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Flagler Moves to Protect Public’s Use Of Beaches Ahead of Law Granting Property Owners Restrictive Rights

April 16, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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The new law allows beachfront private property owners to trespass the public from private beaches, something not allowed currently, and never done in Flagler.

7 New Sheriff’s Deputies, 143% Cost Increase as Outline of Flagler’s School Safety Takes Shape

April 13, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

For Flagler schools, safety is a whole new mandate. Superintendent Jim Tager, left, has been negotiating a new contract for school resource deputies with Sheriff Rick Staly. School Board members Trevor Tucker (the board chairman), center, and Andy Dance are to Tager's left. (© FlaglerLive)

Sheriff Staly and Superintendent Tager are negotiating an increase of the school deputies’ program to $1.8 million split 50-50, with the schools’ share paid by the state and the sheriff’s by the County Commission.

Flagler Judge Scott DuPont Called “Unfit,” “Outrageous,” “Disturbing,” “Beyond Reckless” and Contemptuous of Law

April 13, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Then-judicial candidates Matthew Foxman, left, and Scott DuPont in an appearance at a B Bunnell forum during their first campaign in 2010. Both won. DuPont subsequently ignored Foxman's warnings about acting inappropriately in his second election campaign in 2016, warnings the Judicial Qualifications Commission cited among its evidence to recommend DuPont's removal, and warnings DuPont ignored. (© FlaglerLive)

A devastating 21-page opinion by a disciplinary judicial commission repeats in harsher language a call for Judge Scott DuPont’s removal, a recommendation going before the Supreme Court.

Water War Flares Again Between Palm Coast and County Over Planned Shops Near Airport

April 10, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The proposed development at the center of the latest dispute over water between county and Palm Coast government is at the southeast corner of State Road 100 and the entrance to the county airport, opposite Bulldog Drive.

A proposed commercial development at the southeast corner of State Road 100 and the entrance to the county airport, opposite Bulldog Drive, is at the center of the latest water dispute between Palm Coast and the county.

Flagler Approves $14.8 Million Next-Gen Emergency Communication System, But Faces Bid Protest

April 9, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Motorola won the $14.8 million contract to upgrade the emergency communications system every local first responder and other workers depend on, but Flagler faces a protest from CI, the other bidder and provider of the existing system.

Three Flagler County Rotary Clubs Join to Plant 220 Long Leaf Pine Trees Together

April 7, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Rotarians at work: A group shot of volunteers from all three clubs. (Rotary)

The project is in response to a call by Rotary International President Ian Risley for the organization to plant 1.2 million trees, one for each member of the international organization.

Jury Finds Ex-Elections Supervisor Kimberle Weeks Guilty On All 7 Felony Counts of Illegally Recording Others

April 5, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

A jury found Kimberle Weeks guilty on felony counts today, ending a four-day trial in a three-year case. But the defense will appeal. (c FlaglerLive)

Former Flagler County Elections Supervisor Kimberle Weeks was found guilty on felony counts that she illegally recorded other officials during her tenure.

Kimberle Weeks Trial Day 3: Defense Opts Against Putting On a Case, Relying on Outlier Theory Instead

April 4, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Kimberle Weeks's lawyers have been as if channeling her outlier predilections into their legal arguments to the jury. Closing arguments are Thursday. (c FlaglerLive)

In an echo of Kimberle Weeks’s own irreverence toward established law, her lawyers are arguing an untested and unusual interpretation of what amounts to a public meeting: all conversations between public officials involving public business.

Flagler Government Approves Open-Ended Renewals of County Administrator’s and Attorney’s Contracts

April 4, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

County Administrator Craig Coffey, left, and County Attorney Al Hadeed. (c FlaglerLive)

County Administrator Craig Coffey and County Attorney Al Hadeed have been the commission’s hires since 2007. Their contracts no longer will have an end date.

Trial Day 2: Jury Hears Kim Weeks Insult Secretary of State and Others As Ken Detzner Sat in Witness Box

April 3, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

As Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner, in office since 2012, sat in the witness box today, a Flagler County jury heard a recording of ex-Elections Supervisor Kimberle Weeks call Detzner and one of his his attorneys names. Detzner listened in stunned silence. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner was a star witness for the prosecution today, saying Kim Weeks recorded him without his permission. he then heard her call him a “dumb bastard.”

New Law Gives Property Owners Right to Restrict Beach Access. Flagler Working On Protecting Public’s “Customary Use”

March 29, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

A new Florida law could potentially allow private property owners with beachfront property to put up No Trespassing signs on dry-sand areas of the beach, above the mean high-tide waterline, countering decades of customary use of the beaches--and prohibitions of such signs in Flagler. (© FlaglerLive)

The new and unusual Florida law allows beachfront property owners the right to wall off or restrict dry-sand areas from public use, but Flagler government intends to protect that “customary use” despite the law.

Judge Craig Is Out, Judge Perkins Is In As Flagler’s Felony and Civil Benches Again Flip

March 28, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Judge Terrence Perkins will take over the felony docket in Flagler County, for Judge Dennis Craig, and the civil docket previously handled by Scott DuPont. (© FlaglerLive)

Circuit Judge Terence Perkins will replace Dennis Craig, who’s headed back to Volusia, becoming the sixth judge in eight years to preside over Flagler County’s felony court.

Unprecedented Flagler Forum With 7 Judges Has Some Make News and Others De-Mystify The Bench

March 27, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Ed Fuller of the Flagler Palm Coast Forum hosted what may be the only judges' forum of the 2018 election season Tuesday evening at Palm Coast's Hilton Garden Inn. Some 80 to 90 people attended the event, not counting bailiffs. (© FlaglerLive)

Seven local judges appeared at the Flagler Palm Coast Forum Tuesday evening, the Ed Fuller group devoted to civic and electoral discussions featuring candidates running for office.

“March For Our Lives” Draws 100 Along Palm Coast Parkway in Orange Echo of Global Student Movement

March 24, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 55 Comments

More than 100 people stretched across Palm Coast Parkway on both sides of Boulder Rock Drive this morning between 10 a.m., and noon. Many demonstrators went on to other planned marches in the region, from St. Augustine to Orlando. Click on the image for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast demonstrators joined some 800 planned March For Our Lives protests across the globe today, calling for sensible gun control and a ban on assault-type weapons.

Flagler’s Labor Force and Number of Job-Holders Jump to New Highs as Unemployment Falls

March 23, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Click on the graph for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s labor force has grown by 42 percent since the recovery began in 2010, and more impressively, the rate of people holding jobs has grown 63 percent, by a net 17,500 people.

Flagler-Palm Coast’s Population Grows 2.5% in a Year, to 110,510

March 22, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Flagler County gained an estimated 2,705 residents in the last 12 months calculated by the U.S. Census Bureau, suggesting a need for more housing.

Flagler Reads Together:
“The Alice Network”‘s Little Problem

March 21, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The town of Oradour-sur-Glane toward the southwest of France was demolished and its more than 600 inhabitants massacred by the Nazis in 1944. The French government has since let the town stand as a memorial. The town makes a cameo in Kate Quinn's 'The Alice Network,' this year's choice for Flagler Reads Together. But the cameo exemplifies the many problems in the book. (Wikimedia Commons)

Flagler Reads Together this year chose Kate Quinn’s “The Alice Network,” a novel about women spies during World War I wrapped in a sort of buddy road story.

Sheriff’s Chief Paul Bovino, Newly-Minted FBI Academy Graduate, On The Experience From Within

March 21, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Chief Paul Bovino started his career at the Flagler County Sheriff's Office as a deputy in 1996. (© FlaglerLive)

Paul Bovino is among the more charismatic and intimidating members of the Sheriff’s Office, a cop’s cop with outsize stage presence and a love of the job that radiates in most things he says and does.

Tiny RV Park Proposed for Colbert Lane Revs Up Residents’ Rebellion, and Is Denied

March 19, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Upscale or not, Palm Coast Plantation and Grand Haven residents saw a proposed RV park on Colbert Lane as a trailer park compatible with its surroundings. County commissioners mostly agreed.

Upscale or not, Palm Coast Plantation and Grand Haven residents saw a proposed RV park on Colbert Lane as a trailer park, and the county commission rejected it Monday evening.

Flagler Unemployment Ticks Up by 0.6%, Mirroring Increases in Surrounding Counties

March 12, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Flagler, St. Johns, Duval and Volusia all saw unemployment figures increase by 0.5 to 06 percent in January, with Flagler’s increase also due to a larger labor force.

Another Exhausting But Short-Term Victory For Flagler Government as Vacation-Rental Deregulation Fails Again

March 6, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Rep. Joseph Abruzzo's accusation that a vacation-rental bill's proper hearing was falling prey to 'political stunts and maneuverings' may have helped lead to the bill's demise this year, as was the case last year at the Florida Legislature. But the bill will return almost certainly next year in one form or another.

Flagler County government had staunchly opposed lawmakers’ attempts to eliminate local regulation of short-term vacation rentals, regulations crafted in 2014 largely at Flagler’s behest.

For Sheriff and Flagler Schools, Clear Accord: No to Arming Teachers, Yes to More Deputies

March 5, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

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At a joint news conference later this week, Sheriff Rick Staly and Superintendent Jim Tager will outline new security measures and initiatives and a plan for additional school deputies, but no weaponizing of teachers.

Hammock Beach “Dragging Their Feet” Over Dunes-Repair Agreement, Vexing County

March 5, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Repairing the dunes along the Hammock Beach golf course is a critical part of the county's broader dunes-reconstruction project, but it's also the only part of the project yet to be cleared for construction.

The agreement with Hammock Beach is the last piece of a mosaic of agreements framing the reconstruction of protective dunes along the beach. But hammock Beach has yet to sign.

Gently But Firmly, Flagler Beach Tells County It Wants Control Over Wickline Center Back

February 28, 2018 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The county has long controlled the Wickline Center at 800 South Daytona Avenue in Flagler Beach. Now the city wants that control back as part of an effort to turn the complex where the Wickline center sits, along with two other city-owned building, into more of a city campus. (© FlaglerLive)

The Wickline Center on Daytona Avenue is city-owned, but entirely controlled by the county, a situation the city wants changed in view of a revamp of that entire city-owned block, including the Montessori school.

For All of Sheriff Staly’s “Green Roof Inn” Tough Talk, the Green Also Stands For Hope and Renewal

February 26, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Inmates during a Stride Program orientation last week at the Flagler County jail, with program director Becky Quintieri. The program has seen 390 inmates in a little over six months. Non-violent offenders are eligible. (FCSO)

Flagler Sheriff Rick Staly today unveiled the Stride Program at the county jail, an ongoing rehabilitation and preparatory program to help inmates reintegrate society and stay out of jail.

Flagler Beach Cuts Its Lifeguards in Half, Narrowing Coverage Area Closer to Pier

February 26, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

A $100,000 cut from the lifeguard budget accommodated the addition of a cop, a firefighter and a raise to the city manager, but will result in a smaller lifeguard coverage area.

Zambrano Orders Judge Scott DuPont to Clear Out of His Offices In Flagler and Putnam

February 23, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Circuit Court Judge Scott DuPont has been on the bench since 2010, dividing his time between Flagler and Putnam counties.

Chief Judge Raul Zambrano’s order, delivered to DuPont by letter today, is as close to the firing of a judge short of a Supreme Court impeachment, and follows an investigation’s withering recommendation for removal.

Felony Counts Against Ex-Supervisor
Kim Weeks Back Up To 9 In Latest Twist

February 22, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Circuit Judge Margaret Hudson spent much of today's status hearing in the Kimberle Weeks case talking to a phone, as Weeks's attorney, Kevin Kulik, spoke from his office in Ft. Lauderdale. Assistant State Attorney Jason Lewis appeared in person. Weeks herself did not. (© FlaglerLive)

Six weeks before trial, the prosecution has re-filed against ex-Elections Supervisor Kim Weeks, bringing up the counts against her back to nine in a move to turn up the pressure and angle for a plea. Weeks is not biting.

Mold Found In 2 Rooms at Sheriff’s Operations Center After 4 Employees Complain of Rashes

February 20, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Room 129 above, at the Sheriff's Operations Center in Bunnell, is one of the two rooms temporarily condemned as enviornmental clean-up was carried out following reports by employees of rashes. (H2H)

The four employees were relocated and the concern prompted an environmental investigation of the old but renovated building and the closure of two rooms pending extensive clean-ups.

Flagler Sheriff and County Officials Worry That Prison Reforms Could Shift Inmates,
and Costs, to County

February 19, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly, right, described the likely financial impact of a shift in inmates from the state back to the counties, during a meeting of the Public Safety Coordinating Council last week. Steve Cole, who oversees the local jail, is to his right, with County Judge Melissa Moore-Stens in the foreground. (© FlaglerLive)

A spate of criminal-justice reform bills in the Florida Senate has Flagler’s sheriff and a county commissioner worried about what that could mean for the local jail population and budgets.

2 Dead, 4 Injured, 3 Seriously in 3-Vehicle Crash on SR 100, West of CR 305

February 16, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 66 Comments

A woman at the wheel of this compact car apparently never saw the pick-up truck stopped at State Road 100 and County Road 35, waiting to make a turn. She crashed into the truck, catapulting it in the way of another, incoming pick-up. (c FlaglerLive)

A three-vehicle crash on State Road 100 west of Bunnell Friday evening resulted in the death of Ralph Pellicer, 43, of Bunnell and of Jobe Podach, 35, of Holly Hill.

Qualifications Commission Recommends Judge DuPont Removed, Calling Him “Reckless,” Untruthful and “Heavy Handed”

February 16, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Circuit Judge Scott DuPont on the campaign trail in Flagler in 2016. (© FlaglerLive)

Judge Scott DuPont serves on Flagler’s and Putnam’s civil benches, and was facing a series of accusations that he’d acted wrongfully and recklessly as a judge and a candidate.

Flagler Airport Chief Roy Sieger Calls Fuel Tax Cut Proposed By Renner Committee “Ridiculous,” and Loses

February 15, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Flagler Executive Airport Roy Sieger in his appearance before Paul Renner's Ways and Means Committee Wednesday in Tallahassee.

Airport Director Sieger spoke before Paul Renner’s Ways and Means Committee, but Renner, the Palm Coast Republican, voted with the committee to approve the tax cut.

In a Flagler First, 16 Couples Marry, 5 Renew Vows in Mass Ceremony on Courthouse Steps

February 14, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Mazel tov: some of the 16 couples the moment after they became spouses just after noon today in front of the Flagler County courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

A couple together 60 years were among those renewing vows in a ceremony led by Clerk of Court Tom Bexley and coinciding with Valentine’s Day.

Flagler Loses Hutson and Lopsided Vote as Vacation Rental Deregulation Advances

February 8, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Flagler County Commission Chairman Greg Hansen made the county's case before the Senate Regulated Industries Committee this afternoon. It did not work.

Sen. Travis Hutson voted with the 9-1 majority of his Senate committee today to advance a bill that would strip local governments of regulatory authority of vacation-rental homes.

Dunes Restoration Project Update At Week 3, With Video

February 8, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The new runway-like layer of dunes, its sand quality distinctly whiter than existing sand, lines the edge of the beach in a capture from Chris Goodfellow's drone.

Some 2,800 linear feet of dunes have been restored as of February 7, with the county’s goal being a mile a month. Chris Goodfellow’s videos have been documenting progress.

Urging Opposition, Flagler Beach’s Jane Mealy Says Vacation-Rental Proposals Could Change City’s Look

February 7, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Flagler Beach City Commissioner Jane Mealy currently chairs the commission. (© FlaglerLive)

In an open plea to residents circulated by letter, Flagler Beach Commission Chair Jane Mealy warns of vacation-rental proposals that could change the make-up of the city, eliminating distinctions between residential and commercial zones.

Congregate Meals Program For Seniors at Wickline in Flagler Beach Hits Milestones

February 6, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The need for meals for seniors has grown in Flagler. The money? Not so much. (Flagler County)

The need for congregate meals for seniors has grown in Flagler over the years, but federal and local funding has not, declining somewhat in the past 10 years.

County Agrees To Settling Dangerous Dog Case With Broader Implications on Authority

February 6, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

County Attorney Al Hadeed has been one of the few constants in a nearly-three-year-old battle over dog the county declared dangerous, a designation its owners have been fighting since. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Attorney Al Hadeed argues Circuit Judge Scott DuPont misconstrued and misapplied the law in a dangerous-dog decision the county is appealing to the Fifth District Court of Appeal.

County Eliminates 15 Jobs, Outsourcing Janitorial Contract Commissioners Had Saved in 2015

February 5, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

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Three years ago then-Flagler Commissioner Barbara Revels saved the jobs, arguing they were more important than outsourcing’s modest savings. This time, the commission voted 5-0 to outsource.

Chief Judge Has Discouraging News For Flagler’s Hope of Landing 2nd County Judge

February 5, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Raul Zambrano, who sat on Flagler's felony court previously, is the Chief Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, which includes Flagler, Volusia, St. Johns and Putnam counties, or about 1 million residents. (© FlaglerLive)

Despite certifying Flagler for an additional county court judge in 2016 and recognizing a still-increasing workload last year the Supreme Court has ruled against certifying an additional judge this year.

At Coastal Cloud in the Hammock, a Culture More Cutting Edge Than Cutthroat Breeds Startling Success at 5-Year Mark

February 2, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Flagler County Commissioner Dave Sullivan signed a giant best-0wishes card for Coastal Cloud's fifth anniversary, with Greg Feldman standing by and, near the coffee stand, Sen. Travis Hutson and Rep. Paul Renner before the actual celebration at Coastal Cloud headquarters in the Hammock on Jan. 27. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s Coastal Cloud marked its 5-year anniversary with startling successes, including 40 percent annual growth, 140 employees and near-parity between men and women in the ranks.

Four Local Governments Vying For Residents To Enroll In Their “Academies”

February 1, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Participants at the Sheriff's Citizens Academy can get a more direct sense of what it's like to be a cop, at least in some regards. (FCSO)

Local governments’ citizenship academies have been relatively popular, especially among potential political candidates or people who want to see the plumbing of government firsthand.

Nancy Soderberg, Frontrunner: Democrat So Far Has No Competition in Congressional District

January 31, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Nancy Soderberg in an appearance before the Palm Coast Democratic Club last November. (© FlaglerLive)

Democratic congressional candidate Nancy Soderberg raised $544,000 before Jan. 1, by far more than any Democrat has managed to raise for a race in a district that includes all of Flagler County.

County Approves Special Tax and Contract To Build Seawall for Painters Hill Homes

January 30, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Two of the Painters Hill properties whose foundations were eroded by Hurricane Matthew. (© FlaglerLive)

Each of the affected property owners is looking at an additional tax bill of roughly $100,000 spread over the next 15 years to pay for the seawall.

1st Round in New Session’s Vacation Rental Saga Goes Against Flagler Government

January 30, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

A proposal by Sen. David Simmons, a Longwood Republican, was outflanked by Sen. Greg Steube's proposal in a committee vote today. (Florida Channel)

A Senate committee approved a bill that would nearly eliminate local government regulation of vacation rentals and enable a single licensee to have hundreds of rentals across the state.

For Kim Weeks, Nothing Left To Try Against 5 Remaining Felony Counts But a Trial

January 29, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Kimberle Weeks, leaving court last year. (© FlaglerLive)

A circuit judge has denied ex-Flagler Elections Supervisor Kim Weeks’s motion to throw out the search warrant that led to evidence of allegedly illegally recorded conversations.

Raising Faith Over Futility, Flagler Launches Unprecedented $25 Million Dunes-Restoration Feat

January 27, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

County officials gathered for a groundbreaking on a $25 million dunes-restoration project for some 12 to 15 miles of beach. They gathered at Malacompra Park in the Hammock. (© FlaglerLive)

For 50 hours a week for the next 48 weeks, trucks will dump nearly 1 million tons of sand along 12 to 15 miles of Flagler County beaches, rebuilding the dunes hurricanes washed away.

County Planning Board May Have Violated Rules In Approving Hammock Restaurant and Brewery Without A1A Committee Review

January 25, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The property at at 5047 North Oceanshore Boulevard that will soon be a restaurant and small brewery. (Flagler County)

County Planning Board members appeared to have been misled by county staffers when told that the advisory Scenic A1A Pride committee’s opinion was not required as part of development plans. It is.

From Ankle Monitors to a $165,000 Grant for an Extra Detective, Domestic Violence Initiative Keeps Momentum

January 23, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly's Domestic Violence Task Force reconvened this morning for a status report, and heard progress on some fronts but also grim numbers on others. (© FlaglerLive)

The Sheriff’s Domestic Violence Task Force, far from disbanding, is continuing its varied initiatives, though the incidence of domestic violence in the county appears to be spiking.

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