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Man Arrested at Flagler Beach’s Boardwalk for Swinging Bat, Threatening Adults and a Child and Calling Himself God

August 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

The area of the Flagler Beach boardwalk where Stephen Torma threatened people with a baseball bat and damaged the railing with it. File photo. (© FlaglerLive)

Stephen Douglass Torma, 43, swung a bat as he threatened passers by on Flagler Beach’s boardwalk, damaged the boardwalk with the bat then threatened a Flagler Beach police officer and his family with harm. Torma’s spiral has been traced in his court file over the last four years.

Flagler School Board Members Meet Behind Closed Doors to ‘Debrief’ Until Attorney Breaks Them Up

August 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

The School Board huddling in the superintnedent's office after her press conference this morning. Clockwise from left, Cheryl Massaro, the board chair, Colleen Coklin, Moore, Will Furry and Christy Chong. (© FlaglerLive)

All five Flagler County School Board members met behind a closed door after a press conference this morning, until the school board attorney, who had been unaware of the meeting, broke them up. One of the board member insists no business before the board was discussed, and that the meeting was intended only to tell the superintendent she had done a good job at the press conference.

School Officials Forcefully Denounce ‘Segregation’ Assembly But Steps Ahead Are Vague Beyond ‘Conversations’

August 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Interim Superintendent LaShakia Moore has taken a commanding role in her response to the segregation assembly at Bunnell Elementary last week. She was flanked by the entire membership of the school board at a news conference this morning, with Chair Cheryl Massaro and Collen Conklin, above. (© FlaglerLive)

The denunciations were forceful and Interim Superintendent LaShakia Moore’s air of command over the most serious crisis of her tenure as interim was evident at a press conference this morning. But the steps ahead, beyond community meetings, more encounters with parents and students, and talk of “professional learning” with school employees, are far less clear even as the district positions itself against potential litigation.

Bunnell Principal Donelle Evensen on Administrative Leave as District Faces Fallout of Segregated Assembly

August 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Donelle Evensen, the principal at Bunnell Elementary School for mere weeks, was placed on paid administrative leave today, and Superintendent LaShakia Moore asked that a three-hour board workshop scheduled for today, where she was to be interviewed for the permanent job, be postponed.

Superintendent Lashakia Moore Issues Stronger Apology Over Bunnell Elementary’s Segregationist Assembly

August 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Interim Superintendent LaShakia Moore delivering her statement today, the second in 24 hours.

Contrary to her written statement on Tuesday, today’s video statement by LaShakia Moore on the segregating of Black students in an assembly at Bunnell Elementary last week was more forceful, more clearly recognizing the breadth of the problem–as her statement on Tuesday had not–and twice included an explicit apology.

Bomb Squad Disarms Report of Grenades After Swarming Around House of Murder Suspect in Woodlands

August 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The house at 20 Blare Drive last week, a few days after the murder of a 36-year-old man by gunshot there, and a few days before today's alarm over the find of a crate of grenades inside. (© FlaglerLive)

The house at 20 Blare Drive, the scene of a murder by gunshot last week, drew authorities again today, including a bomb squad, after a resident reported finding a crate of grenades inside. But the crate ended up containing only ammunition.

School Board Will Hold 3-Hour Interview of LaShakia Moore for Superintendent, But Hopes You Won’t Attend

August 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Some of the school board members like "back room" meetings more than others. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board is holding one of its most important public meetings of the year Thursday, between 9 a.m. and noon. Misleadingly referring to it as a “retreat,” the board will hold an extended interview with Interim Superintendent LaShakia Moore to determine whether it should end its search for a permanent superintendent and appoint Moore in September. Some members of the School Board would rather you did not know about the meeting, and did not attend.

Lyonel Jeune, 65, Arrested on 1st Degree Felony Charge in Hit-and-Run Death of William Rembert, 56

August 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

William "Billy" Rembert in an image that accompanied his obituary in December 2021.

Lyonel Jeune, a 65-year-old resident of Beacon Mill Lane in Palm Coast, was arrested over the weekend and charged with a first-degree felony in the hit-and-run death of William Joseph Rembert, 56, on Dec. 1, 2021, at Palm Coast Parkway and Leanni Way, near Belle Terre Parkway. The charge carries a penalty of up to 30 years in prison on conviction.

Flagler Tiger Bay Roars Farewell to Founding President Greg Davis After Five Years

August 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

One of the club's gifts to Greg Davis, right, is a drawing of Davis with a tiger. Jay Scherr is at left. (© FlaglerLive)

Greg Davis stepped down as Flagler Tiger Bay’s first president after five years in a farewell at the Palm Coast Community Center. Davis, Don Madden and others established the club over five years ago as a non-partisan forum that champions discourse and civility over polemic.

Flagler County Beats Sharp Retreat on Raising Sales Tax or on Increasing Road Levy on Daytona North

August 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Flagler County Commissioner Donald O'Brien, in full campaign mode, said he hadn't joined the consensus to seek out cities' opinions on raising the sales tax. Commissioner Dave Sullivan disagrees. (© FlaglerLive)

It’s messaging in a bit of a shamble, the Flagler County Commission on Monday beat a retreat on two fronts: it will not seek cities’ support in an attempt to raise the sales tax an additional half penny. And it will not raise the special tax Daytona North residents pay for road maintenance. Both issues had been controversial. The retreats underscore a combination of lacking, poor and conflicting messaging from the County Commission on one side and a rueful public reaction to both proposals on the other.

Dad Accused of Neglect as 4-Year-Old Child Wanders Across SR100 Against Traffic in Middle of Night

August 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Christian Zaborowski.

Christian Zaborowski, the 22-year-old father of a 4-year-old boy, faces a felony child neglect charge after authorities accused him of leaving his front door unlocked and being unaware that his son had wandered out of the apartment and onto State Road 100 after midnight Monday, where a vehicle came to a dead stop just before striking the child. 

Black Students at Bunnell Elementary Are Told Of ‘Early Grave’ If They ‘Clown’ Around and Don’t Perform

August 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 73 Comments

Bunnell Elementary's Black 4th and 5th graders on Friday were singled out in two assembles, told that if they didn't bring up their test scores, they could end up in jail, shot or dead, they were paired off to compete academically against each other, and the winners would get McDonald's and Chick-fil-A. Parents were never told. Donelle Evensen, the principal at Bunnell Elementary, posted the above picture on her Twitter (or X) feed the morning of Aug. 18, with the message: "Thank you to Mr. Hines, Ms. Steed, Mr. Gabriel for loving our students and challenging them to be their best self!!" The screen shows the bracketed competition that was to pair off students against each other.

Bunnell Elementary’s Black 4th and 5th graders on Friday were singled out in two assembles, told that if they didn’t bring up their test scores, they could end up in jail, shot or dead, they were paired off to compete academically against each other, and the winners would get McDonald’s and Chick-fil-A. Their parents were never told. Parents are outraged. The superintendent acknowledges that while raising test scores is essential, the situation was mishandled.

Palm Coast Approves Doubling Housing Units to 845 at Lighthouse Harbor on Colbert Lane, Part of Future ‘Village’

August 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Lighthouse Harbor in marina Village, off Colbert Lane, would literally be a small village of some 850 houses, town homes and apartment units built around a marina, with public-space components that would welcome visitors.

The council approved several deviations from the Land Development Code to accommodate the developer, which is part of the Marina Village collection of developments. Between Marina del Palma’s 615 units to its immediate north and a 240-unit apartment complex immediately to the west of Colbert Lane, the cluster of new developments will add 1,400 housing units.

Flagler County Jail Wins National Innovation Award for Initiatives Preparing Inmates’ Re-Integration

August 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Chief Engert. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office’s jail has been awarded the 2023 Innovation Award for medium-sized facilities by the American Jail Association. Sheriff Staly, Court and Detention Services Chief Dan Engert, and other Detention Services members accepted the award at AJA’s 42nd Conference and Jail Expo in Omaha, Nebraska during the awards banquet.

Flagler County’s Unemployment Rate, While Still Low, Hits 18-Month High as Workforce Surges

August 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Flagler County's unemployment rate is at its highest level since January 2022. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s unemployment rate in July was 3.7 percent, still very low by historical standards and still considered full employment by economist’s standards. But it was the highest rate in 18 months, going back to January 2022, when unemployment was at 4.1 percent.

Waterfront Park Finds Its Latest ‘Paddle Straight to Paradise’ as $1.2 Million Boat Pad and Launch Open

August 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The new boat ramp at Waterfront Park, part of a $1.2 million project adding access for non-motorized boats to the Intracoastal Waterway , which the city celebrated with a ribbon-cutting today. In the distance, Mayor David Alfin addressing a crowd of a few dozens. (© FlaglerLive)

The new boat ramp at the very popular Waterfront Park is part of a $1.2 million project adding access for non-motorized boats to the Intracoastal Waterway, which the city celebrated with a ribbon-cutting today. The next phase of the project is construction of an 80-space parking adjacent to the launch.

Collin Calvert, 21, Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison Over Armed Robbery of Palm Coast Store for Strip Joint Money

August 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Colin Calvert.

Colin Calvert, the 21-year-old man who stole a rifle, robbed a Palm Coast convenience store of nearly 5,000 in cash, which he put in a Happy Meal box, spent all the money at a strip joint, then burglarized a gun store, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday, followed by five years on probation.

Charlie Ericksen Jr. Is Laid to Rest With Military Honors and Solemn Salutes at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery

August 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The flag-folding ceremony during Charlie Ericksen Jr.'s internment at Cape Canaveral National Cemetery this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

Charlie Frederick Ericksen Jr., the former Flagler County commissioner, U.S. Army Lieutenant and father of three who died on July 31 in Celebration, was laid to rest at Cape Canaveral National cemetery with military honors this afternoon following a solemn ceremony attended by family, a few friends, and a few Flagler County officials past and present.

300-Unit Apartment Complex Going Up Next to Imagine School at Town Center, One of 2 Planned There

August 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Arendering of what would be a four-level apartment building at Legacy Apartments near Imagine School at Town center.

A high-end, gated, 300-unit apartment complex is going up on the 27-acre squarish parcel across the street from Imagine School at Town Center. It is to be the first of two such apartment complexes in that area. The complex is to be called The Legacy at Palm Coast Town Center.

Man Found Shot and Roped with Weights in Intracoastal in 1997 Is Identified as Robert Bruce McPhail

August 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Robert Bruce McPhail.

It took 26 years, but the man found murdered and floating in the Intracoastal Waterway in September 1997 has finally been identified as Robert Bruce McPhail, a 58-year-old boater originally from Kenora-Winnipeg area of Manitoba in Canada, who’d moved to South Florida in the mid-1990s. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office’s Cold Case Unit’s detective Sarah Scalia cracked the case with Othram, a forensic sequencing laboratory.

From Pier to Walkovers to Sea Walls to Paving and Dunes, an Update on A1A’s Numerous Projects Ahead

August 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The (normally) buried sea wall at the north end of Flagler Beach after Hurricane Ian last September. It has since been re-buried in sand. A similar sea wall will be built at the south end of Flagler County's shoreline, an area that has sustained repeated and severe erosion. (© FlaglerLive)

As the Florida Department of Transportation, Volusia County, Flagler County and the City of Flagler Beach continue to move forward with several projects along State Road A1A, the transportation department today issued the following update on the numerous projects ahead, with relevant links to each project details.

Palm Coast Approves 275 Town Homes Over Objection of Tax-Base Shift From Commercial to Residential

August 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Belle Terre Estates will be a gated community of upscale town homes on Belle Terre Boulevard and Citation Boulevard. Above, a rendering of a building.

The 4-1 vote, with Council member Theresa Pontieri in dissent, led to a discussion–if not a debate–on what has become routine in the city’s ongoing residential development boom: time after time, land zoned for commercial use is being re-zoned for residential uses. In this case, the rezoning is taking place despite going against the city’s own Land Development Code in one regard: the town homes will be smaller than the code calls for.

Congestion Ahead: Palm Coast Approves 4-Laning of Old Kings North and 7 Safety Projects on Belle Terre Parkway

August 16, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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Get ready for some new traffic disruptions around some of Palm Coast’s busiest arteries: Old Kings Road North, just past Kings Way, and along Belle Terre Parkway from south of Buddy Taylor Middle School to Royal Palms Parkway as construction crews take on a series of critical road improvements that, once done, will make traveling safer and swifter.

Challenged by Staffer, Palm Coast Council Awards $8.2 Million to Same Firm Dragging Belle Terre Bridge Project

August 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Palm Coast loves its canals. A $9.2 million project is intended to improve flood protection in the L and B Section. (Palm Coast)

Carmelo Morales, a rank-and-file city engineer, charged city council members with “micromanaging” an  $8.2 million stormwater contract with the same firm building the Belle Terre Parkway/Buddy Taylor walkway and storm pipe, and risking leaving the city begging for contractors. But in the end, the council approved the contract and conceded Morales’s point, with caveats.

Flagler School Board Suspends Search and Prepares to Hire LaShakia Moore as Permanent Superintendent

August 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Interim Superintendent LShakia Moore diring the school board's discussion about her future as a permanent superintendent this afternoon during a workshop. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Schools TV)

The Flagler County School Board this afternoon agreed to suspend its search for a new superintendent and instead set in motion several steps that would lead to the appointment of Interim LaShakia Moore as the permanent district superintendent come September or October. 

Security First Insurance Accountant Samantha Rae Link Arrested in $1.5 Million Embezzlement Scheme

August 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Samantha Link.

An investigation by the State Attorney’s Office and Ormond Beach police led to the arrest last week of Samantha Rae Link, a 31-year-old Daytona Beach resident and former accountant at Security First Insurance, on two first-degree felony counts of fraud and grand theft. The investigation revealed that Link allegedly stole $1.5 million from the Ormond Beach insurance company.

33% Increase in Flagler’s Population, 0% Increase in District’s 9 Public Schools’ Enrollment Over Past 17 Years

August 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Still flat but for online's uptick: Flagler County Schools' enrollment since 2000. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County schools’ nine traditional campuses are again enrolling almost as many students as they did last year, and as many as they have each year for the past 17 years, as charter, private, parochial, online and home school enrollment continues to encroach on the district’s numbers. The figures have big implications for funding, school impact fees and school construction.

Homeowner, 85, Arrested on Murder Charge in Shooting Death of Mark Ruschmeier, 36, in Long-Running Dispute

August 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff's Crime Scene Investigation unit in front of 20 Blare Drive in Palm Coast nearing noon today, as it investigated the early-morning homicide there. (© FlaglerLive)

Charles Kidd Jr., 85, was arrested on a second-degree murder charge this afternoon following the early morning shooting death of 36-year-old Mark Ruschmeier, who has lived with Kidd at Kidd’s Blare Drive home in Palm Coast’s Woodlands for at least a decade.

Time for Flagler County Government To Appoint a Citizen Advisory Group

August 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

They can use the help: the Flagler County Commission. (© FlaglerLive)

As Flagler County government appears to flail between budget shortfalls and a call for a new tax, it may be time for the county to do what St. Lucie County has been doing for years: appoint a citizen advisory group of resident volunteers with business experience to review future budgets and advise the commissioners.

In Palm Coast Sheep, Not Chicken, May Safely Graze

August 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

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The Palm Coast City Council’s rejection of a pilot program that would have allowed chickens in a handful of backyards is disappointing. But the council since its earliest days has tended to run the city more as a homeowners association bound to conformity and the somnolence of residents out to pasture rather than as a vibrant city welcoming of differences, innovation, young and working people.

School District’s Cost for Security at Alternative School with 2 Teachers and 25 Students: $142,500

August 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A Flagler County Sheriff's deputy at a protest outside the Government Services Building before a School Board meeting two years ago. It's been a bit calmer since. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County school district is paying $142,500 a year for security at its relatively new alternative school on the campus of Flagler Palm Coast High School–an alternative school with just two teachers and an average of 20 students per quarter, some of them virtual, and that operates only four days a week.

Sheriff’s Deputy Hospitalized During Investigation of DUI Suspect’s Cocktail of Drugs, Including Fentanyl

August 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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George Clemons, 61, was arrested on numerous charges for drugs, DUI and hit and run, while one of the deputies investigating the case, Nick Huzior, had to be hospitalized after talking ill while field testing the substances found in Clemons’s truck.

Minor Electrical Fire Outside Next Door Bistro Briefly Shuts Down Popular Restaurant in Flagler Beach

August 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A fire in an electrical; box outside the Next Door Beach Bistro was reported around 4 p.m. today. (Flagler Beach Police)

A small electrical fire outside the Next Door Beach Bistro in Flagler Beach late this afternoon sent smoke inside the restaurant and caused it to close for the rest of the evening. But crews quickly put out the fire. There were no injuries and damage was limited to the electrical equipment outside

Palm Coast’s Saltwater Canals in Better Shape Than Feared, Narrowing Debate to ‘Spot Dredging’ and Cost

August 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

A segment of a Palm Coast canal with and without sea wall, with the lighter-colored water showing silting. (Taylor Engineering)

A long-anticipated analysis of Palm Coast’s 26 miles of saltwater canals, the second since 2005 in the canals’ half-century history, revealed to some surprise that the canals are in better shape than expected. While that diminishes the urgency, breadth and cost of necessary dredging, dredging would still be necessary and expensive regardless. 

Flagler Schools Drop AP Psychology as State Sends Conflicted Signals Over Gender and Sexuality Unit

August 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The bill, sponsored by Sen. Manny Diaz Jr., R-Hialeah, would “preempt” regulation of vacation rentals, including licensing and inspection, to the state.

In Flagler County, where students returned to school today, AP Psychology, one of the more popular courses in Flagler Palm Coast High School’s accelerated curriculum, will no longer be taught. Students have been automatically shifted to the IB course in a pre-emptive move against the state’s conflicting messages about whether the AP course was legal to teach in its entirety of not, and a local school board with members eager to fuel the state’s culture wars.

Palm Coast Disarms ‘Forensic Audit’ Talk as Council’s Klufas Asks ‘Where’s the Fire?’ and Cautions Against Pandering

August 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Palm Coast City Council member Nick Klufas, standing by City Manager Denise Bevan, and the city administration. (© FlaglerLive)

Led by Council member Nick Klufas, the Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday decidedly stepped back from its posture a week earlier, when it appeared ready to call for what would have been a very expensive and accusatory “forensic audit” of city finances, seemingly at the behest of one, significantly misinformed resident.

Cascades Development, Revived from 2005, Calls for Up to 850 Homes on 375 Acres in Seminole Woods

August 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

The tip of the required sign announcing the coming hearing before the Palm Coast Planning Board on the land use changes that would enable the development of up to 850 residential homes and apartments on acres off of Seminole Woods Boulevard. (Palm Coast)

After a nearly two-decade hiatus, the massive Cascades development planned for Seminole Woods is back, and is more than double its original size: up to 850 single-family homes and apartments on 375 acres. If built out to that cap, the Cascades would be, along with Coquina Shores on Old Kings Road–a 750-home development just rezoned for the purpose–one of the largest developments in the city.

Index Up to 117, Excessive Heat Warning in Effect for Palm Coast and Flagler County, With No Relief This Week

August 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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An excessive heat warning is in effect today in inland and coastal Flagler County, including Palm Coast and Flagler Beach, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with the heat index reaching 117 in the shade. The forecast for the rest of the week is not much different: as of today, the heat index for Flagler-Palm Coast is expected to range between 114 and 117 every day at least through Friday.

Palm Coast Council Chickens Out of Modest Pilot Program for Backyard Hens, But May Survey Residents

August 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 66 Comments

Not any time soon, not in Palm Coast, not legally, anyway. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast City Council today shot down a two-year pilot program that would have permitted up to 25 properties to have backyard chickens in answer to a growing movement across the country toward more self-sufficiency and more natural foods. The most the city will do for now is possibly survey residents on their opinions about backyard chickens.

Impacting Services, Palm Coast Cuts $2.7 Million from Initial 2024 Budget to Comply with Council’s Lower Tax Rate

August 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Palm Coast's acquatic center will close in December and January as part of the budget reductions presented today. (© FlaglerLive)

While these are budget cuts only in relation to the initially planned budget for next year, they nevertheless will have the effects of actual budget cuts in many regards, because they go against the grain of growth in the budget intended to maintain services and what City Manager Denise Bevan referred to as the city’s customary forward-looking approach.

Ahead of His Sentencing to Life in Prison, Attorneys for Monserrate Teron File Motion for 3rd Trial

August 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Monserrate Teron faces life in prison when he is sentenced in October. (© FlaglerLive)

Attorneys for Monserrate Teron, the Palm Coast resident a jury last month found guilty on all counts of raping and molesting his 7-year-old niece, on Monday filed a motion for a new trial, what would be Teron’s third on those charges. They make several claims, most of them previously made in pre-trial motions and denied by Circuit Judge Terence Perkins. He is not likely to rule differently now. He is sentencing Teron on Oct. 11.

FPC Senior and Rymfire Club Staffer Jill Prime Set for Her 1st Solo Flight

August 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Jill Prime. (Boys & Girls Club)

Jill, a senior at Flagler Palm Coast High School, has been an inspiration for her peers and community as she actively shares her dreams and enthusiasm at the Rymfire Club. Jill is set to embark on a solo flight for the local community to witness.

Hoping for Suicide By Lyft, Palm Coast Man Points a Gun on Driver and Pulls the Trigger

August 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Esaiah Glenn.

Esaiah Zamir Glenn, a 24-year-old resident of 85 Bronson Lane in Palm Coast, faces a felony aggravated assault charge after allegedly pointing a gun at the head of a Lyft driver and pulling the trigger. The gun did not go off. Glenn claims he was trying to frighten the driver into shooting him, as he had been having suicidal thoughts. It is at least the third time in five years that a local Lyft or Uber driver is the victim of a violent crime while on the job.

County’s Sales Tax Hike Rings Hollow as Attorney Defends Commissioner’s Unilateral Request for Delay

August 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

County Attorney Al Hadeed, from where he usually sits during commission meetings. (© FlaglerLive)

Reeling in a school’s worth of red herrings, County Attorney Al Hadeed today fervently defended the authority of County Commissioner Dave Sullivan to ask Flagler Beach government a week and a half ago to pull from discussion a request from the County Commission for support of a proposed increase in the sales tax.

Sheriff’s PAL Is Not Taking Over Carver Center Or Changing Its Name, County and School District Assure Community

August 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Carver Center in Bunnell is a lot more than a community center to its neighboring residents. (© FlaglerLive)

Contrary to rumors and fears, the Flagler Sheriff Police Athletic League is not taking over the Carver Center in South Bunnell, nor is the Carver Center losing its name, its governing structure its staffing by the school district, the chairman of the Flagler County School Board and the county administrator say. But PAL is seeking to have a significant presence there.

Such, Such Were the Joys of Plantations in DeSantis’s History of Florida

August 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

Florida is going to teach schoolchildren about the valuable skills that enslaved persons learned. Source: Joseph Andrews, c. 1850, via Florida State Library and Archives

Gov. DeSantis and his crack education team are all about facts. In his Florida history version of plantation life, enslaved persons were treated like family, they learned invaluable skills, like cooking, and learned to make quality footwear. When you think about it, plantations should really be called “agricultural opportunity centers.”

4 Suicide Attempts, 6 Baker Acts, No Disputes About Mental Health Needs, Yet He’s Sentenced to Prison on Minor Violation

August 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

L'Darius Smith. (© FlaglerLive)

L’Darius Smith is a a troubled man prone to confrontations, delusions, depression, and self-harm who twice avoided prison in high-profile trials in Flagler in the last five years, but minor probation violation resulted in a prison sentence Thursday even though the court acknowledged that he suffers from deep mental health problems and needs treatment.

Candidates Lining Up to Run for Dave Sullivan’s County Commission Seat, Including Kim Carney and Nick Klufas

August 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Kim Craney, left, and Nick Klufas. (© FlaglerLive)

Former Flagler Beach City Commissioner Kim Carney joins a growing field for the District 3 seat Dave Sullivan will be relinquishing. The field so far includes two other Flagler Beach residents, Bill Clark and Tom Hutson, and does not yet formally include the race’s heavy-hitter: Nick Klufas, the two-term Palm Coast City Council member, who will soon announce.

Flagler County’s Sales Tax Fraud

August 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Clueless. From left, Greg Hansen, Donald O'Brien and Dave Sullivan. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County government is attempting to convince cities and the public to support an increase in the sales tax using false information, deceptive reasoning and cowardly politics. Local governments have legitimate needs for more revenue, but fooling the electorate isn’t the way to do it.

Army Corps Issues Permit Notice for New, 828-ft Flagler Beach Pier, Detailing Construction and Seeking Public Input

August 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The old Flagler Beach pier may soon be a construction zone. (© FlaglerLive)

In what one of the designers of Flagler Beach’s new pier described as “a big milestone in the federal regulatory process,” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued notice that it is reviewing the permit application for the new pier, and soliciting public comment about detailed construction plans that had not been disclosed until now.

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