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Dogged By FCAT Failures, Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson Resigns After 13 Months

August 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Robinson resigned late Tuesday amid a months-long controversy over the state’s testing regimen and errors on school grades that forced the department to change the marks for dozens of schools.

Why I’d Eat at Chick-fil-A

July 31, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

I’d eat again at Chick-fil-A, just to send a message to the sanctimonious, self-congratulatory organizers of a boycott campaign that is targeting the business, writes columnist Bill Cotterell.

7 Republican Mirrors Racing for Congressional District Seat that Includes Flagler

July 31, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The contest to become the Republican nominee for the new and open congressional District 6 seat is cluttered with seven Republicans who largely agree on staple issues from taxes, to guns to Obamacare.

Early Voting Starts in 5 Counties, But Flagler And 61 Others Must Wait Until Saturday

July 30, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Legislators changed the election law in 2011 and reduced the number of early voting days from 15 to 10. At least two legal challenges have been filed to the early voting dates, though neither is likely to be decided before the primary election, Aug. 14.

ALEC’s Influence in Florida Is Broad
And Deep, With Business and Lawmakers

July 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

ALEC–the extreme right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council influencing many legislatures around the county–has an inordinate amount of influence on the Florida Legislature, according to a report by a coalition of liberal groups.

Slipping the Surly Bonds of Earth On the Hovers of Ospreys

July 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Watching wild birds, ospreys especially, is one of Frank Gromling’s favorite things to do, linking back to a romance with the thrill of flying flying that takes its inspiration from John Magee’s “high untrespassed sanctity of space.”

Tired of Waiting, Florida Audubon Sues Management District Over Everglades Pollution

July 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Florida Audubon Society on Friday filed legal petitions to force the South Florida Water Management District to enforce more-stringent laws put in place five years ago to reduce phosphorus levels in the Everglades.

Florida Book Award Winner Caren Umbarger at Flagler Beach’s Beanery Saturday

July 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Caren Umbarger, who won the bronze medal for fiction for “Coming To” in the 2011 Florida Book Award, will be talking about the book and reading from it at the Beachhouse Beanery Saturday, July 28, at 1 p.m.

When Bankruptcy and a Second Mortgage Combine Into an Opportunity for Florida Homeowners

July 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

“Bankruptcy” and “exciting news” don’t usually go together well in the same conversation. But a recent ruling by a federal court is giving Florida homeowners a window of opportunity to strip off a second mortgage, argues consumer attorney Lewis Roberts.

Countering 2 Precedents, Florida Court Rules Pregnancy Discrimination Is Not Illegal

July 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Appeals courts in 1991 and 2008 had clearly stated that either the state law’s intent forbids discrimination or federal law, which explicitly forbids it, preempts state law. Yet the appeals court in Miami ruled against a woman fired from her real estate job after she got pregnant.

Prison Privatization Still Unconstitutional As Court Rejects Attorney General’s Appeal

July 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

In a victory for police unions, an appeals court ruled against Attorney General Pam Bondi in a long-running battle about the Legislature’s attempt last year to privatize prisons across southern Florida.

Synthetic Marijuana, or Fake Pot: What Is It, How Dangerous and Prevalent Is It?

July 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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Synthetic marijuana, or fake pot, is sold as a legal spice or incense herb such as K2, but is a little-understood chemical compound with potentially more severe side-effects. A briefing on the origin and meaning of synthetic marijuana.

Florida Tourism Lull Predicted, Slowing Local Growth, as Euro Zone Economies Suffer

July 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Economic woes in Europe will trickle across the Atlantic over the next few years as potential international guests stay home or see their native currency buy less once they arrive, a panel of economists estimates.

Voter ID Laws: Your Election-Year Guide to Disenfranchisement and Fraud

July 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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Voter IDs laws in Florida and 29 other states are a political flashpoint in another close election year, pitting claims of fraud against claims of disenfranchisement. A step back to look at the facts behind the laws and issues at the heart of the debate.

Florida House Candidate Bardley Maxwell Wants Government Employees’ Salaries Kept Secret

July 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Florida House candidate Bradley Maxwell wants to state workers’ salaries and benefits kept secret. He also wants personnel files kept sealed from public view. Maxwell is challenging two-term incumbent state Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda, D-Tallahassee.

The Bigotry of Expediency: Michelle Bachmann and Her Local Disciples

July 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Turns out Chris Buck's portrait of Michelle Bachmann for last August's Newsweek cover story was dead on

Michelle Bachmann’s bigoted smear of Huma Abedin, the Hillary Clinton aide who happens to be a Muslim, about Abedin’s alleged Muslim Brotherhood connections, is a reflection of a pronounced reactionary-Republican rejection of evidence for ideological expediency.

As Florida and Other States Privatize Prison Health Services, Care Standards Suffer

July 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Florida and other states, in an attempt to cut costs, are increasingly outsourcing health care for inmates to for-profit companies, but the trend is raising concerns among unions and prisoners’ rights groups.

Picking Up Trash on A1A: A Harvest Of Sloth You Can Do Something About

July 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Frank Gromling’s Ocean Publishing adopted a 2-mile stretch of A1A to keep clean of trash–cigarette butts, soda and beer cans, food wrappers–people are too slothful not to drop on their way. Gromling tells of the experience of periodically picking up after you.

Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio as Romney’s Vice President: Florida GOP Hopes Fade

July 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio were front-runners as Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential picks a few months ago. No longer. Bush doesn’t want it. Rubio is no longer a politically opportune choice as Florida’s Hispanics lean heavily toward Obama.

John McCain vs. Michelle Bachmann: In Defense of Huma Abedin

July 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Michelle Bachmann and other conservatives suggested in a letter that Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, of Pakistani descent, is a Muslim Brotherhood infiltrator. John McCain defended Abedin in a July 18 speech.

3 Liberal Florida Justices Battle Conservative Foundation’s Plan to Depose Them

July 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Justices R. Fred Lewis, Barbara Pariente and Peggy Quince filed a court motion to block the conservative Southeastern Legal Foundation from moving forward with 22 depositions in a merit-retention case. The foundation is targeting the justices for their liberalism.

Florida Colleges Vow to Be 1st in U.S. to Double Graduation Rates By 2020–With Extra Funding

July 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Florida’s 28 state and community colleges will request a 35 percent increase in state funding to reach those goals and think Gov. Rick Scott will back their play. Graduating from a four-year college costs $23,647.

Who Is Sheldon Adelson and Why Are GOP Contenders Accepting His Money?

July 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

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Sheldon Adelson donated $25 million to the Newt Gingrich campaign and reportedly donated $10 million to a superpac supporting Mitt Romney, but the foreign source of the billionaire’s gambling fortune is raising questions about its financing of GOP contenders.

Stop Paying Paper-Pushing Administrators And Union Bosses Better Than Teachers

July 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

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Can anyone imagine the owner of the Miami Heat announcing that LeBron James has done such an outstanding job leading his team to the NBA championship that he is being “promoted” to a front-office job?

Another Court Ruling Favors Online Travel Companies Over County Tax Collectors, Including Flagler’s

July 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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A Tallahassee judge has sided with online travel companies like Expedia and Orbitz in a dispute over local tax obligations — a blow to counties, including Flagler, that have argued the companies weren’t paying enough.

In Florida, Mitt Romney Has a New George W. Bush to Contend With: Gov. Rick Scott

July 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Mitt Romney may want Rick Scott a little further away in florida.

With Rick Scott’s poll numbers continuing to struggle and Florida a critical battleground in the November election, Democrats see the governor as a uniquely powerful albatross against Mitt Romney, who cannot win the election without winning Florida.

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

Nora Ephron, 1941-2012

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.

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