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Demonstrating and Reporting Outrage Over Zimmerman’s Acquittal Isn’t Overkill. Shooting Trayvon Was.

July 21, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

Marches and other responses to the George Zimmerman trail are focusing needed attention on a culture at times too comfortable with the the paradox of imagining itself past the sort of racially motivated mindsets that made the killing of Trayvon Martin possible, argues Steve Robinson.

Obama on Stand Your Ground and Zimmerman Aftermath: “Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me 35 Years Ago”

July 20, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

As protests have continued and grown, President Obama Friday afternoon spoke on the stand your ground law, the Zimmerman trial aftermath, Trayvon Martin and race more expansively and in more personal terms than he had since his speech on race from Philadelphia as a presidential candidate in 2008. The full text and video are included.

Black Man 101: Déjà Jim Crow All Over Again For African-American Parents and Their Sons

July 18, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

We already teach our sons to be “agreeable” and “non-challenging” with police. Must we now teach our sons to conform to some modern form of “Jim Crow etiquette” and defer to all potential bigots who come their way? Terrance Heath writes that the answer is as heartbreaking to give as it is to receive.

Boycott Florida Movement Grows in Protest Of Stand Your Ground and Zimmerman Verdict

July 18, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

The boycott-Florida movement has quickly grown on social media and with such headliners as Stevie Wonder while Gov. Rick Scott and the state’s business groups downplay the effectiveness of the effort, which could nevertheless hurt the state’s tourism and convention business.

Gun Rights Advocates and Church Join in Suit Against NSA as Companies Petition White House

July 18, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Sixty-three companies are asking the federal government to allow companies that receive foreign-intelligence surveillance requests to publicly discuss those requests in basic terms, while gun rights advocates have joined the Unitarian Church and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in a lawsuit against NSA spying on First Amendment grounds.

Middle School Boy Invokes Stand Your Ground in School Bus Fight With Girl, and Court Agrees

July 17, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Showing the breadth of Florida’s “stand your ground” law, an appeals court Wednesday said the controversial legal defense can be used by a boy involved in a fight with a girl on a school bus. No weapons were involved. The boy making the stand your ground claim was arrested on a battery charge.

Some 600,000 Floridians Getting Rebates from Insurers Not Complying With Health Care Law

July 17, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Because insurers are overspending on profits and administration instead of medical care, the amount that must be refunded in this state by Aug. 1 tops $54 million. That’s only half of what insurers had to pay in rebates to Floridians last year. Nationally, insurers are refunding $504 million.

Students Stage Sit-In at Gov. Scott’s Office, Demanding Special Session on Florida’s Gun Laws

July 16, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The students, part of a group called the Dream Defenders, said they’re responding to the “not guilty” verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman, want a special legislative session addressing laws such as Florida’s “stand your ground” self-defense provision they say unfairly affect minority youth.

Fail-Safe: Education Commissioner Recommends Artificial Prop-Up of School Grades

July 15, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Education Commissioner Tony Bennett will ask the State Board of Education next week to prevent schools from dropping by more than one letter grade on the state report card in an effort to counter what superintendents say could be an alarming drop in grades.

The Undoing of Barack Obama

July 15, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

President Barack Obama is no longer on a roll. We have become a laughingstock in the international community, writes Donald Kaul, obstructionist House Republicans are treating the immigration bill as their favorite hostage, and many more landmines await.

Zimmerman’s Gunshine State: White Man’s Verdict, Black Men’s Burden

July 13, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 90 Comments

Zimmerman is a free man, but his legacy should not be that he was “right” to do what he did. He should be viewed as the sad, angry embodiment of the fear and paranoia that would have us believe that owning a gun and using a gun are equal and inseparable rights.

Florida Supreme Court Green-Lights Trial Challenging Fairness of GOP Redistricting

July 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The 5-2 ruling, which fell along common ideological lines on the court, allows a coalition of voting-rights groups to continue trying to prove that the Senate maps drawn in 2012 violate the anti-gerrymandering “Fair Districts” standards added to the Florida Constitution two years earlier.

Water Management District Tax Will Decline Slightly, to About $33 For Average Flagler House

July 10, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

All property owners in Flagler County, including all its cities, pay the St. Johns River Water Management District tax. The district’s $135.5 million proposed budget includes $13 million for 22 reclaimed water and water conservation projects, one of them in Flagler.

Florida Lottery Sets Record With $5 Billion In Sales as Gambling’s Attraction Grows

July 10, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A little more than 62 percent of the money is paid out to winners, while $1.41 billion will go to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund, though that hasn’t kept local school boards’ budgets from being cut. The voter-approved Lottery grew from $1.8 billion in sales in 1989, its first full year.

The Zimmerman Trial and Kathleen Parker’s Courtroom Camera Ban

July 10, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

After watching the Zimmerman murder trial, Kathleen Parker concludes that it’s time to ban television cameras from courtrooms again, though not any other type of media. She’s wrong: the distortions of cameras on justice are not nearly as dangerous as the distortions of masked justice.

Florida Cabinet Trio’s Combined Personal Worth: $9.76 Million

July 9, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Cabinet members — Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam — are now collectively worth $9,756,748, still a far cry from the $83.8 million Gov. Rick Scott reported last week.

Florida’s Corporate Step-Up Scheme: 51,075 Students Now Enrolled in Private Schools at Taxpayers’ Expense

July 8, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Under the program, corporations are allowed to take tax credits for money that they contribute to Step Up for Students, which then uses those funds to essentially provide private-school vouchers.

Let Texas Secede

July 7, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

When it comes to Texas, let’s not be too eager to dismiss this secession talk, argues Steve Robinson. A sovereign nation of Texas would put it in the company of oil kingdoms like Saudi Arabia and eye-for-eye justice like Pakistan and North Korea.

It Ain’t Texas: Florida Supreme Court Reverses Two Death Sentences, Citing Mental Issues

July 5, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

In two separate decisions that illustrate the fallibility of death sentences, the Florida Supreme Court this week overturned the death sentences of Michael Shellito, 37, and Ralston Davis, 28, ruling in both cases that the murderers’ mental state at the time of the killings should have played a larger role in theirs sentences.

Despite Adding 600,000 Jobs in 3 Months, U.S. Unemployment Remains at 7.6%

July 5, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The U.S. economy added 195,000 jobs in June, and revised numbers increased April’s and May’s totals by 70,000 for a combined three-month job creation of nearly 600,000 jobs, but the unemployment rate remained at 7.6 percent, only 0.6 percent lower than it was a year ago.

Florida Supreme Court Again Hammers Insurance Industry in Three Rulings

July 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Florida Supreme Court justices ruled against insurance companies and in favor of policyholders and medical providers. The cases divided the court and, ultimately, all had financial implications for insurers and the other parties.

Another Floridian Goon With a Gun

July 3, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 47 Comments

The story of Jerome Hayes’s murder of Fred Turner on I-4 Saturday in a supposed case of “mistaken identity” evokes rage at the case of yet another Floridian hothead–following in the footsteps of George Zimmerman, Jacksonville’s Michael Dunn and Flagler Beach’s Paul Miller– whose temper would not have been an issue had it not been loaded in the chamber of a firearm.

Florida’s Political Scientist:
Five Questions for Susan McManus

July 2, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Susan MacManus is probably Florida’s most-quoted political scientist. A distinguished professor at the University of South Florida’s Department of Government and International Affairs, she’s also a featured columnist on the Sayfie Review website and a political analyst for Tampa’s WFLA Channel 8.

Panicked About Big Drop, Superintendents Want School Grades Artificially Held Up

July 2, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Curbing the possible declines in school scores — which would essentially continue a policy from last year allowing the marks to drop no more than a letter grade at each school — was one of several recommendations the superintendents made during a meeting of a task force Commissioner Bennett put together at the request of the State Board of Education.

If You’re Gay, Would Like to Legally Marry and Are Ready to Sue, Equality Florida Wants You

July 2, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Equality Florida, the state’s the largest civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida’s LGBT community, is looking for potential plaintiffs for a lawsuit to challenge Florida’s ban on gay marriage. Voters approved a ban on marriage equality in 2008, by a 62 percent margin.

For Self-Insured, Higher Premiums Ahead But Better Coverage and Lower Out of Pocket Costs

June 30, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Whether individuals will be better or worse off under those rules depends on their age, health status, where they live – and perhaps most important, whether they end up needing substantial medical care in the coming year. Generally speaking, those who are younger and healthier may pay more than they would have, while older and sicker people are likely to be better off.

The Agonizing Over, Gov. Scott Signs Bill to Restrict Gun Buying from Mentally Ill

June 29, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Gov. Rick Scott defended his support for the Second Amendment as he signed a narrowly-focused firearms bill into law Friday, making it harder for the mentally ill to buy guns. The bill (HB 1355) blocks firearms purchases by some people who voluntarily admit themselves for mental-health treatment.

Florida Supreme Court Rules Against Geico Auto Insurer in Unusual Victory for Consumers

June 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

In a blow to the insurance industry, the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled 5-2 that Geico could not require a woman to give a statement under oath as a condition of receiving injury benefits after an auto accident.

Emergency Lawsuit Charges Law Fast-Tracking Death Row Inmates Is Unconstitutional

June 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The suit alleges that the law, which goes in effect July 1, would violate the separation of powers by imposing obligations on lawyers that conflict with judicially-determined rules, and that it would alter the court’s authority to govern capital post-conviction litigation and would violate due process and equal protection.

Florida GOP Rallies Around Marriage Inequality as LGBT Community Mobilizes

June 26, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Though Floridians rejected gay marriage in a 2008 vote, Florida LGBT activists, fired up by Wednesday’s Supreme Court rulings favoring same-sex unions, said they have no intention of leaving matters as they stand.

Dick Cheney as America’s Wiretap of the Unconscionable

June 26, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

He is the hemorrhoid that defies Preparation H., but why in the name of Dan Quayle does anyone give a damn about what Dick Cheney has to say about anything? Cheney’s credibility is so low, Steve Robinson argues, that branding him a liar would represent a promotion.

In Biggest Victory for Gay Rights Yet, Supreme Court Declares Marriage Act Unconstitutional

June 26, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

The United States Supreme Court today declared the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. The court’s 5-4 decision is the biggest victory for gay rights to date and adds to a tide of states legalizing gay mariage.

Floridians’ Consumer Confidence Hits Post-Recession High as Personal Finances Improve

June 26, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Stock market gains for the first part of June played a role, while perceptions of current buying conditions are at a post-recession high of 93. The last time it reached this level was April of 2007 when it was 97. Four of the five overall components that make up the index rose while one stayed the same.

Big Sugar Goes to Work for Scott as Reelection Team Hauls $700K While Governor Does Paris

June 25, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The “Let’s Get to Work” political committee posted $695,447 in contributions from 91 sources during the time Scott was highlighting the state to foreign aviation interests as part of Enterprise Florida’s June 14 to June 21 trade mission to the Paris Air Show.

Voting Rights Act Sapped as Fractured Supreme Court Defies Near-Unanimous Congress

June 25, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, declared key parts of the Voting Rights Act invalid even though the U.S. Senate had passed the act unanimously in 2006, and the House of Representatives had passed it 390-33.

Morning-After Victory on Women’s Reproductive Rights, But Testosterone Policies Persist

June 24, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Reproductive rights advocates are celebrating the Obama administration’s surrender on the morning-after pill, empowering all women to make their own decisions regarding their own bodies. It’s about damn time, argues Kathleen Joyce, but she warns: don’t let your guard down just yet.

Aiming to Break GOP Stanglehold on State Offices, Democrats Look Beyond Scott in 2014

June 24, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Aside from Scott, the state GOP also counts among its elected officials U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio; Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. Rubio will not be on the ballot in 2014, but all three Cabinet officers will go before voters along with Scott.

Paula Deen’s South Begs a Question: What’s Wrong With Us?

June 23, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

The issue is not only whether Paula Deen has sincerely evolved in her attitudes, but also whether the country has, writes Steve Robinson, who is willing to cut Deen more slack here than he would give those rallying to her defense.

2013 Miss Junior Flagler County Pageant Contestants
Ages 12-15

June 23, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A complete, click-through chart and photo gallery of the 6 Miss Junior Flagler County 2013 Contestants, Ages 12-15.

Selective Memory Surveillance: Obama, the NSA and September 11

June 22, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Those making the argument that the NSA’s domestic spying program would have stopped the 9/11 attacks had it been in place have ignored a key aspect of historical record, including the fact that USA intelligence already knew the identity of a hijacker long before the attack and could have found him.

With Opposing Gun Lobbies Taking Aim at Him, Gov. Scott Mulls Over Firearm Sales Bill

June 21, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Gov. Rick Scott is being flooded with calls and emails about a bill that would stop some gun sales, and whichever course he chooses could be risky as he runs for re-election.

Racist Attacks on Mexican-American’s National Anthem Performance Reflect GOP Blinders

June 20, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

It’s sad that Sebatien de la Cruz’s singing of the National Anthem at an NBA playoff game should become the target of ugly, anti-immigrant sentiment. These views didn’t arise in a vacuum, argues Raul Reyes. Republican lawmakers have been demonizing immigrants to the detriment of our civil discourse and to their own party. Meanwhile, our nation continues to grow more diverse, putting the GOP out of step with a changing America.

Board of Governors Shoots Down Florida College Fee Increases Backed By Students

June 20, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The most sweeping decision, rejected 3-2, came on a proposal by eight universities to increase the “capital improvement trust fund” fees, or CITF fees, which pay for construction projects approved by university panels that draw at least half their members from the student body.

How Horses Help Patients Cope With Cancer and Other Ailments, Even When Insurers Won’t

June 20, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

It’s not a prescription that a doctor can write. It’s not something insurance will usually pay for. But more patients are finding out how horseback riding, or even just being around the animals, can help them feel better. 

Hillsborough Grants Amazon $6.6 Million Gift as Tax Watch Endorses Online Sales Levy

June 19, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The Hillsborough County Commission is the first of several local communities expected to throw tax-supported incentives at Amazon, as the usually anti-tax Florida TaxWatch declared support for online sales tax collection once Amazon starts doing business from a physical location in Florida.

Hillary Clinton Would Easily Beat Rubio and Bush in Florida as Even Hispanics Rally Behind Her

June 19, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

In the latest Quinnipiac poll, Jeb Bush would beat Joe Biden in Florida, by a close margin. Marco Rubio would beat Biden by an even closer margin. But Hillary Clinton would beat both Rubio or Bush quite easily: 50 to 43 percent against Bush, 53 to 41 percent against Rubio, whose Hispanic heritage would not help him overcome the deficit.

The Cruel and Unusual Justice Thomas

June 19, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The cruelties of the self-loathing, self-pitying Clarence Thomas were on display again this week when he provided the deciding vote that had the Supreme Court managing to turn the right to remain silent against the accused, and using that silence as evidence of incrimination.

Fearing Another School Grade Collapse Across Florida, Education Board Looks for a Plan

June 18, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

With preliminary calculations showing a possible collapse in the grades for schools across the state, the State Board of Education is asking the Education Commissioner to appoint a task force to examine the test scores used to calculate the grades and avoid another botched rollout.

Scott Makes Up Some Ground Against Crist and Improves Favorability to Still-Low 40%

June 18, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Some 40 percent of respondents now view Scott favorably, up from 33 percent last March, with 42 percent seeing him negatively. But his best showing since becoming governor is still well below what he needs to overcome deficits against either Charlie Crist or Bill nelson in gubernatorial matchups, while only 35 percent of Floridians overall say Scott deserve a second term.

Federal Government Approves Florida’s Medicaid Overhaul, Shifting Millions to HMOs

June 17, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The announcement was a victory for Gov. Rick Scott and Republican lawmakers who approved the proposal to move to statewide Medicaid managed care in 2011, amid controversy about whether the changes would best serve the needs of low-income Floridians.

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