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DeSantis Passes Over Rendzio and Names Kenny Janesk Judge in 7th Judicial Circuit, Which Includes Flagler

December 18, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Kenny Janesk has been the assistant state attorney's managing partner at the Putnam County office. (Jennifer Dunton)

Janesk has been a prosecutor in the Seventh Circuit State Attorney’s Office since 2011, working as the managing attorney of the Putnam County office. The appointment fills the position vacated by Circuit Judge Patti A. Christensen, who stepped down at the end of September.

Flagler’s Unemployment Rate Ticks Back Up, Florida’s Stalls as Covid’s Effects Take Economic Toll

December 18, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Flagler and Florida's economies have stalled since late summer. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s unemployment rate in November rose slightly to 5.9 percent, from a revised 5.5 percent in October, as Florida’s rate remained unchanged at 6.4 percent, signaling a deepening stall of economic activity since summer’s end as the coronavirus continues to take a human and economic toll in the state: seasonal hiring has not materialized as it has in less diseased years.

At Groundbreaking on $23 Million Sheriff’s Operations Center, County Hopes ‘Difficult’ Years of Errors Are Over

December 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Ready shovels today on the site of what will become the Sheriff's Operations Center in Bunnell, south of the Government Services Building complex. (© FlaglerLive)

Sheriff’s, county, Bunnell and Flagler Beach officials broke ground today on a 51,000-square foot, $23 million Sheriff’s Operations Center on the future Commerce Parkway in Bunnell, possibly ending eight years of costly errors and misjudgments and what will be a four-year exile for the sheriff’s agency from a place of its own.

At Government Services Building, a Covid Cluster Closes Flagler Property Appraiser Office All Week

December 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Property Appraiser Jay Gardner said at least three people were confirmed positive in an office of 25 employees (other employees work in the field and are not affected), though he said “that number could be wrong because some of them might not have told us.”

18 Years Later, Flagler Finally Recognizes Firefighter John Keppler Jr.’s Line-of-Duty Death With a Memorial

December 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A family photo of John Keppler and his sons, also firefighters, at a state memorial honoring Keppler's line-of-duty death in 2002. (Keppler family)

An 18-year effort to get Flagler County to recognize former county firefighter John R. Keppler Jr.’s line-of-duty death in 2002 finally ended Monday evening with the county commission’s decision to rename the fire rescue training facility on Justice Lane after Keppler. But he will still not get benefits owed those who fall in the line of duty.

County Approves $20 Million Loan to Build Sheriff’s Operations Center, With Groundbreaking Wednesday

December 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Jay Glover, the county's financial adviser, addressing the commission this evening. (© FlaglerLive via YouTube)

The Flagler County Commission voted 5-0 this evening to approve a $20 million commercial loan with CenterState Bank to finance a 51,000-square-foot Sheriff’s Operations Center south of the Government Services Center in Bunnell.

County Scraps Rent-Free Space for Senior Meals in Flagler Beach to Pay $3,000 a Month, With $1,200 Yearly Increases

December 14, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Senior services no more at Wickline in Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive)

County commissioners Monday evening were set to approve a plan that would move the senior meals program from the Wickline Center in Flagler Beach to Church on the Rock in Bunnell and pay the church $3,000 a month in rent the first year, rising by $100 a month per year over the potential 15-year life of the lease, ending a 38-year, rent-free relationship.

Why Was Flagler’s County Administrator Allowed to Illegally Start a Public Meeting With a Christian Prayer?

December 12, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 82 Comments

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A county commissioner read out a long and explicitly Christian prayer prepared by County Administrator Jerry Cameron at Monday’s commission meeting, breaking decades of precedent without prior legal review, public discussion or commissioners’ prior knowledge.

As Covid Deaths Reach 46 in Flagler, Local Officials Detail Vaccination Plans and Refute Anti-Vaxxers’ Disinformation

December 11, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Flagler's weekly positive-coronavirus case load through last Saturday. In the five days since, 99 cases have been confirmed, with two days of reporting left. (© FlaglerLive)

Dr. Stephen Bickel and Bob Snyder of the Flagler Health Department outlined the logistics of vaccinating all residents and refuted disinformation about the dangers of vaccines, describing how individuals may feel after getting vaccinated and what the chances are of having adverse reactions.

$21 Million Sheriff’s Building Would Be Financed With 15-Year CenterState Bank Loan at 1.83% Interest

December 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

County Administrator Jerry Cameron, left, gave County Commissioner Dave Sullivan inaccurate or confused information on Monday when asked about the financing of the proposed Sheriff's Operations Center. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County commissioners on Monday will consider approving a $20 million loan from a commercial bank to finance the proposed Sheriff’s Operations Center in Bunnell, significantly adding to the county’s current debt load of $142 million and annual debt servicing of more than $11 million.

$21 Million Flagler Sheriff’s Operations Center Unveiled, But Questions About Financing Remain Unanswered

December 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The Flagler County Commission approved a $21 million, 51,000 square-foot Sheriff’s Operations Center. But questions remain unanswered about the project’s financing, which was not presented to the commission today, and its ultimate cost, which would reach nearly $23 million when financing it over 15 years is included. 

Pistols, a Hearse and Trucks Playing Chicken: Why Some Voters Felt Harassed and Intimidated at the Polls

December 6, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Across the country, people complained about threats, aggressive electioneering and racist language both at early voting locations and on Election Day. We’ve corroborated some of those accounts.

Flagler Sheriff’s Detective Agustin Rodriguez, New Face of Progressive Policing, is 2020 Officer of the Year

December 4, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Augustin Rodriguez has been with the Flagler County Sheriff's Office since 2012. He is the 2020 Crime Stoppers Officer of the Year. (© Carmen Rodriguez for FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Sheriff’s Detective Agustin Rodriguez, Crime Stoppers’ 2020 Officer of the Year, was a Bunnell Police Officer for two years before joining the Sheriff’s Office in 2012, and joining the Major Cases Unit in 2019. This year he was responsible for closing three violent-crime cases with six arrests.

43rd Flagler Resident Dies of Covid; Local Covid Hospitalizations at 15; Fire Chief Out Sick, County Refuses to Say Who’s In Charge

December 4, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The number of Covid-related hospitalizations is reaching highs last seen in summer. (© FlaglerLive)

Some 47 Palm Coast city government employees are currently out either directly or indirectly affected by Covid, but the county is refusing to disclose numbers, or say who’s leading the fire department, whose interim chief, Joe King, has been out with a covid diagnosis.

Flagler’s Cold-Weather Homeless Shelter, In New Home, Opens for 15 Guests With a Few Dollars’ Help from Local Governments

December 2, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

At the Sheltering Tree's new cold-weather shelter at Church on the Rock, beds are arranged for the homeless with distance and some privacy. (© Martin Collins for FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s only cold-weather shelter for the homeless moved from its old location after 12 years to Church on the Rock on U.S. 1, where it operated for the first time this year, on Monday and Tuesday nights, with security, privacy from formerly resentful neighbors, and elbow room to spare.

Flagler Sees Highest 2-Week Tally Yet as Covid Hits School, County and City Leaders and Passes 1 Million Mark in State

December 1, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Cases have reached their highest levels of the pandemic in Flagler in the last two weeks. (© FlaglerLive)

Leaders in Palm Coast, the Flagler County Fire Department and the district’s largest school are battling Covid-19 in a two-week stretch that’s also seen the highest number of infections in schools, where the plan is to continue the option of remote learning past Christmas.

97-Room Hotel and 10 Town Homes Would Replace Flagler Beach Farmer’s Market Parcel in Heart of the City

November 30, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 117 Comments

The Flagler Beach Farmers' Market in its heyday, in 2015. A 97-room hotel is proposed for the site along State Road 100, returning the 1.3-acre parcel to its former uses. (© FlaglerLive)

A South Florida architect and resort developer is proposing to build a 97-room resort and 10 walk-up town houses for short-term renters in Flagler Beach on the rectangular vacant acreage in the heart of city best known for its weekend farmers’ market, which has not been active in the past year. The resort, 35 feet tall at its height, would vastly change the complexion and skyline of downtown, though it would also be a return to form of sorts.

Florida (and Flagler) Can Thank ‘Luck’ as Most Active Hurricane Season on Record Ends Monday

November 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The more sterious storms stayed away from Flagler County and its fragile shoreline this year. (© FlaglerLive)

In a season that overlapped the coronavirus pandemic, most storms spun away from Florida, sparing communities double-barreled crises of responding to a major storm while contending with restrictions and safety concerns imposed by the coronavirus.

Oral Arguments on Alachua’s Mask Mandate Evoke Hijabs, Nazis, KKK, Crime and, Finally, Public Health

November 24, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The appeal was argued on Zoom before, Judges (© FlaglerLive)

Oral arguments about Alachua County’s mask mandate before a three-judge panel of the First Circuit Court of Appeal Monday was a spectacle of audacious leaps and strange analogies that nevertheless illustrated the sharp and far from resolved divide between mask proponents and anti-maskers, including on the judicial bench.

Powered by Vacation Rentals, Flagler’s Tourism Revenue Is Up Significantly as State’s Drops 30%

November 24, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Flagler County’s tourism-tax revenue has gone up three successive months between July and September, substantially so in August and September, in contrast with statewide tourism revenue, which plummeted 30 percent in the third quarter. Vacation rentals, the beach, and vacationers traveling shorter distances account for the county’s success.

‘That Covid Kicked My Butt’: Flagler Infections Reach 2nd-Highest Weekly Total, 32 in Schools

November 23, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The week ending Saturday saw the second-highest number of cases in Flagler County since the beginning of the pandemic. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County has the 10th-lowest average in the last seven days among Florida’s 67 counties. But those are relative and deceptive numbers that appear better only in relation to much worse numbers elsewhere. In the absolute local numbers remain dismal–and dangerous–by any measure.

Recovery Stalls in Flagler and Volusia as Job Gains Slow, Consumer Confidence Drops and Covid Cases Surge

November 20, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

A note announcing Farley's permanent closure at European Village in Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s unemployment rate in October was 5.7 percent, down a statistically insignificant decimal point from the previous month, and consumer confidence statewide again dropped in a reflection of the sharply worsening covid pandemic locally and statewide.

How the ‘Massive’ Rollout of the Covid Vaccine Will Happen in Phases in Flagler and Palm Coast This Spring

November 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Flagler County Health Department Chief Bob Snyder, an eternal optimist. (© FlaglerLive)

Health care workers and first responders will get the vaccine first, followed by residents at large. The health department will use the same infrastructure it uses for Covid-19 testing, but on a more massive scale–assuming the more than 112,000 doses needed to approach herd immunity in Flagler are available by spring.

Flagler Public Health Director Echoes Strong CDC Directives Against Travel at Thanksgiving as Covid Surges

November 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The way the CDC wants it: an empty section of Orlando International Airport. (© FlaglerLive)

Bob Snyder, who heads the Flagler health department, has been warning for weeks that the combination of holiday gatherings, cooler weather and more indoor activities would result in quicker spread of the disease at a time when community spread is already out of control in much of the country and not exactly under control in Flagler.

FPC Principal Tom Russell Reveals Covid Diagnosis as Cases Rise and State Extends Remote School Option To June

November 18, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Flagler Palm Coast High School Principal Tom Russell with his wife Julie at the school in June 2019, shortly after his appointment. "It has shocked my family because of my vigilance about practicing safeguards," he wrote of his Covid-19 diagnosis. (© FlaglerLive)

Russell’s revelation occurs as cases in Flagler and in Florida are rising sharply and the surge cascading over much of the nation, now reaching catastrophic proportions in many states, is beginning to ripple in Florida, where the state agreed to extend remote-learning options in all schools through June.

Calmer Swearings-In at County and School Board; Mullins Will Not Be Commission Chairman This Year

November 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

County Judge Melissa Distler swore-in Colleen Conklin to her sixth school board term and Jill Woolbright, left, and Cheryl Massaro to their first this evening. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board and the Flagler County Commission held swearing-in ceremonies for a combined six new and re-elected members. Donald O’Brien was named chairman of the commission, Trevor Tucker chairman of the school board.

Flagler Commission Bids Charlie Ericksen Farewell After 8 Years as ‘Model for Comportment and Friendliness’

November 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Charlie Ericksen was elected to the County Commission in 2012. Today is his last day as an elected official. (© FlaglerLive)

A pragmatist and a statesman-like county commissioner for eight years, Charlie Ericksen was a quiet, forceful contrast to some of the more boorish and crude elected officials who’ve managed to win seats in recent years.

Heralding ‘Big Change,’ County Approves Gardens Development on John Anderson With Few Conditions

November 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Flagler Beach City Attorney Drew Smith (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission at a minute after 11 p.m. Monday approved The Gardens development of 335 homes on the east side of John Anderson Highway in a 3-2 vote, with few conditions, possibly ending the developer’s nearly two-year, three-front battle with county regulators, Flagler Beach government and a community organization that had opposed the proposal. But opponents hinted at litigation several times. 

Judge Denies County’s Motion to Dismiss Captain’s BBQ Suit But Cracks Open a Way to Get There

November 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Circuit Judge Perkins in court today. He denied Flagler County government's motion to dismiss a lawsuit against it by Captain's BBQ, the restaurant at Bing's Landing. (© FlaglerLive)

While all but ridiculing the county’s claim that it had broken the law by approving a lease amendment with Captain’s BBQ without putting it out to bid, Circuit Judge Perkins was far more receptive to the county’s claim that the amendment had not yet kicked in, and so could not have been breached. He all but drew a map for the county’s next attempt to dismiss the lawsuit, pending the taking of depositions.

Disinformation and Allegations of Government “Threats” Are Delaying Dunes Project in Flagler Beach

November 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

A Flagler Beach commissioner is hoping that sand dredged for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project in the city will be used to re-bury the sea wall built a year and a half ago at the north end of town. (© FlaglerLive)

False claims, disinformation, made up fears, “fairy tales” and allegations of government threats are hampering the county’s efforts to secure the necessary easements from a small group of hold-out property owners. Without the easements, the U.S. Army Corps will not proceed on its $25 million portion of the fully-funded project to protect 2.6 miles of beach.

Covid Hospitalizations Up 25% in 2 Weeks Statewide, Flagler Cases Above 100 for 3rd Week In a Row

November 12, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

As Gov. Ron DeSantis adopts a dangerous policy of letting the coronavirus run its course to build herd immunity, case loads are steadily rising in Florida and remain high in Flagler, suggesting that the surge experienced across the country will likely cascade over Florida with colder weather and more indoor activities.

In Latest Lawsuit Twist, Captain’s BBQ Wants County Attorney Hadeed and County Manager Cameron Deposed

November 11, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

County Attorney Al Hadeed, left, and County Administrator Jerry Cameron, may be deposed in Captain's BBQ's breach of contract lawsuit against the county. (© FlaglerLive)

On the eve of a hearing in circuit court that may decide the fate of Captains BBQ’s breach-of-contract lawsuit against Flagler County government Thursday, Captain’s lawyer is asking the court to compel County Attorney Al Hadeed and County Administrator to submit to depositions in a setting where they’d have little control on the questions asked or the ultimate direction of the deposition. The county is objecting.

Palm Coast Faces a Town Center Reckoning: Too Many Apartments, No Commercial Development, and Looming Cash Crunch

November 10, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

Plenty of apartments, no shops: Town Center is not yet living up to its mixed-use potential. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council is awakening to several converging realities about Town Center, the once and future promise of the city’s vitality: incentives for apartment construction have worked, incentives for commercial development have not–not yet–and turnover on the council and the administration means few recall the purpose of Town Center to start with. The mayor is looking for a reset.

County Defense Against Captain’s BBQ Lawsuit: The Commission Illegally Approved Lease Amendment, So It’s Void

November 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Captain's co-owner Chris Herrera, left, speaking with protesters in November 2018, days after the county commission had approved a lease agreement with the restaurant, and days before it would reconsider it. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County government is actually arguing that since it approved the controversial lease amendment with Captain’s BBQ without seeking bids first, it was an illegal move, so the agreement is null and void. And with that approach, the county is now seeking to have Captain’s lawsuit against it thrown out. That hearing is set for Thursday.

Biden Wins

November 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 56 Comments

Peter Wentworth waving a Biden-Harris flag on Palm Coast Parkway on Election Day, across the street from Trump supporters. (© FlaglerLive)

Joe Biden was elected the 46th president of the United States, with Kamala Harris the first-ever woman–the first Black, the first Indian-American–vice-president.

Holland and Klufas Hold On, Staly Wins Re-Election, Don O’Brien and Andy Dance Win County Commission, Ed Danko, Victor Barbosa Win Council Seats

November 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland held on. (© FlaglerLive)

With all early voting results counted, Sheriff Rick Staly had an insurmountable lead to win re-election to his second term, as did County Commissioner Donald O’Brien. Andy Dance, the school board member, also had an insurmountable lead to win the County Commission seat Charlie Ericksen opted not to contest.

Electionland: The State of Election Day in Palm Coast and Flagler County

November 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

It's been like that since this morning at the Flagler Beach City Hall voting precinct. (© FlaglerLive)

At the current rate, and with mail ballots still being dropped off, Flagler could end the day with 75,000 ballots cast out of 92,000 eligible voters, for a turnout of 81 percent–close to the records of the 2000 and 2004 elections.

Flagler Reaches 40 Covid-Related Deaths, Hospitalizations Up, Florida’s Daily Average Back Above 4,000

November 2, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Cases totaled 227 in the last two weeks in Flagler County. (© FlaglerLive)

Covid hospitalizations were back up to 7 over the weekend at AdventHealth Palm Coast after bottoming out at 2, and Flagler’s coronavirus case load totaled 227 in the last two weeks, signaling more hospitalizations ahead.

53,000 Flagler Voters Cast Ballots Without Incidents. A Handful of Local Republican Pols Have Behaved Less Well.

October 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Competing tents at the Flagler County Public Library, one of three early voting sites. (© FlaglerLive)

If voters have been model citizens so far, and they have, a very small handful of candidates or party operatives, particularly in the Republican Party, have been a little less so: their actions have required the interventions of poll deputies, of Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart and of sheriff’s deputies.

Ballots Cast in Flagler Near 90% of 2016 Total, But Turnout Record Still Distant Absent Massive Election Day Surge

October 29, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The percentages for 2020 are as of October 29, with five days to go to Election Day. Figures are drawn from Florida Division of Elections, the Census Bureau, the Flagler County Elections Supervisor, and the Elections Project at the University of Florida. (© FlaglerLive)

As in Florida and the rest of the nation, Flagler County is seeing a surge of early voting and voting by mail in one of the most unusual–and unpredictable–election in memory. But Flagler would have to experience an even more unusually heavy turnout in the remaining days of the election, especially on Election Day, if the turnout records of the 2000s are to be broken.

Octogenarian Incumbents Fight for Survival on Flagler Mosquito Control Board Following Troubled Term

October 27, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Jules Kwiatkowski, left, and Perry Mitrano, are vying for one of the three seats on the East Flagler Mosquito Control District that Kwiatkowski. has held since

For the first time since 2008, all three seats on the mosquito control board, which controls a $2.2 million budget and levies taxes on Flagler homeowners, are being contested simultaneously, a direct reflection of the board’s troubled few years–a financial crisis, and the booting off of Robert Fruehan following his felony conviction. Two incumbents, Barbara Sgroi and Jules Kwiatkowski, are fighting for survival on the board.

Covid Cases Rising Again in Flagler and Florida, Pointing to ‘Third Wave’; DeSantis Relaxes Nursing Home Visits

October 23, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Coronavirus cases are again surging in Flagler, as they are in Florida and the rest of the nation, pointing to a fall wave. The current week includes only six of the seven days of tabulated cases. (© FlaglerLive)

Four weeks after the governor lifted all restrictions on restaurants and other businesses, Covid-19 cases are again rising in Flagler County and Florida, mirroring on a smaller scale a surge cascading across the country and sparing few states as officials speak of a third wave of the pandemic on the cusp of the holiday season.

Emails Threatening Democrats to Vote Trump in Flagler County and Elsewhere Originated With Iran

October 21, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

A Trump election flag getting unfurled at the Flagler County Public Library early voting site earlier this week. (© FlaglerLive)

The emails that several Flagler County Democrats, hundreds of Floridians and others across the country received today, threatening recipients to vote for Donald Trump or else, were the work of Iran, according to a federal investigation.

GOP Voter Registrations Cutting Into Democrats’ Statewide Lead, and Reach Historic Lead in Flagler

October 20, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

A GOP tent at the Palm Coast Community Center, an early voting location until Oct. 31. (© FlaglerLive)

Republicans’ proportion of registered voters in Flagler County has grown to 45.7 percent this year, compared to 39.8 percent in 2016, while Democrats’ proportion has shrunk to 30.5 percent, from 31.8 percent four years ago.

Early Voting Draws Out Voters in Throngs at 2 Palm Coast Locations and GSB, But Nowhere Near Record

October 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The socially-distanced line of voters snaked around the front of the Government Services Building this morning, and extended past it. Lines were just as long at two other early voting locations in Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive)

Voters began lining up to vote more than three hours before early voting began today at the public library site, with lines growing to include hundreds of voters at each of the three sites in Palm Coast and Bunnell.

Two Covid-Related Deaths Bring Flagler’s Total to 36; Florida’s 7-Day Average Is Up 29% From 2 Weeks Ago

October 19, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Flagler County's case load remains high relative to the spring. (© FlaglerLive)

In Flagler, the weekly case load continues to to remain stubbornly high, relative to the summer spike, even though relative to other counties in the state Flagler is in better shape. It has the 22nd lowest rate of infection, out of 67 counties, based on the last seven days’ average.

‘Outraged’ Elections Supervisor Rips County Administrator Jerry Cameron Over ‘Contempt’ for Voters and Bad Planning

October 17, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

The scene in front of the Government Services Building in Bunnell, where the Supervisor of Elections office is located, along with one of three early voting sites. County Administrator Jerry Cameron, who ordered the construction, says "voting this year should be more convenient than ever." (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart on Saturday wrote county commissioners to ask for help in suspending construction at the GSB during election weeks after County Administrator Jerry Cameron responded to her personal pleas with contempt.

‘If They Can’t Understand the Detour They Shouldn’t Be Voting,’ County Administrator Says, Reversing Pledge to Suspend Construction at GSB

October 16, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 76 Comments

The main road into the Government Services Building and the elections office will remain closed through the weeks of the election. (© FlaglerLive)

County Administrator Jerry Cameron is refusing to suspend construction for the two weeks of early voting, even though voters must detour through a confusing maze to get to the county elections office in back of the Government Services Building.

Voting By Mail in Flagler Has Already Shattered the 2016 Record, With Democrats Significantly Outpacing GOP

October 15, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The Flagler County Canvassing Board and other elections office workers put in a full day going through mail-in ballots Wednesday. Elections Supervisor Kaiti Lenhart is in the foreground, to the left. (© FlaglerLive)

With 19 days to go before the Nov. 3 election, Flagler County voters have cast more than 16,500 ballots by mail, already shattering the 2016 total in mailed-in ballots by 3,000. The count is going up hourly.

Flagler Elections Supervisor Lenhart Issues Sharp, ‘Zero-Tolerance’ Warning Against Voter Intimidation

October 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Local Democrats and Republicans have both contributed evidence of signs that have been defaced locally in the primary and the general election.

Responding to concerns about voter intimidation days from early voting in Flagler, both Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart and Sheriff Rick Staly are sending strong messages to would-be disrupters at polling places, and preparing for polling days with 39 poll deputies–civilians sworn in just for the election period.

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