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Humanitarian Needs Overtake Emergency Response in Flagler as Power Issues Compound Pain

September 15, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Waterlogged in marineland Acres. (c FlaglerLive)

Continued power outages affecting a quarter of Flagler County’s population are shifting needs to food and other basic necessities as county and other governments assess damages.

As Emergency Yields to Recovery in Flagler, More Inconveniences Than Damages Or Troubles

September 12, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Contractors from the Halter Group, a tree-service company from Vincennes, Indiana, worked to clear an enormous tree's limbs from Point Pleasant Drive near Royal Palms Parkway, in Palm Coast, this afternoon. (c FlaglerLive)

More than 60 percent of Flagler residents were still without power Tuesday evening but recovery efforts were powering up and destruction from the storm was limited.

Conditions Deteriorating Across Flagler: Waters Rise, 22,400 Out of Power, Irma Spins Further East

September 10, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 60 Comments

Flagler's Emergency Operations Center was already buzzing Friday. Click on the image for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Hurricane Irma’s tropical-storm forces have already drenched Flagler well ahead of peak activity and now are slowing enough to cause worries that the damage will be more severe than anticipated.

Sheltering From Irma in Flagler: 4 Shelters, 3,000 Spots, Food, WiFi, Power And ♥ Left Behind From Students

September 8, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The cots lined up and ready at Rymfire Elementary, the special needs shelter. It is one of four shelters prepared for Hurricane Irma in Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive)

Here’s what to expect at Flagler County’s four emergency shelters opening at 7 a.m. Saturday, who’s paying for all that food, and what you can stream on WiFi.

What To Expect in Flagler In Next 48 Hours on Shelters, Evacuations, Storm Effects and Hunkering Down

September 8, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The Florida Department of Transportation has been dumping emergency sand berms along the north end of Flagler Beach in anticipation of a storm surge. Flagler County Public Works crews have been doing likewise at several locations in the Hammock, and the Department of Environmental Protection is building big berms at Washington Oaks Garden State Park, an area that Hurricane Matthew severely breached last October, leading to deep flooding of the island. (© FlaglerLive)

As Hurricane Irma approaches, a complete run-down of what you should expect from emergency responders and what you should do in the next 48 hours.

As Flagler Prepares For Irma: “We’re Anticipating A1A To Be Severed In Multiple Locations”

September 7, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly during a briefing with his top command staff this afternoon at the Sheriff's Office. (c FlaglerLive)

Law enforcement, first responders and local governments were in full preparation mode with evacuation orders policing planning going into gear. The details.

In Flagler Beach, Palm Coast and County, More Contempt For Medical Pot

August 31, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

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Elected officials in Palm Coast, Flagler County and Flagler Beach are still peddling false or misleading assumptions as they draw up more restrictive medical pot dispensary zoning.

After Years of Resistance, County May Finally Absorb Bunnell Fire Department In Expansion

August 28, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The principals in the proposed transfer of the Bunnell Fire Department to Flagler County's jurisdiction. From left, with his back to the camera, Bunnell City Commissioner John Sowell, Flagler County Fire Rescue's Joe King, Fire Chief Don Petito, Firefighters' union chief Stephen Palmer, Bunnell Fire Chief Ron Bolser, and County Administrator Craig Coffey. (c FlaglerLive)

Bunnell government appears ready to cede its fire department’s property to the county, which is expanding its ambulance service from seven to eight 24-hour rigs, and would so so in Bunnell.

In the Hammock, A Concern That a Small Rule Change Will Turn Rustic A1A Into Commerce Central

August 25, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

This morning's meeting of the Scenic A1A Pride Committee at the Hammock Community Center did not resolve a concern among Hammock advocates that a land-use change may significantly affect the character of State Road A1A. (c FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County administration is reinterpreting how the residential and commercial mix along A1A must be applied, raising fears that it’ll open the way to innumerable businesses there.

On Brink of Banning Medical Pot in Haze of Misinformation, County Opts for Compromise

August 22, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Commissioners Dave Sullivan, left, and Greg Hansen were looking to ban medical pot in unincorporated Flagler County. They failed. (© FlaglerLive)

Three Flagler commissioners nearly pulled off a medical-marijuana ban in the county before one of them surprisingly, and perhaps unintentionally, opposed the ban.

Cash Resigns at Depleted Mosquito Control As Board Mixes Denial With End to “Frivolous Things”

August 21, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The East Flagler Mosquito Control District Commission met for the first time this morning since revelations of a financial crisis at the tax-supported agency. Board members sat to the right, with Florence Fruehan in the orange shirt, Commission Chairman Julius Kwiatkowski, and Barbara Sgroi. At the head of the table at the far end sat Mark Positano, named director of the agency today. At the near end was Bill Hockla, surveillance coordinator. (c FlaglerLive)

In their first meeting since revelations of a $1.1 million deficit, Mosquito Control commissioners mixed a sense of denial with vows of being more transparent and in control.

Beating Palm Coast and Flagler Beach, County Will Be 1st to Welcome Pot Dispensaries; Bunnell May Ban Them

August 18, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

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The Flagler County Commission is expected to approve opening the county to medical pot dispensaries Monday, becoming the first local government formally to do so.

Deficit-Ridden Mosquito Control’s Bail-Out Includes $400,000 Property Deals With Palm Coast and County

August 17, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

East Mosquito Control District's property at the end of Utility Drive in Palm Coast. It sits adjacent to a city sewer plant. The city is planning to buy the property for $293,000. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast government will contribute $293,000 and Flagler government $100,000 in property deals as a large part of East Flagler Mosquito Control’s plan to bail itself out of a $1.1 million hole.

12-Year Effort to “Renourish” Beaches All But Washes Out as County Urges Wall of Dunes Instead

August 7, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Changing track: Flagler County Administrator Craig Coffey is urging county commissioners and the Flagler Beach City Commission to change course, abandon a long-studied plan to 'renourish" beaches, and adopt a more state and local p[lan to rebuild dunes. (c FlaglerLive)

Flagler County is urging Flagler Beach to sign on to a $20 million plan to rebuild dunes on top of a wall of rock, though most of that money has yet to be secured.

County Votes To Buy Two Properties for $900,000 Even Though Appraisals, Still Due, May Be Lower

August 7, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Flagler County commissioners approved biuying a property for a west-side fire station, above, and two properties south of the Government Services Building in Bunnell.

Flagler County commissioners, in a puzzling vote today, approved buying two parcels for a library and a future use even though the appraisals on the properties have not come in, and may be lower than the price paid.

Per Curiam: County Attorney Al Hadeed Is Awarded State Association’s Ethics in Government Honor

July 24, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

For County Attorney Al Hadeed, it's all about passion for the law. And it's all about work. (c FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Attorney Al Hadeed has been leaving legal footprints in Florida law going back to the 1970s, in defense of ethics and Sunshine Law standards.

Flagler County Engineer Faith Al-Khatib Named President of State Association

June 27, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Faith al-Khatib, the Flagler County engineer. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Engineer Faith Alkhatib has been something of a semi-secret weapon in local government’s arsenal, working behind the scenes to secure money and shape projects.

Flagler’s Oddly Sunny Hurricane Matthew After-Action Report Draws Criticism From Its Own Emergency Staff

June 21, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The Emergency Operations Center the night before Hurricane Matthew skirted the coast of Flagler, before its wobble away from what, on Oct. 6, was still projected to be a direct hit. (© FlaglerLive)

The much-anticipated report was written by the administration, not the emergency management staff, and conveys more of an error-prone, fluffy public relations approach than rigorous and factual analysis.

What Financial Constraints? Flagler Government Prepares to Spend $1.8 Million On Document-Management System

June 19, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A powerpoint presentation by Tyler Technologies was big on gloss and dumbed-down, bite-size information for county commissioners, but short on details and explanations of costs.

The new system would make many parts of government paperless, but it’s not yet clear how the county will pay for it even as it strains from Hurricane Matthew-related expenses.

Behind County Plaint That Relations With Palm Coast “Suck,” a History of Rancor and Cooperation

June 12, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Posing aside, Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland and County Commission Chairman Nate McLaughlin are far from best friends, but Holland says relations with the county have significantly improved and a joint meeting with just the two boards is not necessary. Other elected officials see it differently. (© FlaglerLive)

It’s been five years since Palm Coast and Flagler County governments met jointly, but they have a poor history of it, preferring to work behind the scenes on key issues.

Flagler Awards $90,000 Subsidy to Company, Secret For Now, to Construct “Spec” Building

June 7, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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Though County Commissioners approved the $90,000, the government is not disclosing the name of the company benefiting from it, saying it doesn’t want to undermine the company’s real estate transaction.

Hammock Wants Leisurely Use of Golf Carts On Public Roads, But Commission Is Divided

June 5, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

Flagler Beach has very golf-cart-friendly rules of the road. The Hammock wants similarly permissive rules. But the County Commission is divided on the issue. (© FlaglerLive)

Golf-cart driving enthusiasts turned up in droves at a Flagler Commission meeting to protect their use of the vehicles on roads, but commissioners are conflicted about legalizing the practice.

As Medical Pot Dispensaries Open Elsewhere, Flagler Official Says “We Need To Get Going”

June 5, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Flagler County Commissioner Don O'Brien, left, is leeryy of additional moratorium on medical pot businesses. (© FlaglerLive)

County Commissioner Donald O’Brien said he is not interested in continuing to extend moratoriums on medical-pot businesses as neighboring counties see such businesses open, leaving Flagler behind.

Flagler Secures Millions for Beach, Roads, Judges, But That’s Before Scott Lifts Veto Pen

May 31, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flafgler County gets to split $13.5 million in beach repairs dollars with St. Johns County, assuming the governor doesn;t veto the appropriation. (© FlaglerLive)

Millions of dollars through numerous Flagler-bound appropriations could potentially be vetoed as Gov. Scott today received the state’s budget, and will soon decide what stays and what goes.

Bunnell’s PFC Jonathan Nat Spicer, A Conscientious Objector, To Be Honored On Memorial Day

May 26, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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It isn’t often that a conscientious objector who refused to carry a rifle in the thick of battle is the decorated hero to be recognized at a Memorial Day ceremony Monday in Bunnell.

Sheriff’s Request for 15 New Deputies Adds to Budget “Challenges” as Local Governments Begin to Haggle

May 23, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland and Flagler County Commission Chairman Nate McLaughlin have tough choices ahead as they face budget challenges. (c FlaglerLive)

Sheriff Rick Staly wants 10 new deputies from the county and five from Palm Coast. County government is facing $9 million in “challenges” as budget season launched this week.

Elections Supervisor Proposes 2 New Voting Precincts, But GOP Concerns Prompt Delay

May 15, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Flagler County's busiest precinct, at the VFW Post on Old Kings Road, has raised safety issues for the elections supervisor. She proposed splitting the precinct as part of a plan that would create two new precincts in the county. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission was set to approve the $24,000 plan Monday evening but agreed, unusually, to a 30-day delay to accommodate Republican Party concerns about internal party elections and committee representation.

Decriminalized Pot-Possession Program Will Advance in Flagler, But With Little Support From Sheriff

May 10, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Nate McLaughlin, in the foreground, chairing the Public Safety Coordinating Council. He is also the chairman of the Flagler County Commission. He says the civil-citation program to decriminalize pot possession in small amounts will go forward to a vote at the County Commission. But Sheriff Staly, center, is not a fan of the program, and without his backing its implementation may be moot. (© FlaglerLive)

The proposal to decriminalize possession of small amounts of pot possession in Flagler County has been in limbo for almost a year after a key judicial and law enforcement panel approved it last year, before the election.

In Big Victory For Flagler (and St. Johns), Rep. Renner Delivers $13.3 Million For Dunes Restoration

May 9, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Hurricane Matthew sheared off large chunks of Flagler's protective dunes, which must now be rebuilt. (© FlaglerLive)

The $13.3 million has yet to be split between the two counties, but will go a long distance to alleviate Flagler’s $22 million dune restoration needs, with local sources kicking in several million dollars.

Vacation-Rental Bills Die Only to Return in 2018, Forcing Flagler to Defend Regulations Again

May 9, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Legislature’s attempt to roll back local governments’ regulatory authority of vacation rentals barely fell short, so the fight is not over for counties at the forefront of the issue like Flagler.

For Flagler County, A Powerful Note of Atonement For Injustices Toward Many Amid Celebration of a Century

May 1, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Diane Jacoby and John Stavely as Lily and Henry Flagler. Their performances were part of Saturday's centennial celebration at the Government Services Building in Bunnell. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County marked its centennial on Saturday and Monday with celebrations that included words of a proclamation acknowledging half a century of injustices toward minorities in the county.

Flagler County Will Declare a Burn Ban Effective Monday and For Foreseeable Future

April 26, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Flagler County is joining at least 21 other Florida counties with an open-ended burn-ban declaration, mostly as a precautionary measure as upwards of 100 fires burn statewide and the local drought index continues to rise.

Not Dead Yet: Vacation-Rental Bill Flagler Opposes Clears Last House Committee , 17-11

April 24, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Today's vote was another reversal for Flagler County government and its attorney, Al Hadeed, who's argued the county's position at five successive legislative hearings.

A bill that would end Flagler County’s authority to regulate short-term rentals cleared its last House committee and appears headed for a clash with its Senate version, which is very different. If differences aren’t resolved, the bills die.

Storm Damages Newly Repaired Dune Areas Along A1A, Stressing Urgency of Permanent Fix

April 5, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The rainstorm excavated the dune from under the walkover at South 20th Street in Flagler Beach. (© Ed Siarkowicz)

Tuesday’s storm left various parts of A1A’s dunes–what’s left of them–damaged, but from an unexpected direction: officials have been fearing a breach from the ocean. The problem this time was rainwater pushing out.

Charges Against Ex-Elections Supervisor Weeks Reduced to Five, But Warrant Stands

April 5, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Former FDLE Agent Philip Lindley on the stand, addressing the search warrant he had drafted ahead of a search of then-Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks's office, under questioning from Weeks attorney Kendell Ali. (© FlaglerLive)

In almost two years of wrangling ex-Elections Supervisor Kim Weeks’s lawyers have reduced the 12 felony counts against her to five, but there appears little room left before either a trial or an out-of-court settlement.

Vacation-Rental Bill Hearing Rescheduled Just as Key Senate Committee Begins Debate

April 3, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Sen. Tom Lee, who chairs the Community Affairs Committee, ran out of time just as the vacation-rental bill was being heard late this afternoon. (Florida Channel)

Sen. Tom Lee, the seasoned chairman of the Community Affairs Committee, didn’t ant the bill rushed through debate, as had been the case on a previous occasion before Sen. Travis Hutson.

For Flagler Library Trustees, Hopes that County Government Gets Past “Spinning Our Wheels”

April 3, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Library officials have been frustrated by plans stalled by county government, whether it’s an expansion of the main branch library on Palm Coast Parkway or the construction of a new branch in Bunnell.

House Panel Votes 9-6 to End Vacation Rental Regulations in 3rd Straight Defeat for Flagler

March 28, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Rep. Paul Renner's opposition to a vacation-rental bill was not enough to convince a House subcommittee this morning to kill the bill. (Florida Channel)

Flagler County government had staked its chances on killing the bill in this particular committee because Rep. Paul Renner, who represents Flagler, sits on the panel and had pledged to do what he could to halt the bill’s momentum.

At Vacation-Rental Town Hall, Renner Hears Unanimity Against Impairing Local Control

March 26, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

A sizable crowd turned out on short notice for a town hall meeting on beach repairs and short-term vacation rental issues affecting the Hammoc Saturday afternoon at the Hammock Community Center. The town hall meeting was hosted by Rep. Paul Renner, left, and County Commissioner Greg Hansen. (© FlaglerLive)

A standing-room-only crowd at Saturday’s Hammock Town Hall urged Rep. Paul Renner to battle a legislative attempt to scale back local regulatory control of vacation rentals won through a 2014 law.

Renner Seizes Reins for Flagler After Hutson’s Striking Disregard on Vacation Rentals

March 23, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Rep. Paul Renner, left, appears willing to take up Flagler County officials' cause to preserve vacation-rental regulations in the Hammock. Sen. Travis Hutson? Not so much. (© FlaglerLive)

Rep. Paul Renner and County Commissioner Greg Hansen are organizing a town hall meeting in the Hammock Saturday, hoping to rally support against a proposed legislative retreat on vacation-rental regulations.

7-3 Vote Loses Flagler Another Round on Vacation Rentals In Hurried Senate Hearing

March 21, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Sen. Travis Hutson, who represents Flagler County, chaired a committee hearing on a controversial vacation-rental proposal today, and voted against the measure, though it passed, 7-3. (Florida Chanlle)

Flagler County government’s attempt to protect its vacation-rental regulations took another turn for the worse as a Senate committee today voted to advance a bill that would wipe out those regulations.

Flagler Increases Tourism Tax to 5%, Benefiting Beach Fix, Then More Promotions

March 21, 2017 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The first two years of new revenue will swell the beach-repair fund by $2.5 million, settling back down to $500,000 thereafter, when the promotions revenue will rise to $1.5 million a year.

O’Brien Beach-Funding Proposal Prevails, And Flagler Beach Gets $2 Million Pledge

March 20, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

County Administrator Craig Coffey during today's presentation of a beach-repair funding proposal to a joint meeting of the County Commission and the Tourist Development Council. (© FlaglerLive)

County Commissioner Donald O’Brien’s proposal to shift more money toward beach restoration prevailed today in a joint meeting of the County Commission and the county’s tourism board, and the county administrator pledged to allocate $2 million to Flagler Beach’s needs.

Flagler Tourism “Promotions” Slush Fund Jumps 76% in 3 Years, And We’re Counting Pennies For Beach Repairs?

March 20, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Flagler Tourism Director Matt Dunn, left, and County Administrator Craig Coffey. (© FlaglerLive)

Paying for critical repairs to Flagler County’s beaches is hostages to a tourism budget’s scandalous and unaccountable promotions spending, which the county administration wants to increase despite the emergency.

Flagler’s Hutson Files Amendment to Vacation-Rental Bill That Would “Eviscerate” Regulations

March 16, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Sen. Travis Hutson has no issues with Flagler County's vacation-rental regulations, and even sees them as working well. Yet he's filed an amendment to a bill in the Senate that would severely weaken those regulations. (© FlaglerLive)

Sen. Travis Hutson had supported the 2014 law enabling Flagler County to regulate vacation rentals. His amendment, which he calls a “compromise,” would scale that back even though he sees no problems with local regulations or short-term rentals.

Setback For Flagler as Bill Scrapping Vacation-Rental Regulations Advances on 9-6 Vote

March 14, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Flagler County Attorney addressing the House Agriculture and Property Rights Subcommittee today in Tallahassee. (Florida Channel)

A divided House Agriculture and Property Rights Subcommittee was not swayed by a presentation from Flagler County Attorney Al Hadeed as it voted to scrap county authority to regulate short-term, vacation rentals. The bill has several additional hurdles to clear.

Flagler May Lose Vacation Rental Regulations Just 2 Years After Regaining Authority

March 13, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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After a three-year battle, Flagler County government regained the right to regulate short-term rentals in the Hammock, which had become disruptive to local residents. Now the state is poised to take that authority away–again.

O’Brien Surprise: Commissioner Agrees To Higher Tourism Tax, But With Beach Twist

March 6, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Flagler County Commissioner Donald O'Brien, left, got fellow-Commissioner Nate McLaughlin flustered when O'Brien proposed a different way of applying new revenue from a proposed increase in the county's tourism tax. (© FlaglerLive)

County Commissioner Donald O’Brien today was willing to raise the county’s tourism tax to 5 percent, but to further increase revenue for beach restoration, and, for a year, lower revenue for promotions.

Council Endorses Raising Flagler’s Tourism Tax to 5% to Pay For Beach Repairs

February 20, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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The tourist sales surtax tax is applied to hotels, motels and short-term rentals, and would increase beach-restoration revenue to $2.25 million over the next three years.

Flagler County May Be Out $2 Million as FEMA and State Deny Hurricane Reimbursements

February 7, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Just two weeks ago Gov. Scott and his director of emergency management were in Flagler, touting emergency spending for the county's beaches. But Scott and Bryan Koon, the emergency management director, have changed course on a different pot of money--reimbursement matches for storm spending, leaving the county to pick up the tab. Scott is looking over his shoulder at County Administrator Craig Coffey. (© FlaglerLive)

FEMA denied $1.1 million in Flagler claims for debris pick-up, the state is not providing a match the county expected, and the county has yet to hear on millions more in claims to FEMA.

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