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Lynnette Callender, Flagler County School Board Candidate: The Live Interview

August 25, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Lynnette Callender is a practicing attorney and former member of the Daytona State College board. (© FlaglerLive)

Lynnette Callender is one of eight candidates in three races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 26 primary election: all Flagler voters, regardless of party affiliation and address, may cast a ballot in these races.

Toni Baker, Flagler County School Board Candidate: The Live Interview

August 25, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Toni Baker is one of four candidates for District 2 of the Flagler County School Board. (© FlaglerLive)

Toni Baker is one of eight candidates in three races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 26 primary election: all Flagler voters, regardless of party affiliation and address, may cast a ballot in these races.

Michael McElroy, Flagler County School Board Candidate: The Live Interview

August 25, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Michael McElroy is one of eight candidates in three races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 26 primary election: all Flagler voters, regardless of party affiliation and address, may cast a ballot in these races.

Trevor Tucker, Flagler County School Board Candidate: The Live Interview (2014)

August 25, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Trevor Tucker

Trevor Tucker is one of eight candidates in three races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 26 primary election: all Flagler voters, regardless of party affiliation and address, may cast a ballot in these races.

Andy Dance, Flagler County School Board Candidate: The Live Interview

August 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Andy Dance is running in District 1 for Flagler County School Board and facing Maria Barbosa in the Aug. 26 primary election. All Flagler voters, regardless of party affiliation and address, may cast a ballot in these races.

John Fischer, Flagler County School Board Candidate: The Live Interview (2014)

August 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

John Fischer, the incumbent in District 2 of the Flagler County School Board, faces three challengers. He has refused to amnswer any questions about his candidacy.

Frank Meeker, Flagler County Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

August 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Frank Meeker is a candidate for the Flagler County Commission in the Aug. 26 Republican primary, in which only registered Republicans may cast a ballot.

Nate McLaughlin, Flagler County Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

August 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Nate McLaughlin is the District 4 incumbent candidate for the Flagler County Commission in the Nov. 4 election, running against Independent Denise Calderwood. All registered voters get to cast a ballot in this race.

Mark Richter, Flagler County Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

August 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Mark C. Richter. (© FlaglerLive)

Mark Richter is a candidate for the Flagler County Commission in the Aug. 26 Republican primary, in which only registered Republicans may cast a ballot. He is challenging first-term incumbent Nate McLaughlin.

Unemployment Down, Food Stamps Use Up, Pointing to Recovery’s Bane: Underemployment

August 23, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The overall U.S. unemployment rate has steadily declined since the recession officially ended in June 2009. But many Americans still are finding it hard to get by, even if they do have jobs. A key indicator of economic hardship—enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps—is higher in every state than it was five years ago, even though unemployment has dropped in every state during the same period.

Heidi Shipley, Palm Coast City Council Candidate: The Live Interview

August 23, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Heidi Shipley is running for Palm Coast City Council, one of seven candidates in two races. All registered voters in Palm Coast may cast a ballot regardless of party registration or district.

Anne-Marie Shaffer, Palm Coast City Council Candidate: The Live Interview

August 23, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Anne-Marie Shaffer. (© FlaglerLive)

Anne-Marie Shaffer is running for Palm Coast City Council, one of seven candidates in two races. All registered voters in Palm Coast may cast a ballot regardless of party registration or district.

Steven Nobile, Palm Coast City Council Candidate: The Live Interview

August 23, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Steven Nobile. (© FlaglerLive)

Steven Nobile is running for Palm Coast City Council, one of seven candidates in two races, one of three challenging incumbent Bill Lewis. All registered voters in Palm Coast may cast a ballot regardless of party registration or district.

Bill Lewis, Palm Coast City Council Candidate: The Live Interview

August 23, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Bill Lewis is running for Palm Coast City Council, one of seven candidates in two races, and the incumbent in District 4. He faces three challengers. All registered voters in Palm Coast may cast a ballot regardless of party registration or district.

Sheriff’s Deputies Never Wrote an Incident Report After Fatally Shooting Palm Coast Man

August 22, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

A Flagler County Sheriff's deputy examines the garage where deputies had earlier that day shot and killed Troy Gordon, a 32-year-old resident of the house. (© FlaglerLive)

Details of the December 2012 fatal shooting of 32-year-old Troy Gordon on Brownstone Lane in Palm Coast, at a time when Don Fleming was still sheriff, emerged in a court case today that revealed how a union could trump sheriff’s policy even in grave shooting incidents.

Law Be Damned: Some Insurers Still Refuse to Provide Coverage for Contraceptives

August 22, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

There’s not much leeway for employers and insurers in deciding whether they’ll cover contraceptives without charge and in determining which methods make the cut, yet that hasn’t stopped some from trying.

Federal Judge Rules Florida’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional, But Stays Decision

August 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

It is the fifth court decision in the state finding against Florida’s ban, but the first federal-court decision, and the first that applies state-wide. Nevertheless, as in previous cases, the judge stayed the decision, granting time for this and other decisions to be appealed.

“Derelict” Sheriff! Call In a Judge! Accuse Palm Coast of Larceny! Elections Supervisor Weeks Goes Unhinged.

August 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

Though there’s been no issues with voting other than a very low turnout, Supervisor Kimberle Weeks has again fomented a major dispute out of minor, if any, problems, and frustrated the highest officials in a half dozen local government agencies and boards, going as far as implying that Sheriff Manfre should be arrested.

For the Pot:
Five Questions For John Morgan

August 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

John Morgan, the Orlando attorney, is the force behind ASmendment 2, which would legalize medical marijuana in Florida. (© News Service of Florida)

Orlando trial lawyer John Morgan is spearheading a move to pass a constitutional amendment that would legalize medical marijuana in the state, putting millions of dollars of his own money and his considerable public-speaking skills behind it.

Visit Florida: Ferguson’s Seethe Is a Matter of Time for the Sunshine State

August 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Rose-colored Florida is a cynical myth, the stuff of marketing brochures, a developers’ conspiracy of enticing fiction to make their cash registers ring. The real Florida is a bitter, brooding reality beyond sugarcoating, argues Stephen Goldstein.

Ex-Verdego Employee Accused of Defrauding Customers and Company Van Theft

August 20, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Travis Heidinger, a 40-year-old resident of 5 Llanes Place in Palm Coast, was booked at the Flagler County jail Tuesday on four counts of grand theft after an investigation concluded he’d defrauded at least customers and Verdego and stolen company property.

Flagler Emergency Official Cautions of Heat Indices Reaching 108 Through Friday

August 20, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

When the sun gets angry. The sun here unleashes a medium sized solar flare as rotation carried active regions of sunpots toward the solar limb, in an image captured in 2011 by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. (NASA / Goddard / SDO AIA Team)

Today through Friday the heat index is hitting unusually high levels and will range from 102 to 108 in Flagler County, especially inland, prompting weather and emergency officials to caution residents and vacationers to stay out of the heat if possible, or take safety measures when in the heat.

Meeting With Scientists on Global Warming, Gov. Scott Shows No Interest in the Science

August 20, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Gov. Rick Scott, in a 30-minute meeting with scientists, asked whether the professors’ students were getting jobs in Florida, but showed no interest in the science under discussion or scientists’ urging him to prepare the state for the coming challenges posed by climate change.

Florida Draws 50 Million Visitors in First 6 Months of the Year, Boosting Tax Revenue

August 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Visitors spent $35.7 billion from January to May this year, up 7.4 percent from the same period in 2013, according to Visit Florida. That translates into increased sales-tax revenue for the state.

When a County Commissioner Calls The Supervisor of Elections A “Bitch”

August 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 75 Comments

In a conversation with a reporter Monday, Flagler County Commissioner Frank Meeker referred to Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks as a “bitch” in what he termed a slip of the tongue, quickly apologizing afterward.

Lessons for Florida from A California Pot Tourist

August 18, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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If Florida’s voters approve Amendment 2, our state will have an opportunity to implement a marijuana law that avoids heading down California’s cynical path, argues Karen Cyphers. It will be a challenge, but the reward of fostering an honest, quality health-care system is well worth the effort.

Xanax, Beer and a Louisville Slugger: Mondex Man Accused of Battering Woman Over Drugs

August 18, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Richard Spear, a 50-year-old resident of Daytona North is accused of battering a 30-year-old woman and threatening her and her ex-boyfriend, and smashing the ex-boyfriend’s car with a baseball bat.

1 in 6 Big Businesses Planning to Offer “Junk” Health Insurance Below ACA Standards

August 18, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Many thought such low-benefit “skinny plans” would be history once the health law was implemented. Instead, 16 percent of large employers will offer lower-benefit coverage along with at least one health plan that does qualify under ACA standards.

The Phony War Over Campaign Signs

August 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

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The problem isn’t the county’s ban on campaign signs at the public library, it’s the dismal slate of candidates on this year’s primary ballots, but Flagler’s Ronald Reagan Assembly candidates and Supervisor of Elections Weeks have teamed up to play up a bogus controversy.

Every Town a Ferguson:
Reflections of a Scary Black Kid from Brooklyn

August 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 57 Comments

Next time you feel intimidated by a black man, try to understand that it’s not about you, writes Jon Hardison, as much as it reflects remnants of a fear of what the average black American grew up with.

650 Names, or 13% of Flagler Beach Population, On Petition Opposing $600,000 Fire Truck

August 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

The 65-page petition, published here in full for public examination, has not been authenticated by the city, but would, if verified, pose a serious challenge to a majority of commissioners still intent on buying the fire truck.

Fearing Ambush, Cops and Medics “Stage” Before Responding to Reported Shooting in Bunnell

August 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The general area of Hymon Circle in Bunnell where police and paramedics responded to conflicting reports of a shooting shortly after midnight Thursday.

The incident took place just after midnight Thursday in South Bunnell: 911 got several calls about an alleged shooting and a victim who’d been injured, but threats against police on social media led to precautions against an ambush.

Manatees No Longer Endangered? Not So Fast.

August 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering downlisting manatees from endangered to threatened, reducing their protective status. Save the Manatee Club’s Katie Tripp argues the proposal rests on too scanty data.

County Commission Candidate Mark Richter’s Past: Felony Conviction, 7 Weeks in Navy, and Unanswered Questions

August 14, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 107 Comments

Flagler County Commission candidate Mark Richter refused to document claims about his recent past or answer questions about his background until records obtained by FlaglerLive compelled him to address a few issues. But he left many questions unanswered.

Daytona State’s Palm Coast Campus Celebrates Its New Addition at 4 PM Today

August 14, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Workers were adding final touches to the new segment of Daytona State College's Palm Coast campus this week. (© FlaglerLive)

The 24,000 square foot expansion is anchored by a stately-looking two level building, a $7.6 million project. The ribbon cutting runs from 4 to 6 p.m. today at 3000 Palm Coast Parkway SE.

Fearing for Ybor City, Pam Bondi Calls Proposal to Regulate Cigars Like Cigarettes “Overbroad”

August 13, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Bondi wrote in a letter that she wants the Food and Drug Administration to consider the potential impact of the announced rule changes on Ybor City cigar manufacturer J.C. Newman Cigar, urging the federal agency to “more narrowly tailor these overbroad regulations.”

U.S. Marshals Shoot and Kill a Man In Espanola; He Was Sought for July Shooting in Bunnell

August 13, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

A man was shot and killed in Espanola this morning as the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force and the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office were attempting to serve a fugitive warrant a home there.

Rick Scott Wants to Believe He’s Born-Again Green. The Record Is Dirtier.

August 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Rick Scott wants Floridians to believe that he had a Road to Damascus moment, suddenly realizing that allegiance to Mammon makes for a dirty Florida and an unhappy electorate, but his 11th hour eco-enlightenment is as hard to swallow as a cup of algae from the Indian River Lagoon, argues Diane Roberts.

Far From Settled, Whistleblower Case Against Flagler Beach Fire Department Focuses on Captain’s Truthfulness

August 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flagler Beach Fire Captain Bobby Pace’s truthfulness on his job application and his handling of a probationer’s work hours at the station were the focus of a deposition in which Pace repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment’s right not to testify. An attorney is seeking to compel him to answer. The matter goes to court Wednesday.

Kimberle Weeks Calls County’s Campaign Sign Rules “Interference”; Administrator Craig Coffey Responds

August 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Flagler County Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks says the county’s political-sign rules “may create an unpleasant and dangerous environment” for voters and campaigners at the public library. County Administrator Craig Coffey disagrees.

Flagler and St. Johns Untouched But District 6 Loses Much of Putnam in Redistricting

August 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler County was unaffected, but District 6 had previously included most of Putnam County. It now includes only the southeastern quadrant of Putnam. The changes are not likely to change the ideological make-up of the district, which tilts Republican.

Flagler Beach’s $600,000 Fire Truck Runs Into Opposition Petition, Prompting Another Pitch

August 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Commissioner Steve Settle called yet another town hall meeting Monday evening again to make the case for a $6090,000 “quint” fire truck as opposition gels around a petition that organizers say has more than 450 names, or close to 10 percent of the city’s population.

First Maria Barbosa, Now Andy Dance: 2 Taints of Plagiarism, But Only One Admits It

August 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Flagler County School Board Chairman Andy Dance acknowledges that he 'screwed up,' and called his plagiarism a 'teachable moment.' (© FlaglerLive)

Andy Dance, the chairman of the Flagler County School Board and a candidate for re-election against Maria Barbosa, fully acknowledged and apologized for instances of plagiarism noted in his News-Journal interview, a sharp contrast with Barbosa’s more extensive plagiarism, which she has neither explained nor admitted.

Average Cost of Silver-Range Insurance Plans Will Decline in Florida Marketplace

August 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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About 75 percent of Floridians live in areas where the second-cheapest silver premium will actually decline, said Tasha Bradley, a spokeswoman for the federal Department of Health and Human Services.

Warts and All, Obamacare Saved Me From Bankruptcy

August 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

The light at Shands's Davis Cancer Center that cost the author $3,000 every time it went on, with him on the table. It lit up here for the last time for him in mid-April, after 35 treatments, none of which would have been affordable without Obamacare. (© FlaglerLive)

FlaglerLive Editor Pierre Tristam exposes his health care bills before and after Obamacare, and before and after cancer, to show how without the Affordable Care Act, he and his family would have face ruin.

How the NRA Treats Gun Owners Like Children

August 9, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The statistical risk of dying by gunshot increases dramatically when you possess a gun in your home. So does your spouse’s and child’s risk. It’s a health risk like unprotected sex. Doctors can ask about unprotected sex. Why not ask about guns?

Who Wants an Old Courthouse? County Opens Doors, and A Few Eyes

August 8, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Several dozen people turned out at a county-hosted open house Friday at the old Flagler County Courthouse. To be safe, they signed in--so the county could ensure that all had exited the structure when it was shut down again. (© FlaglerLive)

A county-hosted open house at the old Flagler County Courthouse drew dozens of people Friday, mostly local residents and perhaps three or four prospective businesses, as the county continues to study what to do with the old, 50,000-square-foot structure.

Tennessee Williams’s “Suddenly Last Summer” Gorges on Flagler Stage in Palm Coast Arts Foundation Fundraiser

August 8, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

“Suddenly Last Summer” will be staged for one performance only on Aug. 16, at Lohman Auditorium in Marineland, under the direction of City Repertory Theatre’s John Sbordone, starring Annie Gaybis and Ann Kraft.

Pair of Suspects Arrested For Home Invasion Robbery on Palm Coast’s Bradmore Lane

August 8, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

A 67-year-old Palm Coast resident was robbed the evening of on Aug. 3 at her Bradmore Lane home. The boyfriend of an ex-roommate, and the roommate, were arrested after the pair used the woman’s credit card at three locations in Ormond, Daytona and South Daytona.

Tom Gargiulo, Leading Patron of Palm Coast Arts, Is Seriously Injured in Bike Crash

August 7, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Gargiulo, the founder of the Tom Gargiulo Foundation and creator Flagler’s Artist of the Year award, among numerous other supports of local arts, was bicycling on Pine Lakes Parkway when he was struck by a car as he crossed Wynnfield Drive Tuesday morning.

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