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Us? “Hateful?” White Nationalists Deny Charge as Richard Spencer Readies UF Appearance

October 18, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Richard Spencer, who will be speaking at the University of Florida Thursday. (National Policy Institute/Facebook)

At the Charlottesville rally, Spencer supporters carried torches and chanted “Jews will not replace us” before a car plowed into a group of counter-protesters, killing Heather Heyer.

FPL Marks Opening of Its Palm Coast Service Center, a Category 5-Resistant Building

October 18, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The new FPL service center near Florida Hospital Flagler can withstand Category 5 hurricane winds. (c FlaglerLive)

The 25,000-square-foot building near Florida Hospital Flagler can house some 100 workers in emergencies and would help speed repairs after a storm.

Constitution Revision Panel Advances Proposal to Restrict Abortion Rights and Privacy

October 17, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Carlos Beruff, who chairs the Constitution Revision Commission, calling the panel's Tuesday meeting to order. (Florida Channel)

The controversial proposals are among the very few, out of 2,000, put forth by the public, as opposed to by the commission itself, for potential inclusion on a referendum ballot.

Prosecution Stymied In Ex-Jail Guard’s Trial Over 2-Year-Old Girl’s Alleged Brutalization

October 17, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Stanley Wykretowicz during a break today. He faces a first degree felony that, if found guilty, could send him to prison for 30 years. (© FlaglerLive)

Stanley Wykretowicz, 41, was the sole caregiver to his 2-year-old niece when he brought her to Florida Hospital Flagler, comatose and bruised, but his lawyers say she was merely ill, not abused.

Two Flagler Rescue Crews and 11 Sheriff’s Deputies Heading to Alachua as Part of Emergency Over Supremacist’s Event

October 17, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Gainesville-bound. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s paramedics and deputies are part of a larger public safety response to prevent a Charlottesville-like degradation ahead of white supremacist Richard Spencer’s UF speech on Thursday.

Flagler Commissioners’ Legislative Priorities Unravel in Messy Amateur Hour

October 17, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

It was not Flagler County commissioners' finest hour. (c FlaglerLive)

Less than five days from presenting their legislative priorities to lawmakers, Flagler County commissioners’ priority list devolved into a chaotic process that could undermine its goals.

Scott Declares State of Emergency in Alachua as White Supremacist Prepares to Speak at UF

October 16, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

What Scott doesn't want in Gainesville: another display of bigotry as in Charlottesville this summer. (Anthony Crider)

Sheriff Sadie Darnell sought the emergency declaration “more so of being able to get the resources needed to prepare, rather than a sense of alarm regarding the protest.”

Flagler’s Domestic Violence Task Force Spurs Sheriff’s Action Ahead of Final Report’s Recommendations

October 16, 2017 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Trish Giaccone, executive director of the Family Life Center, Flagler's shelter for abused women and children, speaking at the kick-off of the domestic violence task force in June. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County now has its own “batterer-intervention program” and Sheriff Staly will devote a detective full-time to pursuing domestic violence cases as his task force prepares to submit its recommendations Friday.

Flagler Commissioners Approving $400,000 In Grants to Six Critical Social Service Agencies

October 16, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Much of the grant funding will help protect or enrich children's lives. (Abe Kleinfeld)

The grants subsidize free healthcare for the poor, a shelter for abused women, interventions for victims of rape, and help for addicts and individuals with mental health needs, among other services.

Stunner On Birth Control: Trump’s Moral Exemption Is Geared To Just 2 Groups

October 16, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Checking for coverage. (WorldSkills)

A separate rule allowing employers that are not religious organization to deny contraceptive coverage to employees is geared toward anti-abortion groups, but its legal status is doubtful.

How One City Gets Its Guns: Not Big Trafficking Rings, But Mostly Through Little Guys

October 14, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Wesley Pickett is serving eight years in prison for helping Yousef buy guns. Pickett recently wrote ProPublica Illinois Reporter Mick Dumke a letter sharing his story, as excerpted below. Read the full letter.

Unlike the drug trade — often dominated by powerful cartels or gangs — illegal gun markets operate more like the way teenagers get beer, “where every adult is potentially a source.”

Man Who Killed Himself at U.S. 1 BP Had Murdered His Step-Daughter Hours Earlier

October 14, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The scene in front of the BP gas station on U.S. 1 this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

Edward Douglas Ratcliffe, 73, had murdered Amy Mitchell, 54, in Brevard before driving through Flagler and shooting himself outside a BP gas station on U.S. 1.

Trump Blows Up Obamacare Subsidies: What You Need To Know

October 13, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Donald Trump ends subsidies by executive order. (Mark Nozell)

Some of Trump’s actions could have an immediate effect on the enrollment for 2018 ACA coverage that starts Nov. 1. Here are five things you should know.

Palm Coast Spree: 7 Days, 7 Vehicle Thefts, 6 Stolen Guns, 2 Arrests, 3 Cars Recovered

October 13, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Some of the weapons, ammunition and other items recovered from a garage theft on Postman Lane in Palm Coast. (FCSO)

Thefts included the brazed theft of a pizza delivery man’s car as he was at the door of a house and six weapons stolen from a garage on Postman Lane.

In Startling Avowal, Rep. Renner Says State Will Attack Home Rule to Discipline “Rogue,” Leftist Cities

October 13, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

To Paul Renner, who represents Flagler County in the Legislature and is in line to be Speaker of the House, cities have no room to exercise their own authority if it differs from Tallahassee's, ideologically. (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

“The reason we think they’re going rogue is because it’s Bernie Sanders in charge of your local city government or county government in some cases,” Rep. Paul Renner, who represents Flagler, says.

From Mosquito Control to National Guard, Hurricane Costs Taking a Toll on Budgets

October 13, 2017 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Debris removal is only a part of it. (© FlaglerLive)

Hurricane recovery efforts have already cost the state budget more than $141 million and are likely to increase, with $25 million for the Florida National Guard; $36 million for debris removal and $6 million for mosquito control.

A Frustrated Shipley Will Not Run Again For Palm Coast Council, But Ex-Mayor Netts Eyeing Her Seat

October 12, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 58 Comments

Foroemr council member and mayor Jon Netts, right, may want to be in the picture again alongside Steven Nobile and current mayor Milissa Holland, but Heidi Shipley, fourth from left, is calling it quits at the end of her one term. (© FlaglerLive)

Dissatisfaction with the council and Manager Jim Landon is spurring Shipley not to run again, , and former Mayor Jon Netts says he still has a lot to give, though he’s also considering a county commission run.

Flagler District’s Bombardments Battling Mosquito Surge Not Seen in 65 Years As County Seeks State Aid

October 11, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

East Flagler Mosquito Control's12-year-old helicopter coming in for a landing at the district's new facility at the south end of the Flagler County Executive Airport. (© FlaglerLive)

Stagnant waters left from two massive storms have led to record numbers of mosquitoes in Flagler, with aerial bombardments resuming Thursday and likely more coming.

After “Ugly” Confrontation With City Clerk, Bunnell Manager Skirts Close To Getting Fired

October 11, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Commissioner Bill Baxley. (© FlaglerLive)

City Manager Dan Davis’s job appears secure for now after a commissioner laid out a series of conditions Davis has to meet. The confrontation with City Clerk Sandi Bolser was over a meeting snafu.

Florida Cuts Payments To HMOs Caring For Poor, Elderly and Disabled By 3.7 Percent

October 11, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The state attributes the lower Medicaid payments to lower pharmaceutical costs. The cuts affect hospitals almost exclusively. (© FlaglerLive)

The hospital cuts accounted for 94 percent of the reduction in rates, which the state says is attributable to lower pharmaceutical costs. Long-term care is seeing an increase.

Throngs of Residents Opposing Big A1A Development Fail to Stop Board’s Unanimous OK

October 10, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

It appewared as if most of the population of the Lakeside By the Sea development on A1A at the north end of the county turned out at a planning board meeting Tuesday evening, to oppose a development at the north and southern ends of Lakeside. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Planning Board Tuesday evening voted to recommend approval of a pair of developments totaling 190 homes that would bookend north and south side of Lakeside By the Sea.

Florida Lawmakers Hear Grim Picture of Worsening Opioid Crisis and Lack of Treatment

October 10, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A hydrocodone pill. (© FlaglerLive)

In the first six months of 2016, deaths caused by fentanyl increased by nearly 140 percent, deaths from heroin overdoses jumped by 25 percent, compared to the same period in 2015.

Flagler Again Takes Vacation-Rental Case To Tallahassee as New Battle Lines Are Drawn

October 10, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Flagler County Administrator Craig Coffey addressing the Senate Community Affairs Committee on vacation rentals today in Tallahassee. (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

Willing to deal and compromise, County Administrator Craig Coffey and County Attorney Al Hadeed addressed a Senate committee workshop today in Tallahassee, ahead of what’s expected to be another fierce battle over vacation-rental regulations.

Why Lakeside By The Sea Residents See a Pair of Proposed Developments Turning Their Properties Into “Little Lakes”

October 9, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Lakeside By the Sea, after Hurricane Matthew. Lakeside residents worry that a pair of planned developments could worsen flooding in the future. (Contributed)

A developer plans to build 185 homes at the north and south ends of Lakeside By The Sea, the subdivision in the Matanzas Shores area at the northern end of Flagler County, on the barrier island.

In Boost To Flagler, Committee Approves Bills Including $50 Million a Year For Beach Repair

October 9, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Flagler County's beaches have been severely eroded by storms, their dune systems erased in some places, as in the area of Marineland Acres, above. (c FlaglerLive)

If the bills survive the coming legislative hurdles, there may be new money for Flagler County to tap into to repair its severely eroded beaches.

Palm Coast Drops Lobbyist of 17 Years To Hire Southern Strategy, Mayor’s Former Employer

October 9, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Milissa Holland, Nick Klufas

Southern Strategy Group is one of Tallahassee’s most powerful lobbying firms. Mayor Milissa Holland worked there from 2013 to 2015.

State Awards Flagler Sheriff’s Office $158,000 To Pay For Three Victims’ Advocates

October 9, 2017 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler County Sheriff's Victim’s Advocates: Mary Dinardi and Kathy Vazquez. (FCSO)

Victim advocates work as a support system to victims, survivors, and their families following traumatic events. These professionals give emotional support and guidance during traumatic events.

Pride In “Our Country”? Count Me Out.

October 8, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 167 Comments

Until the next massacre. A vigil in Philadelphia for the victims of the Las Vegas mass shooting. (Governor's office.)

There’s no contending with a president who speaks of his pride in this country in serial tweets even as his every other pronouncement is a cleave, a slur, a boast, a lie or a disgrace.

Florida Opens Its Schools to Puerto Rican Students; Irma Death Toll in State at 69

October 8, 2017 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Ready to get back to school. (New York National Guard)

Florida is waiving rules and regulations to let public schools and higher-education institutions admit students from Puerto Rico on an emergency basis.

What You Should Know About Trump’s Rollback Of Contraception Coverage

October 7, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Rosaries before the pill. (© FlaglerLive)

The rules will make sweeping changes to the law’s requirement that most employers provide coverage of birth control with no out-of-pocket costs to women.

Sewer Water Bubbling Out At Bus Stops Alarming Parents and School District

October 6, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

A manhole cover drowning on Round Tree Drive in Palm Coast today. (© David Roure for FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast and school district officials are attempting to get a handle on street locations overcome with sewer water, to caution parents and children, as yet more rain may swell the system.

Stonework Company From Former Soviet Republic Opening 30-Job Distribution Hub in Palm Coast

October 6, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Kamara Stone was responsible for the stone work on facades of the Museum of Arts in Tiblisi, Georgia. (Kamara Stone)

Kamara Stone USA is based in Georgia, the nation in Southwest Asia, and plans to create 30 jobs over the next four years, distributing granite, marble and mosaics from its Hargrove Grade location.

White Supremacist Scheduled for UF Speech On Oct. 19, Costing University $500,000

October 6, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

H.L. Mencken would not have approved of Richard Spencer. (Facebook)

University President Kent Fuchs initially balked at a proposal for Spencer, a lightning-rod figure, to speak on campus in September. The threat of a federal lawsuit forced him to reverse course.

After Fierce Backlash, Council Kills $200,000 “Palm Coast” Sign on I-95 Overpass Landon Planned

October 5, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 125 Comments

The Palm Coast Parkway overpass at I-95 will not be cluttered with an expensive 'Palm Coast' sign, the city council declared. (© FlaglerLive)

City Manager Jim Landon wanted to “brand” the Palm Coast Parkway overpass with the sign but he’d failed to fill in the council on the cost having doubled or quadrupled since he’d first proposed it in 2016.

Judge’s Order Calls For Kim Weeks and Others To Pay Flagler Officials $312,000 Over Frivolous, Malicious Complaints

October 5, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Kimberle Weeks when she was Flagler County's Supervisor of Elections, a few months before she resigned, seen here during a canvassing board meeting. She or her acolytes would file ethics complaints against all three men to the left: County Attorney Al Hadeed, who was also the canvassing board's attorney, and Commissioners Charlie Ericksen and Gorge Hanns. Hanns is no longer on the commission. All three complaints were deemed frivolous and false. (© FlaglerLive)

The orders are a remarkable victory for county government and for County Attorney Al Hadeed, who led the charge to recoup fees from Weeks, Dennis McDonald and Mark Richter Jr.

Cattle, Citrus, Nurseries: Florida Agriculture Faces $2.5 Billion Hit From Hurricane Irma

October 5, 2017 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Farmers are still tallying up the damage. (© FlaglerLive)

Citrus growers, already struggling, see losses to crops and trees approaching $761 million, followed by the nursery industry at almost $624 million.

Yet Another Tropical Storm With Potential Florida Landfall Brews Up Concern

October 4, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

What is expected to become Tropical Storm Nate, then Hurricane Nate, is brewing off the coast of Central America, on a path for the Florida Panhandle. (NOAA)

Eventual Tropical Storm Nate has the potential to become a hurricane and impact the Florida Panhandle this weekend, and families must be ready, the governor said.

Palm Coast Charturbation

October 4, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Marylin Crotty, in the foreground, 'facilitating' last week's charter-review workshop at Matanzas High School, which was attended by 13 people (city staff and council members not included). Members of the city council sat to the side: Heidi Shipley, Nick Klufas, Bob Cuff and Steven Nobile. (c FlaglerLive)

Breaking its own charter, the Palm Coast council is pretending to be conducting a review of that charter, but the process is a farce and an insult to residents’ intelligence.

Flagler’s Emergency Manager Resigns as Allegations Fly In Latest Shake-Up At Troubled County Division

October 4, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

Steve Garten, the Flagler County Emergency Services manager, right, in his office in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew last year, with County Administrator Craig Coffey, left. Property Appraiser Jay Gardner is standing. (c FlaglerLive)

Steve Garten says he was pushed out after less than two years on the job, claiming micromanaging by County Administrator Craig Coffey, who defended his role in the shake-up.

Flagler Kills Pot Decriminalization Proposal, But Approves Medical Marijuana Zoning

October 3, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Odd mis-alignment: State Attorney R. J. Larizza, center, and Public Defender Jim Purdy, right, had both supported a Flagler County proposal to de-criminalize the possession of small amounts of pot in some circumstances, for first-time offenders, but Sheriff Rick Staly, left, largely opposed the measure, as did police chiefs in Bunnell and Flagler Beach. So it finally failed. (c FlaglerLive)

The end of the de-criminalization proposal is a reflection of a much harsher approach by the county commission and a new sheriff on marijuana matters.

Doubling Down on Scott, GOP Senator
Asks for $100 Million For Florida Forever

October 2, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

It worked in Flagler: Princess Place Preserve was bought in part with Florida Forever money. (c FlaglerLive)

Florida Forever in the past received as much as $300 million a year but for nearly a decade has fallen out of favor among lawmakers and been almost ignored by Gov. Scott.

Up to 14 Inches of Rain Fall on Already Drenched Flagler, But Damage Is Limited

October 2, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

In Flagler Beach, it's deja flood all over again. (c FlaglerLive)

Weekend rains dumped from 4 to 14 inches on already-saturated Flagler County, flooding streets, overcoming swales and ditches and soaking some areas more than others.

At Flagler’s Pink Army Flag-Raising, Eloquence of Grief and Hope No Matter the Gender

October 2, 2017 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Always on the offensive, John Subers, center, is the commander in chief pof the Pink Army and the executive director of the Florida Hospital Flagler Foundation, which leads the annual fund-raising drive for Breast-Cancer Awareness Month. Subers this morning was getting set to take the picture of all those who'd gathered for the flag-raising in front of the Government Services Building just after 8 a.m.

Florida Hospital Flagler’s Pink Army launch of Breast-Cancer Awareness Month with the County Commission was a mostly male production, but no less moving in message and aims.

`Where the Hell Is the Cavalry?’ As Puerto Rico Suffers, Florida Prepares for Influx

October 1, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Many Puerto Ricans are giving up on their devastated island, at least for now. Many are coming to Florida. (Puerto Rico National Guard)

From schools to shelters, Florida is readying for an influx of people struggling for food, water and power in hurricane-damaged Puerto Rico.

Palm Coast Will Spend $200,000 To Add “Palm Coast” Sign On I-95 Overpass, Double Original Estimate

September 29, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 417 Comments

palm coast i-95 sign

The cost is two to four times more than a previous council was told in 2016, and the money comes out of a fund that pays for street improvements.

Sheriff and Bunnell Police Team Up With ATF In Illegal-Guns Sting: Half a Dozen Arrested

September 29, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly, second from left, speaking with News-Journal reporter Matt Bruce after this morning's press conference. Behind him were State Attorney R.J. Larizza, immediately to Staly's left, Bunnell Police Chief Tom Foster, and federal officials. (© FlaglerLive)

Drive-by shootings spurred the Flagler Sheriff’s Office to instigate a four-month federal-state-local operation connecting drugs to illegal guns.

State Agency Seeks $50 Million to Replenish Florida Forever, the Land-Preservation Fund

September 28, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

florida forever

Florida Forever funding is expected to help the state “acquire rare and sensitive lands that will benefit our communities and environment.” But Florida Forever has been an afterthought in the Scott Administration.

How Palm Coast Manager Landon Used a Director’s Departure To Save His Own Job

September 28, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Palm Coast Finance Director Chris Quinn, in the foreground, with Beau Falgout, a senior member of the city administration, at a July 11 meeting. Two days later, Quinn applied for a job in Gainesville. The rest of the city's directors are in the background. City Manager Jim Landon, referring to himself as 'their leader,' claimed last week that the council's discussions of his future was unsettling them, and that some of them might leave. (© FlaglerLive)

When Jim Landon claimed to the city council that uncertainty about his future would cause directors to leave, he already knew that one of them was leaving–but for a $17,000 raise.

Unidos Por Puerto Rico:
Palm Coast’s Hispanic American Club Organizes 2-Day Drive For Devastated Island

September 28, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Puerto Rico needs help too. (Puerto Rico National Guard)

The Hispanic American Club of Palm Coast is organizing the two-day drive to fill a container that would be shipped to Puerto Rico from Jacksonville for an increasingly desperate population on the American island.

Only a Handful Turn Up at Palm Coast’s 1st Charter-Review Workshop; Public Input Limited

September 27, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Attendance at Palm Coast's charter-review workshop was sparse, with half the audience made up of city staffers, reporters or council members. (c FlaglerLive)

Just 13 or 14 people turned up for the first of four city charter-review workshops, and that public’s chance to weigh in was severely constrained by rules that leave the process largely in the council’s control.

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