Uncivil action may be a necessary strategy, just as civil disobedience, bearing witness, and making politicians uncomfortable were critical to the civil rights movement.
Florida & Beyond, and All Opinions
Wednesday Briefing: Heat Index to 102, Matthew Nesbitt Trial, Garbage Pick-Up Times, Five Mayors
Closing arguments in the Matthew Nesbitt trial, schedule pick-ups at Indian Trails Middle, garbage pick-up times moved up, Compassionate Friends, the bereavement support group, meets.
Judge Declares Unconstitutional Attempt By Scott To Forbid Early Voting On College Campuses
U.S. District Judge Mark Walker found that the Florida Department of State’s prohibition against campus early-voting sites “is facially discriminatory on account of age.”
Tuesday Briefing: Sheriff Named to State Association Board, Judicial Nominating Commission Kick-Off,
The Seventh Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission kicks off the search for a replacement for Judge Scott DuPont, Sheriff Staly is named to the board of a state sheriff’s association.
Why Should FPL Customers Pay For Its Polluting, Lawbreaking Mistake? Court Will Decide.
FPL wants to bill customers across the state, including Flagler, $206 million in recovery costs for its own polluting mistake at its Turkey Point plant in South Florida.
Monday Briefing: Nesbitt Trial, County Taxes, Bunnell Transparency, Candidate Hobnob
A big political candidate hobnob at the Palm Coast Community Center, Flagler and Bunnell governments talk taxes, Matthew Nesbitt goes on trial for alleged assaults on cops.
Restricting Food Stamps Use at Farmers’ Markets Is One More Way To Hurt the Poor
The government just canceled its contract with the company that makes the card readers necessary to read food stamps cards at farmers markets.
Trump Targets Breastfeeding Abroad, Contradicting U.S. Laws in 50 States
In a favor to the baby-formula lobby, the Trump administration sought to defeat a World Health Organization resolution to “protect, promote and support breastfeeding,” shocking researchers.
Truth Derangement Syndrome
Donald Trump once said he could shoot someone and not lose any votes. He’s right in the sense that he changed the rules of right and wrong, truth and lies, morality and immorality.
Weekend Briefing: Tour de Palm Coast, Lunch ‘n Lecture, Dive-In Movie, Travis Greco, Thoreau
Palm Coast Firefighter Travis Greco is honored, hurricane preparedness at Lunch ‘n Lecture series, Spider-Man: Homecoming at Dive-In movies, the shape of Thoreau’s writing.