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FPC’s Jack Petocz Is Featured at Length in Page One New York Times Story on Schools’ Book Bans

January 31, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Jack Petocz, center, holding a copy of All Boys Aren't Blue, at the protest he organized against book bans by the school district last November. Next to him is Flagler Palm Coast High School student Alysa Vidal, holding the sign Petocz made and was featured holding in one of the New York Times' pictures, and School Board member candidate Courtney VandeBunte. (© FlaglerLive)

Jack Petocz, the Flagler Palm Coast High School senior who organized last November’s protest against two local school board members’ attempt to ban books from school libraries, is featured today in a Page One New York Times article that examines a surge of attempted and actual book bans in school districts across the country, including in Flagler.

Hacked: How the Technician Helping Me Fix a Problem Was Scamming–and Hacking–Me

January 30, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Don;t let him in: "It has taken us almost two months to replace some account cards, create new passwords and accounts and make sure our computers and home internet services are secure. Even my Facebook account had been locked because someone was trying to make changes to it." (NeONBRAND on Unsplash)

How a simple problem with a printer turned into a two-month nightmare after a tech call involving a supposed Hewlett-Packard pro turned out to be an artful hack job that planted spyware and weeks of anxiety and clean-ups. A cautionary tale by Pulitzer Prize-winner Lucy Morgan.

Secret College Presidential Searches in Florida Would Open the Way to Corruption, Nepotism and Cronyism

January 28, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Openness and transparency are increasingly illusory at Florida universities. Above, the UCF Student Union. (© FlaglerLive)

Once again, certain legislators want to exert more control — not less — over the thoughts, actions and beliefs of local Floridians who are seeking higher education to improve their lives and the lives of their families.

Prosecution Wins Key Ruling to Buttress Alleged Rape Victim’s Testimony in Larry Cavallaro’s Coming Trial

January 28, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Larry Cavallaro owned the property at 2653 North Oceanshore Boulevard in Flagler Beach for 27 years before selling it last year. (Google)

Larry Anthony Cavallaro, the now-74-year-old former Flagler Beach gallery owner who faces a first degree felony rape charge involving a 42-year-old woman at his home in Flagler Beach in December 2017. A judge today ruled in favor of allowing the key testimony of a third party who witnessed the alleged victim’s impairment–and felt it herself, as both women were visiting Cavallaro before the alleged assault.

It’s Groundhog Day at Flagler Beach’s City-Owned Golf Course as Commission Again Issues Lease Ultimatum

January 28, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The Ocean Palms golf course at the south end of Flagler Beach has never lived up to the city's expectations as a stable, transparent business over the years. (Facebook)

The Flagler Beach City Commission is yet again reenacting its recurring drama with Flagler Golf Management, the company that’s been running the city’s nine-hole Ocean Palms Golf Club at the south end of town since 2015, issuing its third threat to end the lease since 2017. Meanwhile, the company’s founding owner is in prison.

Are Lawmakers Seeking to Censor Discussions of Race and Gender in Classrooms and the Workplace?

January 27, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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With such things as critical race theory and sensitivity training targeted, much of the debate and public testimony centered around the bill’s effect on schools and whether it would curtail frank discussions about United States history and race.

Interim Bunnell Police Chief Snead Speaks as Someone Who’s Staying, If With Cringe-Worthy Humor

January 27, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Interim Police Chief Brannon Snead during Monday evening's promotion ceremony, at the beginning of a Bunnell City Commission meeting. (© FlaglerLive)

Last week Interim Bunnell Police Chief Brannon Snead was adamant that Monday would be his last day. Monday came and went. He’s still there, and spoke at a promotion ceremony for three new sergeants as if he was very much in the picture–if with uncomfortable reminders of why his career at the Florida Highway Patrol was cut short.

Retiring Nice-Guy Approach, Flagler County Will Sue 2 Flagler Beach Property Owners Over Dunes Project

January 27, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

One of the three dune "remnants" at the center of the county's impending eminent domain action against two property owners in Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive)

Facing an ultimatum from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the county will sue two Flagler Beach property owners to secure beachside easements necessary to allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to proceed with a long-delayed dune-rebuilding project along 2.6 miles of beach in the city. The county had been threatening just such action for 15 months, but was hoping to avoid it.

Explosion Rocks Neighborhood Around 28 Poppy Lane in Palm Coast; Investigation Ongoing

January 27, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The explosion took place on the properties of 28 and 30 Poppy Lane in Palm Coast early this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

A loud explosion shook the neighborhood around 28 Poppy Lane in Palm Coast early this morning, drawing a response from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office, a road closure and the summoning of the St. Johns County Sheriff’s bomb squad. 

With One Exception, Flagler Beach Commissioners Leery of Alternating July 4 Fireworks With Palm Coast

January 26, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A traffic volunteer at a Flagler Beach July 4 celebration, just before the city's Independence Day parade. (© FlaglerLive)

Between logistics and tradition, five of the six members of the Flagler Beach City Commission, including the mayor, are either hesitant or opposed to giving up on July 4 fireworks even if Palm Coast wants to hold them on that day only in alternate years. But officials are also saying the whole discussion may be premature, given the impending disappearance of the Flagler Beach pier for two years, when July 4 fireworks will likely have to be in Palm Coast anyway.

County in Talks with Coastal Cloud to Buy $1.5 Million Parcel on A1A for Future Visitor Center

January 26, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Flagler County’s tourism bureau is in discussions to buy a corner lot on State Road A1A and South 9th Street in Flagler Beach for a future visitor center. The 0.37-acre lot, owned by Coastal Cloud (the Hammock-based tech company), is listed at $1.5 million.

Dismissing ‘Slippery Slope of Censorship,’ GOP Senators Back Stricter Scrutiny of School and Library Books

January 26, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

School libraries' catalogues are under scrutiny across the nation. (American Library Association)

The proposal (SB 1300) would change the review process for books and other learning materials, adding requirements and making it more open to the public but also enabling regular purges of book lists to align them with standards or if the books are considered out of date.

Judge Re-Commits Richard Dunn, Who Killed His Father in 2006, to State Hospital After Bizarre Incidents

January 25, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Circuit Judge Terence Perkins, seen here in a previous case, termed the re-commitment of Richard Dunn to a state hospital a "close call." (© FlaglerLive)

Circuit Judge Terence Perkins termed the re-commitment of Richard Dunn, 61, to a state hospital a “close call.” A change in Dunn’s medication had caused him to act in bizarre ways that worried counselors and health care providers, because some of the behavior and hallucinations mirrored those he exhibited around the time he killed his father in Palm Coast in 2006.

‘Incredibly Manipulative’ Bryan Loveland Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison After Repeat Contempt

January 25, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Bryan Loveland attended his sentencing hearing from the county jail today. (© FlaglerLive via zoom)

Since his arrest in 2017 on second-degree felony charges after he was accused of fondling the 12-year-old daughter of his then-girlfriend, Bryan Patrick Loveland has been engaged in a cat-and-mouse game that he’d been largely winning against detectives, prosecutors and the court: he’d managed to stay out of prison. That ended today.

Ex-Deputy Dedorius Varnes Pleads to Lesser Charges of Aggravated Stalking, Faces Up to 5 Years in Prison

January 25, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Dedorius Varnes, left, at his plea hearing before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins this morning, with his attorney, Michael Lambert. (© FlaglerLive via zoom)

Ex-Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy Dedorius Varnes accumulated six criminal charges in two cases, including two second-degree felonies, and faced potentially up to 40 years in prison. Instead, he will be sentenced to two third-degree felonies and little prison time, if any, based on a plea he entered today.

When Hearing Fleetwood Mac Is a Homicidal Red Flag: Dr. Wants Man Who Killed His Father Back in State Hospital

January 24, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Richard Dunn today, attending the hearing from the Flagler County jail, his beard significantly thicker than when he was first incarcerated four months ago. (© FlaglerLive via zoom)

Richard Dunn, 60, who killed his father in Palm Coast in 2006 and was found not guilty by reason of insanity, had slowly regained degrees of freedom until last September when he started behaving again as he had before the killing. A judge has been holding hearings to decide his fate as he’s sat at the Flagler County jail since September.

Breaking 8 Years’ Standstill, Flagler County Will Move Ahead with $16 Million South Side Library

January 24, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

A conceptual rendering of the future south side library to be built in Bunnell, opposite the Sheriff's Operations Center.

The Flagler County Commission gave the go-ahead today for a $16 million south side library on Commerce Parkway in Bunnell, opposite the future Sheriff’s Operations Center, ending eight years of prevarications. But while several funding options are available, it is still not at all clear how the commission will pay for the 32,000 square foot facility, now slated to open in late 2024.

Except in Schools, Omicron Wave Crests in Flagler and Florida as Officials See End to Emergency

January 24, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The omicron wave has crested. (© FlaglerLive)

An end to the pandemic has been predicted before, especially after vaccines began rolling out, only for delta to obliterated those premature hopes. But several factors are converging in an indication that this time the crisis stage may well be on the wane, to be replaced by more routine infectious-disease management strategies.

Patient, Beware: Florida Among States Still Pushing Ineffective Covid Antibody Treatments

January 24, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

A patient receiving monoclonal treatment in San Diego a year ago. Most of those treatments are ineffective against the omicron variant, but states like Florida continue to push them on patients. (US Navy)

Unethically and deceptively–since it gives patients a false sense of security–several states, Florida among them, are still pushing the costly monoclonal treatments — often charging hundreds of dollars a session — that public health officials now say are almost certainly useless.

Jacob Oliva, Still a Flagler Resident, Is One of Three Finalists for Miami-Dade Superintendent

January 23, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Jacob Oliva during his interview for superintendent in Flagler in 2014. (© FlaglerLive)

Jacob Oliva, senior chancellor of education and a former superintendent of Flagler County schools, is one of three finalists for superintendent in Miami-Dade, the nation’s fourth-largest district. The nine-member Miami-Dade school board will interview him for the job, along with two other candidates, on Monday.

Federal Judge Slams UF Over Muzzling Professors: ‘Stop Acting Like Your Contemporaries in Hong Kong’

January 21, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Albert and Alberta might need a refresher in First Amendment paleobiology. (Gainesville Apartments)

In a scathing ruling Friday, Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker blocked the University of Florida from enforcing a controversial conflict-of-interest policy that gave school administrators discretion over allowing professors to serve as expert witnesses in litigation.

Bunnell Mayor Robinson Re-Elected; Ex-Commissioner, Police Chief and FHP Trooper Pete Young Runs Again

January 21, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Cpl. Pete Young, who retires from the Florida Highway Patrol at the end of the month, after 39 years there, sets his sights on a Bunnell City Commission seat, where he served a term in the mid-2000s. (© FlaglerLive)

Bunnell Mayor Catherine Robinson, in office for all but two of the last 26 years, won another three-year term as mayor, and Pete Young, a former Bunnell commissioner and police chief, will run for a city commission seat, with two incumbents. Two Beverly Beach commissioners were reelected without opposition, but two Flagler Beach incumbents face one challenger in the March 8 municipal elections.

Flagler Unemployment Hits Post-Covid Low of 3.8% as County Exceeds Pre-Pandemic Job Totals

January 21, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler's unemployment rate was below Florida's in December. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s unemployment rate in December fell to a 12-month low of 3.8 percent, matching the rate in December 2020. Flagler has now made up the jobs lost during the pandemic, and exceeded the pre-pandemic level, even though for all of 2021, unemployment in the county averaged 4.9 percent.

Palm Coast Clears Way for 2nd Self-Storage Facility in 24 Hours on Old Kings Road, Near Toscana

January 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

In contrast with Tuesday's meeting of the Palm Coast City Council, which filled the room with opponents of a self-storage facility on Old Kings Road, the Palm Coast Planning Board heard not a single voice in opposition to a different facility, a very short distance from the first, as the board approved it under a special exception Wednesday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast Planning Board Wednesday approved a 155,000 square-foot self-storage facility on Old Kings Road, a short distance north of a facility the Palm Coast City Council approved on Tuesday. The two would be the 10th and 11th self-storage facilities in the city.

Flagler County Has Been Promising a South Side Library Since 2014. Commission Will Promise Again Next Week.

January 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The site set aside for the hoped-for south-0side library, opposite a sign announcing the new Sheriff's Operations Center, which is well under construction. Only weeds are growing behind the library sign. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission next week will examine plans for a $14 million, 32,000 square-foot library that’ll also include a conference center and a portion of the building for the county’s Health and Human Services division. But as has been the case since 2014, and absent a surprise, the money for the project may be lacking yet again.

Justice Blinded and a Heroin-Stuffed Doll Spark Thrills in City Repertory Theatre’s ‘Wait Until Dark’

January 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The City Repertory Theatre production of “Wait Until Dark” stars, from left, Beau Wade as Roat, Danno Waddell as Mike, and Anna Hobbs as Susy. (Mike Kitaif)

True to part of its mission, City Repertory Theatre once again is offering a play that is typically off the radar of the local theater scene: a genuine, suspense-filled thriller. Susy has just been blinded in a car crash. While Susy’s husband Sam is away, three sadistic thugs track a heroin-stuffed doll they’re looking for to Susy’s apartment. A harrowing cat-and-mouse game ensues and soon involves Gloria, a young girl who lives in a nearby apartment.

Calm and Confident Opelka Wins to Reach 3rd Round of Australian Open

January 19, 2022 | Michael Lewis | 3 Comments

Reilly Opelka scored another commanding performance at the Australian open earlier today. (© Corinne Dubreuil/ATPTour.com)

The former Indian Trails Middle School student put forth an outstanding performance Monday night in the second round of the Australian Open, dispatching Germany’s Dominik Koepfer to reach the third round for the first time.

Flagler School District Library Plan: Parents May Ban Books for Their Own Kids, But Not Others

January 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Flagler County school libraries' open open stacks will get new safeguards. (© FlaglerLive)

Book bans may be a thing of the past in Flagler County schools as the district today presented a library opt-out provision for prohibitive parents, while leaving access free to all books for all other students. The approach, as draconianly restrictive for those who want to exercise it and as liberal as a university library’s open-stack policy for the freer-minded could, in effect, make even book challenges moot.

City Approves Self-Storage Facility on Old Kings Road, Near Hidden Lakes, Against Public Opposition

January 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

The Secure Space self-storage facility would be built between Old Kings Road and I-95, near the Hidden Lakes subdivision. The illustration was part of the developer's presentation to the city council.

The rezoning for a 23-acre site for a future self-storage facility–another one–between I-95 and Old Kings Road, and not far from the Hidden Lakes and Toscana subdivisions, drew some pointed opposition from nearby residents and people with family at a neighboring assisted living facility. The self-storage grounds would also accommodate RV’s and boats, neither of which may be parked in Palm Coast driveways.

Sheriff Staly on Simultaneous July 4 Fireworks in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach: ‘It Will Certainly Strain Our Resources’

January 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

July 4 is a strain on Flagler Beach and law enforcement agencies. If Palm Coast were to hold a fireworks show on the same day, Sheriff Rick Staly said his agency may not be able to support Flagler Beach to the same degree that it has in the past. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly is cautioning the two cities that simultaneous July 4 fireworks will mean his agency might not be able to support Flagler Beach as it has before on that day. But a Palm Coast City Council member has now shifted position, and favors continuing July 4 and July 3 shows, giving each city July 4 in alternate years. But would Flagler Beach agree to hold its shows on July 3 every other year?

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Radical Message Is Betrayed With Focus on ‘Dream’

January 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking against the Vietnam War, St. Paul Campus, University of Minnesota. (Wikimedia Commons)

Martin Luther King Jr., the “civil saint” portrayed nowadays was, by the end of his life, a social and economic radical, who argued forcefully for the necessity of economic justice in the pursuit of racial equality.

‘Boxer’ Targets Kay Jewelers for Theft, and is Taken Down Minutes Later on FPC Campus

January 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Dominic Conte, 20, told authorities he targeted Kay Jewelers in the Target shopping center in Palm Coast because he figured it would have fewer customers and stays open later. He may have been right. But he did not figure on 24-hour policing.

Actually, Y’All, Some of Us Would Prefer Facts with Our Politics

January 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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In the first speech of his 2024 presidential campaign, not-so-cunningly disguised as the “State of the State” address, Ron DeSantis declared, We have made Florida the freest state in these United States. He just hopes you don;t look behind the syrup.

Florida Legislators Are Stealing Money from Environmentally-Sensitive Lands Pot, Without Consequences

January 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Still from an ad advocating for 2014’s Amendment 1, reserving real estate taxes for an environmental land-buying program.

In 2014, 75 percent of Florida voters approved an amendment to the state Constitution that said the Legislature had to spend a certain amount of money buying environmentally sensitive land. Legislators have been illegally appropriating hundreds of millions of dollars away from the intended purpose of the amendment.

Simultaneous Fireworks in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach? ‘Unworkable, Unsafe and Unsound’

January 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

It's hard enough managing one July 4 event that day. The thought of having simultaneous events in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach is raising concerns. (© FlaglerLive)

Scott Spradley, chairman of the committee the Flagler Beach City Commission appointed to study how best to continue Independence Day events in the city, was sharply opposed to holding fireworks the same day as Palm Coast, as Palm Coast officials have suggested. Spradley took his stand as he delivered the final report of the committee’s work, which had not addressed the Palm Coast issue.

Flagler’s Covid Cases Near 1,500 in a Week, Shattering Record Even as Peak Is in Sight; 3 More Deaths Bring Total to 288

January 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Flagler this week shattered its earlier covid-positive total, with 1,469 new cases. Click on the graph for an uncompressed view. (© FlaglerLive)

Like most communities across the country, Flagler County this week shattered its weekly covid-infection total, with 1,469, exceeding last week’s record of 1,166, though emergency-care clinics’ numbers suggest that the region is near or at its peak of this latest wave, driven mostly by the astonishingly infectious but less lethal omicron variant.

Sheriff Takes Over Noah Smith Murder Investigation and Sternly Warns Against Retaliatory Vigilantism

January 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly in a screen capture from his statement this evening, announcing his agency's take-over of the Noah Smith murder investigation. (© FlaglerLive via FCSO)

An emphatic Sheriff Rick Staly late this evening took to Facebook Live to broadcast a warning against anyone who may be planning a retaliatory hit on the perpetrator or perpetrators of the shooting death of 16-year-old Noah Smith on a Bunnell street Wednesday night.

Supreme Court Blocks Vaccine Mandates for Big Employers But Backs Mandates for Health Workers

January 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Not so fast. (White House)

After Florida and other states fought the plans, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a Covid-19 vaccination mandate for large employers while clearing the way for a requirement that health-care workers get shots to try to curb the virus.

FPC Student Noah Smith, 16, Is Gunned Down in Drive-By Shooting in Bunnell

January 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

Noah Smith in a Facebook image from 2021.

Noah Smith, a 16-year-old student at Flagler Palm Coast High School and a Bunnell resident, was gunned down in a drive-by shooting late Wednesday night in Bunnell. Smith died later at the hospital.

Cops and Firefighters Discover Power of GIS in Search and Rescue Drill at Princess Place Preserve

January 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Sheriff's deputies during the morning briefing at Princess Place Preserve, before they were deployed for the exercise. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Fire Rescue personnel joined with Flagler County Sheriff’s deputies, Flagler County Emergency Management and the county’s IT and GIS teams this morning and into the middle of the afternoon at Princess Place Preserve for the first joint exercise in more than half a decade. Some 75 participants were involved.

Slow Way in Seminole Woods Will Not Close After All as Palm Coast Council Ends Long and Winding Slog

January 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Slow Way in Seminole Woods is only a few dozen feet long and connects to a dirt, county road. (© FlaglerLive)

After voting to close Slow Way last year, the Palm Coast City Council has reversed course for good, opting to keep the tiny street open now that no-truck signs appear to have reduced traffic woes and a backlash from residents made council members reluctant to close the street.

DeSantis Scripts State of the State’ ‘Freedom’ Rhetoric With Eyes on Re-Election and Presidential Ambitions

January 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Lt. Gov. Janet Nuñez flanks Gov. Ron DeSantis as he takes questions from reporters following his State of the State speech on Jan. 11, 2022. (Michael Moline)

Gov. Ron DeSantis opened the 2022 regular session of the Florida Legislature on Tuesday by crowing that he has kept Florida “the freest state in these United States” during the Covid crisis and promising to continue to oppose a “coercive biomedical apparatus.”

Flagler Access Center for Mental Health and Substance Disorders Opens as Glimmer of Help in Crisis

January 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Ivan A. Cosimi, chief executive officer of SMA Healthcare, at today's ribbon-cutting for the new facility that SMA will run. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Access will provide guidance and services to people with mental health or substance disorders through a partnership involving SMA Healthcare and Flagler Health+, and mostly state funds, operating from the building that used to house the Bunnell Branch Library and Sally’s Safe Haven on State Road 100 and U.S. 1.

‘You Had Me at 8-Inch Shells’: Palm Coast Would Shift Fireworks to Airport, But on July 4, Clashing With Flagler Beach

January 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Central Park in Town Center may no longer be the Independence Day venue for fireworks. (Palm Coast)

While the Palm Coast City Council is fine with moving Independence Day fireworks to the county airport, three council members want to see fireworks only on July 4, which would clash with Flagler Beach’s iconic show and create coordination problems that the city and the Sheriff’s Office may not have the resources to provide simultaneously.

In Ultimatum, US Army Corps Tells Flagler It May Lose $17 Million for Now If Dunes Impasse Isn’t Resolved

January 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

One of the dunes remnants in play at the south end of Flagler Beach, near the Beachfront Grille. (© FlaglerLive)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told Flagler County that it is at risk of losing $17.5 million in federal funds earmarked for a 2.6-mile dunes restoration project in Flagler Beach if the county doesn’t show by early February that it has either acquired three remaining holdouts’ easements or that it will take the owners to court to acquire the easements.

Flagler District Rescinds Letter of Reprimand in Case of Wadsworth Teacher Who Told Story About ‘Black Boy’

January 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The complaint that triggered an internal investigation at Wadsworth Elementary was filed in September. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County school district has rescinded a letter of reprimand to Wadsworth Elementary teacher Stacey Smith after Smith appealed the penalty. It had resulted from Smith telling her fifth grade students during Math class about an experience she had with “a beautiful Black boy” or “poor little Black boy” while teaching in Chicago at the beginning of her career.

Prosecution Drops Felony Fraud Case Against Terry McManus of Flagler Beach’s Ocean Palms Golf Club

January 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Terry McManus, right, with his attorney, Assistant Public Defender Bill Bookhammer. This morning, McManus pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of falsifying a police report and the prosecution in exchange dropped a felony fraud case against him. It was scheduled for trial this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

Terry McManus, whose company runs the Flagler Beach city-owned Ocean Palms Golf Course, was convicted on a DUI charge and sentenced to four years in prison last fall. He was scheduled to go on trial on a felony fraud charge this morning. The prosecution dropped it in exchange for his plea to a misdemeanor charge. He claimed the state did not have the evidence to convict him on the fraud charge.

Why We Are Appealing Flagler Court’s Decision Clearing the Way for Development of The Gardens on John Anderson

January 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

An aerial view of The Gardens development site in August, in an image by Preserve Flagler Beach and Bulow Creek.

John Tanner, the lawyer representing Preserve Flagler Beach and Bulow Creek, the organization opposing the 335-home Gardens development on John Anderson Highway, explains why the organization appealed a circuit judge’s decision clearing the way for the development. The appeal is pending at the Fifth District Court of Appeal.

I Saw Firsthand What It Takes to Keep Covid Out of Hong Kong. It Felt Like a Different Planet.

January 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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On a visit to Hong Kong, reporter Caroline Chen encountered a 21-day quarantine, a bevy of Covid tests, universal masking and, finally, a fear-free family holiday. Hong Kong’s quarantine procedures are among the strictest in the world. The city is committed to a “zero-Covid” policy, which means it will take every possible measure to prevent a single case.

The Party of January 6

January 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Trumpism, which started out as a simple-minded rejection of the status quo, has become something else: a thorough rejection of democratic procedures and a darkly conspiratorial hatred of federal power. This corrosive ideology is now orthodoxy within the Republican Party, and that party remains just popular enough to win back Congress this year and, potentially, the White House in 2024.

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