Stetson Kennedy, who unmasked the Ku Klux Klan after infiltrating it and remains a prominent voice for unions, labor and civil rights, gives a free lecture at Stetson University. He is 94.
Florida & Beyond, and All Opinions
Our Legislature for Sale, Breastfeeding Stupidity, End of High School Sports: The Live Wire
Rick Scott’s sunshine problems, developers’ Florida free-for-all, return of the pythons in the Everglades, nuclear accidents, cave art, Hunter S. Thompson interviews Keith Richards, and more.
FPL, Progress Energy, Florida’s Nuclear Fraud
Florida taxpayers and ratepayers are footing the bill of Florida Power & Light’s and Progress Energy’s risk-free, $40-billion plan to build nuclear reactors, a fraud enabled by the Legislature and Congress.
Gov. Scott Orders Florida’s 33 Public Hospitals Reviewed for Possible Privatization
As the former CEO of a private hospital chain, Scott was opposed to publicly-run hospitals, which he considers to have an unfair competitive advantage over the privately run sort. The commission is a first step toward privatization.
States’ Buck-Passing, NASA Waste, Your Ignorance, Google’s Gaga: The Live Wire
How states pass the buck to cities, how Nasa wastes $1.4 million a day, health care reform’s many liars, living with nukes, Israel’s goodbye to peace, the winter of our lesbian content, Julian Schnabel and more.
Pay for Play: How Flagler’s Tourist Council Bribes Journalists, Who Happily Hack Along
Beginning today, Flagler’s tourist council will host four “journalists” for four days, touring the county’s attractions and restaurants, all expenses paid, with $3,500 in public money, in exchange for presumably “positive” press.
How Grim Are State School Spending Cuts? Try 7 to 10% Per Student, Layoffs to Follow
Florida House and Senate proposals would cut from $447 to $473 per student, or close to 7 percent, a little less than Gov. Rick Scott’s proposal to slash per-student spending by $680 in addition to recent reductions.
Flagler Reads Together: Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 22
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Flagler Reads Together, FlaglerLive is serializing Huckleberry Finn, this year’s book. Here’s Chapter 22: Sherburn; Attending the Circus; Intoxication in the Ring; The Thrilling Tragedy; With E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations.
Rick Scott Orders State Employees Randomly Drug-Tested Often, Like Welfare Recipients
Gov. Rick Scott signed an executive order requiring drug testing, and compared the testing of employees to the drug-testing of welfare recipients, a proposals lawmakers also approved unanimously in a Senate committee Tuesday.
Two Burglar-Squatters Arrested Near Rymfire Drive, an ‘Accidental’ Shooting in West Flagler
Lisa Touhey and Jennie McAfee had shacked up in the house on Ryan Drive after leaving jail a few days earlier. In an unrelated incident, 20-year-old Walton Kinney was shot in the stomach while wrestling a gun away from another man.