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Florida State’s Jameis Winston, In the Pocket of a “Big Football Town”

November 24, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

As with anyone accused of a crime, Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston is entitled to the benefit of the doubt and is presumed to be innocent. But how can we be sure that justice is being served when the actions of those responsible for investigating sexual assault complaints against athletes is so slipshod?

Flagler’s Unemployment Down to 9.4%, But Labor Force Is Shrinking; Florida’s Rate at 6.7%

November 22, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Flagler’s lower unemployment rate is not being driven by an increase in the number of people with jobs, but by a significant decrease in the labor force, which has shrunk 4 percent over the year. The number of Flagler residents holding jobs declined by 343 between September and October, and by 821 people over the year.

Needed Or Not, Lawmakers Seek 2-Week Tax Holiday for “Hurricane Preparedness”

November 21, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A big factor in how much of the cuts or tax holidays make it into the next fiscal plan depends in part on the state’s economic outlook that the economists will update prior to the legislative session early next year.

Crist 7 Points Ahead of Scott in Latest Quinnipiac Poll; Floridians Overwhelmingly Favor Medical Marijuana

November 21, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

If the election for Florida governor were held today, Charlie Crist would be the likely winner over Rick Scott by a 47 to 40 percent advantage, a Quinnipiac poll released this morning found, and Scott’s negative ratings continue to weigh heavily on his chances. Florida voters support 82-16 percent allowing adults to legally use marijuana for medical use if it is prescribed by a doctor.

Florida Supreme Court Stays Execution, Raising Questions About Cruelty of Lethal Injection Cocktail

November 19, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

A 5-2 Florida Supreme Court vote put the execution of convicted murderer Askari Abdullah Muhammad on hold Monday to consider claims that the three-drug cocktail used to put inmates to death could cause unnecessary suffering.

The Time Will Come For a New Palm Coast City Hall. This Isn’t It.

November 18, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

Landon and the council want their $9 million city hall the way petulant children want a new toy. But there’s a lot more arrogance than prudence in the city’s approach. So it’s pretty simple. If the city is convinced that this is a good thing for itself and for residents, just ask residents what they think. That’s a yes or no question all of us would welcome.

Charlie Crist’s Bailout Plan: Bill Nelson

November 18, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Fanning the flames of uncertainty about former Gov. Charlie Crist’s viability as a gubernatorial candidate, Democrats close to U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson are letting potential supporters know the three-term senator is waiting in the wings if Crist’s campaign stumbles.

Obamacare Will Survive. Obama and Democrats, Maybe Not So Much.

November 17, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

The law’s rocky debut has refocused attention on whether Obama, intellectually gifted though he may be, was ready to be the country’s chief executive. It may also decide which party is in control after 2016.

“Punishment Therapy” For Depression? A Lake Worth Doctor Is Accused of Torturing a Patient

November 16, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Dr. David Simon, a Lake Worth family doctor accused of sadistic “punishment therapy” that involved handcuffs, blindfolds, whips and other implements of torture apologized repeatedly to the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, but that was not enough to persuade board members that Simon could safely continue to practice.

As High Court Takes On Medical Marijuana Proposal in Florida, Politics Muddy Merits

November 14, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The Florida Supreme Court will try to sort through the conflicting arguments between Attorney General Pam Bondi, who opposes legalization, and proponents of the measure. The court hearing is scheduled for Dec. 5, a key step in deciding whether voters will get to have their say next fall.

Only 3,600 Floridians Enroll in Affordable Care Act’s First Month; Obama Accepts Blame But Questions Abound

November 14, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Only 3,571 people have successfully enrolled in a private insurance plan in Florida in the first month of the Affordable Care Act’s federal marketplace. The target was 33,400, resulting in a success rate of just 11 percent, though 3.8 million Floridians are without health insurance.

Speed Limit Could Go Up to 75 On I-95 By July, and to 70 on U.S. 1

November 13, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

Florida lawmakers’ proposal to raise speed limits would direct the state Department of Transportation to determine the safe minimum and maximum speed limits on all divided highways that have least four lanes. In Flagler County, that includes I-95 and U.S. 1. On U.S. 1.

Specialty Tags Lose Their Gloss As Fewer People Are Willing to Pay Extra For Causes

November 12, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

There’s been a noticeable decline in motorists willing to pay an extra $15 to $25 to let others know their college or sports preferences or that they support the troops, manatees or even trees, but advocates say reducing registration fees could reinvigorate the program, which helps raise $30 million a year for a wide range of causes.

Darius Kimbrough, 19 Years on Death Row for Murder of Denise Collins, Is Executed This Evening

November 12, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Darius Kimbrough, who raped, beat and murdered 28-year-old Denise Collins in her Orlando apartment in 1991, is being executed by lethal injection at Florida’s Starke prison at 6 p.m. Tuesday, after 19 years on death row. He is being killed on his mother’s birthday. He becomes the fifth inmate executed in Florida this year.

The Trouble With Veterans Day

November 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

It’s hard to see how, if a war is unjust, it can be heroic to wage it. So it’s flat-out preposterous to claim that everyone who has ever been in the U.S. military is a hero, argues Arnold Oliver, a Vietnam veteran who finds it troubling that Veterans Day has devolved into a hyper-nationalistic worship service of militarism.

Warning-Shot Bill Gaining Support In Spite of Police Opposition and Fears of Vigilantism

November 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Rep. Neil Combee’s Warning Shot Bill under a new guise would amend the “stand your ground” self-defense law and permit people to display guns, threaten to use them or fire warning shots if they were being attacked and feared for their lives. It was inspired by the fate of Marissa Alexander, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot at her abusive husband.

Cowardice as Culture: Richie Incognito’s NFL and the Adulation of Brutality

November 10, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

For years, in college and in the NFL, lineman Richie Incognito behaving loutishly and unaccountably on and off the field in an NFL culture that rewards and protects brutality. Jonathan Martin is the rare whistle-blower who reveals ugly truths the league and its fans would too often prefer not to acknowledge, argues Steve Robinson.

What Government Shutdown? U.S. Economy Adds 204,000 Jobs, Beating Expectations

November 8, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The three-month tally of 605,000 jobs is the best three-month total in almost two years, though the unemployment rate still went up by a decimal point, to 7.3 percent as the labor force shrank by 720,000 in October, a reflection of the government shutdown.

In Divided Ruling, Florida Supreme Court Expands Parental Rights to Lesbians

November 7, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Siding with a woman who sought parental rights after separating from her lesbian partner, a divided Florida Supreme Court found Thursday that state laws about assisted-reproductive technology are unconstitutional in such cases involving same-sex couples.

Popular and Consumer-Driven Provisions Fuel Sticker Shock of Obamacare Premiums

November 7, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

When setting premiums for next year, insurers baked in bigger-than-usual adjustments, driven in large part by a game-changing rule: They can no longer reject people with medical problems. It’s the double-edged sword of Obamacare–a crucial provision that comes with sticker shock for some.

Report Blisters DCF Over Abused Children’s Deaths as Florida Lawmakers Vow to Act

November 6, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Florida’s recent series of child-abuse deaths took center stage at the Capitol on Tuesday, as a report blasted the state child-welfare system and as both chambers of the Legislature signaled they would craft bills to address the system’s shortcomings.

The Other Disastrous Government Website: Florida’s Unemployment Portal Still Kicking Users

November 5, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The state’s new, but troubled $68 million unemployment website, intended to provide a more modern, user-friendly method of access for people who receive benefits, has instead been a nightmare for many of its 200,000 users and may have a few months to go before it’s fixed.

A Modest Crime-Prevention Proposal: If You Want to Raise a Child, First, Get a License

November 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Jim McClellan has an idea that will reduce all types of crime and violence without explicitly infringing on the Constitution in the process. What I propose are some tough new restrictions on people in this country who want to have and rear kids.

Crist Opens Campaign for Governor Against Scott as Both Duel in Ridicule

November 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

If Crist’s first day on the campaign trail is a harbinger of things to come, voters are in for a nasty year: Crist accused Scott of being a tea party politician who is rewarding cronies with lucrative contracts and is out of touch with middle-class Floridians. A political committee backing Scott unleashed a $500,000 television ad buy attacking Crist for being an opportunist who abandoned the state to further his own political career.

1963’s Familiar Bloodstains: Far Right Politics from JFK to Barack Obama

November 3, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

John F. Kennedy was called treasonous and was the target of a relentless far-right campaign to vilify and demolish his presidency by demagogues and media barons whose ideological descendants have unleashed the same tactics on Barack Obama, writes Steve Robinson.

Charlie Crist Completes Conversion: He Will Run for Governor as a Democrat Against Rick Scott

November 2, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Former Gov. Charlie Crist made it official Friday: He will run for his old job again in 2014, setting up a potential battle with Republican Gov. Rick Scott for the state’s highest office.

Florida Blue Says It Never Dropped 300,000 Customers, Only Their Current Insurance Plans

November 1, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

It’s a distinction that some Florida Blue members have a hard time seeing — especially when the new plan costs more and offers benefits they don’t necessarily want. Older, sicker people who had a harder time finding health insurance in the past because of pre-existing conditions welcome the change.

Liberty County Sheriff Nick Finch Acquitted in Ideology-Fraught Gun Case

October 31, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The criminal charges and suspension came after a Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation concluded that the sheriff released a local man, Floyd Eugene Parrish, who had been arrested for carrying a concealed weapon, and that Finch destroyed or altered records of the arrest.

Record 769 Manatee Deaths So Far This Year Represent 15% of Endangered Population

October 31, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

With two months to go in the year, 769 manatee deaths have bee recorded in Florida waters, breaking the previous record of 766 set in 2010. Deaths are blamed mostly on a red tide bloom that started in southwest Florida in September 2012 and that only recently dissipated. Four manatees have died in Flagler so far this year.

Marco Rubio’s Slimy Flip-Flop Against Judge William Thomas

October 30, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Sen. Marco Rubio is blocking President Barack Obama’s nomination of Miami-Dade County Circuit Court Judge William Thomas to a seat on the federal bench for the Southern District of Florida, even though Rubio himself recommended Thomas to Obama previously.

Too Young for Medicare, Too Old for Medicaid, and Neglected By Affordable Health Act

October 30, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

While most of the uninsured will be able to get subsidized health coverage Jan. 1 under the Affordable Care Act, the poorest adults under 65 will be out of luck in many states, including Florida. Many are women in their 50s and 60s, too old to have children still at home so they can’t qualify for Medicaid. But they’re not yet 65 so they don’t qualify for Medicare, either.

Florida’s Stand Your Ground Deconstructed Before US Senate Panel on Civil and Human Rights

October 29, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The unusual Senate hearing focused almost exclusively on Florida, featured the mothers of two 17 year olds killed in its name–Trayvon martin and Jordan Russell Davis–and drew a rebuke from Ranking Republican Ted Cruz of Texas, who questioned whether the scrutiny of “stand your ground” was part of a broader “political agenda.”

Sheriff Nick Finch Trial Under Way: He’s Accused of Destroying Documents to Protect a Gun Owner

October 28, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation found that Nick Finch on March 8 released a local man who had been arrested for carrying a concealed firearm, a third degree felony, and altered or destroyed corresponding documents. Gov. Rick Scott removed Finch.

Don Fleming: Private Dick, Scott’s Millions, California’s Excellent Marijuana Adventure

October 28, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Ex-Sheriff Don Fleming turns private investigator, Rick Scott Rakes in the re-election millions, California’s medicinal pot legalization is working wonders, a Saudi comic drives Bob Marley through the Saudi ban on women drivers, Suzanne Somers on Obamacare, and West Virginia’s red turn.

Unearned Audacity: On Economic Development, Flagler Tells Voters to Drop Dead

October 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

State law requires Flagler County to ask voters permission in a referendum, every 10 years, to give new companies tax subsidies. The Flagler County Commission wants to trash that law and let a supermajority of four commissioners make the decision for voters instead. It’s the latest example of a commission more enamored of its power than in tune with voters.

Kiss Your Tax-Free Amazon Orders Goodbye: Company’s I-4 Warehouses On the Way

October 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The confirmation by Amazon.com that it will build a pair of massive “fulfillment” centers along the Interstate 4 corridor means that sometime in the next two years Floridians will have to start paying sales taxes on purchases from the online retail giant.

Pantry Alert: Cuts in Food Stamps Benefits Will Affect 3.6 Million Floridians Staring Nov. 1

October 26, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Florida’s food hardship rate is more than 21 percent, meaning that one in five Florida households reported that in the past year they struggled to buy enough food for the family. The state is one of the hardest-hit for food security.

Attorney General Wants Florida Supreme Court To Bump Off Medical Marijuana Referendum

October 25, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

In a filing required because the group pushing the initiative has triggered an automatic review by the high court, Bondi wrote that the ballot language could deceive voters about the extent of marijuana use that would be allowed, a claim the measure’s proponents reject.

Sparks, Nevada

October 24, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Today, a DUI not only can earn you prison time, but also can thwart your education options and permanently alter your career aspirations. Drunken drivers are punished by a torrent of national condemnation. Why can we not summon the same collective rage when it comes to guns?

Masking Scott’s Low Approval, Republicans Launch Snide Website Ahead of Democrats’ Convention

October 24, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

In a new twist on rapid response, Florida Republicans today launched a tongue-in-cheek “Florida Dems” website the day before the Florida Democratic Party kicks off its annual convention in Orlando, ridiculing Democrats as the Party of No. Democrats have few answers in kind.

State Rakes In Cash From Seminole Casinos and Rethinks Gambling Landscape

October 23, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Under the current deal with the Seminoles, which ends in 2015, the tribe makes the payments to the state in exchange for having the exclusive right to offer banked table games, such as blackjack, along with a monopoly on all slot locations outside of Broward and Miami-Dade counties. The Seminoles agreed to pay a minimum of $150 million in each of the first two years, $233 million in the third and fourth years and $234 million in 2015.

Hurricane Marco Rubio: How To Protect Yourself

October 22, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

2012 was the hottest year on record in the United States, and 10 of the past 15 years have been the hottest on record globally. A minority of climate-change deniers nevertheless have a disproportionate hold on Congress, explaining virtual inaction on that score. Here’s a solution next time a hurricane hits.

FDLE Unsure How 2 Escaped Murderers Forged Papers, Duping Prison and Court System

October 22, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey said Tuesday several suspects have been “targeted” for helping two murderers escape from prison with forged court papers mailed to a clerk of court, but the embarrassing incident is still largely unexplained.

Shutdown-Delayed Unemployment Report: Rate Down to 7.2% But Only 148,000 New Jobs

October 22, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The September unemployment report due on Oct. 4 was released only at 8:30 this morning, delayed by the 16-day government shutdown. But it could have been predicted, as it follows the pattern of most reports of the past three years: anemic job growth, very slow decline in the unemployment rate, and checkered signs of improvement (or retreat, depending on your point of view) ahead.

From Romance to Hassle: For Younger Generations, the Car Runs Out of Rhymes

October 21, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Love of the automobile seems to be the province of old guys, writes Steve Robinson, as expenses, carbon footprints and other means of staying in touch have made an anachronism of getting behind the wheel of a car simply to feel the wind in one’s hair.

Your Policy Is Cancelled: Insurers End Coverage That Falls Short of Affordable Care Act

October 21, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The main reason insurers are cancelling policies offer is that they fall short of what the Affordable Care Act requires starting Jan. 1. By all accounts, the new policies will offer consumers better coverage, in some cases, for comparable cost — especially after the inclusion of federal subsidies for those who qualify.

Say Farewell to “Antiquated” Highway Call Boxes: Cell-Flush Florida Junks Them

October 19, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The state Department of Transportation is removing all but a few of the 2,752 push button call boxes from along its highways as personal cell phones have reduced the need for the roadside phones. The removal, estimated to cost around $200,000, has already started.

Favoring Defense Industry Over Human Rights, Obama Loosens Restrictions on Arms Exports

October 19, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The United States is loosening controls over military exports, in a shift that former U.S. officials and human rights advocates say could increase the flow of American-made military parts to the world’s conflicts and make it harder to enforce arms sanctions. In 2011, the U.S. concluded $66 billion in arms sales agreements, nearly 80 percent of the global market.

Florida’s U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young, Immoderate Only in Longevity, Is Dead at 82

October 18, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

U.S. Rep. C.W. Bill Young, then and now.

U.S. Rep. C.W. “Bill” Young of Pinellas County, the longest serving Republican in Congress, was a political icon in the Tampa Bay area and a moderate who had only announced earlier this month that he wouldn’t seek a 23rd term in Congress next year.

When Domestic Violence Hits the Workplace: Businesses Contend With Collateral Damage

October 18, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Gathered in a community where the city and county have approved workplace policies banning domestic and sexual violence, experts said Thursday that all employers should be aware that workplace violence affects not only victims but business profits.

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