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A Quarter of Gov. Scott’s Vetoes Slash Health Spending, Research and Education

April 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A sampling of vetoes included money for such things as meningitis immunizations for children, the Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Broward County, a fetal-alcohol clinic in Sarasota and a mobile-health unit in rural Gadsden County.

Judge David Monaco of Florida’s 5th District Court of Appeal Announces His Retirement on June 30

April 18, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Judge David Monaco.

Jeb Bush appointed Judge David Monaco to the 5th District Court of Appeal in 2003. The 10 judges of the 5th District Court of Appeal oversee the decisions of 100 circuit judges in 13 counties, including Volusia and Flagler.

Comment Sections Are Evil

April 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Website comments have been compared to the writing on (public) bathroom walls or worse. Moderating them is a dirty job. Eliminating them altogether as some squeamish newspapers have, is dirtier still.

Scott, in St. Johns, Signs $70 Billion Budget, Vetoing Only One-Fifth Last Year’s Amount

April 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The vetoes were a sharp decrease from the $615 million in spending Scott killed last year, though he struck dozens of transportation and cultural programs and asked state universities to limit tuition increases to 5 percent.

Raymond Delgado Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Serially Raping a 14-Year-Old Girl in His Trust

April 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Raymond Anthony Delgado, a 57-year-old chiropractor from Bluffton, S.C., repeatedly raped a 14-year-old St. Augustine girl at his home and office after winning over her father’s trust.

His Veto Pen Spilling No Hints, Gov. Rick Scott Readies to Sign Budget in St. Johns Tuesday

April 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Only one thing is clear about what will happen Tuesday when Gov. Rick Scott signs the $70 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1: An increase in state funding for education will stand.

FCAT Season From a Teacher’s Perspective: An Absurd and Demeaning Fraud

April 15, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Florida’s FCAT autocrats have gamed the system into an exam only the dumbest can fail while hijacking teachers’ and students’ time for nine weeks of regimentation and secrecy worthy of classified military secrets, argues teacher Joann Nahirny in her latest dispatch from the trenches.

Protecting the Oceans: Your Role

April 14, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Individuals can have a big role in protecting oceans no matter here they live. The key in ocean protection is to get started today, right now, argues Frank Gromling, who provides a list of suggestions.

In Defense of Ozzie Guillen: Cuban-Americans Have Held US Policy Hostage Long Enough

April 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The Florida Marlins’ duplicitous suspension of Ozzie Guillen aside, the real scandal is the degree to which South Florida’s Castro-era Cuban community continues to hold American foreign policy hostage to seven decades of juvenile antagonism.

Flagler Mulls Joining Lawsuit Against
Florida Over Reduction in Medicaid Payments

April 13, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Flagler County commissioners will decide Monday whether to join a Florida Association of Counties lawsuit challenging the state’s decision to try to tap counties for tens of millions of dollars in disputed Medicaid money.

Anti-Abortion Religious Groups Launch Campaign to Abolish Privacy Rights for Teens

April 12, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The “Yes on 6” anti-abortion campaign by religious groups pushes for passage of proposed constitutional amendment 6 on this fall’s ballot, and would forbid Medicaid dollars paying for poorer people’s abortions.

George Zimmerman Charged With Second Degree Murder in Killing of Trayvon Martin

April 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Angela Corey, the special prosecutor appointed to investigate the killing of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, charged George Zimmerman with second degree murder. Zimmerman, who had briefly vanished, is in police custody.

Term Limits for County Commissioners? Florida Supreme Court Will Decide

April 10, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The cases, brought by voters in Broward and Sarasota counties, presented the court with the question of how much power charter counties have to impose qualifications and disqualifications on candidates for county commission.

Stare Decisis Their Ass: The GOP’s Activist Judges

April 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Scorn for “activist judges” has been a staple of the Republican playbook ever since it was Earl Warren’s Supreme Court. Now that it’s John Roberts’s court–or should we say Antonin Scalia’s?–and a Democratic president is calling them out, the rhetorical roles have reversed overnight.

Caylee’s Law Now In Effect, Making Lying About a Missing Child a Felony

April 9, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Prompted by the death of Orlando two-year-old Caylee Anthony in 2008, Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed a measure to bolster penalties for lying to police when a child goes missing.

The 4th Amendment, Stripped and Degraded

April 8, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 19 Comments

The Supreme Court’s decision allowing the strip-searching of anyone booked into jail–no matter how small the charge, no matter the presumption of innocence of the accused–is merely the latest in a long series of constitutional violations, enshrined by conservative justices.

Protecting the Oceans to Protect Life

April 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The oceans are not an inexhaustible source of good things, argues Frank Gromling. It is past time for every earth-dweller to make a pivotal change in direction to allow the oceans to recover to their former health and productivity.

Bob Graham, the First Lady and Umbarger: Honoring Florida’s Book Award Winners

April 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Caren Umbarger, artistic director of the Flagler Youth Orchestra, was among the authors honored by First Lady Ann Scott at a Governor’s mansion luncheon recognizing the winners of the Florida Book Awards. Umbarger recounts the experience.

US Jobs Up Just 120,000, Disappointing Expectations; Unemployment Down to 8.2%

April 6, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

While the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 8.2 percent in March, job creation was disappointing, at 120,000, about half the expected numbers, lending further credence to evidence of a fitful, not robust, recovery.

GOP Candidates and Media to Kids: Drop Dead

April 5, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Disenfranchised in 2012. (D. Sharon Pruitt)

While presidential candidates almost always include their offspring in their campaign publicity, candidates and media discussed children’s issues less than two percent of the time over 20 debates – just 17 debate questions of more than 1,000.

Fear Factor: Concealed Weapons Approaching 1 Million in Florida as NRA Gains Ground

April 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

The number of concealed weapons permits has risen dramatically in recent years as new laws making it easier to obtain them have been placed on the books by lawmakers, spurred on by the National Rifle Association, one of the most effective lobbying forces in the capital city.

Bev Slough, St. Johns School Board Chair, Joins GOP Congressional Race in District 6

April 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Bev Slough, St. Johns School Board Chair and former president of the Florida School Boards Association, is the 7th GOP candidate for a congressional district that includes all of Flagler County.

Too Much of a God Thing

April 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

A new survey finds signs of public uneasiness with the mixing of religion and politics. The number of people who say there has been too much religious talk by political leaders stands at an all-time high since the Pew Research Center began asking the question more than a decade ago.

Your Password, Please: When a Job Interview Includes Demands for Facebook Pages

April 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

In a society where privacy is constantly eroding, recent efforts by some employers to pry into Facebook pages to investigate job applicants should be resisted as an unwarranted intrusion on personal freedom and dignity.

Hopes of Returning Passenger Line to Florida East Coast Railway Awaiting Amtrak Decision

April 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Pushing to get an east-coast rail line that would cross Flagler County back on track, proponents say their venture would complement plans for privately operated high-speed passenger service between Miami and Orlando.

A Hoodie Over Florida’s Image as More National Voices Denounce Trayvon Killing

April 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The nation’s only black governor, Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois are the latest national politicians to voice outrage over the Trayvon Martin Killing and its aftermath in Florida.

Between a Tortoise and a Turtle

April 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

You say tortoise, I say turtle.

Living on the Atlantic Coast, we often hear about sea turtles while gopher tortoises get second billing, though they’ve inhabited Florida and a few other southern states for millions of years. A primer.

Post-Trayvon, Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law Won’t Be Repealed But May Be Revised

March 29, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

As the 2005 Stand Your Ground law has come under intense scrutiny in the wake of the shooting of the unarmed Trayvon Martin, veteran lawmakers haven’t been able to agree even on what the measure allows but point to a need for clarification.

Scott Signs a Series of Tax Cut Bills, Including Expansion of Corporate Tax Exemption

March 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

While supporters insisted that the legislation signed Wednesday will help provide a better business climate, they were quick to say that a variety of factors were at work in the economy, and it would be difficult to accurately figure out how many jobs the measures might create.

Obama Surges Ahead of Romney and Santorum in Florida and Ohio in Latest Polls

March 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

In head-to-head contests, Obama is beating Romney and Santorum in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, three swing states that the GOP cannot lose if it hopes to win back the White House in November.

What Does a Black Father Say to His Son?

March 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

In the wake of the killing of Trayvon Martin, everyone has been talking about mothers having the talk with their sons. But I haven’t heard enough about us — fathers, black men — having that conversation with our sons, writes Andrew Skerritt.

From the Archives: Palm Coast’s Masonic Cemetery, Where a Cherished Glen Harbors Family Albums

March 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Masonic cemetery is Palm Coast’s oldest human landmark and the most noble monument to the region’s ancestry, forgotten relics of Indian haunts aside. But it’s been at the margins of care.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Loses as U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Take Appeals of Florida Cases

March 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. was forced to pay tens of millions of dollars to the families of dead smokers, part of a flood of tobacco litigation moving through Florida’s courts, and the first of their kind to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

Trayvon Martin Ripples: Attorneys Take On Profiling As NRA Defends Stand Your Ground

March 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

A group of Tallahassee criminal defense lawyers called Roundtable for Justice is moving to shed more light on racial profiling in Florida while the NRA’s lead lobbyist on Florida’s Stand Your Ground law defends the measure.

Obamacare’s Days In Court: A Primer

March 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

It’s the Super Bowl of Supreme Court cases with consequences for all: the three days of arguments over the constitutionality of Obama’s health care reform begin today. Here’s a clear-eyed explanation of what it’s about and likely outcomes. It’s the Super Bowl of Supreme Court cases: the three days of arguments over the constitutionality of Obama’s health care reform begin today. Here’s a clear-eyed explanation of what it’s about and likely outcomes.

Another Catholic Ban for “The Laramie Project”

March 26, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

laramie project

A Catholic school in New Jersey is banning a student production of “The Laramie Project,” the play about a town’s psychology following the murder of a gay student in Wyoming in 1998.

Stonehenge Justices: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Stuffy Ban on TV Cameras and Live Audio

March 25, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 10 Comments

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The U.S. Supreme Court’s ban on television cameras or live audio feed for its arguments, including this week’s on the health law, is absurd. The justices opposition to cameras rests on shabby reasoning and stuffed up conceits.

Murder as Self-Defense: Florida’s Gun Zealots on a Rampage

March 25, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Florida’s Stand Your Ground law was touted as protection for the innocent. It has instead led to killings during heated arguments and cases of mistaken identity, argues Susan Clary, with George Zimmerman’s shooting and killing of Trayvon Martin the latest example.

Before You Next Feast on Seafood

March 24, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Does it really matter what fish we eat? Yes, says Frank Gromling, if health and overfishing are concerns. The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch programs helps consumers and restaurants figure out how to do their part in preserving fishing stocks.

“If I had a Son, He’d Look Like Trayvon”: Obama Speaks Out, FPC Students Protest

March 23, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 63 Comments

President Obama called the killing of Trayvon Miller a tragedy and addressed it in personal terms Friday as Gov. Rick Scott appointed an outside prosecutor Thursday night to investigate the shooting.

Amid Fury Over Trayvon Martin’s Killing and Stand Your Ground Law, Police Chief Resigns

March 22, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

Unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin’s killing in Sanford by a crime watch volunteer who hasn’t been charged led to the “temporary” resignation of Sanford police chief Bill Lee Jr. today and calls to Gov. Rick Scott to appoint an independent prosecutor.

No Zebras Here: Florida Audubon Wants Gov. Scott to Veto Exotic Breeding-Ground Bill

March 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Citing limited land for existing species, Audubon Florida is urging Gov. Rick Scott to veto a measure that would allow zoos and aquariums to lease state land to create breeding and research facilities for exotic birds or hooved animals like zebras, rhinos and giraffes.

Tim Tebow Gives New York Jets a Wobble and a Prayer

March 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Tim Tebow was traded to the New York Jets, dashing his hopes of playing for the Jaguars, the Dolphins or the Buccaneers and placing the most ostentatiously pious player in the NFL in the thick of Gotham’s media and liberal glare.

Good News and Bad News for News

March 21, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The online audience for news is enormous and growing, but the Pew Center’s State of the News Media 2012 report points to declining revenue for news-gathering and a consolidating trend among online giants, with serious implications for civic engagement.

Gov. Scott, Veto the School Prayer Bill

March 20, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Today, several Florida and national leaders of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, including Palm Coast’s Merrill Shapiro, sent the following letter to Gov. Rick Scott, urging him to veto a school-prayer bill that cleared the Legislature.

Teachers’ Bane: Students Who Don’t
Give a Damn, and Parents Who Reward Them

March 19, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

In her latest installment from the trenches, teacher Jo Ann Nahirny describes how regulations force teachers’ time to be consumed by efforts to improve the performance of indifferent students at the expense of students who actually want to learn.

Flagler’s and Florida’s Economic Development Hoax

March 18, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 11 Comments

Florida lawmakers and their local replicas seem hypnotized by the buzz of economic development, nattering about it with great stamina. But it’s a hoax, and a costly one. The assault on public and higher education of the last few years proves it.

Senate’s New Redistricting Map: Flagler District Whole Again, With St. Johns and Putnam

March 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The chairman of the Senate Reapportionment Committee unveiled a new proposal for legislative districts Saturday to answer criticisms from the Florida Supreme Court. The plan creates a much more cohesive district for Flagler.

Going Green on St. Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Adding “Going Green” to our St. Patrick’s Day activities makes perfect sense, while lending a little fun to the festivities. Frank Gromling provides a list of suggestions in his Coastal View column.

When Rick Santorum’s Official Language Blares Idiocy

March 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Rick Santorum telling Puerto Rico’s people this week that they must all speak English before the island can become a state is the latest of many idiotic, exclusionary statements during his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, argues Angel Castillo Jr.

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