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Ground Up, a Muscle Car Parts Company, Moves Into Ex-Palm Coast Data Building With 30 to 40 Jobs

September 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The building at 2 Commerce Boulevard is about to have its third incarnation in 13 years, this time as the headquarters of a muscle car parts company. (© FlaglerLive)

Ground Up SS396, a Connecticut-based e-commerce company that sells parts for muscle cars like Chevelles, Camaros and El Caminos, is shifting its warehouse, call center and offices into the 70,000 square-foot building on Commerce Parkway formerly owned by Palm Coast Data, and used as Palm Coast’s City Hall before that. The company will be closing its Connecticut operation. 

Florida Department of Health Argues for Suppressing Covid Data in Public Records Lawsuit

September 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The Florida Department of Health is trying to scuttle a public-records lawsuit seeking information about Covid-19, arguing that requested reports don’t exist and that the underlying data is confidential.

Committee Week in Florida’s Capitol: Welcome to the Festival of Ignorance

September 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The Florida Capitol last January. The Florida Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021. Credit: (Michael Moline/Florida Phoenix)

Legislators came to town for the autumn ritual of political harlotry they call “committee week.” Tallahassee’s collective IQ dropped by a good 60 points. That’s bad, but what they propose doing to Florida is worse. Diane Roberts reports.

Charlie Crist Denounces New Covid School Policy and Seeks Ouster of New Surgeon General

September 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Charlie Crist at a speaking engagement in late August. (Facebook)

Democrat Charlie Crist denounced Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday as an “oppressive tyrant” willing to send coronavirus-infected children into the public schools and risk the health of other children to please his covid-skeptical political base.

‘We’re Running Out of People’: Flagler’s Covid Case Load Drops Sharply, But Vaccinations Also Plummet

September 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Just over 200 people were confirmed to have tested positive for Covid in Flagler this week, the lowest weekly total since early July. Click on the graph for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County recorded just over 200 covid cases in the week ending today, the lowest total since early summer, but vaccinations have plummeted to a new low since after the initial rollouts. While school cases have also dropped, the Flagler school district is struggling through significant teacher and other staffing shortages.

Palm Coast’s Brittany Myers, a NICU Nurse, Arrested for Aggravated Child Abuse; 4 Children Describe Chronic Beatings

September 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

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Brittany Myers, a 38-year-old mother of five and a nurse at an AdventHealth newborn intensive care unit, was arrested on a charge of aggravated child abuse after her 16-year-old daughter took video of her mother brutalizing her 14-year-old brother on Tuesday evening at their P-Section home in Palm Coast.

Alachua School Board Gets $150,000 Federal Grant to Cover Salaries DeSantis Cut Over Mask Fight

September 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The Alachua County School Board meeting on Sept. 21 in a screen capture from its meeting video.

State Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran announced Aug. 30 that the Florida Department of Education had started to withhold funds from the Alachua and Broward County school districts in amounts equal to the monthly salaries of school board members who voted for student mask requirements.

The Story Behind the Pipe Failure on Royal Palms Pkwy: What Went Wrong, How It’ll be Fixed, What to Expect

September 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Piping and materials have been trucked in for the replacement and repairs that will begin on Sept. 27 on the damaged piping beneath Royal Palms Parkway.

The pipe failure beneath Royal Palms Parkway that closed the busy east-west road on Sept. 16 and will keep it closed until near mid-October is an example of Palm Coast’s aging infrastructure, which sometimes outruns the city’s ongoing $75 million plan to reinforce, repair or replace it.

Stop Yelling. Have a Point: Advice for School Board Meeting Disrupters from Someone Who’s Been There.

September 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Randy Bertrand addressing the Flagler County School Board at a meeting last year.

In the wake of two turbulent school board meetings, Randall Bertrand was left wondering what all the sound and fury was about since many speakers’ loud and disruptive message was already made moot by school board votes or state policy.

Evidence Shows That, Yes, Masks Prevent Covid, and Surgical Masks Are the Way To Go

September 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

It's that simple: a surgical mask. Markus Winkler on Unsplash

The largest randomized controlled trial to date testing the effectiveness of mask-wearing provides gold-standard evidence that confirms previous research: Wearing masks, particularly surgical masks, prevents covid-19.

After Parents Object to ‘Equity’ and Race-Driven Balance, Rezoning Plan Now Limits Impact to Palm Coast’s R-Section

September 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Steven Furnari, right, addresses the Flagler school board on behalf of a citizens' group opposed to the district's original rezoning plan. (© FlaglerLive)

After facing a relatively small but angry group of parents who accused the district of wanting to balance school populations in part based on racial and socio-economic equity, the Flagler County school administration on Tuesday announced it was drastically scaling back what would have been a county-wide rezoning plan set for next year. The district is opting instead for rezoning that will affect only the two middle schools, the two high schools and the entirety of Palm Coast’s R-Section and parts of west Flagler, but none other. 

Quarantining for Asymptomatic Students Is Now Optional as Florida Issues New Rules Further Limiting Safety Measures

September 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Flagler County School Board member Jill Woolbright, seen here at a workshop last week, complained Tuesday evening during a board meeting that asymptomatic children deemed close contacts to known infections were having to quarantine. (© FlaglerLive)

Pointing to a need to “minimize the amount of time students are removed from in-person learning,” the Florida Department of Health on Wednesday issued a revised rule that gives parents more authority to decide whether children go to school after being exposed to people who have covid-19. The new rule replicates the same standard in effect for masking: it’s permissible, but only at parents’ discretion.

Anti-Maskers Turn Another Flagler School Board Meeting Into Virulent, at Times Bigoted and Threatening Spectacle

September 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 53 Comments

Members of the Flagler County School Board in a huddle with Flagler County Sheriff's deputies before this evening's meeting as they were being cautioned--and directed--on following deputies' directions in case the meeting turned chaotic. It was an unprecedented caution. (© FlaglerLive)

Even though there was no chance of a mask mandate, the Flagler County School Board meeting Tuesday evening again devolved into an ugly spectacle of anti-mask militancy that at times turned threatening, homophobic, Islamophobic and covid-denying, and required the meeting again to be briefly recessed and board members sent to a safe room.

Plan Would Reinvent Belle Terre Swim Club as Home to Several District Programs, Preserving Pool

September 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Assistant Superintendent Paul Peacock, right, outlines a plan to remake the Belle Terre Swim and Racket Club as a school site that would accommodate several district programs while possibly still preserving some of the club's amenities. The board members studied their options. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County school district is proposing a plan that would reinvent the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club either as a hybrid or as a site exclusively used for several school programs. The school board is favoring the plan, with a hybrid model.

Palm Coast’s Paul Renner Ready to Take Reins as Florida House Speaker in 2022

September 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Paul Renner's, and Flagler's, moment. (© FlaglerLive)

Rep. Paul Renner formally became the next speaker of the Florida House on Tuesday, as the Palm Coast Republican prepares to move into one of the most-powerful positions in the state after the 2022 elections.

Between Bouts of Rudeness, Palm Coast Votes Against Removing Ban on Commercial Vehicles in Residential Driveways

September 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 64 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council voted down any change in its current prohibition on commercial vehicles of any size on residential driveways.

The Palm Coast City Council this morning voted 3-2 against changing its ordinance banning the parking of commercial vehicles in residential driveways, unless the vehicles are on a work call. An attempt to consider a referendum on the issue, assuming the question can be appended to the 2022 ballot at no additional cost, was set aside. 

Flagler District Prepares to Re-Zone Schools for the First Time in Over a Decade in Face of Some Sharp Objections

September 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A hallway at Indian Trails Middle School, where, along with Buddy Taylor Middle, sixth graders will be attending starting next year. The shift is making the two middle schools the front runners in the district's rezoning. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board will vote on a rezoning plan in December, and on Tuesday will hear an updated, phased-in approach that will focus on the two middle schools first, where sixth graders will be shifted starting next year. Localized but intense opposition to rezoning plans compelled the administration to propose a more phased-in approach than a county-wide rezoning.

County Approves $16 Million for Next Phase on Sheriff’s HQ Construction, and October 2022 Move-In

September 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The 8.4-acre job site of the future Sheriff's Operations Center this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

The project’s “substantial completion date” of the 51,615 square-foot, two-story, $23 million building is now slated for Oct. 10, 2022, almost a year later than projected last December. But there have been no further delays since June.

Covid Numbers Fall Across the Board in Flagler and Florida, Now Matching Winter Peak; Experts Stress Continued Caution

September 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The covid numbers are falling across the board: in the community, in schools, in hospitals locally and across Central Florida, but with a caveat: the numbers today, while falling, are at the exact point where they were at the height of the winter wave–the third and until then most severe wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

I Got a ‘Mild’ Breakthrough Case. Here’s What I Wish I’d Known.

September 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The vaccines aren’t a force field that wards off all things covid. The rise of delta has changed the odds of having a breakthrough infection. Best advice: Wear masks, stay away from big gatherings with unvaccinated people and cut down on travel, at least until things calm down.

Flagler School Board’s ‘Retreat’ Unravels in Rancor and Accusations as Deep Dysfunctions Are Laid Bare

September 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The Flagler County School Board at its 'retreat' on Sept. 9: it has a long way to go to scale the eight pillars of trust. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board’s day-long “retreat” on Sept. 9, designed to hone leadership and cohesion skills, was a grueling, at times a shocking display of mistrust, dysfunction, dissembling and exasperation by the board members as the fallout from recent issues revealed deep fissures. Whether the board can bridge huge gaps of mistrust remains uncertain.

“I Was Threatened With Death”: School Board’s Janet McDonald Re-Writes History With Fabrication

September 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

Flagler County School Board member Janet McDonald at the day-long training session on Sept. 9. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County School Board member Janet McDonald at a public workshop of the board last week falsely accused Randy Bertrand, the parent of a student in the district who often addressed the school board, of charging the dais and threatening her life, and accused the board of doing nothing–all proven false by video of the June 2020 meeting.

End the Offensive Discrimination Against Workers: Yes to Commercial Vehicles in Palm Coast Driveways

September 17, 2021 | Pierre Tristam | 131 Comments

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Palm Coast’s prohibition against small, van-size commercial vehicles in residential driveways is outdated and discriminatory, especially targeting blue-collar workers while refusing to recognize the vastly changing geography of work. This isn’t a majority vote issue. It’s a workers’ rights issue.

Being Billie: Laniece Fagundes Embodies Jazz singer Lady Day as City Repertory Theatre Opens 11th Season

September 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Laniece Fagundes portray legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in City Repertory Theatre’s production of “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill.” (Mike Kataif)

Laniece Fagundes stars in the role of Billie Holiday in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” the play that opens City Repertory Theatre’s 11th season tonight. Written by Lanie Robertson, “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” premiered in 1986 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta and landed Off-Broadway soon after, winning a Tony on Broadway in 2014.

School District’s Request to Double Impact Fees Turns Into Hostile Inquisition by County Commission and Builders

September 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

School Board Chairman Trevor Tucker, seen here in a different context, was left pleading last Tuesday with members of the County Commission to grant the district's request for a new schedule of impact fees. He did not get a warm reception. (© FlaglerLive)

In an unexpected turn, what the Flagler County school district thought was a mere formality before the County Commission turned into a 90-minute grilling by commissioners and a parade of doubt by builders who consider the district’s request to double impact fees ill-thought and ill-timed.

The Gardens Development Wins Key Battle as Court Finds County Commission Acted Properly in Clearing Project

September 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Preserve Flagler Beach, the grass-roots group opposing The Gardens development on John Anderson highway, had sued the county commission and the developer, charging that the commission’s Nov. 16 decision clearing the way for the development was illegal. Circuit Judge Terence Perkins disagreed.

Volusia and Other School Districts Are Backtracking on Mask Policies and Broadening Opt-Outs at Parents’ Discretion

September 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Volusia County’s school board votes to allow parental opt-out of mask policy, backtracking on a previous decision to only allow students to opt-out for medical reasons. Source: Volusia County school board YouTube channel

At least two school districts — Volusia and Lee — that previously adopted strict mask mandates have decided to allow parents to opt their students out of the policy for any reason, while a third, Indian River, now requires masks only at certain times when Covid-19 surges in isolated schools.

What the Expanded Child Tax Credit Means to Me

September 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The expanded child tax credit is on track to lift half of all kids living in poverty out of it. That will help them lead safer, happier lives well into adulthood. If we have the political will, we can make more smart economic choices like these to give all children a safe and secure childhood, writes the author.

A 4-Year-Old Child Is Catapulted Out of a U-Turning Car. His Mother Was Oblivious. The Car Kept Going.

September 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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A Flagler Beach resident going to work this morning saw a 4-year-old child catapulted out of the back seat of a car that was making a U-turn on State Road 100 and Old Kings Road. The car kept going. The child suffered minor scratches. The child’s mother and his uncle face felony child neglect charges and drug charges.

Palm Coast Approves a Manager Search Vulnerable to Councilmen’s Free-Wheeling Outside Formal Process

September 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The search for a replacement. The chair is currently filled by Interim City Manager Denise Bevan. (© FlaglerLive)

What screening of applicants for Palm Coast City Manager will take place in the formal process may be undermined by individual council members’ decisions to circumvent it to champion their own choices regardless, whether those candidates match minimum requirements or not. 

Assailant of Armed Robbery at GameStop Had Left FPC Campus, and Was Returning There After Heist

September 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The assailant in a surveillance video capture at the store. (FCSO)

GameStop, the store along the Target shopping center adjacent to Kay Jewelers, was the target of a robbery by a student in an alternative program on the campus of Flagler Palm Coast High School. He’d left campus–and was returning there immediately after stealing over $300. A School Resource Officer apprehended him.

Fractured as Ever, Palm Coast Council Will Vote Tuesday on Keeping or Ending Commercial Vehicle Ban in Driveways

September 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 55 Comments

It's no Tesla: Council member Victor Barbosa wants vehicles with commercial lettering like his, above, to be allowed permanently on residential driveways, along with commercial work vehicles and those with racks. (© FlaglerLive)

A divided Palm Coast City Council will vote on Sept. 21 on whether to keep its current regulations banning commercial vehicles in residential driveways, or relaxing the regulation. The vote may hinge on Mayor David Alfin, who has strongly hinted so far that he’s not big on changing the ordinance. Ed Danko and Victor Barbosa want the ordinance relaxed. Eddie Branquinho and Nick Klufas do not.

Re-evaluating July 4 in Flagler Beach: Panel Will Focus on Parking and Surveying Residents’ Wishes

September 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The City Commission-appointed July 4 Committee meeting this morning at City Hall. (© FlaglerLive)

Has Flagler Beach’s July 4 celebration become too much–too big, too unpredictable–of a good thing for this sliver of a town? Could its interminable parade possibly be scaled back, its fireworks show shortened or ceded to Palm Coast, its Veterans Park activities refocused on families and the flow of booze in public places restricted on the beach, where it is now legal?

L’Darius Smith Is Sentenced to a Year in Jail Over Baseball Bat Incident, Ending Latest But Not Last Court Odyssey

September 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

In the words of Mario Balotelli: "Why always me?" L'Darius Smith with his attorney, Assistant Public Defender Regina Nunnally. (© FlaglerLive)

The long, convoluted, at times controversial case of L’Darius Smith ended Friday with his sentencing to a year in jail for aggravated assault, burglary, theft, battery and the improper exhibition of a weapon in a pair of incidents that go back to early 2020 in Palm Coast, that touched on claims of racial prejudice and involved a stand your ground hearing that Smith lost.

City Rep Theatre’s 11th Season of Leviathans: Martin Luther King, Billie Holiday, Godot and that Reign of Terror

September 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

City Repertory’s John Sbordone, a man for all seasons and stages. (Mike Kitaif)

Covid permitting, the 11th season of Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre proposes its most ambitious line-up yet, with Martin Luther King Jr., Billie Holiday, a vengeful dead wife, a blind woman battling murderous intruders in her home, and a rebel fighting the tyranny of pay toilets in a dystopian world all gracing City Rep’s stage.

After A Fraud: A Tax Accountant Explains What To Do If You’re a Victim of an Unscrupulous Tax Preparer

September 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The sign in the window may not be the whole story. (© FlaglerLive)

Chris Kocher, a licensed CPA since 2003 and a long-time tax accountant in Bunnell, explains how to handle the fallout from revelations that numerous clients of Robert “Bob” Newsholme’s Flagler Tax Services may have been defrauded.

A Survivor Tree Grows in Palm Coast: 9/11 Ceremony at Heroes Park Dedicates Sapling From Ground Zero

September 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A sapling from the Survivor Tree at Ground Zero, now in Palm Coast's Heroes Park. It was dedicated during a 9/11 ceremony Saturday. (© FlaglerLive)

Saturday evening in Palm Coast, in a 9/11 memorial ceremony organized by Patrick Juliano and the Palm Coast Fire Department, a sapling from the Survivor Tree was dedicated at Heroes Park.

How Another President’s Vaccine Rollout Eradicated a Deadly Disease, Without Ideological Animosity

September 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

President Dwight Eisenhower with Florida Governor LeRoy Collins in 1955, the year of the polio vaccine rollout and Eisenhower's decision to put the full force of the federal government behind it. (Florida Memory)

On May 31, 1955, just weeks after the Salk polio vaccine was proved effective against the deadly and paralyzing disease, President Eisenhower outlined the benefits of universal vaccination and hinted he would use the full powers of the government to ensure inoculations. But cooperation from federal, state and local governments made that unnecessary. Polio was eradicated within a few years.

9/11: The Road Not Taken

September 11, 2021 | Pierre Tristam | 3 Comments

In Washington Square Park in Manhattan, an American flag turned emotional message board in the days after the 9/11 attacks. (© Pierre Tristam/FlaglerLive)

The military and political misuses of the 9/11 terrorist attacks were bound to have bewildering consequences for the nation’s budget and its sense of itself as a free and peaceful society, absent the prevailing of wise, more prudent choices. Those choices did not prevail.

Number of Potential Victims Up to 57 in Bob Newsholme Tax Fraud Case as Slew of Schemes Involving Big Sums Emerge

September 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Flagler Tax Services' storefront office at the Bunnell Business Center near the Chicken Pantry. Robert Newsholme owns the whole center. (© FlaglerLive)

Innumerable reports by his clients pointing to hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraud paint a picture of Bob Newsholme, the long-time owner of Flagler Tax Services, as a versatile but clumsy schemer. Newsholme seemed to have boxed himself in in a Ponzi scheme of his own making, hoping to stay ahead of the inevitable reckoning by enlarging his circle of fraud. But as it began to unravel, it unraveled very quickly. But his clients are now left to pick up the pieces–and pay what they owe to the IRS.

Challenge to DeSantis’s Ban on Mask Mandates In Doubt Again as Appeals Court Reinstates Stay on Judge’s Decision

September 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee. (Wikimedia Commons)

Pointing to “serious doubts” about the lawsuit, an appeals court Friday put on hold a circuit judge’s ruling that said Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his constitutional authority in a July 30 executive order aimed at preventing school mask mandates.

Sharp Drop in Covid Cases at Schools, Hospital and Community, But Flagler Deaths Have Nearly Doubled to 201 in 4th Wave

September 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Vaccinations are still lagging in Flagler. (© FlaglerLive)

The fourth and gravest wave of the Covid pandemic has crested in Flagler County, with case loads in schools, at the hospital and in the community falling sharply, but at a heavy price: deaths from Covid-19 in Flagler have reached 201, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The county has coordinated a video PSA to push vaccinations, with the cooperation of every local government.

Federal Judge Issues Injunction Against Florida’s Protest Law, Calling It ‘Vague and Overbroad’

September 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

It became the largest civil rights movement in the country. (© FlaglerLive)

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker on Thursday blocked a controversial state law that enhances penalties and creates new crimes in protests that turn violent. Walker, who has frequently clashed with the DeSantis administration and the GOP-controlled Legislature, granted the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction blocking DeSantis and three sheriffs from enforcing the law.

Palm Coast Policing Budget Will Jump 42% with 10 New Deputies, Tax Rate Will Dip a Smidge, but at Reserves’ Expense

September 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff's Office's Mark Strobridge had reasons to smile--10 reasons--as he walked away from the podium after answering questions from Palm Coast City Council members this evening. The council, with some disagreement, had granted the 10 additional deputies Sheriff Rick Staly requested. The council had a harder time settling on a property tax rate. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council Thursday evening ended weeks of wrangling over its budget and tax rate and voted 3-2 to approve awarding the sheriff all 10 requested additional deputies and reduce the tax rate enough to save the average homesteaded homeowner about $11, while using $530,000 from city reserves to make the numbers work.

As Tempers Flare, Attorney and Flagler School Board Members Attempt Unprecedented Ban of Meeting’s Recording

September 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

School Board Attorney Kristy Gavin, standing, explaining the legalities of recordings at public meetings, an issue that caused Flagler County School Board members to stop their training workshop today for 27 minutes. Two of the board members wanted to bar recordings at the session, which would have violated open-meeting laws. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler School Board Attorney Kristy Gavin, School Board members Janet McDonald and Jill Woolbright attempted to ban recordings by a reporter and others of today’s daylong training workshop. A lawyer with the Attorney general’s office prevented the ban after a nearly 30-minute recess of the workshop.

Realtors Abandon Ballot Initiative that Would Have Ensured Funding for Affordable Housing

September 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Booming. But not affordable. (© FlaglerLive)

Realtors are halting an effort to pass a constitutional amendment to ensure funding for affordable housing, saying they will work with legislative leaders to create a program to help people such as nurses, police officers and firefighters buy homes.

Rezoning Near Integra Woods and U.S. 1 Clears the Way for Up to 650-Unit Apartment Complex, or ‘Attached’ Homes

September 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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The Palm Coast City Council approved the rezoning of 72 acres between U.S. 1 and Seminole Woods Boulevard, clearing the way for a multi-phased development of up to 650 apartments, what the developer’s attorney describes as “attached single-family home-like” apartments rather than traditional, multi-story apartment buildings.

Stay on Mask Ruling Is Lifted, Enabling Local School Boards to Impose Mandate–Until the Next Ruling

September 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper today lifted the stay on his own ruling that declared illegal Gov. Ron DeSantis’s executive order banning mask mandates in schools. That opens the way for school districts to impose mandates if they wish–at least until the next step in the case’s legal journey.

Gov. DeSantis, in Palm Coast, Opens Federally-Funded Monoclonal Center at Daytona State College Campus

September 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis appearing at Daytona State College's Palm Coast campous this morning, with Sen. Travis Hutson, right. (© FlaglerLive via TampaBay 10)

Continuing his tour across the state, Gov. Ron DeSantis this morning stopped at Daytona State College’s Palm Coast campus to announce the opening of a free monoclonal treatment center made possible by federal funds. The treatment will be open seven days a week starting Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The treatments do not require a prescription.

Palm Coast Council All in for 10 More Cops, But the Votes for a Budget and Tax Rate Aren’t Lining Up, Setting Up Showdown

September 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Mayor David Alfin's honeymoon may have ended this evening. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council in a disorderly special workshop meeting this evening agreed to fully fund  the Flagler County Sheriff’s request for 10 additional deputies for city policing, four more than it had originally budgeted. But that’s as far as it got in agreeing to a new budget. The rest remains a churn of conflicts, setting up a potential showdown between council members at a public hearing on Thursday.

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