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Unconstitutional Mandate: Florida Judge Calls for Repeal of Entire Health Care Law

February 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Though Florida Federal District Judge Roger Vinson termed his ruling “reluctant,” he also ruled that the private insurance mandate is so intricately tied to the the law that the entire law must be repealed.

Live: Flagler County’s Economic Development Summit

January 31, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The economic development summit at the Flagler County Emergency Operations Center began at 5:30 this evening. For background on the summit, go here. For a recap and analysis of the meeting, go here. Click below to follow the summit moment by moment. Flagler County Economic Development Summit

The Rise of Egyptian Aspirations, The Fall of the American Brand

January 30, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 6 Comments

It’s been exhilarating to watch Egyptians demand an end to the dictatorial regimes controlling their lives for decades. But it’s exhilaration mixed with dread, doubt, disappointment and embarrassment, particularly over American postures and prejudices.

Carla Traister: Myths and Realities of Bunnell’s Cold-Weather Shelter, and Flagler’s Homeless

January 30, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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Carla Traister, director of Flagler County’s cold-weather shelter in Bunnell, dispels misconceptions and stereotypes that have cropped up about the shelter, located in Bunnell behind the Bank of America.

Incentive This: Corporate Tax-Breaking Our Way to Job Creation

January 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Barack Obama’s second State of the Union Address fell flat, argues St. Augustine novelist Jack Cowardin, who makes an original proposal for job creation and a break in the corporate tax rate.

Against Civility

January 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

More handshakes, fewer guns and Fox news sounding more like NPR won’t make us a better country. Fewer assassinations of reason, of facts, of character, and of course of people might.

Pill Mill Regulation Price Tag in Florida: $65 Million; Medicine Board Approves New Rules

January 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The $65 million cost of the proposed pill mill rules would be due to urine test requirements on patients and other minor costs that would be spread out among 1,300 pain management clinics and tens of thousands of patients.

Spotted Seatrout Fishing Prohibited in February North of Flagler-Volusia Line

January 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The harvest and possession of spotted seatrout is prohibited from Feb. 1 to March 1, 2011 in all waters north of the Flagler/Volusia counties line to the Florida-Georgia border.

Leak at the Flagler Auditorium Pushes
Ten Tenors’ Gigs to Wednesday and Thursday

January 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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A leak in the middle of the Flagler Auditorium caused by the heaviest rains of the winter caused the Ten Tenors’ performance Tuesday, Jan. 25, to be rescheduled to Thursday, Jan. 27. Wednesday’s performance will go on as planned.

Palm Coast Largely Rejects County’s Economic Development Track, Including New Tax

January 25, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Even then, Flagler County was little more than a footnote to Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive) 1970 grand opening ITT

Ahead of Jan. 31’s countywide summit on economic development, Palm Coast is saying no to a new sales tax, no to a common pot that limits Palm Coast’s influence, and no to a new economic development council.

Miami Gun Vice, Leadership Flagler Wants You, Edith Wharton Is 149: The Live Wire, Jan. 24

January 24, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Florida State Rep. Frank Artiles’s nutty new gun bill muzzling doctors, Obama’s average averages 46.7%, George Hanns loves the press, John Cage on silence, and more.

Zora Neale Hurston Festival in Eatonville, Jan. 22-30

January 24, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Zora Neale Hurston. of Eastonville Florida

The Zora Neale Hurston Festival in nearby Eatonville (just north of Orlando), Jan. 22-30, celebrates the life of one of Florida’s and black and American literature’s greatest 20th century voices.

Palm Coast Half-Marathon Results By Division, Jan. 23, 2011

January 23, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Palm Coast Half-Marathon Results By Division and overall winners (183 finishers, including 102 women and 81 men. Average time: 2:05:22).

Palm Coast 5K Results By Division, Jan. 23, 2011

January 23, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Palm Coast 5K Results By division and overall winners, Jan. 23, 2011. (165 finishers, including 104 women and 61 men. Average time: 39:43).

Reality Check: The GOP’s Straw-Stuffing Health Care Repeal

January 21, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

If repealing health care without presenting an alternative is the best thing the new GOP majority can do in an economic crisis, pack up your worries about 2012 right now and congratulate Obama for his second term.

Hold Those Tax Cuts, a Cedar for Town Center, Swiss Guns and AT&T Nonsense: The Live Wire, Jan. 20

January 20, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Republicans aren’t buying into Rick Scott’s tax-cut deceptions anymore, the Swiss may be rethinking their lust for guns, relationships in the age of the cougar, horoscope nonsense, a Tylenol forum, and more.

St. Johns County Extends Burn Ban Through Mid-April

January 19, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The St. Johns County Commission extended the burn ban through April 18 as little persistent rain is expected in the region. Flagler County’s burn ban is in effect, but doesn’t yet stretch that long.

Oh Hell! To Choose Love By Another’s Eyes: Culture Worth the Miles

January 18, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Orlando Shakespeare Theater's production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” at the Orlando Shakespeare Theater, “Five Course Love,” a manatee festival in Orange City, the Best of Broadway, and more.

A Night at the Homeless Shelter: From the Eyes of a Volunteer

January 18, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Charlie Ericksen Jr., a volunteer at Flagler County’s homeless shelter–The Sheltering Tree–describes the refuge on a recent cold night.

These Dorks’ Fun Begins After They Get Hit By a Bus: “Forever Plaid” At Flagler Auditorium

January 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

“Forever Plaid” is a musical tribute to the 1950s, to innocence, to lovable dorkiness and to four-part harmonies. The show has been pleasing audiences for more than 20 years across most continents.

Legislators Bash Pill Mill Crackdown Delays They — and Gov. Rick Scott — Provoked

January 13, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Florida senators are complaining about the state department of health’s slow implementation of pill mill crackdowns. But the Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott are to blame for the delays.

Flagler Sheriff’s Deputy With Past Blemish Is Jailed on Cash Evidence Theft and Misconduct

January 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Matthew Koenig, with the Sheriff’s Office since 1998, was accused of burglary in 2008. That charge was dropped. He was jailed Wednesday on a charge of stealing almost $5,000 from evidence envelopes.

Animal Kingdom Hippos, the Parthenon, and a Candlelight Vigil: Culture Worth the Miles

January 11, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Wild Africa Trek, a unique 3-hour new African-wildlife inspired experience at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Josh Garrick’s photographic Parthenon retrospective, honoring MLK and swimming in watercolors at Maitland’s Watercolor Society.

FPL’s Bogus $1.25 Billion Rate Increase: Ex-PSC Commissioner Nathan Skop Tells All

January 10, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Florida Public Service Commission was right to turn down all but million of FPL’s rate-increase request last year, former commissioner Nathan Skop says

23 Panthers Killed in Florida in 2010, 16 of Them by Vehicles

January 10, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The endangered Florida panther numbers less than 200 animals in South Florida. Every year, in rising numbers, 12 to 17 panthers are killed on Florida roads. Yet the panther population may be increasing.

My 10 Predictions for 2011

January 9, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 18 Comments

A recap of how I did last year and a look ahead: Obama creeps up, Jon Netts loses, the Supremes overturn health care reform, the fake recovery goes on, Arabs and Israelis go at it again, David Grossman wins big, and a few more.

U.S. Unemployment Rate Falls to 9.4%, But Underlying Improvement Is Limited

January 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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The economy added 103,000 jobs in December, but the falling unemployment rate masks persistently bad numbers for the long-term unemployed, including 2.6 million workers no longer counted in the unemployment rate.

9.5-Inch Rain Deficit at Year’s End, Falling Aquifer: Hydrologic Summary for July-December

January 6, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The latest bi-annual report on water conditions in the region: a severe drought netting a 9.52-inch deficit at year’s end, lower flows on the St. Johns, and a still-declining aquifer.

Nine Ways Health Care Reform
May Affect You in 2011 BB (Before Boehner)

January 6, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Lower prescription costs for seniors, calorie counters in restaurant menus, higher Medicare premiums, more restrictions on health savings accounts: some of the changes you can expect this year, and more.

A Cabaret in Winter Park, Bryce Hammond Returns to New Smyrna: Culture Worth the Miles

January 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Artist Bryce Hammond returns to his native New Smyrna’s Arts on Douglas Gallery, Heather Alexander is Born to Entertain at the Winter Park Playhouse, brash talent at the he Breakthrough Theatre of Winter Park and the Toronto Symphony.

Prediction Rollovers, I: How 2011 Looked to Henry Ford and Other Psychics in 1931

January 2, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 2 Comments

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The New York Times in 1931 asked several luminaries of the period to predict what life would be like in 2011. The results were predictably dismal, but not for obvious reasons. A look back at how little things change.

Happy 2011! A Year-End Report from FlaglerLive Editor Pierre Tristam

January 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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A summary of FlaglerLive’s first seven months: some explanation about how we grew to 3,200 visits a day and some speculation as to why, and a look back at the site’s highlights, accomplishments and limitations.

Bleeding Dangers: Has Your Dialysis Clinic Been Inspected Lately? Not Likely

December 30, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The United States spends $20 billion a year to care for some 400,000 Americans who rely on chronic dialysis to live. Inspection rates vary from higher than 40 percent per year in some states to lower than 10 percent in others.

Floridians, Start Your Orwells: Rick Scott’s Buzzword-Assault on State Health Care

December 27, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Judging from a 68-page transition team report, Rick Scott will seek to accelerate privatization of state health services. He has a willing audience among business-friendly Republican legislative leaders.

Culture for the Visiting In-Laws

December 22, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

© Josh Garrick, from the exhibit of his photographs at the Peabody Auditorium.

Arts columnist Josh Garrick saves the day with a list of suggestions, should you find yourself stuck with in-laws (or any extended family) and the perennial question: “What else is there to see?”

How Sheriff Fleming and FDLE Are Manipulating Press and Public Over Pill Mills

December 21, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Sheriff Don Fleming on Tuesday led one of of three simultaneous news conferences on prescription-drug related arrests in 10 northeast Florida counties. It was more hype than news, much of it recycled.

Julian Assange’s Greatest Leak: Americans Prefer Their Government Mostly Masked

December 19, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The case against Julian Assange and Wikileaks is nonexistent, Darrell Smith argues in a column. What case has been built against him unravels the false claim that Americans prefer their government to be transparent.

All Eyes on Pensacola Federal Judge Roger Vinson as Health Reform Faces Its Next Bug

December 17, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Pensacola-based federal District Judge Roger Vinson will be ruling soon on the constitutionality of Obama’s health care reform. He’s likely to rule it unconstitutional, further weakening the law’s legitimacy as it moves toward the U.S. Supreme Court.

Saluting FPC’s Student Government, Developers’ Psyche, USB’s New Dress Code: The Live Wire, Dec. 16

December 16, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

BP’s other blow-outs, are developers greedy or misunderstood?, your answers if you want to be a journalist, debating Islam, how relationships die, and more.

Toxic Bosses: When Supervisors Inflict the 7 Deadly Sins of Business on Their Employees

December 16, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

When it comes to anger, greed, laziness, pride, lust, jealousy and, of course, gluttony, there’s no beating the boss: Florida State University researchers are documenting the toxic effects of lousy supervisors on their workers.

The Week’s Highlights: FlaglerLive’s Video Recap, Dec. 9-15, 2010

December 15, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

On Point reviews the week’s main events, including Palm Coast’s park construction past and future, the city’s half-marathon promoter’s troubles, a mess of wrecks, and more.

Health Care Reform Ruled Unconstitutional; Florida Judge’s Decision Up Next

December 13, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Monday’s ruling doesn’t stop the roll-out of federal health care reform. Two federal judges have previously ruled the law constitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court will settle the issue by 2012 or 2013.

The Nutcracker, A Christmas Carol and Beguiling Genders: Culture Worth the Miles

December 13, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Three actors portray all of the characters in Dickens’ Christmas Carol at Orlando’s Dr. Phillips Center, Michael Andrew at the Plaza Theater, The Nutcracker (of course) by the Orlando Ballet, and more.

A Confederacy of Bipartisan Dunces

December 12, 2010 | Pierre Tristam | 2 Comments

Obama’s deal with a minority of Republicans over extending tax cuts and adding $900 billion to the national debt is the latest in three decades of bipartisan collusion between Washington and the myth of American power.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 8-hr 38mn Speech on Obama’s Deal With the GOP

December 12, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Vermons Senator Bernie Sanders. (From Sanders's website)

On Dec. 10, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont Independent, held the floor of the Senate for eight hours and 38 minutes in a remarkable filibuster-like speech opposing Obama’s tax deal with the GOP. Here’s the full speech.

Turnout Strategy: Florida’s War on Federal Health Care Reform Targets 2012 Ballot

December 10, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Florida Senate Republicans approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would exempt Floridians from following federal health care reform mandates. The 2012 ballot measure is intended to bring out anti-Obama voters.

Prosecutorial Impotence: How Bankers Crashed the System and Got Away With It

December 8, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The most popular reason offered for the dearth of financial crisis prosecutions is that the banking system was hit by a systemic and unforeseeable disaster, which means that it’s unlikely that anyone committed any crimes. Is it?

The Many Lies of Waiting for Superman, Beating Terrorism, Disney’s Epic Mickey: Live Wire, Dec. 8

December 8, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Waiting for Superman, a documentary packed with exciting lies about charter schools, comes to Palm Coast, why no one cares about the jobless, suicide bombers, Beatles fans getting excited about Paul McCartney’s death, and more.

To Ban Texting While Driving in Florida: Ormond Beach Lawmaker Will Try Again

December 8, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Such bans have failed repeatedly in previous years. Sen. Evelyn Lynn, the Ormond Beach Republican, hopes Florida will be the 31st state this year to ban texting and other such uses of cell phones while driving.

From Handel’s Messiah to a Boat Parade: Culture Worth the Miles

December 8, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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A Messiah performance by the Orlando Philharmonic, the 7th Annual Winter Park Holiday Boat Parade, Paperworks exhibit at the Eustis Museum of Art, Florida sculptor Barbara Sorensen at the Museum of Florida Art, a free holiday concert by the Maitland Symphony Orchestra, and more.

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