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Flagler Beach City Commission

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.

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.

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.

‘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.

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.

Incumbents a Crowd as Qualifying Soon Closes in Flagler Beach, Bunnell and Beverly Beach for March Elections

January 6, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

You never know what candidates will come up with as campaign props: last year Flagler Beach Commissioner Eric Cooley, who is not on the ballot this year, drafted a famous Flagler Beach shark as a campaign aid. (© FlaglerLive)

For an off-year, 2022 will not be short of elections in Flagler County, starting with elections in Flagler Beach, Bunnell and Beverly Beach on March 8. A combined seven incumbents in the three municipalities are making a play to keep their seats, and absent additional candidates filing to run, Bunnell and Beverly Beach could end up with uncontested elections.

Flagler Beach Committee’s July 4 Report: Fireworks On, Scaled Back Parade, Stepped Up Policing

December 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

All over but the edits: the July 4 committee this morning after its next-to-last meeting. It is turning in its report to the Flagler Beach City Commission in mid-January. (© FlaglerLive)

The committee the Flagler Beach City Commission appointed to study the future and feasibility of Independence Day activities on the increasingly crowded barrier-island city has dropped all controversial ideas from its final report, adopting instead a moderate, stay-the-course approach that will be recognizable by all, with a few notable improvements planned or proposed.

Flagler Beach Commission Signs Off on Revolving Loan of Up to $17.6 Million to Rebuild Sewer Plant

December 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

It'll soon look better. Flagler Beach's swere plant is in serious need of repair. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission Thursday unanimously approved authorization for a loan of up to $17.6 million to rebuild and expand the city’s sewer plant, a more-than $2 million difference from when the commission was first presented figures in June, when it voted to borrow up to $15 million. In 2019, the cost of the project had been pegged at $11 million.

With Bells, Santa and Starry Nights, First Friday Returns in Flagler Beach After Nearly 2-Year Absence

December 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

First Friday returned in Flagler Beach Friday evening for the first time since the Covid pandemic sent the monthly festival on hiatus in the spring of 2020. Friday’s return event coincided with the second-year edition of the launch of Starry Nights, the city’s newest addition to its Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Ramadan and Christmas celebrations as the Flagler Beach pier, many other city landmarks, businesses and homes light up in unison. 

In Shift, Flagler Beach Will Not Abandon July 4 Fireworks. It’s Now How, Not Whether, to Preserve Tradition.

November 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

After considering abandoning July 4 fireworks due to overcrowding and safety concerns, a committee appointed by the Flagler Beach City Commission to study the matter will recommend keeping the fireworks while proposing a series of management and policing approaches to better control crowds, minimize underage drinking and provide alternatives to driving and parking on the island.

A Divided Flagler Beach Commission Rejects Church’s Proposal to Open a Small Christian School Near Center of Town

October 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

The church on South 6th Street. (© FlaglerLive)

In an unusual land-use decision that bowed to public concerns over firearms and economic activity, the Flagler Beach City Commission on Thursday rejected a church’s request to run a non-traditional parochial one-room school on South 6th Street, between South Central and South Daytona avenues.

Flagler Beach Commission Votes to Build 800-ft., $12.5 Million Concrete Pier Replacement

October 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The Flagler Beach pier when it was last reconstructed in 2017. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach Pier will be demolished and rebuilt as an 800-foot concrete pier, with $10 million in federal funds already allocated, and $2.5 million in money the city must still find. The city hopes the new, more hurricane-resistant pier will be completed by the time Flagler Beach marks its centennial in 2024.

First Friday, Christmas Parade and Starry Nights Are Returning to Flagler Beach in December as Grinch Variant Wanes

October 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The Flagler Beach City Commission signed off on returning the city’s popular holiday-season events and First Friday, kicking off on Dec. 3 and 4. The city will also launch the second edition of Starry Nights, lighting up the pier, Veterans park and participating businesses, also starting on Dec. 3.

Flagler Health Department Chief Tells Cities and County: Decision to Hold Events Is Yours, Not Health Department’s

October 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler Health Department Chief Bob Snyder during a vaccination clinic at the county airport earlier this year. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Health Department is making it clear to local city and county governments: the department is no longer in the business of telling them whether to hold events or not. That goes for the Christmas parade in Flagler Beach. That was true of the Creekside Festival last weekend. That goes for events at the Flagler Auditorium and anywhere else.

Panel Discusses Eliminating Flagler Beach’s July 4 Parade, or at Least Significantly Scaling It Back

October 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The Flagler Beach July 4 parade is more ingrained in the city's traditions than its fireworks show. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson suggested doing away with the Independence Day parade, an idea that gained little traction among July 4 committee members today, but there was more unanimity about significantly scaling back the parade and eliminating politicians and most businesses from participation.

Limited Public Opposition to New Fire Truck Weighs In as Flagler Beach Commission Reasserts Need and Support

September 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Flagler Beach Fire Captain Stephen Cox briefing the Flagler Beach City Commission and the public on the proposed purchase of a new fire truck at a special workshop Tuesday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

A town hall-like workshop to give the public a chance to weigh in on Flagler Beach’s proposed purchase of a new fire truck did not change dynamics: a commission largely supportive of the purchase, and a small minority strongly opposed.

Flagler Beach Appoints Committee to Rethink July 4 Fireworks While Aiming for a Show on New Year’s Eve Too

August 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Picture it reading 2022 on New Year's Eve. (© FlaglerLive)

Five residents and the mayor make up the committee that will study the continued feasibility of July 4 fireworks, while the city will ask the county’s tourism bureau for twin allocations of $25,000 next year, to pay for both July 4 and New Year’s Eve fireworks.

Flagler Beach Again Delays First Friday Resumption, Possibly to December Unless Covid Pall Lifts Sooner

August 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

First Friday in Flagler Beach will have to wait yet again, and the sponsorship logo will be different when it resumes. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission signed a new agreement with Laverne McNeil Shank, Jr. of Surf 97.3 FM to run First Friday events but a September re-start will be delayed, possibly to December, pending a better covid climate.

Family Life Center’s Trish Giaccone Sternly Rejects Flagler Beach Mayor’s ‘Rogue’ Attack, But Fences Aren’t Mended

August 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Trish Giaccone, the executive director of the Family Life Center, Flagler County's only shelter for abused persons, during her remarks to the Flagler Beach City Commission Thursday. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Beach YouTUbe)

Family Life Center Executive Director Trish Giaccone responded bluntly Thursday to criticism from Flagler Beach mayor Suzie Johnston that Giaccone had gone “rogue” by appearing on a radio commercial hosted by an incendiary county commissioner. But it does not appear as if relations between the city and the Life Center will improve.

Flagler Beach Fire Department Again Requests $546,000 Pierce Truck, and Again Embers of Opposition Flare

August 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The Flagler Beach Fire Department is requesting the purchase of a Pierce Enforcer firetruck like the one pictured above. (Pierce)

The Flagler Beach Fire Department is requesting approval of a $546,000 fire truck to replace its 25-year-old Engine 111. The commission is receptive. But as in 2016 and again in 2020, when fire-truck purchases were floated, the proposal is drawing some opposition, some of it intimating (again) that the city should consider consolidation with county fire services.

Flagler Beach Mayor Suzie Johnston Is 1st County or City Elected Official To Call for Vaccines and Masks

July 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Flagler Beach Mayor Suzie Johnston in her two-minute video statement. (© FlaglerLive via Facebook)

The mayor was acting on her own, representing herself rather than the city of Flagler Beach. The statement was issued within hours of Gov. Ron DeSantis issuing an executive order banning masking requirements in public schools, and as he has continued to counter efforts by communities to institute more restrictive safety measures in the face of Florida’s (and Flagler’s ) unprecedented surge in covid cases.

As Flagler Beach Grapples with Tawdry Pro-Trump Gatherings, City’s Wink to Surveillance Cameras Raises Questions

July 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 108 Comments

The weekly demonstrators are giving Flagler Beach a black eye. (© FlaglerLive via Facebook)

The weekly pro-Trump demonstrations featuring profane language in the heart of Flagler Beach has city commissioners concerned about the city’s image and the administration and police eying surveillance cameras they insist will not target the demonstrators, but be used as a tool in case of criminal activity. Others see a Pandora’s box.

Flagler Beach Swiftly Approves 240 Apartments and 112 Houses on Roberts Road, a Contrast With Gardens Brawl

July 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

A rendering of the sort of apartments Piedmont Private Equity, the firm behind the 240-apartment complex planned for Roberts Road in Flagler Beach, builds, this one in Ridgeville, S.C. (Piedmont Private Equity)

The 240 apartments in eight buildings on one side of Roberts Road near Wadsworth Park and 112 single-family houses on the other have gained the Flagler Beach City Commission’s approval with hardly a peep from the public, while The Gardens and its planned 335 houses not far off, remains mired in a court battle.

End of an Era: Flagler Beach Might Let Palm Coast Take Over July 4 Fireworks and Shift Its Own to New Year’s Eve

July 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 63 Comments

The July 4 fireworks off the Flagler Beach pier have been as iconic, on Independence Day, as the pier itself all 364 other days of the year. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission has agreed to an explosive idea–explosive in the best sense and, potentially, in the worst sense: ending the July 4 fireworks, the single-most recognizable and beloved tradition associated with Flagler Beach. Instead, the city will shift its fireworks to New Year’s Eve as a way of helping business in slow winter months.

Flagler Beach Mayor Throws Marker Against Supporting Organizations Appearing on Joe Mullins Infomercial

July 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

A mirror at the Family Life Center's offices. The center runs the county's only shelter for abused people. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach Mayor Suzie Johnston, with fellow-commissioners’ support, severed her support for the Family Life Center, the shelter for abused people, after the center’s director appeared on Joe Mullins’s partisan infomercial on WNZF, what Johnston described as crossing a line. Mullins recently had slurred Flagler Beach commissioners as “cowards” and has been in an open feud with Commission Chairman Eric Cooley.

Despite Covid, Property Values Jump by 10% in Palm Coast, 9% Countywide, With Revenue Windfall from New Construction

July 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Values are still far from the last decade's crazier years. (© FlaglerLive)

New construction alone means an additional $1.2 million in revenue for Palm Coast, despite the Year of Covid. That will be compounded by millions of new dollars in government coffers drawn from the federal government’s stimulus. The two combined means that tax increases are very unlikely, and tax decreases possible.

Joe Mullins’s Defamatory Attack on Eric Cooley

July 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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Ostensibly proposing a discussion about sexual predators and domestic violence abusers, Joe Mullins in a Facebook posting about his radio infomercial features a screenshot of Bill Cosby over one article, and the image of Flagler Beach City Commissioner Eric Cooley over another, implying an equivalence. 

Flagler Beach Will Borrow Up to $15 Million to Finance Reconstruction of Its Ramshackle Sewer Plant

June 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Flagler Beach City Commission is embarking on an ambitious and expensive plan to rebuild its derelict sewer plant and position the city to stop dumping treated water in the Intracoastal by the beginning of the next decade.

Flagler Beach’s First Friday Returns in September, But Commissioners Want It Refocused on Local Businesses

June 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

First Friday is returning to Flagler Beach this September. (© FlaglerLive)

First Friday will return at Veterans Park in Flagler Beach on Sept. 3, for the first time in a year and a half, but under the new sponsorship of Vern Shank, known as DJ Vern, and Surf Radio, a switch from Flagler Broadcasting’s Beach 92.7, which had sponsored the event for the past nine years.

Veni Vidi Vinci: Flagler Beach Detective Is Named Officer of the Year by Florida Police Chiefs Association

June 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler Beach Police detective Rosanne Vinci (Flagler Beach PD)

Flagler Beach Police detective Rosanna Vinci, on the job at the city for seven years, is the Florida Police Chiefs Association winner of the Lee McGehee Award for small Law Enforcement agencies statewide. The Flagler Beach City Commission will recognize Vinci at its meeting this evening, at 5:30 p.m., the association will do so next week.

Palm Coast Fire Chief on Joe Mullins: a ‘Wrecking Ball’ who ‘Disgraces the Hard Working Men and Women of Flagler County Fire Rescue’

June 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

The Touch-a-Truck event Palm Coast organized in late May, where the city's fire chief, Jerry Forte, said he was approached by County Commissioner Joe Mullins, who spoke to him about Palm Coast taking over the county's fire services. (Palm Coast)

After County Commissioner Joe Mullins spoke to Palm Coast Fire Chief Jerry Forte about Palm Coast taking over county fire services, Forte ripped into Mullins in a scathing email to the county administrator and his deputy, calling Mullins a “hack” who seeks to incite hostility when he “stay in his own lane.”

A Petition Sparks Flagler Beach Consideration of Better Beach Access for the Disabled

May 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The wooden stairs at Varn Park, a county park. (© FlaglerLive)

Responding to a social media petition organized by a disabled resident, the Flagler Beach City Commission Thursday said it was interested in exploring easier and clearer disabled access to the beach.

For Operator of Flagler Beach’s City-Owned Golf Club, Criminal Trials He Faces Next Week Are Barely Half the Story

May 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Terry McManus. (© FlaglerLive)

Terry McManus, who’s run Flagler Beach’s Ocean Palm Golf Club since 2016, faces felony fraud and DUI trials and a civil breach of contract suit, and is once again facing questions about the club’s financial state from the Flagler Beach City Commission.

Meet and Greet with Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson on May 18

May 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

William Whitson. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission welcomes the public to a “Meet & Greet” with new City Manager William Whitson on May 18 at 5:30 p.m. at Wickline Park, 315 South 7th Street in Flagler Beach.

In Flagler Beach, Bank of America’s Blockish Eyesore Will Be Replaced By Vacation Rentals and Shops

April 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A rendering of Ocean Club, the mixed residential and shopping block that will remake the existing Bank of America building.

The blockish and unsightly Bank of America building that sat for decades at South 3rd and State Road A1A in Flagler Beach will be renovated into the unrecognizable Ocean Club, with seven short-term rentals upstairs and clothing and gift shops downstairs.

Paul Harrington, A Flagler Beach Commission Candidate in March, Dies at 66 After Weeks of Struggles

April 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Paul Harrington had been in the thick of Flagler Beach City Commission issues going back five years. He attended almost every meeting and twice ran for a commission seat. (© FlaglerLive)

Paul Harrington, who died this morning at 66, had been in the thick of Flagler Beach City Commission issues going back five years. He attended almost every meeting and twice ran for a commission seat. He’d been hospitalized in late February for the removal of brain tumors just before the last election.

Flagler Beach Gives Up on Recycling All But Aluminum and Some Cardboard; Palm Coast Not Expected to Follow

April 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

The look of recycling changed today in Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach becomes the latest among hundreds of cities and counties across the country to abandon traditional recycling in whole or in part since 2018. Palm Coast is preparing for a new trash-hauling contract, with recycling a significant component. The city does not expect to abandon recycling.

Flagler Beach’s Iconic A-Frame Is Getting a Make-Over for First Time in 24 Years

April 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Even deshingled and disheveled, the A-frame at the Pier could not hide its iconic letters spelling out the town's name, as if tattooed on the structure for all eternity. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach Pier’s A-frame is getting its first re-shingling in 24 years, a $9,360 job and the fourth in the last four years on different parts of the pier and its restaurant, ahead of the city’s upcoming centennial.

Flagler Beach Library Will Reopen Its Doors to In-Person Browsers After 322-Day Covidian Hiatus

March 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Flagler Beach library, seen here in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in 2017, has had it rough for the past few years, but has remained open more than not, one way or another. It reopens its doors to in-person browsing Tuesday. (© FlaglerLive)

Starting Tuesday, the 20,000-volume Flagler Beach Public Library at 312 South 7th Street will reopen again to in-person browsing and computer use, at least for four hours a day, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Capacity will be limited to 10 patrons at a time.

Flagler Beach Again Cancels July 4 Parade and Fireworks, Wrapping Hopes for a Big Event Around Christmas

March 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

“If we’re going to be criticized for being safe, mea culpa,” Flagler Beach Police Chief said, discussing a gradual but slow reopening of events in the city.

For the second year in a row, Flagler Beach will not host its traditional July 4 parade and fireworks, the city commission decided tonight, nor will the event be postponed to Labor Day. Doing so would be too “risky,” the commission agreed with Flagler Health Department Chief Bob Snyder. Commissioners are placing their hopes on a big event and parade around Christmas, including fireworks.

Now Ex-Mayor Provencher Finally Gets Her Taser as Johnston Is Sworn-In and Cooley Is Elected Chair

March 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler Beach Commission Chairman Eric Cooley and Police Chief Matt Doughney presenting ex-Mayor Linda Provencher with the taser she's longed for over the years. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission Thursday evening bid farewell to Linda Provencher, the longest-serving mayor in the city’s history, and welcomed Mayor Suzie Johnston, electing Eric Cooley chairman of the commission for the next year, and Rick Belhumeur vice-chairman.

Suzie Johnston Is Flagler Beach’s New Mayor; Eric Cooley Is Re-Elected Commissioner

March 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Suzy Johnston and Eric Cooley late this afternoon, a distance from the polling station at City Hall in Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive)

Suzie Johnston was elected mayor with over 50 percent of the vote in a three-way race and Eric Cooley won re-election with 54 percent of the vote, defeating Paul Harrington.

Flagler Beach Commission Candidate Paul Harrington Hospitalized With Grave Illness, Upending Election

February 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Paul Harrington is in his third run for a seat on the Flagler Beach City Commission. (© FlaglerLive)

Paul Harrington, a candidate in next Tuesday’s election for the Flagler Beach City Commission, was hospitalized Sunday, has been largely incapacitated by a grave illness and was undergoing surgery for the removal of brain tumors today. Many questions remain unanswered if he were to win the election but be unable to serve.

In Flagler Beach, 4 of 5 Candidates for City Commission and Mayor Liven Only Forum Ahead of March 2 Election

February 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The candidates in stills from the Facebook Live clips of the Woman's Club forum last Tuesday evening. From left, Eric Cooley, Kim Carney, Pat Quinn and Suzy Johnston. (© FlaglerLive via Woman's Club video)

The Flagler Woman’s Club hosted a forum featuring incumbent Commissioner Eric Cooley, whose opponent, Paul Harrington, was a no-show, and all three candidates vying to replace Linda Provencher as mayor: Kim Carney, Suzy Johnston and Pat Quinn. Here’s a full summary of the evening.

Flagler Beach Chooses William Whitson, Veteran of Municipal Leadership, as Its Next City Manager

February 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

William Whitson during his interview with the Flagler Beach City Commission this evening. (© FlaglerLive)

Whitson’s style and personality, if not his career path and sense of humor, could often evoke that of the late Larry Newsom, and may have played a strong role in the decision of a commission that had grown to depend on Newsom’s command of local and state issues.

Controversial Vacation Rental Proposal All But Eliminating Local Regulation Advances in Senate

February 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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The ongoing battle over short-term rental regulation is of special interest to Flagler County and its local government, which last decade initiated the movement that led to the 2014 law granting local governments the power to regulate short-term rentals up to a point.

In Flagler Beach, the Two Finalists for City Manager Are a Contrast of Experience and Personalities

February 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Dru Driscoll, left, and William Whitson, seen here during their Zoom interviews with the Flagler Beach City Commission, are the finalists for the city manager's job. (© FlaglerLive via YouTube)

William Whitson has managed four cities and was assistant manager of Port orange for eight years, Dru Driscoll has worked 22 years in Daytona Beach, the last few as deputy city manager and fire chief. They are seeking to replace the late Larry Newsom, who died in August.

Two Flagler Beach Residents Arrested After Refusing to Comply With Mask Mandate at Commission Meeting

January 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

Michael Streit, standing, and Karen Streit, who was putting her cell phone into her purse, after their arrest by Flagler Beach police at the beginning of the city's commission meeting Thursday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

In a first at a local government meeting, two Flagler Beach residents were arrested Thursday evening after defiantly delaying a Flagler Beach City Commission meeting for 12 minutes, refusing to don a mask, in accordance with a city ordinance, and refusing to leave the commission room on their own. They were not arrested for a mask violation, but for trespassing after warnings.

Covid and Quarantines Force Flagler Beach City Commission to Cancel Its Meeting Thursday

January 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Closed. (© FlaglerLive)

After its interim city manager and a building department employee tested positive for the coronavirus, the city got a recommendation from the health department to not hold the meeting as some city officials who may have been exposed to infected personnel are required to be under quarantine until the weekend.

Ken Bryan, the Flagler Beach City Commissioner, Says Joe Mullins Violated Oath By Sponsoring Trip Before Insurrection

January 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

Flagler Beach City Commissioner Ken Bryan at a community meeting in 2019, before his election to the commission, under a banner that called on the audience to vote. (© FlaglerLive)

Addressing the Flagler County Commission this morning, and with Joe Mullins on the dais, Bryan said Mullins should resign his commission seat after calling on fellow-citizens to be beheaded and sponsoring a group of dozens to Washington last week, where the Capitol was overrun by a mob in an insurrection that went from rhetorical to violent.

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