.

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