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County Rejects One Jumbo Cell Tower, Approves Another and Hedges On Third

September 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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The Flagler commission was responding to concerns about the height and visibility of three proposed communications towers rising between 320 and 350 feet–more than twice the allowable size under county rules.

Citing “Thousands” Of Untested Rape Kits, Bondi Seeks More Money For Crime Labs

September 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is expected to request an additional $35 million in funding during the 2016 legislative session, including $7.76 million to raise the base salaries of people working in crime labs.

County Declares Dangerous Dog That Bit 8-Year-Old Boy, Rejecting More Clement Recommendation

September 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The commission’s 4-1 vote went against the recommendation of a hearing officer, who found that the dog was acting in defense of its owners’ home and was reacting to what amounted to a trespassing, uninvited person walking into the house.

Opelka’s Pro Career Begins as Junior Circuit Days End With Loss in 3rd Round of U.S. Open

September 9, 2015 | Michael Lewis | Leave a Comment

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For Opelka, the Wimbledon boys champion, it was a disappointing end to his junior tennis career, but he now starts on the pro tour full time.

Publix on Trial as Ex-Palm Coast Employee Claims He Was Fired For Whistleblowing Sex Harassment

September 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Robert Barry, 30, claims he was fired from the Palm Coast Town Center store after alerting superiors about a supervisor’s sex harassment of a coworker. Publix claims Barry made up the story and fired him for dishonesty.

Two Palm Coast Teens, 19 and 17, Arrested In Armed Robbery in Flagler Beach

September 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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David Eugene Adams, a felon with a history of arrests and convictions , accused Dacotah Clarke and a 17-year-old Palm Coast resident of robbing him at gunpoint in Flagler Beach Saturday.

Flagler’s Push For Trio of Cell Towers Rising Higher Than Statue of Liberty Beams Alarms

September 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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Flagler County Emergency Services wants the three towers, including an especially controversial one on John Anderson Highway in Flagler Beach, to improve its communications network, but residents and environmentalists are raising questions.

“God’s Authority” Has No Place In Civil Government

September 7, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 120 Comments

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Kim Davis is not the problem. She’s a symptom of a dangerous movement that seeks to carve out religious objections all over the law books, making civil government a vassal of religious edicts.

For Every US Soldier Killed in Afghanistan, 13 Children Were Shot and Killed in America

September 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

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Between 2002 and 2012, at least 28,000 children and teens 19-years-old and younger were killed with guns. Teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 made up over two-thirds of all youth gun deaths in America.

Though Likely Profiled and “Harassed,” Flagler Sheriff’s CSI Pazarena Is Reprimanded Over “Conduct Unbecoming” Anyway

September 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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An internal sheriff’s investigation completed today makes clear that Pazarena and her boyfriend at no time behaved improperly at a Vitamin shop where the incident occurred, or did anything more than what an overly inquisitive shopper might do, though store employees exhibited behavior identical to profiling.

Utilities Take Credit, But Lower Power Bills In 2016 Are Due to Cheaper Coal and Gas

September 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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An FPL customer who uses 1,000 kilowatt hours a month currently pays $96.72. That number is projected to drop to $93.24 in January before going to $94.86 in June.

Dog Bites 8-Year-Old Boy: Should It be Declared Dangerous, Or Does Castle Doctrine Apply? County Commission Will Decide.

September 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

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The Flagler County Commission on Sept. 9 must decide whether to declare a 2-year-old Labrador dangerous, or whether to rule that the dog was merely defending its home from an intruder.

In Flagler Beach, Builders Are Beating Back Higher Standards For Flood-Plain Homes

September 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Builders in February opposed new regulations raising new homes higher than current flood-plain heights. Builders are now objecting to a compromise, forcing the city to revisit its regulations yet again.

Split Florida Conservation Commission Approves Letting Hunters Kill 10% of Bear Population in 4 Regions

September 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission cleared the killing of at least 320 black bears for two to seven days in October, the first bear-hunting season in two decades.

Men v. Women: Three Domestic Violence Incidents Land Three Men in Jail on Felonies

September 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

From left, Garfield Simpson, Robert Bigwitch and Bryan Roosa.

Three Palm Coast men ended up at the Flagler County jail in a 48-hour span following unrelated incidents that entailed allegations of substantial violence against women and girls–two of the men’s spouses, a girlfriend, and one of them men’s two teen-age daughters. All three incidents resulted in felony charges.

Speculate No More: Ex-Undersheriff Rick Staly Declares Run Against Ex-Boss Manfre

September 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

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Staly’s announcement was long expected and similar to his 2004 run for sheriff in Orange County. He joins a crowded field of Republican contenders vying to take on Democrat Manfre.

Gov. Scott and Florida Cabinet Honor 3 From Flagler: John Seth, Rick Staly and Ed Wolff

September 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Rick Staly until spring was the undersheriff in the Jim Manfre administration, John Seth is the long-time band director at Flagler Palm Coast High School, and Ed Wolff is the county’s teacher of the year.

“Somber” Board Severely Cuts Flagler’s Adults With Disabilities Program So It Can Survive

September 1, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The program served 85 mostly full-time clients until it lost half a million dollars in state aid, forcing staff cuts and deep reductions in services. But unlike other districts, Flagler chose to keep its program going.

Privatize the Flagler Beach Pier? Commission Says Yes to 6 Events Per Year, to Make Money

September 1, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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The Flagler Beach pier already generates well over $300,000 a year for the city, and rising, but commissioners want more: they’d close off the pier to private parties six times a year, for $155 an hour plus additional fees.

Supreme Court Weighs Solar Power Measure Big Utilities Want Unplugged From 2016 Ballot

August 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Floridians for Solar Choice constitutional amendment, in part, would allow businesses to generate and sell up to two megawatts of power to customers on the same or neighboring properties.

Why You’re Getting Poorer: iPhones Aren’t The Economic Engine Cars and Electricity Were

August 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Robert Gordon argues rising standards of living brought by cars, indoor plumbing and electricity can;t be replaced by iPhones and the internet. Martin Feldstein disagrees.

Florida Doubles Rates For 36,000 KidCare Full Pay Children, and Blames Obamacare

August 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Thousands of parents were slammed with new rates with less than a month to pay, though they’ll have a chance to leave Florida’s plan for Obamacare in a special enrollment period.

Flagler, Among Top 10 Counties With Most Concealed-Weapon Licenses, Will Fast-Track Permitting

August 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

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Flagler has 8.24 concealed carry permits for every 100 residents. Starting Jan. 1, the Flagler Tax Collector’s office will accept concealed-weapon permit applications for $134 and renewals for $72.

The Hammock’s Paul Hillman Charged With Attempted Murder In July Attack on Couple

August 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Paul Hillman, a 43-year-old resident of 29 N. Shady Lane in Palm Coast’s Hammock, was jailed overnight on charges of aggravated assault, armed burglary and burglary with assault after he allegedly stormed the house he used to live in and battered both occupants—on of them a blind 55-year-old woman—with a rifle.

Still Under Internal Investigation, Flagler Sheriff’s CSI Pazarena Returns to Full Duties

August 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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Laura Pazarena, the Flagler County Sheriff’s crime scene technician hired two years ago to launch the department’s first CSI unit, is under internal investigation, and has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the investigation’s outcome.

The New World of Wimbledon Junior Champ Reilly Opelka: Autographs, Pressure and a Rising Ranking

August 28, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Palm Coast’s Reilly Opelka turned 18 today as he prepared for the U.S. Open, where he qualified for the doubles draw and will play in the Juniors tournament next week, but fell in qualifiers for the men’s draw.

SLAPP This: Florida Scores a Big Free Speech Victory Against Intimidation Lawsuits

August 27, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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It was a rare success in the last Florida Legislative session: a new law protecting the public from frivolous corporate or otherwise intimidating lawsuits intended to silence public expression in government issues.

Disaster Economics 101: Flagler Businesses Are Made Part of County’s Recovery Plans

August 27, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Kevin Guthrie, the county’s emergency services director, told some 80 Flagler business leaders what role they must play in the immediate recovery after a disaster to ensure that the local economy returns to normal.

Sheriff Plans DUI Checkpoint Saturday at SR100 East of Old Kings Road Saturday Night

August 27, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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The checkpoints typically result in far fewer arrests for drunk driving than for other reasons: drivers may charged with a host of issues that have nothing to do with drunk driving, including for drug possession or for non-moving violations such as non-functioning headlights or tail lights or irregular registration.

Overselling Flagler: How County Tourism and Government Zeal Lost the Spartan Race Before It Started

August 26, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

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An examination of the documents behind the Spartan Race proposed for Princess Place show tourism chief Matt Dunn repeatedly getting ahead of the process, showing little awareness of policy and protocols and virtually no appreciation for the political context that ultimately sank his biggest pet project to date.

Ex-Con With Long History of Arrests Charged in Pizza Hut Stabbing of Homeless Man

August 25, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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Larkland Harris Jr., a Palm Coast resident with a long history of violence and who spent six years in state prison, was charged Tuesday in the stabbing of Raymond Glass, a 21-year-old homeless man, in the parking lot near Pizza Hut off Palm Coast Parkway late Monday night.

Lawmakers and Judge Turn to Supreme Court to Break Congressional Map Stalemate

August 25, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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A Leon County judge will ask the Florida Supreme Court how to move forward with a redistricting lawsuit after the Legislature failed to draw new congressional lines in a special session that collapsed last week. Circuit Judge Terry Lewis told lawyers for the House and Senate at a conference Tuesday that he wants to hear […]

No Pollution Problem Along Florida Park Drive, Council Concludes, Ending Further Debate

August 25, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

After ruling out traffic as a problem, the Palm Coast council Tuesday ruled out pollution and appeared to end its response to recurring complaints from residents along Florida Park Drive.

2 Men Stab Each Other in Confrontations That End Near Pizza Hut Off Palm Coast Parkway

August 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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Two men, one of them believed to be in his 20s, the second believed to be in his early 40s, were both stabbed as a result of an altercation with each other in the parking lot of Palm Coast Parkway Plaza just after 9:30 p.m., authorities are reporting.

Permitted Hunters Outnumber Florida Black Bears 6-to-1 as Killing Season Nears

August 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

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Florida’s October hunt has drawn almost 1,800 hunters against a black bear quota of 320, in parts of the state where the killing will be allowed.

Brazen Car Break-Ins at Belle Terre Swim and Racquet, Frieda Zamba Pool and County Park

August 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Unlike the majority of break-ins targeting unlocked vehicles, five break-ins resulted in smashed windows to five vehicles at three county and city parks or clubs and in one private driveway in the B-Section.

Cashing In on Pot: How Business Is Getting High on Marijuana’s Potential

August 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The industry totaled $2.66 billion in U.S. sales in 2014, up 74 percent from $1.53 billion the year before, with expectations that the market will expand exponentially as more states legalize marijuana for both medical and recreational use.

Princess Place Saved Again: Flagler Pulls Extreme Race Out of Preserve and Looks Elsewhere

August 23, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 62 Comments

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County Administrator Craig Coffey, conceding to the outpouring of opposition to holding such a race at the preserve—and to a majority of county commissioners’ categorical opposition to the event there—informed commissioners Sunday that the race would be pulled.

How County Government Is Pimping Princess Place While Spinning Fairy Tales

August 22, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

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Flagler County’s justifications for holding a Spartan extreme-sport race at Princess Place Preserve fails the smell test on all counts and raise questions about how tourism chief Matt Dunn and County Administrator Craig Coffey got the deal so far to start with.

Nearly Condemned, Old Courthouse in Bunnell Gavels Back to Life as Christian School

August 21, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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First Baptist Christian Academy opened its doors today before throngs of celebrants marking the rejuvenation of the old county courthouse, now as a viable business in the heart of Bunnell.

Lawmakers Can’t Get It Done: Redistricting Session Collapses, Leaving It Up to Courts

August 21, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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The end of the session without agreement on the shape of Florida’s 27 congressional districts likely means the final decision will be made by the courts, though some lawmakers held out slim hopes for a resolution in the coming days that could avoid such an outcome.

Bill Would Ban All Confederate Flags on Public Grounds as Question of “Security” Is Raised Over Ag Museum Civil War Reenactment

August 21, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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Bill McGuire, a tourist council and Palm Coast City Council member, is concerned about the Confederate flag display at an upcoming Civil War reenactment at the Agricultural Museum. He spoke as a bill was introduced in Tallahassee to ban all such displays on public grounds.

Matanzas Woods Construction Forces Temporary School Bus Routes For Nearby Students

August 21, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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As school resumes Monday, transportation changes are afoot in the Matanzas High area, while the sheriff’s office has issued a series of cautions and tips to parents and students.

With YMCA Talks Dead, District Looks For Belle Terre Swim Club Savior in Final Effort

August 20, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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With the YMCA, Palm Coast and the county uninterested in supporting it, the days of the Belle Terre Swim Club as a public facility will end this fall if no bidder is found by early October.

House and Senate at Odds Over Congressional Map, But No Disagreement Over Flagler District

August 20, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The 6th Congressional District would be redrawn southward, losing most of St. Johns County and all of Putnam, and taking on all of Volusia and a segment of Lake, thus pushing the district more to the center than it’s been.

Princess Place Preserve Slated for Extreme-Sport-Type Endurance Race, and 6,000 Racers

August 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 108 Comments

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The Spartan extreme-sport race in March will cover 8-10 miles and feature nearly 30 landscape-altering obstacles, with 6,000 racers and 2,000 spectators expected. The county is subsidizing the race.

Despite Same-Sex Marriage Ruling, Gay Adoption Rights Remain Restricted in Florida

August 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

While same-sex couples have long been able to adopt from private, gay-friendly adoption agencies, adopting children from the foster care system has proved more difficult in some states, among them Florida.

For Fire Chief Don Petito, a Family Matter Escalates Into Confrontations and Complaints

August 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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Don Petito was seeking to help his father move out of a house when a deputy forbade either to enter the house, causing the fire chief to become “very animated,” in his own words.

A Man Can’t Remember Who Shot Him or How, Another Insists On Being Arrested

August 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Florida Hospital Flagler’s emergency room was the scene of two odd and unrelated incidents that resulted in the arrest of one man and the investigation of a suspicious shooting that injured a man’s foot but that led to no arrests.

Before Going Neolithic on Unwed Moms, Bush Could Bone Up on Economic Reality

August 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Here’s what conservatives like Jeb Bush don’t want to acknowledge: Marriage rates are inextricably linked to America’s economy.

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