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Flagler County Commission

Flagler Whacks Proposed Speed Zones on Intracoastal as Manatee Advocates Protest

May 17, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Tuesday’s public hearing was the latest step in months of wrangles between Flagler County and the Fish and Wildlife Commission over manatee-protecting speed zones on about a third of Flagler’s 18 miles of Intracoastal.

Summit-Scaling: Enterprise Flagler, Rising Again, Wants $6.5 Million Over 3 Years

May 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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What you can expect at Friday’s economic-development summit: Demands for more tax dollars, speculative promises of thousands of jobs from executives, skepticism and disconnects. In short, a retread of old scenarios.

Flagler Commissioner Nate McLaughlin Settles Ethics Violation With $600 Fine

May 10, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Coounty Commissioner Nate McLaughlin, being a good sport, about to get dunked at Palm Coast's recent Rock 'n Ribfest at Town Center. The pitcher is Alexander Lynn. (© FlaglerLive)

The Florida Ethics Commission had offered a $1,000 settlement, which McLaughlin negotiated down to $600, with no admission of intentionally failing to disclose financial information.

Carver Gym’s Journey from Legacy to Ashes And Back–and How To Sustain It

May 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Barbara Revels, the Flagler County commissioner, was chiefly instrumental in reviving Carver Gym’s fortunes, and setting it on course toward a sustainable future as a youth and community center. She sums up what’s been achieved and where to go from here.

County Property Values Fall Another 14%; Palm Coast: -12%; Tax Rates Heading Up

May 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

The declines, for the fourth year in a row, will define to what extent local governments must either raise taxes or cut services as they prepare next year’s budgets. Governments have little room to cut anymore, short of vitals services.

Auction On: Carver Foundation Leads Gym’s Rebirth As Revels Steers Ideas and Dollars

April 29, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Carver Gym is back, brighter and shinier. But its future depends on sustained public support. An auction, immediately and electronically accessible to the public, is one of the ways the newly formed George Washington Carver Foundation hopes to tap into that support.

Flagler Power: From Bunnell By-Pass to Weigh Station to A1A Seawall, FDOT Retreats

April 16, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Three times in the past 12 months, Florida Department of Transportation projects in Flagler County have foundered on the well-organized shoals of local opposition across government boundaries and fiefdoms.

Flagler Beach Against DOT’s Seawall: County Joins City’s Opposition, With Conditions

April 11, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flagler County doesn’t want a seawall in Flagler Beach either, but the county doesn’t want to lose $6 million in highway funding–earmarked for SR A1A’s protection–that it hopes to shift either toward a study or toward an alternative to the seawall.

Campaign Crumbs: Flagler Commissioner Nate McLaughlin Facing “Probable” Ethics Violation

April 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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The ethics complaint relates to an incomplete financial disclosure form McLaughlin filed during his campaign for the county commission last August. The complaint was filed by then0-incumbent Bob Abbott’s campaign manager, Ed Caroe.

Flagler Commissioners Endorse SunRail As Gov. Scott Prepares to Derail Commuter Line

April 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Henry Flagler's legacy to Flagler County and Florida is parked, for now. Rick Scott wants to ensure that it remains so.

SunRail would have connected DeBary and Tampa as a commuter rail line, which the Legislature approved in December 2009. Gov. Rick Scott is likely to kill the project by summer, ending Central Florida’s brief flirtation with alternative transportation.

Timely Boost: Feed Flagler Nets 2 Pantries $7,680, Enough to Buy 40 Tons of Food

March 30, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The money is what’s left, after expenses, of Feed Flagler’s fund-raising that provided 2,000 free meals at 10 locations the day before Thanksgiving. It’s timely help as pantries begin to run dry.

Mystery Scarring Unsolved, Malacompra Trail Policing Is Turned Over to Biking Group

March 21, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Malacompra mountain bike trail, for years a somewhat anarchic free-for-all recently torn up by bikers, will now, in an unusual arrangement, be policed by a mountain biking group and supervised by county authorities in cooperation with Hammock conservationists.

Economic Development Set Punts Again to More Meetings, Postponing Hard Questions

March 18, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Strategic positioning: Gary Lubi of Prosperity Bank at today's summit meeting. (© FlaglerLive)

The same five “strategic goals” were hashed over again in the third day of an economic development summit, and a fourth was scheduled in May, for yet another $7,000 for “facilitator” Don Upton, bringing his tax-funded total to $30,000.

Youth Center II: Carver Gym Rises Again As School District Takes Over Management

March 16, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

South Bunnell’s Carver Gym, no longer on the endangered list, will be run like the Youth Center on FPC’s campus: with money from the county–and other sources–and staffing from the school district, along with new controls and programming.

St. Johns Raises Impact Fees on Residential Construction, Decreases Them on Commercial

March 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

St. John’s decision to raise impact fees on residential construction contrasts sharply with discussions in Flagler, where developers and some elected officials want a moratorium on fees. Flagler’s fees are considerably lower than St. John’s.

Familiar Slogans and More Familiar Questions as 2-Day Economic Development Summit Ends

March 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

It was left up to Palm Coast City Manager Jim Landon to remind the assembled that slogans don’t make economic development policy, and unity of message is still far from a given in a county with diverse interests and constituencies.

Marriage Encounters: Can This Man Bring Flagler Together for $1,100 an Hour?

March 5, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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The consultant Flagler County hired to shepherd local governments through their political and financial obstacles related to economic development has a long record of bracing cheerleading. Dividends are less clear.

Economic Development Summit: Diagnostic Kumbayas Drown Out Harder Questions

March 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Day one of the summit produced generous and optimistic self-evaluations from some 60 elected and had-picked representatives of local governments, but no breakthrough on fundamental differences on economic development financing or leadership.

As County Health Departments Brace For Cuts in Vital Services, Flagler’s Makes Its Case

February 21, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The Flagler County Health Department sees an average of 136 people a day, providing clinical, dental and maternal services, among other things, that no other agency provides. That safety net is in jeopardy.

Saving Carver Gym: Breakthrough In Sight, Barbara Revels Battles One Last Obstacle

February 17, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

County Commissioner Revels is preparing to submit a plan to the commission that would blend financial responsibility and management of Carver Gym between various groups while diminishing two existing employees’ direct control.

Local Governments Agree To a Therapist To Cut Through Economic Dysfunction

January 31, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

After a meeting lasting two hours and 17 minutes Monday, local governments conceded they have no agreement on economic development, except to meet again and let a “facilitator” help them find some.

Live: Flagler County’s Economic Development Summit

January 31, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The economic development summit at the Flagler County Emergency Operations Center began at 5:30 this evening. For background on the summit, go here. For a recap and analysis of the meeting, go here. Click below to follow the summit moment by moment. Flagler County Economic Development Summit

Economic Development Summit: Can Flagler’s 33 Elected Get It Up?

January 31, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Many plans, little agreement, no concerted action: Monday evening’s economic development summit between Flagler County’s seven local governments is unlikely to yield substantive results beyond a meet-and-greet of powerpoints.

Bob Pickering, Flagler Voice of Climate Safety, Wins National Weather Association Award

January 30, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Bob Pickering, for 17 years a technician in Flagler County’s Emergency Management, won the national award from the National Weather Association for bridging weather forecasting with public safety.

Palm Coast Largely Rejects County’s Economic Development Track, Including New Tax

January 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Even then, Flagler County was little more than a footnote to Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive) 1970 grand opening ITT

Ahead of Jan. 31’s countywide summit on economic development, Palm Coast is saying no to a new sales tax, no to a common pot that limits Palm Coast’s influence, and no to a new economic development council.

Blank Check: City and County Bankrolling Enterprise Flagler Without a Contract

January 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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Since 2006, Enterprise Flagler, the public-private economic development partnership, has received more than $1 million in taxpayer dollars from Palm Coast and Flagler County. Elected officials are just discovering there was no contract.

Seeking “One Voice” At Countywide Economic Summit, Commissioners Can’t Agree On Theirs

January 24, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

County commissioners can’t agree on what the county’s economic development plan should be, or what should come first–a strategy, a funding mechanism or a structure to manage the whole thing. They’ll try again Tuesday.

Blair Kanbar, Flagler County Commissioner from 1998 to 2006, Dies of Cancer

January 23, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Blair Kanbar was 66. He won election to the county commission just two years after moving to Flagler from Massachusetts. His eight-year tenure coincided with Flagler County’s fastest-growth years.

Palm Coast Appears to Retreat from Airport Annexation, But It’s No County Victory

January 11, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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A proposed agreement between the city and the county over the Flagler County Airport gives in to the county’s ownership rights, but with so many caveats that the airport zone would be a quasi city neighborhood.

County Commissioners Trip Into “Inadvertent” Sunshine Violations Through Emails

January 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

County administrator Craig Coffey solicited feedback from commissioners on an economic development document he was preparing. Two commissioners copied their replies to fellow-commissioners, a violation of the sunshine law.

Extreme Drought Conditions Prompt Flagler To Extend State of Emergency Indefinitely

January 3, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Flagler County is among a handful of regions in the United States facing extreme drought conditions. The burn ban is designed to stem what could be an active and dangerous wildfire season, starting much earlier than normal.

Trial May Settle Ginn-County Dispute Over Towering Condo at Hammock Dunes

December 15, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Neighbors and the county strenuously objected to Ginn-Lubert-Adler’s proposal to build a massive, 561-unit condo-hotel on the beach at the end of 16th Road, even after the developer scaled back the proposal to 289 units.

State DOT Unveils Its Priority List for Flagler, Riling Commissoners Over Matanzas Overpass

December 6, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Long-sought dollars to help build the Matanzas interchange at I-95 made the list, at Number 2, but not before 2014, and only for the design phase of the project–which would be done by then, the county argues.

2,000 Meals and More: Feed Flagler Feasts As County Breaks Thanksgiving Bread As One

November 24, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Feed Flagler exceeded its goal of serving some 2,000 Thanksgiving meals as 10 locations around the county turned into community feasts Wednesday, hundreds of families went home with a week’s supply of food, and food pantries stocked up.

Feed Flagler Ingredients: 100 Turkeys, 450 lb. of Ham, 170 Pies, and 2,000 Guests Wednesday

November 23, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The kitchen at Buddy Taylor Middle School was a feast’s brew as Hammock Dunes Club’s chef and other volunteers were wrist-deep in preparation for Wednesday’s feasts for 2,000 in 10 locations around Flagler County.

Feed Flagler Raises $13,000 and Tons of Food Ahead of Wednesday’s 2,000 Free Dinners

November 19, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Ahead of next Wednesday’s community-wide celebration, featuring 2000 free Thanksgiving dinners at 10 sites, Team Feed Flagler’s success is the talk of the county–and a blueprint for Flagler’s grass-roots battle against hunger.

20 Years On, With $1.17 Million Pay-off, County Approves Hunter’s Ridge Megadevelopment

November 18, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The 3-2 vote clears the way for yet another development, this one for 2,302 houses and 600,000 square feet of commercial and industrial space, in a county facing a potential for 40,000 new homes despite a depressed real estate industry.

Dogged Duo: Nate McLaughlin and Milissa Holland Take Their County Commission Oath

November 16, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Nate McLaughlin with his wife Kelly (left), and Milissa Holland, seated, with Bunnell City Commissioner Elbert Tucker (left), Tax Collector Suzanne Johnston and Property Appraiser Jay Gardner Monday before the two commissioners took their oath of office. (© FlaglerLive)

Put on your helmets: A county commission already stocked with personalities that wear their convictions on their sleeves welcomed Nate McLaughlin Monday. He fills a seat that had been a virtual non-entity for the past four years.

All 400 Sanctuary Pigs To Be Gassed in a Truck and Delivered to Starke for Cremation

November 15, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 84 Comments

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The pigs are corralled into a truck, and gassed while the truck is on its way to Starke, where they’re off-loaded into a crematorium. Lory Yazurlo tried but failed to get a stay of execution for the pigs she’s cared for since 1995.

County Endorses Federal Recommendation To Kill All 400 Pigs at Yazurlo’s Sanctuary

November 12, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Federal and state authorities could only recommend that the pigs be killed. The county made the final decision, though the county commission has yet to formally address the issue, and a time and place for the operation have not been set.

Sheriff Calls for 1-Year Pill-Mill Freeze in Flagler Through County and City Ordinances

November 11, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Citing three pill mills already in Flagler County, Sheriff Fleming is asking the county commission and the cities to adopt ordinances stopping pill mills until the state strengthens its regulations.

Court Orders County to Take Over Custody and Fate of 400 Swine in Bunnell Pig Sanctuary

November 10, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Lory Yazurlo appears to have lost an eight-year battle to keep caring for unwanted pigs on her 20-acre farm, though government officials point to degraded conditions harmful to animals and public health, and Yazurlo’s refusal to comply with age-old care plans.

“An Agreement is an Agreement”: Maps Contradict Palm Coast’s Annexation Claim

November 5, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Large maps and a 2007 circuit court settlement show clearly where Palm Coast’s annexation authority ends. That authority doesn’t extend over the site of a proposed National Guard reserve center on county land.

Time to Get Involved: Feed Flagler Challenges County’s Thanksgiving Compassion and Beyond

November 4, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Led by Commissioner Milissa Holland and the county administration, Feed Flagler aims to provide meals for 2,000 people at Thanksgiving, raise thousands of dollars and stock up food pantries and family pantries for many weeks’ worth.

Delinquent on Taxes and Other Dues, Hunter’s Ridge Development Wants More Favors

November 2, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Three years in arrears on taxes and delinquent on $4.5 million it owes the county for a golf course it never built, Hunter’s Ridge now wants to almost double its density to 2,657 homes. Commissioners are puzzled.

Holland Walks Out on Palm Coast Council As It “Rewrites History” Over Annexation

October 26, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Commissioner Milissa Holland had enough once Palm Coast City Manager Jim Landon took credit for bringing in the National Guard to a Flagler County airport site, which is at the heart of an annexation controversy.

Jail Riot, Diving Accident, Hostages and Wrecks Jam Flagler’s Paramedic Competition

October 25, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Organized by the Flagler County Fire Department, the nearly 24-hour paramedic competition put 10 teams through 10 scenarios across the county in grueling, unpredictable drills.

Bold and Bolder: County Commission Bashes Landon and Coffey Over Annexation Proposal

October 19, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

County administrator Craig Coffey and City Manager Jim Landon worked out an annexation deal for the 55 acres to be filled by a National Guard center near the airport. That was news to the county commission.

County Raises Bed Tax to 4%, a Victory for Milissa Holland’s Tourism Marketing Thrust

October 18, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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The higher tax, Milissa Holland argued, will broaden Flagler County’s marketing power, drawing more visitors and creating more jobs for local, small businesses.

Defeated Without a Vote, Economic Tax Talk Shifts Back Uncertainly to the County

October 4, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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A sales tax increase to fund economic development may still be discussed, but its chances of being enacted any time soon are slim to none. Governments want to talk.

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