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Flagler County Commission

Flagler Opens 1st Secure Site For Supervised Children’s Visits in Sally’s Safe Haven

December 8, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

It took three years and $400,000 from a federal grant, but on Monday county officials dedicated the safe haven in the old Bunnell Post office location, ensuring that parents don’t have to travel to Volusia or St. Johns to execute court-ordered, supervised children’s visitations.

Varn Park Will Close Until April 15 For $476,000 Renovations Thanks to Scenic A1A Grant

December 5, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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The federal National Scenic Byways grant was the largest of just three such awards in Florida, and will have a $140,000 match from Flagler County.

Economic Development Director Helga van Eckert Is CareerSource’s Excellence Award Recipient

December 3, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Flagler County’s Department of Economic Development Executive Director Helga van Eckert was awarded the “Partners in Workforce Excellence Award” by CareerSource Flagler Volusia at the Annual Board of Directors meeting on Nov. 21.

New Sheriff’s HQ Square Footage Grows By a Third Even as Construction Cost Falls to $4.2 Million

December 2, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Instead of a $6.2 million demolition and construction project, the lowest bid for the sheriff’s HQ came in at $4.2 million, with the sheriff gaining 9,000 more square feet in the bargain, for a total of 35,000 square feet.

Feed Flagler’s 364-Day Blinders: Why Isn’t a Portion of Old Courthouse Considered as Homeless Shelter?

November 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

It must be Thanksgiving because as with the first Thanksgiving, the pilgrims seem more interested in clobbering the poor than feeding them.

Election Supervisor Kimberle Weeks Caps Final Canvassing Session With Hit List Frown Song

November 20, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Kimberle Weeks once again indicted a slew of local officials on evidence largely fictional while portraying herself as voters’ last great hope as she responded to the county’s latest request for an state intervention.

Even As Lawsuit Gets in the Way, Sheriff and Union Agree that “Substantial” Raises Are Due

November 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Sheriff’s deputies and other employees have been without a serious raise in five years and the sheriff and union are at a negotiating impasse, but both sides are attempting to reach agreement on a small prize: a 1 percent raise the county commission pledged employees this year.

Growing Concern at Supervisor of Elections Offices Across Florida: Aging Equipment

November 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Secretary of State Ken Detzner said he will meet next month with local supervisors of election in Orlando to determine which counties are most in need of new equipment before the 2016 elections. Flagler is likely to be among those.

New, Younger Faces Sworn In at Palm Coast Council, Same Old at County Commission

November 18, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The swearing-in ceremonies were a study in contrast, if not a reflection of the election’s paradoxes as Palm Coast showed its desire for change and the county commission stayed the same.

Some Skepticism Aside, County Broadens Old Courthouse Panel’s Mission: Find Tenants

November 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The county commission Monday evening voted 4-1 to give the courthouse committee until the end of March to find tenants who can pay their way and end the county’s $6,000-a-month subsidy of the building.

Renovate and Lease Old Courthouse But Don’t Sell or Demolish, Committee Recommends

November 14, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

An advisory committee’s much-awaited findings recommend that county government continue to carry the maintenance costs of the old courthouse until it is able to renovate and rent it to non-profits or office-type concerns.

Flagler Briefly Pauses On 100th Anniversary Year of the War that Led to Veterans Day

November 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

County Commission Chairman George Hanns, an Army sergeant, was master of ceremonies at today's commemoration of Veterans Day. (© FlaglerLive)

The commemoration of Veterans Day this morning in Bunnell featured a Florida Army National Guard commander who traced the conflict-ridden history of the day since its inception at the end of World War I.

Feed Flagler, in Its 6th Year, Launches Food Drive and Free Thanksgiving Meals Plan

November 9, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Feed Flagler, the community-wide effort to provide meals for the needy (or anyone who requests one) at Thanksgiving, is off to its 6th year, with renewed emphasis on food collection for families.

From Washington to Palm Coast City Council, Elections Herald Less Change Than Advertised

November 5, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Tuesday’s election looked more revolutionary than it was, as political dynamics changed very little, even at the Palm Coast City Council, where two seats turned over, and even more so at the school board and the county commission, where change may be imperceptible.

Even as Election Culminates, Supervisor Weeks Finds a New Target: Commission Chairman George Hanns

November 4, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

In her latest attempts to recast the Flagler Canvassing Board, Elections Supervisor Kimberle Weeks tried to have County Commission Chairman Gorge Hanns removed and raised issues with the appointment of alternate and Commissioner Barbara Revels.

Flagler Gives Initial Approval to Vacation Rental Regulations and Pledges Revisions

November 3, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Some Hammock property owners applauded the Flagler County Commission’s proposed rules for short-term rental properties, others excoriated them for being too draconian. The commission will consider a revised proposal in late November or December.

Miscounts Stretch Marathon Canvassing Board Meeting to 16 Hours, Ending After Midnight

October 30, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Aside from Supervisor Kimberle Weeks hiring a stenographer without the Canvassing Board’s authorization, the meeting Thursday was dominated by attempts to reconcile a four-ballot difference.

Elections Supervisor Weeks Suspends Canvassing Business for Radio Gig, Stunning Fellow Board Members

October 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Week suspended a Canvassing Board meeting Friday to do a radio interview, without telling fellow-board members, who had other commitments, that that was the reason.

Raising Issues of Accuracy, Canvassing Board Rejects Elections Supervisor Weeks’s Minutes in Latest Strains

October 22, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

It was a striking vote of no-confidence in the veracity of Weeks’s version of events that Canvassing Board Chair Melissa Moore-Stens made even more striking by including disclaimers on each set of minutes, stressing that they are not the official minutes of the board, but Weeks’s own.

Denise Calderwood, Flagler County Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

October 20, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Independent Denise Calderwood is challenging Republican incumbent Nate McLaughlin in the District 4 race for Flagler County Commission in the Nov. 4 election. All registered Flagler County and and municipal residents may cast ballot in the race.

Howard Holley, Flagler County Commission Candidates: The Live Interview

October 20, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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Howard Holley is an Independent candidate for the Flagler County Commission in the Nov. 4 election, challenging incumbent Republican Frank Meeker. All registered voters may cast a ballot in this race.

Canvassing Board Rejects Weeks Attempt to Remove Hadeed as Attorney in Latest Clashes

October 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Another Canvassing Board meeting that should have been routine turned into a three-hour test of wills between Supervisor Kimberle Weeks and the two other members of the board, while Weeks’s issues with Palm Coast remain unresolved.

In Chamber’s Straw Poll, Shipley and Nobile Win Palm Coast, Incumbents Win all County and State Offices and Pot Loses

October 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

There were few surprises in a straw poll of 124 participants conducted by the Flagler Chamber of Commerce at a political forum and at Creekside Festival in the last few days, but the sample is too small to be indicative of more than hints.

Thrasher’s FSU Contract: $430,000 a Year for Five Years. Special Election Cost: $1 Million.

October 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The Flagler County Commission is not relishing a special election, as it means contending with a supplemental budget request from Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks, whose relationship with the commission–among other local government agencies–is at an all-time low.

A1A Pride Votes 7-3 to Reject Salamander Plan for 198-Room Hotel at Hammock Beach

October 9, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Today’s vote is only advisory ahead of action before the county’s planning board and the County Commission. But A1A’s membership represents a powerful constituency in the Hammock, as its previous displays of political muscle indicate.

Pink Army’s Cancer-Whipping Flags Rise Over Flagler as Awareness Campaign Broadens

October 6, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

At a flag-raising ceremony this morning, elected officials and Florida Hospital Flagler CEO Ken Mattison spoke of cancer’s toll and improvements in life expectancy thanks to awareness and early detection.

County Road 305 Culvert Replacements Will Not Be Completed Until 2015

October 5, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

One culvert has been delayed by heavy rains and won’t be finished until October, two more won’t be done until January 2015, the county administration said.

FDLE Serves Search Warrant as Supervisor of Elections Weeks Is Now Formally Under Investigation

October 3, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents this morning served a search warrant at Flagler County Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks’s office. Agents were there several hours today.

FDLE Looking Into Alleged Secret Taping and Sunshine Violation by Elections Supervisor

September 29, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks recorded the county attorney and a county commissioner without their knowledge. The question is whether the recording was illegal. (© FlaglerLive)

It’s the first step to an investigation of Kimberle Weeks, if laws are found to have been broken. It takes place on the heels of withering criticism of Weeks’s methods and questions by the county commission chairman about the integrity of the elections she is supervising.

County Calls Supervisor of Elections Kim Weeks’s Taping of a Conversation “Illegal”

September 29, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

County Administrator Craig Coffey says Weeks’s secret recording of a conversation between the county attorney and a county commissioner on Aug. 25 was illegal, so was its distribution, though nothing in the recording speaks ill of either men in the conversation.

Supervisor of Elections’ Husband Duane Weeks in Threatening Altercation With Flagler Commissioner Meeker

September 25, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

The brief confrontation, which entailed Duane Weeks at one point inviting Frank Meeker outside, took place before an NAACP meeting where Sheriff Manfre was to address the fallout from the racial events in Ferguson, Mo.

John Thrasher Is Named FSU’s Next President, Opening Big Void in Flagler’s Legislative Pull; Hutson Considering Run

September 23, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

For Flagler County, Thrasher’s move is the second major blow to the county’s political pull, after losing John Mica in Congress to redistricting two years ago. Flagler had specific needs that may now go unfilled in Tallahassee.

Tenacity Charlie: County Commissioner Ericksen, 71, Completes 24,902-Mile Bike Trek, Equivalent to Circling the Equator

September 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler County Commissioner and epic biker Charlie Ericksen Jr., who on Sept. 19 completed the equivalent of a circumnavigation of the globe, at the equator, on his bike, a feat began six years ago. (© FlaglerLive)

Charlie Ericksen’s odometer turned the last mile early this morning after six years or 2,263 days, biking an average of 77 miles a week around Flagler and Palm Coast, despite three tips to the hospital along the way and many more repairs for his bike.

Commission Chairman Questions Election’s Integrity in Broad Criticism of Supervisor Kim Weeks’ Methods

September 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

County Commission Chairman George Hanns has generally been supportive of Elections Supervisor Kimberle Weeks, above. Not anymore. (© FlaglerLive)

George Hanns unleashed an unusually blunt and broad critique of Weeks at the end of a county commission meeting and went as far as questioning whether it was time to involve the state Division of Elections “about some of the things that are transpiring.”

Gamble Rogers Rec Area Will Keep Its Name as Flagler Beach Concedes: “Not Worth the Fight”

September 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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The Flagler Beach City Commission and the County Commission both retreated from a push to remove Gamble Rogers’s name from the Flagler Beach recreation area following a series of setbacks and a public backlash against the idea.

Elections Supervisor Weeks Scuttles Latest Attempt to Resolve Elections Conflicts in Heated Meeting

September 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

A Canvassing Board meeting Friday devolved into a partisan and often heated debate, but no resolution, as many conflicts that have framed Kimberle Weeks’s supervision of the last election remain unresolved ahead of November’s election.

Flagler’s Constitutional Officers, With Combined Salaries of $1 Million, Get 0.4% Bump

September 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

When the $140,406 in salaries to city elected officials is added to the figure, the combined total, for elected officials in Flagler County, stands at $1.13 million for the coming year, not including benefits.

Palm Coast and County Close to a Deal 4 Years in the Making, Resolving Conflict Over Airport

September 9, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Flagler County Airport is surrounded by Palm Coast. An agreement four years in the making would resolve any issues related to the two governments' inter-dependence. Click on the image for larger view.

The Palm Coast City Council is still not entirely happy with the agreement because of uncertainty over a potential city park, and the county commission hasn’t even seen or discussed the agreement.

Reagan Assemblies’ “Watchdogs” Can’t Take Defeat: As One Suit Is Tossed, a Pledge to File Another

September 4, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Just after a judge threw out a lawsuit this afternoon, the attorney for an obscure “Watchdogs” group said he’d file a new lawsuit alleging illegal conversations outside of meetings by county commissioners.

Flagler Fire Rescue Rolls Out Two, $219,000 Ambulances, Workhorses of Local Emergencies

September 4, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

It's $219,000 empty, priceless when carrying patients and paramedics. (© FlaglerLive)

The county has seven ambulances on duty 24 hours a day (11 units in all) that each log 5,000 miles and 1,000 calls a month, by far the majority of the 14,000 annual emergency calls in Flagler.

Watch Out, I’m an Arab! How I Changed My Name and Pledged a Take-Over of Flagler County.

September 3, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 158 Comments

Two local ex-candidates–Dennis McDonald and Mark Richter–have been insinuating to government officials that FlaglerLive Editor’s Arab background and name change are a security risk, and his failure to recite the pledge proof of his sinister sympathies.

Unbowed, Elections Supervisor Kimberle Weeks Signals More Brawling Ahead

September 2, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

In the latest bout involving the elections supervisor, Kimberle Weeks on Tuesday took on Al Hadeed, the county attorney, dismissing his mediation efforts with Palm Coast and at one point seeking to silence him.

Skeptical Judge Grants Delay in “Watchdog” Suit Against County Over Old Hospital Buy

August 27, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A suit by a group that calls itself the Flagler Palm Coast Watchdogs, raising a conflict of interest issue with a county commissioner during the Memorial Hospital buy last year, does not belong in circuit court, the county argues.

Andy Dance Wins, McLaughlin, Meeker and Tucker Survive, Fischer and Both Palm Coast Races Headed for November Run-Offs

August 26, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The scene at the Palm Coast Community Center just at midday. It was another slow day at the polls. (© FlaglerLive)

Full results for the 2014 primary election in Flagler County and in statewide races relevant to the county, with the latest updates.

Palm Coast Manager Jim Landon Handed Wrong Ballot in Early Voting, Raising Questions About Election’s Integrity

August 25, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Accuracy, anyone? Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks during a Canvassing Board operation today. (© FlaglerLive)

Two of the three ballots handed City Manager Jim Landon, his stepdaughter and his wife Friday did not include Palm Coast City Council races, echoing a similar report by another voter, prompting discussions by the county Canvassing Board about better ensuring the integrity of the vote. But Supervisor Weeks put that responsibility squarely on voters.

Flagler Leads 20 North and Central Florida Counties in Early Voting Turnout With Double Average Rate

August 25, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler County’s comparatively high turnout took place despite the county’s and city’s prohibition on campaign signs, suggesting that the election supervisor’s claim that the prohibition would discourage voters was not accurate.

Frank Meeker, Flagler County Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

August 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Frank Meeker is a candidate for the Flagler County Commission in the Aug. 26 Republican primary, in which only registered Republicans may cast a ballot.

Dennis McDonald, Flagler County Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

August 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Dennis McDonald. (© FlaglerLive)

Dennis McDonald is a candidate for the Flagler County Commission in the Aug. 26 Republican primary, in which only registered Republicans may cast a ballot.

Nate McLaughlin, Flagler County Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

August 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Nate McLaughlin is the District 4 incumbent candidate for the Flagler County Commission in the Nov. 4 election, running against Independent Denise Calderwood. All registered voters get to cast a ballot in this race.

Mark Richter, Flagler County Commission Candidate: The Live Interview

August 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Mark C. Richter. (© FlaglerLive)

Mark Richter is a candidate for the Flagler County Commission in the Aug. 26 Republican primary, in which only registered Republicans may cast a ballot. He is challenging first-term incumbent Nate McLaughlin.

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