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Flagler County Commission

Flagler’s Wounded Warrior Project, Led by George Hanns, Nets $17,573

June 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

County Tax Collector Suzanne Johnston led the fund-raising with $3,400. The money helps veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Guns in Flagler Parks? Sure. Public Buildings? Absolutely. The County Airport? No Problem.

June 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

Flagler County, like Palm Coast and other local governments across the state, are scrapping local gun regulations to comply with a state law that prohibits local governments from regulating guns or ammo in any way. The Flagler County Commission has no choice but to comply as it takes up the issue Monday evening.

Palm Coast and Flagler County Government TV Becoming Available on AT&T’s U-Verse

June 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler County, Palm Coast and Flagler Beach government meetings, along with school board meetings, will be available live on AT&T’s new U-verse cable system, which just launched locally.

Facing $5.65 Million Deficit, Flagler County Wrestles With What to Cut and What to Tax

June 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

County services don’t come cheap, and some of them, like the county’s ambulance and emergency air transports, have been bringing in less actual money than budgeted figures showed. County commissioners are faced with a $4.65 million gap they must close by September. (© FlaglerLive)

The deficit was reduced to $3.65 million once commissioners agreed to use reserves and include a $1 million cut in the sheriff’s budget, but their debates got more heated on what services to eliminate or reduce, and what taxes to raise–or what new taxes could be imposed.

Barbara Revels, Suzanne Johnston and Jay Gardner Are Re-Elected As Qualifying Ends

June 8, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Flagler County Tax Collector Suzanne Johnston, left, County Commissioner Barbara Revels and Property Appraiser James Gardner. (© FlaglerLive)

The 2012 primary and general elections will be heavily contested in all but a handful of local and judicial district races. County Commissioner Revels, Tax Collector Johnston and Property Appraiser Gardner are among the automatic winners who faced no opposition.

County and School Boards Ridicule Emergency Meeting Forced by Elections Supervisor Weeks

June 8, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

County Commission Chairman Barbara Revels called the emergency meeting “ridiculous,” School Board member Colleen Conklin called it “nonsense,” but neither commission nor school board felt it had a choice but to comply with Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks’s demand that meeting be held.

Write-In Sham: How an Obscure GOP Group Is Disenfranchising 40,000 Voters in Local Races

June 6, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 56 Comments

Democrats and Independents would normally be allowed to vote in primaries featuring only Republican candidates. By fielding write-ins who have no chance or intention of winning, the Ronald Reagan group is locking out those Democrats and Independents by creating the artifice of a contested general election.

County Budget, Upended By Deficit of $3 to $4 Million, Sets Off Crisis Mode–and Pitfalls

June 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

The much larger-than-expected deficit, which forced the abrupt cancellation of a budget workshop, raises questions of accountability just months before four of the county commissioners face elections either to hold on to their seats or seek a higher office.

“We Won and Chilled”: In Czech Republic, Flagler Paramedics Are World Champs Again

June 3, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Flagler County Fire Rescue’s team was led by Dennis Kline, William Kerek, John Moskowitz and Pius. The quartet won for the 3rd time in four years and faced competition from 22 teams from 13 countries spread over three continents.

Horseshoe Pitching at Flagler’s Old Dixie Park: An Out of the Way Sport Hooks In

June 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The 18 Horseshoe-pitching courts at Flagler County’s Old Dixie Park are part of the Flagler Palm Coast Horseshoe Club’s hopes of drawing some of Florida’s 70 horseshoe tournaments and tourism dollars to the Flagler-Palm Coast area.

Flalger County Lifts Burn Ban, For Now

May 30, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The burn ban was in effect since April 16, but tropical storm Beryl and more rain in the forecast led Flagler Fire Chief Don Petito to let the ban lapse on Memorial Day.

Meeker Resigning Palm Coast Council to Run for Holland’s County Seat as Jockeying Begins

May 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

A regular partisan election in line with the coming primary and general will be held for Milissa Holland’s now-open seat on the Flagler County Commission, with two candidates already vying for it. The Palm Coast City Council may appoint a replacement for Meeker come November, depending on a legal reading of the city charter.

As FPL’s Smart Meters Convert 50,000 Flagler Homes, County Takes Dim View of Opponents

May 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

Florida Power & Light will roll out 50,000 smart meters in Flagler homes and small businesses over six months beginning this summer. The Flagler County Commission supports an opt-out measure for customers, some of whom thing the smart meters are invasive and dangerous, but FPL already provides a temporary opt-out.

Palm Coast and the County Look for State Cavalry to Resolve a Dispute Over $2.4 Million

May 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Palm Coast and the county are battling over $2.4 million each side wants to use for its own road projects. Their solution: getting the state to come up with that amount, essentially a new grant for the county. That may prove to be a tall order.

Milissa Holland Formally Launches Campaign for House as Hutson Welcomes the Challenge

May 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Democrat Milissa Holland plans on making her experience at the Flagler County Commission and as liaison in legislative services a centerpiece of her campaign against Republican Travis Hutson, who is accumulating an enormous treasure chest.

Milissa Holland Will Run For Florida House, Energizing Flagler’s Chances For a State Voice

May 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Ending months of speculation and rumors, Milissa Holland, a county commissioner for the past six years, will run for the newly drawn 24th District House seat, giving Flagler County its strongest chance of direct representation in Tallahassee in half a century.

Another Blow for the County: Palm Coast Rejects Flagler’s Sales Tax “Compromise”

May 15, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Citing the county’s “Taj Mahal” of an administration building and the city’s future growth needs (and revenue), the Palm Coast council on Tuesday stuck to its refusal to change the way sales tax revenue is split, a blow for county government.

Going Nose to Nose, Palm Coast and The County Remain Split on Half-Cent Sales Tax

May 14, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Palm Coast wants to keep the split of the half-cent sales tax revenue what it is today. Flagler County wants to change the formula, which would decrease Palm Coast’s share by $500,000. The disagreement is jeopardizing a unified approach on a sales tax referendum both sides say is critical to their revenue needs.

County Welcomes, With Cautions, Bunnell and Sheriff’s Interest to Use Old Courthouse

May 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Bunnell’s city administration has secured a $1.5 million loan that would allow it to refurbish the old county courthouse and move out of the county’s administration building, where it’s been housed rent-free. Refurbishing the annex portion for the sheriff’s uses would cost $5.25 million.

Library, Carver Gym and Youth Garden Score Grants, Focus on Flagler Coalition Denied

May 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flagler County’s Public Safety Coordinating Council, in an annual exercise, awarded $55,000 to five agencies and groups on Wednesday, out of dollars accruing from fines levied on felons and misdemeanor offenders. The awards must be ratified by the county commission.

Matanzas Woods Battleground: Flagler and Palm Coast Clash Over I-95 Interchange Dollars

May 8, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Palm Coast and Flagler County are battling over $4.2 million the city says it’s owed, and that the county has already mostly spent toward a new I-95 interchange at Matanzas Woods. It’s the latest in a series of city-county conflicts.

Early Voting and Cost Pressures Cut Flagler Voting Locations By Almost Half From 2008

May 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks submitted a plan to the Flagler County Commission Monday that reduces voting locations to 22, from 38 in 2008, as more people are voting early. A few concerns about elderly voters and turnout were raised.

Flagler Supervisor of Elections Office Tops State Performance Rankings That Anger Others

April 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Other supervisors of elections are angry over the nature of the survey, calling it inaccurate, but Weeks is almost certain to use the results as vindication of her tenure after nearly four years of conflict with the Flagler County Commission over her budget and confrontational style.

Tea Party’s Tom Lawrence, Back to His Roots, Endorses ½-Cent Sales Tax Before 135 Partiers

April 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Tom Lawrence, the ardent anti-tax tea party chairman, was the champion of the sales tax Palm Coast lobbied for 10 years ago. He urged the Flagler tea party membership to support the tax again at the polls this year, boosting county government’s arguments for the tax, which Palm Coast so far has not embraced enthusiastically.

Bed Soars: At Flagler County Jail, a Daily “Shell Game” Balancing Risk With Overcrowding

April 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

A tour of the Flagler County jail reveals the sort of calculations jail staff must make every day to fit close to 150 inmates in a facility built for 132 as the sheriff and the county commission try to convince other governments–and voters–that money is needed to expand.

$250,000 for Flagler Jail Planning Lands On List of 84 Florida Tax Watch “Turkeys”

April 14, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Lawmakers doled out the largest number of budget “turkeys” since 2007 in the spending plan for the coming fiscal year, Florida TaxWatch said, even as the amount of money dedicated to the pet projects declined slightly from the current budget.

Flagler Mulls Joining Lawsuit Against
Florida Over Reduction in Medicaid Payments

April 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flagler County commissioners will decide Monday whether to join a Florida Association of Counties lawsuit challenging the state’s decision to try to tap counties for tens of millions of dollars in disputed Medicaid money.

After Joint Meeting, Palm Coast and the County Remain Far Apart Over Sales Tax Renewal

April 10, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Palm Coast and the county disagree over how to split $4 million in annual revenue from the a half-cent sales surtax. The county wants more than it’s been getting. A joint meeting Tuesday produced good will but no breakthrough.

Flagler County Government Faces Potential $3.3 Million Gap as Stresses and Needs Endure

April 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

The Flagler County Commission got its first budget overview of the year Monday, ahead of six months of discussions, debates and battles over budget priorities in the midst of an election year with its own unpredictable variables.

Gap of Dollars and Concerns Splits Flagler County and Palm Coast Over Sales Tax Renewal

April 3, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The two local governments are far apart over how to split revenue from a sales tax surcharge voters would have to approve this November, causing Palm Coast to think of dumping the sales tax–and the county to panic–as the two head for a joint meeting next week.

In a Blow to the County, Palm Coast Explores Switch from Sales Tax to New Utility Taxes

March 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council is exploring dropping a half-cent sales tax surcharge it’s been levying with the county for 10 years, and adopting instead new utility taxes without need for voter approval or splitting revenue with the county.

Jumping for His Late Brother and Wounded Warriors, George Hanns Flies Air Show’s Flag

March 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

George Hanns, a Flagler county commissioner for the past 16 years, deployed the flag from thousands of feet up to open this year’s Wings Over Flagler as he jumped for his brother, who died at Christmas, and other veterans.

Bait, Tackle and BBQ at Bings Landing as Flagler Cooks Up Park’s Latest Shop Lease

March 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The signs are encouraging at Captaion's BBQ, Bings Landing's latest stab at concessions. (© FlaglerLive)

Captain’s BBQ at Bings Landing will operate the concession shop and kayak,canoe and bike rentals for $500 a month’s rent in Flagler County’s latest attempt to give life to a handsome but commercially problematic location.

Flagler Forest Division Chief Warns of Fire Season “Possibly as Severe as 1998”

March 5, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Persistent dryness, long-term weather patterns and dried-up swamps are combining for a dangerous fire season ahead for Flagler County, Mike Kuypers, district manager for the Florida Division of Forestry, told the county commission this morning.

Public Mostly Rejects State Proposal for 2.7 Miles of Manatee Speed Zones in Flagler Waters

February 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Three-quarters of the people who addressed a Florida Fish and Wildlife delegation on the proposed speed zones on the Intracoastal Waterway rejected the argument that manatees are endangered, or that further regulation is needed.

Visits Decline 26% in 2 Years at Flagler County Public Library; E-Books Beginning Oct. 1

February 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Patrons will be able to borrow the books through their digital devices. The library’s plans for a cafe continue despite a setback, and it has no plans for scaling back its physical presence: to the contrary. Expansion plans are afoot for the main branch library in Palm Coast.

Peterson Draws Commission Challenge From Ericksen, the Man He Introduced to Politics

February 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Four years ago Alan Peterson encouraged Charlie Ericksen to apply to finish the term of Peterson’s seat on the Palm Coast City Council, when Peterson decided to run for the Flagler County Commission. Now the two Republicans will face each other in the Aug. 14 primary for that commission seat.

In Field Trip Across Western Flagler, Jobs Council Learns of Unheralded Ag Power

February 15, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

Flagler County’s jobs council went on a field trip today—the latest in a series designed to educate its members about the county’s economy—through western Flagler, for a first-hand look at the second-largest economic engine locally: agriculture.

Christgate: With an Eye to Political Gambitry, Kimberle Weeks Demands an Apology

February 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 55 Comments

County Commissioner Alan Peterson was speaking by phone to a supervisor of elections office staffer about his reelection petitions when he allegedly used god’s name in vain after he was told that 10 percent of the petitions were invalid, according to Kimberle Weeks, prompting the demand for an apology.

Warning of Brain Drain, Flagler Government Signals a Return of Employee Raises in 2012

February 6, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

County employees, including firefighters and sheriff’s deputies, haven’t had a raise in three years, and have seen their take-home pay severely erode through inflation, health care and retirement costs. County officials are now worried about losing employees to better-paid jobs.

Canvassing Board Certifies 1,095 Absentee Ballots, County Commission Picks Alternate

January 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The three-member Flagler County Canvassing Board met at noon Friday to certify the first batch of primary election ballots ahead of Tuesday’s vote. On Thursday, the county commission picked Milissa Holland as an alternate canvassing board member.

Downplaying Expectations, County Ratifies Offer to Jobs Council CEO, for $110,700

January 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Don’t start looking for bottom-line job creation from the county’s new economic development department, commissioners are saying, even as the county’s tax-funded efforts will be judged overwhelmingly by net new jobs that can be attributed to their existence.

Miranda Vows: Commissioner Milissa Holland and Undersheriff O’Brien Will Marry April 21

January 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

WNZF’s David Ayers exerted the confession about the upcoming wedding from David O’Brien, the undersheriff, who had done his best to keep the news of his wedding to Milissa Holland an open secret.

Palm Coast Seethes as Flagler Ends Hammock Dunes DRI’s Obligations to County and City

December 20, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The Flagler County Commission closed the books on the 28-year-old Hammock Dunes “development of regional impact,” angering Palm Coast over developer dollars the city contends should still be paid for widening Palm Harbor Parkway.

Flagler’s 7 Governments Gather to Hear How Well Their Economic Development Is Doing

December 13, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Despite enduringly high unemployment and a year of fraying rather than unity among local governments, the county hosted an intergovernmental summit Tuesday that piled back-patting on exclamation marks.

Feed Flagler: Community-Wide Celebration Wraps-Up With 3,000 Meals Served

November 23, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

We’re reporting live this afternoon from various Feed Flagler locations as the community-wide Thanksgiving celebration takes place from 3 to 6 p.m.

Feed Flagler Raises $25,000 as Don Fleming Reminds Suzanne Johnston Who’s Sheriff

November 23, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The $25,000 raised largely on the strength of the sheriff and the tax collector’s efforts is $10,000 more than last year, and means that $14,000 of it will be split between two Flagler County food pantries. The rest pays for today’s 4,000 free Thanksgiving meals across the county.

Routine County Appointments Get Testy As Commissioner McLaughlin Challenges Holland

November 22, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Barbara Revels’s appointment as chairman of the Flagler County Commission was overshadowed by Alan Peterson’s and Nate McLaughlin’s unsuccessful attempts to replace Milissa Holland on two boards. McLaughlin did not take the rejection happily.

Feed Flagler Heats: Sheriff and Tax Collector Top $6,000, Chicks With Cans Up Tonnage

November 18, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Suzanne Johnston and Don Fleming are racing to top each other in fund-raising, and all else is set to go go next Wednesday’s Feed Flagler serving of 4,000 meals at 11 locations across the county.

Revels + 8 As Commission Appoints Economic Development Council, With Dash of Snub

November 8, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The seven men and two women on the economic development council have more business than racial, political or geographic diversity, with one voice from western Flagler and one–Revels–from Flagler Beach.

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