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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.

Disabled But Employed, Or Employable: What Businesses Can Do To Break Down Barriers

October 17, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Stewart Marchman Act’s Enrichment Program’s 150 participants in Palm Coast and Daytona Beach are a reminder that Americans with disabilities are an underutilized reservoir of ambition, talent and skill ready to make great contributions in the workplace, writes Chet Bell.

Harsh Outlier: Florida’s Sentencing Laws Still Lock Up More Juveniles Than Any Other State

October 17, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

As state legislators have tried and failed to craft a juvenile-sentencing law that conforms to landmark U.S. Supreme Court rulings, a national advocacy group is calling Florida a “clear outlier” among states for its hard-line approach to trying juveniles as adults.

Rebecca Sedwick Suicide: Two Middle School Girls, 12 and 14, Arrested on Aggravated Stalking Charges

October 15, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick’s suicide in Lakeland on Sept. 10 was the latest of a growing list of children taking their own life after being maligned, threatened and taunted online, mostly through a new collection of texting and photo-sharing cellphone applications.

Florida’s Rep. Bill Young’s Exit Spurs Battle for Rare Centrist Republican Swing Seat

October 14, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Bill Young, 82, announced he will not seek re-election to the Florida seat he’s held for more than 40 years. Independents make up nearly a quarter of the voters in the Pinellas County district, considered the only true toss-up, open seat thus far in next year’s congressional races.

When Pets Are the Overlooked Victims of Domestic-Violence Cases

October 14, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

One of the common features of domestic violence is isolation; often the very circumstances that enable such violence to reach a point where a woman needs shelter are the same that mean there is nowhere for her pets to go.

The Difference Between Name-Calling and Calling Out Yahoos Holding America Hostage

October 13, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Steve Robinson angered some people with his last column when he compared tea party Republicans to Know-Nothings. But, he argues, likening the narrow-minded nativist sentiments of that short-lived 19th-century party to the ideals of this current group of ideological fringe-dwellers is really not that far off.

Florida GOP Rep. Dennis Baxley Compares Gay Parents to Drunks and Drug Abusers

October 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Florida’s Dennis Baxley, a Republican member of the Florida House representing the Ocala region, made the startling comparison of lesbian moms to abusers and dysfunctional parents during a House subcommittee meeting on middle school reforms this week.

XBox Murders Ringleader Victorino Closer to Execution as He Loses Supreme Court Appeal

October 11, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Troy Victorino lost his latest appear in a unanimous decision by the Supreme Court Thursday. He was convicted of six counts of first-degree murder and numerous other charges, including the abuse of a dead human body, and sentenced to death for the killings at a Deltona home in 2004.

“Girl Rising”: Karen Barchowski’s Movie Event for Palm Coast, In Education’s Name

October 10, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Karen Barchowski, the co-owner of Sally’s Ice Cream in Flagler Beach, succeeded through word of mouth and more than a little conviction in organizing one showing of “Girl Rising,” the groundbreaking documentary about the importance of girls’ education, at Epic Theater in Palm Coast on Oct. 13.

Senate Proposal Would Bar “Aggressors” From Using Stand Your Ground; Approval Unlikely

October 10, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Prompted by a national outcry over George Zimmerman’s acquittal this summer in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a Florida Senate committee gave approval to minor changes in the state’s “stand your ground” law. But whether a Legislature dominated by gun-loving lawmakers will ultimately sign off on a bipartisan compromise remains a long shot.

Kathleen Sebelius to Florida Legislature: That $51 Billion Offer Is Still Good for the Taking

October 9, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Kathleen Sebelius has visited Florida half a dozen times since June, trying to get the word out to the state’s millions of uninsured to sign up for a health plan., but she hopes the Florida Legislature reverses its opposition to expanding Medicaid and accepting $51 billion over the next 10 years.

Assisted Living Facilities Beware: State Looking to Shut Down Unlicensed Operations

October 9, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A Florida Senate panel Tuesday instructed the Agency for Health Care Administration to draft legislation — fast — that would allow the state to shut down unlicensed assisted-living facilities as quickly as possible.

Bank of America Robber Kevin Cotterman Is Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison, No Parole

October 8, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Kevin Cotterman, the 42-year-old serial bank robber who stole $805 from the Palm Coast Bank of America branch on Palm Coast Parkway in May 2012, was sentenced today (Oct. 8) to 15 years in prison, with no possibility of parole, by Flagler County Circuit Judge J. David Walsh.

Should Cops Have Power to Track You in Real Time Through Cell Phones? Court Will Decide.

October 7, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Grappling with privacy rights amid fast-changing technology, the Florida Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in a challenge to police using “real-time” cell-phone information to track a suspect in a drug case.

Fast-Tracking Executions Proves Slower than Expected Under “Timely Justice Act”

October 7, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The new law designed to fast-track executions in Florida, called the Timely Justice Act, will not spark a flurry of executions after all even as 132 convicts have been certified as being partially “warrant ready” to be killed, perhaps dashing some lawmakers’ expectations.

A Confederacy of Choices: Marketplace Plans Vary Widely In Costs, In Counties And Across U.S.

October 5, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Consumers shopping in the new health insurance marketplaces will face a bewildering array of competing plans in some counties and sparse options in other places, with people in some areas of the country having to pay much more for the identical level of coverage than consumers elsewhere.

Shutdown Geezers: The Medicare
Generation’s Immoral War on Obamacare

October 4, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 56 Comments

Opponents of Obamacare think that by doubling down on hurting Americans through a shut-down, they might stun them into submission. They must be stupider than they let on. The Affordable Care Act has its issues. Lacking for moral high ground isn’t among them.

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