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Calling Mullins ‘Pied Piper of Hate, Deception and Fraud,’ School Board’s Conklin Rips His Latest Attack on LGBTQ and GOP

March 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

Joe Mullins speaking to a group he calls the 'adorable deplorables,' in a still from the video he'd posted, then taken down, at his Facebook page.

Joe Mullins combined attacks on transgender people and local Republicans in an extended screed filled with falsehoods and mischaracterizations as he spoke to a local far-right Republican group, prompting the School Board’s Colleen Conklin to issue a severe condemnation and called him a “narcissistic beast.”

Joe Mullins Falsehoods, Mischaracterizations, Misleading and Baseless Statements: A Fact-Check

March 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Joe Mullins.(© FlaglerLive)

Joe Mullins’s problem with facts is not new, pre-dating his election. We fact-checked his latest statements from that March 25 appearance point by point as he discussed Flagler schools’ transgender students, local Republicans allegiances, the massage parlor murders, immigration, why people move to Flagler, guns and other matters.

Flagler Beach Again Cancels July 4 Parade and Fireworks, Wrapping Hopes for a Big Event Around Christmas

March 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

“If we’re going to be criticized for being safe, mea culpa,” Flagler Beach Police Chief said, discussing a gradual but slow reopening of events in the city.

For the second year in a row, Flagler Beach will not host its traditional July 4 parade and fireworks, the city commission decided tonight, nor will the event be postponed to Labor Day. Doing so would be too “risky,” the commission agreed with Flagler Health Department Chief Bob Snyder. Commissioners are placing their hopes on a big event and parade around Christmas, including fireworks.

House Committee Postpones Debating Vacation Rental Bill That Would Have Stripped Local Authority

March 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Flagler County has kept preservation of regulatory authority among its legislative priorities year after year, as the vacation rental industry has–year after year–attempted to scrap the 2014 law and “pre-empt” local control to the state.

Employee Ranks Double at Flagler’s Own Coastal Cloud as Company’s Vaccine and Testing Platforms Go Viral

March 22, 2021 | Michael Lewis | 4 Comments

Trae Thompson (left) and Eric Westbrook (right) The picture was taken at Jacksonville Vaccine site at Edward Waters College.

Hammock-based Coastal Cloud’s testing and vaccine platforms, adopted by the Florida Division of Emergency Management, placed the company at the center of the state’s battle against covid and resulted in a doubling of the company’s ranks to 280, despite the crisis.

Draft Report on Flagler County Fire Department Finds Low Morale, Lack of Pride and Internal Dysfunctions

March 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Replacing Fire Flight, the county's emergency helicopter, is among the fire department's future plans. (© FlaglerLive)

The report, underscoring internal dysfunctions and a lack of leadership, has been circulating within the administration for weeks, eliciting questions from administrative and elected officials, and may be ready for the commission in about two months.

How Flagler Was Far More “Staly Country” than Trump’s in 2020, and How Grand Haven Saved Milissa Holland

March 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly with his wife Debbie the afternoon of election day last November on Old Kings Road. (© FlaglerLive)

An analysis of Flagler County’s precinct-by-precinct vote last November reveals a few surprises, among them how Grand Haven powered incumbent Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland to her win and how Flagler was not so much “Trump Country” as “Staly Country” as the incumbent sheriff won his second term with 70 percent of the vote, with no discernible weaknesses across precincts.

Flagler Sues Inspection Company in Hopes of Recovering Up to $400,000 Lost in Sears Building Fiasco

March 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The old Sears Building on Palm Coast Parkway after the county had bought it. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County government on Friday filed suit against Universal Engineering, the inspection company that the county claims misled it about the soundness of the former Sears building on Palm Coast Parkway that the county bought for $1.125 million and had to sell at a huge loss.

County Takes Extraordinary Legal Step to Demolish Derelict Motel on Old Dixie as Owners Stop Responding

March 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Disused for over a decade, the old Country Hearth Inn on Old Dixie Highway is facing a county injunction and possible demolition. The owners have not been responsive to the county's demands for cooperation. The image is part of the court documents in a suit against the owners.

Flagler County government has filed suit to condemn and demolish the long-derelict, yellowed Country Hearth Inn motel that’s vexed law enforcement, residents and county code enforcement officials for years near Dixie Commons along South Old Dixie Highway, not far from the interchange with I-95.

Two-Thirds of Flagler’s 65 and Over Have at Least One Shot of Vaccine, Minority Outreach Expands

March 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Two-thirds of Flagler County's population 65 and older has at least one shot of the vaccine as of today. (© FlaglerLive)

As the CDC issues mask guidelines that provide some relief for those fully vaccinated, Flagler County nears the 25 percent mark for those who have at least one shot, but new cases of covid have spiked for the third straight week, signaling a still-raging pandemic.

Flagler County’s Unemployment Rate Rises Back to 5.1%, Florida’s Falls to 4.8%

March 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The unemployment rate in Florida and most counties, including Flagler, fell faster than in the United States in January. (© FlaglerLive)

While 595 more Flagler residents qualified for unemployment in January, an unusually sharp one-month rise in part reflecting retail’s post-holiday layoffs, almost 200 more people were employed in January than in December, and the labor force grew by 788, a strong indication of confidence in the local economy.

Lysenko, Stalin and Trump

March 13, 2021 | Pierre Tristam | 48 Comments

Trofim Lysenko, left, speaking at the Kremlin in 1935, with Joseph Stalin standing, right. (Wikimedia Commons)

On the one-year mark of the coronavirus pandemic, Trump’s malicious, politically motivated anti-science handling of a calamity that has killed more than half a million Americans so far recalls the alliance between fake Soviet scientist Trofim Lysenko and Stalin, which led to the death of millions.

In-Person Trials Will Resume in Flagler, With High-Profile Murder Cases On Deck

March 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A jury room at the Flagler County courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

The cases of Keith Johansen, who faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of Brandi Celenza, and Benjamin Allen, who was 16 when he was charged as an adult in the first-degree murder of 17-year-old Elijah Rizvan in Palm Coast, will see trial dates later this year.

In a Victory for Flagler Government, Key Local Vacation Rental Regulations May Survive Yet Again

March 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Sen. Travis Hutson speaking at today's Appropriations Committee hearing during the segment on a vacation-rental bill. Hutson voted to preserve local regulatory authority. (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

A Florida Senate panel today in a surprise shift voted to preserve local regulatory authority of short-term vacation rentals. If that version of the bill survives and overrides a different House bill, as appears likely, then local regulations will remain in place unscathed, surviving attempts to scrap that local authority for the seventh straight year.

Almost a Quarter of Flagler Is Vaccinated, But Cases Rise; CDC Says Fully Vaccinated May Unmask In Some Cases

March 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Case loads in Flagler County have risen for the last three successive weeks even as vaccines have made advances in the county. (© FlaglerLive)

As the CDC issues mask guidelines that provide some relief for those fully vaccinated, Flagler County nears the 25 percent mark for those who have at least one shot, but new cases of covid have spiked for the third straight week, signaling a still-raging pandemic.

Now Florida’s Only 2nd All-American Road, Storied A1A Has Long Navigated Between Quaint and Crass

March 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A storied road even before it was known as A1A, the oceanshore stretch from St. Johns through Flagler County is now an All-American Road, only the second such designation of a road in Florida. (© FlaglerLive)

State Road A1A is now an All-American Road, adding to the road’s paradoxes of beauty and history on one side and and relentless commercialization and development on the other, though the same people who applaud its scenic designation are also those who endanger it most.

County Attorney Raises Prospect of Jail for Dennis McDonald Over Protracted Contempt of Court

March 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Dennis McDonald during a candidate forum last year, when he was running for a Palm Coast City Council seat. (© FlaglerLive)

County Attorney Al Hadeed on Monday raised the prospect of jail for Dennis McDonald, the former candidate for various offices, if McDonald remains in contempt of court over a charge of $80,000 plus interest in legal fees he owes Flagler County government.

It’s a County Priority, But Quest to Bring Broadband to Flagler’s West Side Runs Into County Hurdles

March 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Flagler County's west side, a mainstay of Flagler's economy because of its agriculture businesses, has been left behind by the information revolution. Residents there are pursuing avnues to extend broadband access to the region, so far without success. (© FlaglerLive)

County Commissioner Joe Mullins is seeking county staff’s help with an informal broadband “task force” he leads to land a grant that could improve internet services on the west side, raising questions about the extent to which the county can get involved in a group it has not formally recognized or knew much about even though broadband access is now a county priority.

More Than Half of Flagler’s Seniors Have Been Vaccinated, But County’s Covid Deaths Now at 92

March 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The percentage of people vaccinated in Flagler, Florida and the United States as of March 1. The proportion of vaccinated people 65 and over for the U.S. as a whole is not available. (© FlaglerLive)

So far 19,311 of Flagler County’s 36,500 people who are 65 and over have been vaccinated with at least one shot, representing 53 percent of the senior population (age 65 and over), up from 45 percent seven days ago.

County Administrator Leaves in June. Four Commissioners Aren’t Interested in Planning for Replacement Yet.

March 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Andy Dance last fall, accepting a plaque from his colleagues recognizing his service on the School Board since 2008. He may be wistful for the "process" he was familiar with on that board. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Administrator Jerry Cameron announced last month he’d be retiring by June’s end, a relatively short time as far as finding a replacement is concerned. Commissioner Andy Dance is interested in starting a process for his replacement. Dance’s colleagues, in a startling rebuke of deliberate planning, aren’t interested yet.

A Driver’s License and a Beer: Tax Collector Will Open New Location Next to Brown Dog Pub at St. Joe Plaza

March 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The new Tax Collector's branch location in Palm Coast will open at St. Joe Plaza, immediately adjacent to the Brown Dog pub. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Tax Collector will replaced its closed branch location at the Staples shopping center with a new branch at St. Joe Plaza on Palm Coast Parkway later this month.

School Board Will Not Sell the County 20 Acres of Pristine Hammock Land It’s Owned Since 1984

February 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The school board's land extends in the shape of a trapezoid from Pamela Parkway--the dirt road to the right--south to Yacht Harbor. (Google)

Flagler County government’s Environmentally Sensitive Lands program began showing interest in the district’s 20 acres on the Intracoastal around the same time that a flood-control issue had arisen at nearby Pamela Parkway, involving residents there.

County Administrator Jerry Cameron Prepares to Leave by End of June and Pushes Internal Succession

February 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Jerry Cameron is preparing to leave. (© FlaglerLive)

Jerry Cameron, 75, left the door open to stay longer but is pushing for a successor from within county staff. The County Commission was to have been looking for a permanent successor since his hiring as an interim two years ago but has yet to start a process. 

Janet McDonald Again Hawks False and ‘Dangerous’ Claims About Masks and Vaccines at School Board Meeting

February 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

School Board member Janet McDonald has repeatedly used her seat on the board to disseminate false, unsupported or misleading information. She did so again Tuesday, regarding the pandemic. (© FlaglerLive)

Calling for rejecting “outside” guidelines on the pandemic, Janet McDonald said communities with mask-wearing have more virus transmission than those without and claimed the covid-19 vaccine “is not a vaccine.” She spoke at a school board workshop, and offered no evidence.

As Captain’s BBQ Case Against County Nears Trial, Details Emerge of Bitter Conflicts, Jockeying and Blunders

February 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Captain's BBQ at Bing's Landing. (© FlaglerLive)

As Captain’s BBQ’s breach-of-contract case against Flagler County government slowly moves to trial, Circuit Judge Terence Perkins today opened the door to having County Attorney Al Hadeed and County Administrator Jerry Cameron deposed by Captain’s attorneys, a move the county has strenuously resisted. But there are conditions.

Controversial Vacation Rental Proposal All But Eliminating Local Regulation Advances in Senate

February 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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The ongoing battle over short-term rental regulation is of special interest to Flagler County and its local government, which last decade initiated the movement that led to the 2014 law granting local governments the power to regulate short-term rentals up to a point.

Flagler’s Covid Deaths Reach 85 But Cases Fall; 39% of County’s 65 and Over Have at Least 1 Vaccine Dose; Flagler 12th in State

February 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

For the first time in three months, Flagler County's weekly case load of new covid-19 infections fell below summer peak levels. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s pandemic situation is improving on every front–falling case loads in the community and in the hospital, increasing vaccine deliveries, rising proportion of the county’s elderly already inoculated, and nothing but more voluminous vaccine deliveries ahead.

Kevin Guthrie, Flagler’s Former Emergency Manager, Will Take Over State Emergency Management

February 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Kevin Guthrie was Flagler County's emergency management chief from 2013 to early 2016. (© FlaglerLive)

Guthrie changed the emergency management culture in Flagler, transforming a static division that had been reined in by the county administration and hampered by checkered leadership into an energetic, forward-looking division. But the administration thwarted his broader plans.

In Flagler Beach, the Two Finalists for City Manager Are a Contrast of Experience and Personalities

February 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Dru Driscoll, left, and William Whitson, seen here during their Zoom interviews with the Flagler Beach City Commission, are the finalists for the city manager's job. (© FlaglerLive via YouTube)

William Whitson has managed four cities and was assistant manager of Port orange for eight years, Dru Driscoll has worked 22 years in Daytona Beach, the last few as deputy city manager and fire chief. They are seeking to replace the late Larry Newsom, who died in August.

Once Again, Florida Lawmakers Move to Scrap Local Governments’ Vacation Rental Regulations

February 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Bedding down with the right legislators. (Robert Stinnett)

A years-long effort to block local governments from regulating vacation rentals is on the move again, as House and Senate leaders revive a proposal to prevent cities and counties from inspecting and licensing properties offered on platforms such as Airbnb.

Flagler Health Department Issues First Rabies Alert in 11 Years, for Bunnell and Southern Part of the County

February 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

"Raccoons are amongst the most intelligent of Florida’s wildlife," the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says. They control rodents, but are also nuisance animals, and can be rabid. (FWC)

The Health Department issued the rabies alert for Bunnell and the Korona community in response to a raccoon that tested positive on Tuesday after attacking a dog. The center of the alert is near Old Cemetery Road in Korona, an unincorporated community north northeast of Favoretta on US 1 and south of Bunnell.

Walmart Starts Covid Vaccines Friday But Not in Flagler, Volusia or St. Johns; 9% in Flagler Have 1st Shot

February 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Walmart will start providing covid vaccines on Friday in select stores around Florida, but none in Flagler, Volusia or St. Johns counties. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida residents may get vaccinated at any Florida Walmart location of their choice, regardless of their home address. The Flagler County Health Department meanwhile continues to administer about 800 first shots per week.

Flagler’s Covid Deaths Up to 73 as Obstacle Race To Vaccines and Herd Immunity Continues

February 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Flagler County's very high weekly load of coronavirus infections is persisting despite somewhat of a decline, and remains almost triple where it was during the summer spike. (© FlaglerLive)

Only a little over 6 percent of Flagler County’s population of 115,000 has been vaccinated, most in the 65-and-over group, as new infections continue to be recorded at almost triple the rate from the summer spike despite a slowdown.

All But 4 Easements Secured, Flagler Beach Dunes Project Will Go Forward as Will Court Action Against Holdouts

February 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The 2.6-mile length of the U.S. Army Corps project to rebuild dunes will parallel much of the length of the state Department of Transportation's repair of the beach, with boulders, in the wake of Hurricane Matthew in 2016. (© FlaglerLive)

A year-long effort between Flagler County government and a grass-roots group and its Go Fund Me campaign to secure easements from 13 hold-outs so 2.6 miles of shore can be rebuilt with ample dunes in Flagler Beach has paid off. Only three owners and holding four parcels remain. All others have signed.

Renner Warns of ‘Massive Shortfall’ in State Budget Even as He Projects a Stronger Economy in Flagler

February 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Rep. Paul Renner represents Flagler and portions of Volusia and St. Johns counties. (© FlaglerLive)

While he warns of a nearly $3 billion state budget deficit, Paul Renner, the Palm Coast Republican and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Flagler is running out of houses to sell and the arrival of two universities and Boston Whaler will significantly improve the local economy.

Repeatedly Rebuked for ‘Knee-Jerk’ Decisions, County Retreats From Boat-Ramp Giveaway in Hammock

February 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The boat ramp at the east end of Pamela Parkway in the Hammock. (© FlaglerLive)

County Commissioner Andy Dance repeatedly spoke against making hurried decisions without study or community input as commissioners voted 4-1 to reject the administration’s plan to give away a public boat ramp and right of way on the Intracoastal in the Hammock.

Flagler County Government Will Host Weekly Feel-Good Show on Local Radio

January 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

It wasn't yet clear who will host the show--if any singl;e person--but Flagler Broadcasting General Manager David Ayres said the county had "effervescent" staffers lined up. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County commissioners haven’t discussed it publicly yet–or agreed to it–but the county administration is preparing to host a weekly radio show, or infomercial, on WNZF, the Flagler Broadcasting station, starting likely in February. The sponsored half-hour show would focus on feel-good stories, profiles of county employees, and highlights of county doings.

Two Flagler Beach Residents Arrested After Refusing to Comply With Mask Mandate at Commission Meeting

January 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

Michael Streit, standing, and Karen Streit, who was putting her cell phone into her purse, after their arrest by Flagler Beach police at the beginning of the city's commission meeting Thursday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

In a first at a local government meeting, two Flagler Beach residents were arrested Thursday evening after defiantly delaying a Flagler Beach City Commission meeting for 12 minutes, refusing to don a mask, in accordance with a city ordinance, and refusing to leave the commission room on their own. They were not arrested for a mask violation, but for trespassing after warnings.

Punting Responsibility, County Pits Hammock Neighbors Against Each Other Over Its Public Boat Ramp Giveaway

January 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The boat ramp at the end of Pamela Parkway, part of a 7,600-square-foot right of way Flagler County owns, and that it is seeking to give away to the two homeowners on either side of the ramp. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County government owns the unmarked, unguarded road segment of Pamela Parkway in the Hammock that ends as a boat ramp and that once cost a woman her life as she unknowingly drove into the Intracoastal. The county wants to give away the right of way to two homeowners in exchange for the homeowners building a seawall. Other residents object.

Flagler Government Planning Code Amendment Specifically to Permit Boat Storage Facility in the Hammock

January 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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After losing two court decisions, Hammock Harbour, the developer of a planned 240-boat storage facility near Hammock Hardware on State Road A1A, has filed a new application while the county is preparing an amendment to the Land Development Code that would specifically allow the business.

Flagler Sheriff Severs All Ties With Popular Christmas With a Deputy, Pivoting to Its Own ‘Shop With a Cop’

January 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The customary Christmas With a Deputy portrait of all involved in a previous year, with law enforcement officers from several agencies, the children and their parents, and Sheriff Staly and his wife Debbie near Santa. (Facebook)

Last week, the Sheriff’s Office’s relationship with Christmas With a Deputy abruptly and surprisingly ended. Part of the rationale is entirely logical and reasonable. Part of it appears less so.

Appeals Court Sides With Hammock Association Against County and Developer on 240-Boat Storage Facility

January 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Hammock Harbour wants to level the old hangar where boats were manufactured, and build a 240-boat storage facility. County government said yes. Two courts so far have said no. (© FlaglerLive)

The Hammock Community Association won another victory today as a district court denied the appeal by a developer of a lower court decision quashing redevelopment of a boat yard into a 240-boat storage facility next to Hammock Hardware on State Road A1A.

7 Days, 11 Additional Covid Deaths in Flagler, Totaling 68 as County Passes 5,000 Cases; 2nd Dose Vaccines Begin

January 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Public health and medical staffers preparing second-dose covid-19 vaccine shots this morning at the Flagler County airport grounds. (© FlaglerLive)

It was the deadliest seven-day stretch of the pandemic for Flagler County. Over the weekend the tally rose to 60, and today the Health Department reported eight additional deaths, all senior citizens, bringing Flagler County’s total to 68. Second-dose shot vaccines were set to begin this week, along with a new batch of first-dose vaccines.

Sea Ray Plant Will Reopen as Boston Whaler, Bringing Back 300 to 400 Jobs and Annexing Into Palm Coast

January 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Get ready for that familiar sight again as Boston Whaler will take over its sister Sea Ray's plant, abandoned two and a half years ago. (Rusty Clark)

Capping a whirling six months of major economic-development victories for Palm Coast, and two and a half years after the Sea Ray plant shut down off Colbert Lane, eliminating some 440 high-paying jobs, the plant will reopen very soon under the banner of Boston Whaler, a boat builder owned by Sea Ray’s parent, Brunswick Corp.

Almost 20 Years Later, Construction Begins on The Gardens Along John Anderson, But Lawsuit Looms

January 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Crews have been clearing land on The Gardens project since earlier this month. (© FlaglerLive)

Crews began clearing acreage for The Gardens, a development along John Anderson Highway first proposed under a different name almost 20 years ago, but the controversies and obstacles that have dogged the project since continue, including a lawsuit filed just weeks ago.

Flagler’s Covid Deaths Jump by 4, to 57; 800 New Vaccines Delivered; Second Dose Shipment Due Friday

January 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The number of new confirmed cases in Flagler were still staggeringly high in the week ending Saturday, but appear to have peaked. (© FlaglerLive)

As has become almost ritualistically routine since before Christmas, grimmer reports of covid’s toll are colliding with more hopeful if fitful news. That was the case again today in Flagler with a new vaccine shipment and the first decline in confirmed covid cases in five weeks, though case loads remain very high.

2 Covid Deaths Raise Flagler’s Total to 52; State Emergency Management Chief Rips Federal Vaccine Rollout

January 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz addressing the the newly created House Pandemics and Public Emergencies Committee today. (House video via Florida Channel)

Bob Snyder, who heads the state-controlled Flagler County Health Department, said he expects some more doses next week, but he doesn’t know how many, while the head of state emergency management blamed the federal government’s rollout, detailing its obstacles, in unusually blunt language for a member of the DeSantis administration.

Sedition Is Not a 1st Amendment Right, and There’s No Comparison With BLM Marches

January 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

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Mob participants claim they were only exercising their First Amendment right to protest, and that Black Lives Matter protests and riots didn’t draw the same scrutiny. Both narratives are factual and moral frauds that hide behind liberal rationales to perpetrate reactionary lies and justify the unconscionable. 

10 Republicans Join Democratic Majority to Impeach Trump for 2nd Time Over Insurrection; Waltz Votes No

January 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The vote this afternoon., in a still from the House's video feed.

U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, the Republican representing Flagler County and surrounding areas, voted No. He had been among 125 Republican members of Congress and others beyond Congress baselessly calling the election of Joe Biden fraudulent.

Covid Vaccine Now Available to 65 and Over at 4 Publix Stores in Palm Coast and Flagler Beach

January 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

The Publix store in Palm Coast's Town Center is one of four Publix locations where vaccines are being made available, by appointment only. (© FlaglerLive)

Publix Supermarkets is making “a limited number of Covid-19 vaccines” available at four Publix stores in Flagler County starting now. But as has been the case with vaccines offered by local health departments in Flagler and elsewhere, all available vaccine appointments were snapped up as soon as they were made available. 

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