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Signature Crop Loses Its Juice as Florida’s Orange Production Falls to New Low

July 10, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Florida orange production for the 2014-15 season fell to 96.7 million boxes, a drop of 4 percent from last year, and a vastly worse total than projected last October.

John Ruffalo, a Reagan Assemblies Leader, Affronts County Commissioner at Courthouse

July 10, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

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Two months after another Reagan Assemblies member had to resign for a public obscenity, a founding member of the group allegedly insulted the county commissioners names at the county courthouse after calling him dishonorable in an email.

Supreme Court Declares Numerous Congressional Districts Corruptly Drawn, Forcing Another Special Session

July 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The court ruled the congressional map was corrupted by the efforts of Republican political consultants, violating an anti-gerrymandering constitutional amendment voters approved in 2010. The Legislature must draw new districts within 100 days.

Overpowering Opelka Moves into Wimbledon Juniors Semifinal to Face World’s No. 1

July 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Palm Coast’s Reilly Opelka’s astounding run on Wimbledon’s grass continued with two wins Thursday, as he now faces the U.S.’ Taylor Fritz, the world’s No.1 junior, in a semi-final match.

As South Carolina Folds the Confederate Flag, Florida County Votes to Raise It Back Up

July 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

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The Marion County Commission voted unanimously to raise the Confederate flag again on government grounds after removing it last week, just as the South Carolina Legislature ended debate this morning ina vote to remove it from state grounds.

Man Found Dead Behind Walmart Is Identified as Mathew Talacko, 25, Victim of Inhalants

July 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 60 Comments

Mathew Talacko was a big man–he stood 6’6”–who could muster big smiles, big hopes, a searching intelligence and, apparently, great despair.

Taking Harder Line Against Sheriff Manfre, Florida Ethics Commission Finds Probable Violations on 3 Counts

July 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

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The Florida Ethics Commission last year had rejected a deal that would have had Manfre admitting to one violation, seeking a deeper investigation that has now resulted in a potentially harsher penalty.

After Months of Hedging, Palm Coast Approves New Rules on Yard Fences, Walls (and Bars)

July 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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The rules allow for more fence colors, eliminate setback and shrubbery requirements but more strictly regulate fences along saltwater canals.

Court Will Hear Argument That Guns Should Be Allowed at UF Dorms as They Are At Home

July 7, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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A circuit judge ruled against Florida Carry Inc.’s argument last year that people have a legal right to possess firearms at University of Florida housing just as they do in their homes.

Palm Coast’s Opelka Fires 17 Aces to Upset 3rd Seed, Advancing Again at Wimbledon

July 7, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Once again swinging on drama, the 17-year-old Opelka played his best in the big points and narrowly upset No. 3 seed Corentin Denolly of France, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to advance to the third round in his first trip to Wimbledon.

Flagler School Taxes Going Up About 4%, Heralding Season of Steeper Government Levies

July 7, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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The typical Palm Coast house valued at $150,000 will pay roughly $50 more in school taxes for the year even as the tax rate goes down slightly.

Charter Schools Are Not Required To Provide Bus Transportation to Students, Judge Rules

July 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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As part of a school-choice movement heavily backed by state Republican leaders, charter schools do not have to operate under all of the same requirements as more-traditional public schools.

Dead Person Found Decomposing Behind Walmart; Identity and Cause Unconfirmed

July 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The dead person’s identity and gender have not been positively identified nor a cause of death determined, with those questions pending an autopsy by the medical examiner’s office.

2 More “Ridiculous” Ethics Complaints Against Commissioner Revels and Attorney Hadeed

July 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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The complaints, filed by Ronald Reagan Assemblies member John Ruffalo, allege conflicts of interest in the commissioner’s votes and target the attorney’s counsel to the commission.

As Cremation Outpaces Burial Rates,
Jewelry Glitters the Afterlife

July 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Florida is well ahead of the nation in cremation rates, but for the first time this year cremations nationally will outpace burials. A jewelry industry is marking the shift.

Palm Coast Motorcyclist Gregory Fagas, 40, Is Killed Across from Belle Terre Elementary, Rider Critical

July 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

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Gregory Daniel Fagas, a 40-year-old motorcyclist from Palm Coast, was killed, and Nacomi Marie Campbell, 27, was flown to a hospital in critical condition

I Identify As American

July 4, 2015 | Pierre Tristam | 17 Comments

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Political independence is easy. The unalienable right to choose who and what we want to be down to our most basic identity, including one’s race, religion, sex and culture, has been harder to secure.

Flagler Chamber Membership Director Thompson Is Fired, Then Insurrection Breaks Out

July 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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In 24 hours of feverish developments after Heather Thompson’s firing, a chamber member’s web page in support of Thompson drew 50 testimonies before it was taken down.

Say Goodbye: Old ITT Landmark and School Board Clunker to Be Demolished By Year’s End

July 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The Flagler School Board got no bids on its 54,000-square foot building in pring, which it’ll pay $200,000 to demolish, after paying off a $770,000 debt on it.

Disney’s CEO Makes $248 a Minute as Some of His Employees Go Homeless on $8.03 an Hour

July 1, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

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Even after a raise to $10 an hour, Disney employees can only expect to take home about $20,000 over the course of a year, not enough to live decently in Orlando. A $15-an-hour wage is more critical, argues Scott Klinger.

Palm Coast’s “D.J. Chris” and Owner of Kids’ Bounce House Co. Charged With Soliciting Minor for Sex

July 1, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Christopher Pintek, known as “D.J. Chris,” a P-Section resident, was arrested on charges of luring a 14-year-old boy for sex through a phone app. He is the owner of Surround Sound DJ and Party Bounces.

2 More Men Arrested on Sex-Assault Charges Involving Children Closely Related To Them

July 1, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Waldemar Rivera, a 36-year-old resident of Palm Coast’s R-Section, faces a charge of raping a 13-year-old girl, John J. Schenone, 32, of the W-Section, is charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child younger than 12.

Judge Halts Abortion Waiting Period Set to Start Wednesday, Pending ACLU Challenge

June 30, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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But the appeal by Attorney General Pam Bondi triggered an automatic stay on Francis’ decision, which could allow the law to go into effect. The American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the initial case, immediately responded by asking for Francis to lift that stay.

Palm Coast Dead Zones: City Proposing Less Restrictive Cell-Tower Rules, But Council Demurs

June 30, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The proposal is being made ahead of a deal between the city and a cell tower company to put a 150-foot tower near Heroes Park, behind Palm Coast Parkway, on land where Palm Coast’s Water Plan No. 1 sits.

School Board Hears Good and Bad of New Budget and Agrees to 3-Month Patch for Disabilities Program

June 30, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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The $2.5 percent state-funded budget increase falls short of restoring the money lost last year. The board agreed to a $120,000 band aid for the adults with disabilities program run by FTI, which lost its state funding this month.

Backdoor Snooping: Why the U.S. Is Wrong to Oppose Full Encryption of Your iPhone

June 29, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The U.S. argues that the country will be less safe if the proper authorities have no “backdoor” – a piece of code that lets them in. Software engineers call backdoors “vulnerabilities,” deliberate efforts to weaken security.

With 11 Jobs and Life Skills for 85 Disabled Adults at Stake, School Board Scrambles for Lost Money

June 29, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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The Flagler school board lost $535,000 for two essential programs for adults with disabilities when the Legislature slashed $10 million from its budget for that program. On Tuesday, board members will look for a patch on the way to a solution to keep the program from closing.

Sunday Night Standoffs: Deputies Contend With Armed Men in Hammock and W-Section

June 29, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Both stand-offs, which began after domestic confrontations, ended peacefully, with the arrest of Val Mateyshin in the W Section and no arrest in the Hammock.

Palm Coast Man, 60, Faces Capital Felony on Rape and Molestation Charges of 12-Year-Old Relative

June 29, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Mario Edward DiGirolamo is at the Flagler County jail on $300,000 bond following his arrest Friday on three sex-crime charges involving a 12-year-old relative, including a count of rape, a capital felony.

New Laws Kick In This Week: Body Cameras, Drones, Abortion, Traffic Tickets, Secret Recordings, Flags

June 28, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Florida’s record-setting budget goes into effect on Wednesday, along with 130 other new laws that were produced by the Legislature this year in the regular and special sessions and signed by Gov. Rick Scott. Here’s a run-down.

The Confederate Flag:
A Swastika Cross-Dressing as Heritage

June 26, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 117 Comments

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Removing the Confederate flag from public places isn’t a denial of first amendment rights. It corrects an offensive version of false history and opposes black honor to white supremacy.

Phoenix Will Close as All But Handful of Students Sign Up for Wadsworth’s New STEM Academy

June 25, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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An open house to introduce Phoenix Parents to Wadsworth’s new STEM Academy, and sell them on enrolling their children, was hugely successful Wednesday evening, sealing the fate of Phoenix for good.

Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare Subsidies, 6-3, Protecting Benefits For 1.3 Million Floridians

June 25, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

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Some 1.3 million Floridians and millions more across the country will not lose their health insurance subsidies as the U.S. Supreme Court this morning ruled decisively, by a 6-3 vote, that the subsidies are legal and must remain in place, even in states that have not established their own health insurance exchanges.

Judge Considering Temporary Block of Florida’s New 24-Hour Abortion Waiting Period

June 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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A judge is considering halting the law from going in effect July 1 while a constitutional challenge goes forward. The challenge was filed by the Florida ACLU.

Three Adults and a Child Hospitalized After Two-Vehicle Wreck on SR100 and CR305

June 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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A pick-up truck attempted to pass a Toyota in a no-passing zone as the Toyota was making the turn, triggering the wreck at 3:30 p.m. The road was reopened by 5:30 p.m.

Scott’s Veto Pen Hits Flagler’s Top Priority, Sinking $600,000 For Malacompra Drainage

June 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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The $600,000 appropriation for the Malacompra drainage project was among the 450 line-items and $461 million he vetoed as he approved a $78.2 billion budget.

The Climate Pope’s Message: Reversing Global Warming is Humanity’s Responsibility

June 23, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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If we do not change our behavior quickly, we may well lose the environmental stability upon which our planet – and our lives – depends. This is the main message of the pope’s encyclical.

Flagler Looking to Raise Tourism Tax For 2nd Time in Four Years Despite Surging Revenue

June 23, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Flagler County wants to raise the local sales surtax on hotel and motel stays to 5%, from 4%, even though revenue has grown ten-fold over the past decade.

Environmentalists Sue Florida Lawmakers Over Amendment 1, Claiming Misuse of Dollars

June 23, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The suit seeks a court declaration that money from the state’s Land Acquisition Trust Fund, which will handle all the Amendment 1 funding, may not be substituted for general-revenue funds or used to pay for other services and programs.

Lawmakers Again Refuse to Extend KidCare Coverage to Children of Legal Immigrants

June 22, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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The proposal in the Florida Legislature would have eliminated a 5-year waiting period for lawful immigrants to qualify for the subsidized insurance program that serves children from low- and moderate-income families.

$780 Million More for Education in Florida, But a $500 Million Property Tax Increase

June 22, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The special session’s much-touted tax cut of $427 million is wiped out by a nearly $500 million tax increase to pay for education funding increases.

That Other American Exceptionalism:
Right-Wing Terrorism

June 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 174 Comments

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For all the wasted blood spilled on ISIS and al-Qaeda, the real terrorist threat is neither far away nor foreign. It speaks English. It’s white. It’s American. And it’s sanctified by the NRA’s liturgy of guns today, guns tomorrow, guns forever.

Arson Suspected in Mondex Fire That Demolishes Family Home on Elder Street

June 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Authorities termed suspicious a fire that engulfed a single-family house in the Mondex Friday morning, and brought in arson dogs to sniff for evidence of fuel or accelerants used in the blaze.

Two Are Killed, a Third Injured in 3-Vehicle Wreck at Cody’s Corner at SR 11 and CR 304

June 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

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Two people are dead, a third was taken to Halifax hospital in Daytona Beach, after one car T-boned another and catapulted it against a loaded logging truck. The driver of the logging truck was not hurt.

Unemployment in May Ticks Up in Flagler and Florida, But Overall Trends Remain Solid

June 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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In Flagler unemployment went up to 6.6 percent, from 6.2 percent the month before, despite a net gain of 220 people holding jobs. Again, the reason the unemployment rate went up is because of the growing workforce.

Weekend Briefing: Lynching By Gun in Charleston, “Mental Illness” Lies, Health Fair at AACS

June 19, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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The terrorist attack on a black church in Charleston is a modern-day lynching, Obama, Stephen King and Jon Stewart take on a culture of complicity, and other local happenings.

Just as Flagler County Resolves Against Fracking, Ratepayers Will Underwrite FPL’s Fracking Bills

June 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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FPL can invest $500 million in fracking ventures at ratepayers’ expense, making it the first utility in the nation–according to an analysis by the Public Service Commission–to spend ratepayers dollars on “non-regulated risk.”

Giuseppe Verdone Is Found Guilty on All Charges in Brutal Assault of Chinese Food Delivery Driver; He Faces Life in Prison

June 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The jury took barely 50 minutes to reach a verdict of guilty on all five felony counts in the case of Giuseppe Verdone, the 24-year-old Palm Coast resident who two years ago was accused of assaulting and kidnapping the co-owner of a Chinese food restaurant in November 2013.

Palm Coast’s Jim Landon Retaliates Against County in Series of Accusations, Then Says Conflict Is All But Resolved

June 18, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Landon put the city’s trust of the county in question, implied the county runs a less professional organization than the city, accused the county of deceiving a state agency, and accused the county manager of using bullying tactics before conceding that all is just about well between the two sides.

Quit Turning Your Backs on Desperate Migrants. Help Them Instead.

June 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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Like Americans’ ancestors, migrants are fleeing poverty, war, or oppression, or are searching for a better life in a new land. Blocking that flow, argues Kofi Anann, is bound to fail, with disastrous consequences for human lives.

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