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Thursday Briefing: Obama Likes Ahmed’s Coo Coo-Cop Clock, Maya at the GSB, Dexter Gordon’s Tunisia

September 17, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Flagler Commission holds its final budget and tax hearing, the annual Maya at the Playa conference kicks off at the GSB, Obama invites Ahmed Mohamed to the White House, with the clock that scared a teacher and cops.

Cocked Again, College-Campus Gun Bill Makes It Through First Two Legislative Hurdles

September 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The concealed-carry legislation won support from criminal-justice committees in the Florida House and Senate but is widely opposed by academic leaders.

Flagler Airport Pilot Flies Historic Cuba-Bound Flight From the United States

September 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Local pilot Galin Hernandez’s historic flight to Cuba over Labor Day was among the first of its kind from the American mainland, though it took off from Hollywood.

Wednesday Briefing: Rios Sentenced to 15 Years, Clinton Down, Trump Steady, Tourism Grants Ahoy

September 16, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Rios, accused of raping a 14-year-old girl, was found guilty in 15 minutes by a jury, more Republicans think Trump could be president, fewer Democrats like Clinton, and the Flagler TDC goes wild with grants.

Federal Bureaucracy Is the Monster Killing the Florida Everglades

September 15, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Federal regulations keep water from flowing south into Everglades National Park, where it could save a freshwater-dependent ecosystem dying of thirst, argues Nancy Smith.

Senate Leader Balks as Gov. Scott Seeks $85 Million in Business Incentives and Recruitment

September 15, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Senate President Andy Gardiner says the $53 million to Enterprise Florida is adequate, with $43 million for incentives and $10 million for marketing.

Tuesday Briefing: County Talks Cell Towers, School Board Takes Up 5-Year, $16-Million Construction Plan

September 15, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Flagler County Commission is still hunting for an alternative site for a 320-foot cell tower near John Anderson Highway. The school board and Palm Coast City Council meet.

Anonymous Internet Browsing at the Public Library? Not if Homeland Security Finds Out.

September 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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A library that allowed Tor users around the world to bounce their Internet traffic through the library, masking users’ locations reversed course after getting word from the Department of Homeland Security.

Monday Briefing: Flagler Youth Orchestra Open House, Ismael Rios Trial, 3 Flagler Schools Move Michelle Obama

September 14, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Youth Orchestra holds its pre-season orientation at Indian Trails Middle School at 5:30 p.m., 3 Flagler Schools Move Michelle Obama, Linda Provencher has a town hall, and plenty more to restart the week.

The Hell With Your Tired,
Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses

September 13, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 68 Comments

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Barack Obama’s order to open the U.S. to 10,000 refugees is dismal compared to Germany’s. Racism, not means, block greater numbers from an American welcome.

Everybody Likes Pre-K. Defining It Is Another Matter.

September 12, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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While there’s a growing consensus on the value of preschool, states disagree on where the programs should be based, who should run them, or how the government should support them.

Suspects Wanted for Attempted Murder Following Failed Home Invasion in Flagler Estates Nabbed

September 11, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Andrew Phillip Cherry, 22, and Lee Ann Renee Mosher, 24, both of 354 Juanita Ave. in St. Augustine were located by U.S. Marshals today in St. Augustine.

Weekend Briefing: Big Band Night, Arts in Education Week, DSC’s Free SAT Workshops, Manly Crying

September 11, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Palm Coast Arts Foundation hosts its Big Band Night at Halifax Plantation, Senior Games begin, Biden hedges away from a presidential run, and a look at crying men in history.

Boots on the Ground to Fight ISIS? Sure, But Arab and Turkish Boots, Not American

September 10, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Republican candidates for president are right about calling for military force against ISIS, wrong about the kind of force that should fight: only Sunni fighters from Arab lands and Turkey can effectively defeat ISIS, argues Joseph Nye.

Facing Lawsuit from Florida Carry, FSU Scraps Gun Ban in Cars on Football Game Day

September 10, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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The changes to the school’s “Game Day Plan 2015” guide for fans won’t holster the legal challenge by Florida Carry Inc. as legislators again consider allowing concealed weapons on campus.

Thursday Briefing: Restaurant Week Begins, Flagler Beach Takes Up Private Pier Parties, Democrats’ Hillary Panic

September 10, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Time for some Flagler gastronomy as the chamber’s Restaurant Week teases palates, the Flagler Beach City Commission again takes up the renting out of the pier to private parties, Democrats look at Al Gore and others as Hillary replacements, just in case.

Citing “Thousands” Of Untested Rape Kits, Bondi Seeks More Money For Crime Labs

September 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is expected to request an additional $35 million in funding during the 2016 legislative session, including $7.76 million to raise the base salaries of people working in crime labs.

Wednesday Briefing: Dog v. Boy, Barry v. Publix, Nimby v. Cell Towers, Tax Hearings and Child Protection

September 9, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Flagler County Commission will decide whether to allow three colossal cell towers to rise past its usual rules, and rule on whether a dog should be declared dangerous for biting an 8-year-old boy. Palm Coast and Flagler Beach hold tax hearings.

Confederate General Is Out, Henry Flagler May Be In as Florida Lawmaker Seeks Capitol Statue Switch

September 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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The bronze statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith has stood in the U.S. Capitol since 1922. It would be replaced by the likes of Henry Flagler or Walt Disney under a bill filed Tuesday by Rep. Jose Felix Diaz, a Republican.

Tuesday Briefing: Palm Coast Talks Manatees, Parkway 90% Done, Coastal Cloud’s 100th, Leadership Flagler’s New Class

September 8, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Work returns with a vengeance after Labor Day as budget and tax hearings begin today, starting with the school board, palm Coast discusses manatee protection, Coastal Cloud celebrates its 100th client.

“God’s Authority” Has No Place In Civil Government

September 7, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 120 Comments

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Kim Davis is not the problem. She’s a symptom of a dangerous movement that seeks to carve out religious objections all over the law books, making civil government a vassal of religious edicts.

For Every US Soldier Killed in Afghanistan, 13 Children Were Shot and Killed in America

September 6, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

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Between 2002 and 2012, at least 28,000 children and teens 19-years-old and younger were killed with guns. Teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 made up over two-thirds of all youth gun deaths in America.

Unemployment Rate Falls to 7-Year Best of 5.1% With Job Creation at 173,000

September 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The 2015 total is at 1.7 million new jobs–400,000 more jobs created in eight months than the entire eight years of the second Bush’s presidency.

Utilities Take Credit, But Lower Power Bills In 2016 Are Due to Cheaper Coal and Gas

September 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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An FPL customer who uses 1,000 kilowatt hours a month currently pays $96.72. That number is projected to drop to $93.24 in January before going to $94.86 in June.

Weekend Briefing: The Flagler Youth Orchestra Recruits, St. Augustine Celebrates, English-Only Bigots Speak

September 4, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Flagler Youth Orchestra is taking enrollment for the 11th season of its free program, St. Augustine celebrates its 450th, English-only fooleries wag their tongues again, spurred by Trump.

Thursday Briefing: Women’s Self-Defense, Paramedics in Flagler Beach, Jeb Goes Sour, Colbert Goes Live

September 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Palm Coast is offering self-defense classes for women, budget-adoption hearings begin this evening at the county, Trump is getting under Jeb Bush’s skin, and Colbert goes live in a matter of days.

Bill Gates: The Rich World’s Responsibility to Those Who’ll Suffer Most From Global Warming

September 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Climate change can’t be stopped tomorrow, but its devastating effects on millions of the poorest farmers can be reduced if richer countries invest in cleaner technologies now, and help farmers better adapt, Bill Gates writes.

Split Florida Conservation Commission Approves Letting Hunters Kill 10% of Bear Population in 4 Regions

September 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission cleared the killing of at least 320 black bears for two to seven days in October, the first bear-hunting season in two decades.

Wednesday Briefing: Kiwanis at 100, Violent-Offender Pre-Trials, Taser-Armed Drones, Pythons and Bears

September 2, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Numerous violent offenders appear in a series of pre-trials before Judge Walsh this afternoon, the Fish and Wildlife Commission takes on pythons and bears, Fox News falsely ties cop killings to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Florida’s New Drone Law, Restricting “Surveillance,” Is a Gift to Personal Injury Lawyers

September 1, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Like medical marijuana, there’s an entrepreneurial rush to get in on the drone business, but states like Florida have been stumbling their way to legislation., argues Nancy Smith.

Alone Among 50 States, Florida’s Ban on Prison Newspaper Is Upheld

September 1, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Florida Corrections officials have censored the publications for six years, objecting to certain ads and calling them a security risk. No other state prison system agrees.

Tuesday Briefing: Palm Coast’s Life-Saving Firefighters, Weaponized Police Drones, Rising Murder Rates

September 1, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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A Palm Coast couple writes of firefighters’ life-saving intervention, murder rates are rising sharply in many cities, Flagler Beach firefighters raise money for MDA, Shostakovich’s great waltz.

Supreme Court Weighs Solar Power Measure Big Utilities Want Unplugged From 2016 Ballot

August 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Floridians for Solar Choice constitutional amendment, in part, would allow businesses to generate and sell up to two megawatts of power to customers on the same or neighboring properties.

Why You’re Getting Poorer: iPhones Aren’t The Economic Engine Cars and Electricity Were

August 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Robert Gordon argues rising standards of living brought by cars, indoor plumbing and electricity can;t be replaced by iPhones and the internet. Martin Feldstein disagrees.

Florida Doubles Rates For 36,000 KidCare Full Pay Children, and Blames Obamacare

August 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Thousands of parents were slammed with new rates with less than a month to pay, though they’ll have a chance to leave Florida’s plan for Obamacare in a special enrollment period.

Monday Briefing: Facebook and Twitter After You Die, Flagler Photography Club Annual Show, Denali’s Rebirth

August 31, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Find out what happens to your Facebook and Twitter pages after you die, Denali takes back its name from McKinley, Oliver Sacks dies, the Flagler Photography Club’s annual show is on.

With Florida Leading U.S. in Child Drownings, States Are Pressed to Improve Prevention

August 30, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Florida had 50 drownings of children 15 or younger last year, by far the most in the nation. California was second with 36. Better pool-safety regulations help.

Indentured Regression: Marco Rubio Thinks College Students Should Be Sharecroppers

August 29, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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Marco Rubio is proposing human capital contracts as a way for college students to pay tuition: investors would foot the bill and claim a percentage of the graduates’ income for years. It’s a terrible idea.

Weekend Briefing: Dank and Stormy Days, A Night at the Ag Museum, Israel’s Red-State Illusions

August 28, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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A wet, relatively uneventful weekend in anticipation of Tropical Storm Erika, Israel’s illusions as a GOP red state, a sleep-over at the Florida Ag Museum, plus Edward Gibbon and Rubenstein playing Chopin.

SLAPP This: Florida Scores a Big Free Speech Victory Against Intimidation Lawsuits

August 27, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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It was a rare success in the last Florida Legislative session: a new law protecting the public from frivolous corporate or otherwise intimidating lawsuits intended to silence public expression in government issues.

Thursday Briefing: Raising the Floor in Flagler Beach, Live Murder of Journalists, That Old Trump-Bush Feud

August 27, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Two journalists are murdered on live TV, Flagler Beach aims to raise base-floor elevations of new homes (builders are unhappy), plus Jonathan Franzen, R.L. Lewis, Trump and Bush.

State Education Board’s “Historic” Funding Proposal Is Still $1,000 Per Student Below 2006 Level

August 26, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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In inflation adjusted dollars, current spending on public education is $1,100-per-student less than it was in 2007, and would still be $1,000 less if the Legislature goes along with a state board of education proposal.

Wednesday Briefing: Heat Index Up to 105, Bicyclist Killed in Wreck With Palm Coast Woman on U.S. 1 in St. Johns, Scott Less Hated

August 26, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Kalette Manka, 18, of Palm Coast, was not injured, but Charles Frederick Barret, 50, of St. Augustine, was killed in a crash at U.S. 1 and Datil Pepper Road in St. Johns County.

Lawmakers and Judge Turn to Supreme Court to Break Congressional Map Stalemate

August 25, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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A Leon County judge will ask the Florida Supreme Court how to move forward with a redistricting lawsuit after the Legislature failed to draw new congressional lines in a special session that collapsed last week. Circuit Judge Terry Lewis told lawyers for the House and Senate at a conference Tuesday that he wants to hear […]

Tuesday Briefing: Palm Coast Annexing Near Sea Ray and Borrowing $30 Million, Lush Paradise at Ocean Art

August 25, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Palm Coast plans annexation of nearly a dozen properties along Roberts Road near Sea Ray, and will borrow $30 million to pay for the city’s second sewer plant.

Permitted Hunters Outnumber Florida Black Bears 6-to-1 as Killing Season Nears

August 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

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Florida’s October hunt has drawn almost 1,800 hunters against a black bear quota of 320, in parts of the state where the killing will be allowed.

Capitalism Doesn’t Cause Poverty. Its Absence Does.

August 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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The world’s poorest countries are not characterized by naive trust in capitalism, but by utter distrust, which leads to heavy government intervention and regulation of business. Under such conditions, capitalism does not thrive and economies remain poor.

Cashing In on Pot: How Business Is Getting High on Marijuana’s Potential

August 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The industry totaled $2.66 billion in U.S. sales in 2014, up 74 percent from $1.53 billion the year before, with expectations that the market will expand exponentially as more states legalize marijuana for both medical and recreational use.

Monday Briefing: Be Careful Out There, It’s Back to School Day, Bush and Manatees, DSC Fights Cyber Crimes

August 24, 2015 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Public and private students are back in school across Flagler County today, Daytona State College is designated a Center of Digital Forensics Academic Excellence (CDFAE) by the Defense Cyber Crime Center.

How County Government Is Pimping Princess Place While Spinning Fairy Tales

August 22, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

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Flagler County’s justifications for holding a Spartan extreme-sport race at Princess Place Preserve fails the smell test on all counts and raise questions about how tourism chief Matt Dunn and County Administrator Craig Coffey got the deal so far to start with.

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