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John Pollinger Responds to His Critics

July 15, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

John Pollinger, a candidate for Flagler County Sheriff, has been criticized over his last months as Middletown, N.J., police chief and his tenure as post commander of the American Legion in Palm Coast. He tells his side.

Hedging Privacy Concerns, Hospitals Shop for Patients on Facebook and Google

July 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A growing number of hospitals are taking their advertising campaigns to Facebook, Google and other websites as more see the value of highly targeted campaigns that enable them to track results. Social media users may be unnerved by being tracked and followed by information they’ve searched for.

Florida’s High Court Affirms Guilty Until Proven Innocent Standard in Drug Possessions

July 12, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

In not requiring “knowledge” of the illegality of whatever they were carrying, the law puts Florida at odds with at least 48 other states that require prosecutors to convince a jury that defendants knew they were carrying illegal drugs.

Nan Rich Calls for Investigation Into TB Outbreak as Florida Surgeon General Fumes

July 12, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Senate Minority Leader and gubernatorial candidate Nan Rich called today (July 12) for the Senate to investigate reports of a tuberculosis outbreak in Northeast Florida as the state closes its last hospital dedicated to treating the disease.

Cops Spying on Your Cell Phone: Warrantless, Routine, and With Providers’ Complicity

July 12, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The cell tower on U.S. 1 in palm Coast, listening in. (© FlaglerLive)

Privacy activists hold that cops’ tracking of cell phones require a search warrant to be constitutional. But the Supreme Court hasn’t ruled on the issue, and Congress has yet to pass a law addressing it.

Bucking State Trend, Flagler School Grades Stay Strong, But So Does Criticism

July 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

All but one Flagler County public or charter school scored an A or a B. The exception was Palm Harbor Academy, a charter, which scored an F. The state’s teachers union cautioned against making much of the results absent a more reliable testing system.

Florida A&M’s James Ammons Resigns 8 Months After Robert Champion’s Hazing Death

July 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Florida A&M University President James Ammons resigned Wednesday amid continuing fallout from the hazing death of “Marching 100” drum major Robert Champion and other problems at the historically black school.

Scott Administration Downplays Northeast Florida Tuberculosis Spike; CDC Doesn’t

July 10, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

An April report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted a surge in cases of the highly contagious disease that appeared to be clustered in a homeless shelter, a jail and an outpatient mental health clinic in downtown Jacksonville.

George Zimmerman Bails Out and Passes Out the Hat for More Money

July 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

George Zimmerman is living in a safe house in Seminole County and he needs money, because when a second bond hearing put Zimmerman’s bail at $1 million, the neighborhood watch volunteer had to add $85,000 to the $15,000 he’d posted in April.

Foster Children in Group Homes in Miami and Jacksonville Falling Prey to Sex Trafficking

July 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The Florida Department of Children and Families contracts its group home services to private concerns. Oversight can be lax to the point of enabling sex trafficking. (Ian Sane)

Authorities said men lured teenage girls into prostitution, plying them with money, gifts and personal attention. The men collected the proceeds and paid the girls 40 percent. In the Jacksonville case, the teen was advertised in Backpage.com. In both cases, the alleged pimps also used teens as recruiters, police say.

A Lifeguard’s Soul,
Outsourced to the Bottom line

July 8, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 13 Comments

Thomas Lopez was fired by Jeff Ellis and Associates, the private company to whom Hallandale Beach outsourced its lifeguard services, when Lopez tried to save a drowning man beyond his jurisdiction. It’s an example of privatization’s immoral priorities.

When Oceans Heal:
In Praise of the Jimmy Miller Foundation

July 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Therapy on the sands at the Jimmy Miller Foundation in California. (© Jimmy Miller Foundation)

The Jimmy Miller Foundation is a non-profit organization helping people challenged by physical and mental illness, including through the Wounder Warrior Project.

Walmart at 50: Gutting the Middle Class 1 Small Business and Manufacturing Job at a Time

July 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

The first Walmart in Rogers, Ark., a 16,000-square-foot store, opened at the corner of Walnut and Eighth Streets on July 2, 2962.

Walmart’s 50th anniversary caps a 150year stretch when the number of independent retailers fell by over 60,000, and when, between 2001 and 2007, some 40,000 U.S. factories closed, eliminating millions of jobs.

Conservatives Press Attack as Florida’s Liberal Justices Are Cleared of Campaign Wrongdoing

July 6, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Florida Supreme Court Justices Fred Lewis, Barbara Pariente (center) and Peggy Quince, the more liberal justices on the court, are the target of a conservative campaign to unseat them.

An investigation into the filing of qualifying papers for Florida Supreme Court Justices Fred Lewis, Barbara Pariente and Peggy Quince has been closed, but the controversy about the trio’s place on this fall’s ballot is likely to continue.

FHP’s Crackdown and the Prohibitionist Politics of Drunk Driving: A Dissent

July 6, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Taking aim at today’s deployment of 40 FHP troopers on I-95, Darrell Smith calls the targeting of people who drink–as opposed to drunk drivers–a brown-shirted example of a police state mentality too readily embraced by the public.

U.S. Economy Adds Just 80,000 Jobs In June as Unemployment Stagnates at 8.2%

July 6, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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The national economy added percent for the third most 80,000 jobs in June, keeping the unemployment rate stuck at 8.2 percent for the third month in a row.

Jeb Bush’s Republican Identity Crisis and the Limits of Tolerance

July 5, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Jeb Bush is putting a little distance between himself and the nuttier side of the GOP.

Even as Jeb Bush calls for a more tolerant Republican Party where ideas compete, his description of Obama’s reign in the White House as “One Ideology, One Party, and One Man” is more Orwellian than anything else, and misses the nature of Americans’ passionate beliefs, argues Steven Kurlander.

Florida Law Barring Doctors From Asking Patients About Guns at Home Ruled Invalid

July 3, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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The law restricts doctors’ ability to provide truthful, non-misleading information to a patient, U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke ruled. The “docs-vs-glocks” law was backed by the NRA and signed by Gov. Rick Scott in 2011.

What Fox and CNN Flubbed in Health Care Verdict Scoop: Getting It Right

July 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Fox and CNN reporters who got the health care verdict wrong last week were driven by the intense competition of live TV and online reporting and social media. Those reporters let their competitive instincts overcome the rule we all learned on the college newspaper, writes Bill Cotterell.

Gov. Scott’s Health Law in Florida: No Medicaid Expansion, No Insurance Exchange

July 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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Gov. Rick Scott will opt Florida out of the insurance “exchanges” the new health law designs to help residents find health coverage, and he will opt out of expanding medicaid, even though the federal government pays all the costs for expansion the first 2 years, and 90 percent thereafter.

Student-Led School Prayers Are Now Legal, But Fear of Litigation Could Trump God

July 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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The new Florida school prayer law lets local school districts approve policies allowing students to deliver prayers at school events, but districts aren’t likely to approve such measures for fear of costly litigation.

I’ll Have What She’s Having
In Praise of Nora Ephron

July 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Long before she was putting words into the mouth of Tom Hanks in “Sleepless in Seattle” and fake orgasms into the mouth of Meg Ryan in “When Harry Met Sally,” Ephron was mastering the craft of learning from and telling truths about people from all walks of life as a $98-a-week cub reporter for the New York Post.

Mike Pius’s Visual Recovery and Other Flashes of Brilliance: Wire Essentials, July 2

July 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Firefighter Mike Pius is in recovery mode, Marco Rubio stutters on the Daily Show, Britain slumps ahead of the 2012 Olympics, Kandinsky is caught on the act of drawing, on video, Chief Justice Roberts goes transcendentalist, and more.

At the Flagler Beach Pier, A Window Into a Private Romance for the Ages

June 30, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

From his window onto the boardwalk at the Flagler Beach pier, the author has been witnessing the intimate ritual of an ancient couple’s love for years, and understands exactly why they come to their their oceanfront table.

FlaglerLive Is Moving–Again

June 30, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Just as we did a year ago, FlaglerLive is moving to a new server yet again, this time a dedicated one, because readership keeps outgrowing our old accommodations. We ask for your patience over the next 72 hours. And donations.

Chamber of Commerce and Other Florida Business Groups Howl Over at Health Care Law

June 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Florida business groups had led the charge against the federal Affordable Care Act, calling it a mandate that will fall on the shoulders of businesses still struggling to recover and facing more competition from the Internet, nearby states and foreign suppliers.

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Reform, a Major Victory for Obama and the Uninsured

June 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 55 Comments

Chief Justice John Roberts joined the left of the U.S. Supreme Court in upholding the 2010 health care reform law, including the individual mandate. The Roberts ruling narrowed the allowance under tax rules, as opposed to the commerce clause. But the entire law was upheld.

Get to Work, Governor Scott, and Implement Health Care Reform Now

June 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Now that the most conservative Supreme Court in the history of our nation has ruled that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional, perhaps it is time to redirect a little of that negative energy used to obstruct reform toward implementing the law and solving Florida’s health care crisis, writes former Florida House Democratic Leader Dan Gelber.

In a Victory for Rick Scott, Federal Judge Clears Path to a Limited Voter Roll Purge

June 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

It is the first significant ruling in the legal battle over Gov. Scott’s effort to remove allegedly ineligible voters from the rolls. At least two other lawsuits have been filed against Florida.

Florida’s Hispanics Like Obama Over Romney By Big Margin, Dimming Rubio’s VP Appeal

June 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Hispanic voters in Florida, traditionally Republican, prefer Obama over Romney by a 56-32 margin, buttressing the president’s advantage among Independents.

Florida Professors Still Can’t Travel to Cuba On State’s Dime; Low IQ Execution Cleared

June 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Three Florida cases are the many the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear, which means a ban on Florida university faculty’s travel to Cuba stands, as does Florida’s authority to execute a Daytona Beach murderer with an IQ of 70.

Carlos Torres Guilty on 2 Counts of Attempted Murder in Interlachen Shootings

June 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A jury took just one hour to find Carlos E. Torres guilty of two counts of attempted second degree murder in the shooting of Renee Michelle Briggs and Thomas Douglas in Interlachen last August.

U.S. Supreme Court Invalidates Most of the Key Provisions of Arizona’s Harsh Immigration Law

June 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The United States Supreme Court has reversed key provisions of the controversial Arizona immigrant law, invalidating Arizona’s–or any state’s–law that would have given state or local police the power to make warrantless arrests of individuals suspected of being undocumented, or “illegal.”

The Vagina Monologues Ungagged

June 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Vagina. Uterus. “There,” writes Marry Jo Melone in a look at the Lisa Brown-GOP flap over the words. “I’ve said those dirty words, and boy, did it feel good. It’s curious what a little free speech will do. It clears the mind.”

When American Health Care Heads for Texas

June 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

If the Affordable Care Act is overturned, the rest of the country should take a good look at the situation in Texas, because this is what happens when you keep Medicaid enrollment as low as possible and don’t undertake insurance reforms.

Oceans on Acid: How a Greenhouse Gas May Be Taxing the Seas

June 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The surge in worldwide emissions of carbon dioxide–a greenhouse gas–may be overtaxing oceans, which can absorb only so much of it before altering their acidification, and affecting marine life.

Should Ronald Thompson Be Serving 20 Years for Firing a Gun to Protect an Elderly Neighbor?

June 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Ronald Thompson, a 65-year-old disabled veteran, is serving 20 years for firing two shots in the ground to protect an elderly neighbor from her grandson and three of his friends. The mandatory sentence spotlights a recurring dilemma with Florida’s sentencing laws.

Lord of the Flies On a School Bus: The Bullying of Karen Klein

June 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Karen Kline in a happier moment. (Facebook)

Karen Klein is the 68-year-old school bus monitor from Greece, N.Y., cruelly bullied by seventh graders and recorded on a YouTube video that went viral. The middle schoolers are acting out the persecuting spirit that christens their daily lives.

Wire Essentials, June 22: Banning College Football, Joking About Obama’s Blackness

June 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Last Updated: Friday, 1:57 p.m. Banning college football: a debate, the Chamber of Commerce is undefeated at the US Supreme Court, the state of poverty in America, religious freedom as a license to discriminate, heckling and joking about Obama, press freedom’s scorecard.

Stepping Up Obama Snubs, Scott Says He Won’t Implement Health Care Law in Florida

June 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

As the Supreme Court prepares to hand down its decision on Obama’s health care reform law, Gov. Rick Scott said on a conference call hosted by right-wing think tanks that Florida wouldn’t rush to implement the law.

Romney, in Orlando, Plays Catch-up On Immigration By Promising More Green Cards

June 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Speaking to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials in Orlando, Romney spent most of his time talking about making it easier for legal immigrants to come to America.

The Live Poll: Obama-Romney

June 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Take the poll: Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are battling for Florida’s 29 electoral votes, which are more essential to Romney than they are to Obama: Romney can’t win without them, Obama can.

Poll Pots: Floridians Like Stand Your Ground, And Like Voter Roll Purges Even More

June 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Find your Florida: stand your ground gun rights and voter purges distinguish Florida in odd ways. Midnight Cowboys, Dustin Hoffman and John Voigt.

A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Floridian voters support the Scott administration’s ineligible-voter purge by 60-35 percent, and approve the stand your ground law by a 56-37 margin.

Democrats Outpacing Republicans In Florida Registrations, But Not in Flagler

June 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

More Democrats than Republicans registered to vote in Florida in May, driven by women and Hispanics, but Independents continue to make the biggest gains, and in Flagler County, Republicans have widened their registration lead to a full percentage point.

Uninsured, Unaware of the Health Law Meant To Help Them, or the Court Case Against It

June 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Despite spending tremendous political capital to pass the health law, Democrats are unlikely to win many votes from the law’s future beneficiaries, most of whom live in Republican-dominated states in the South and West.

Charlie Crist’s Sexuality, and Ours

June 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Rome burns. But the greatest issue before us is whether Charlie is gay. The rumors naturally reveal far more about those who spread them than Crist, argues Maty Jo Melone.

Michael Klubock, Ocean-Size Hero

June 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Michael Klubock and his Malibu Foundation spent almost 20 years helping middle school kids understand the importance of protecting the oceans, especially against plastics. Frank Gromling showcases him.

Wire Essentials: Double-Taxing North Floridians for Roads; Rubio Dithers

June 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Florida DOT wants to build toll roads in Northeast Florida, Richard Dawkins talks about Adam and Eve, Rubio dithers, Socialists win big in France, Michigan Republicans’ Vagina problem, Charlie Sheen returns, Diane Ravich takes on Mitt Romney, Havana memories, Michael Chabon on the stupidity of dreams, the wonder of books according to Carl Sagan, the cruelty of welfare reform, and more.

Heckling Obama

June 15, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Neil Munro, a reporter for the Daily Caller, heckled Obama at the president’s announcement of a new policy regarding young immigrants. Munro’s behavior is indefensible.

Everglades Water Clean-Up: After Rejecting Scott’s Earlier Plan, EPA Approves Revisions

June 14, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The EPA will allow the state and the South Florida Water Management District to move forward with a historic Everglades plan for the construction of stormwater treatment areas and huge new areas of water storage.

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