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Dear Gov. DeSantis: Suppressing Black People Doesn’t Play Well Outside Fox Echo Box

February 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 68 Comments

Advocates and Black leaders in the Florida Legislature gathered at the Capitol on Jan. 25, 2023 to push back against the DeSantis administration’s rejection of an AP African American pilot history course. Issac Morgan

Governor, we all know that you’ve stopped even pretending you’re not racist. But pitching hissy fits about gay people, drag queens, and black history ain’t a good look if you want to appeal to anyone outside the Fox swamp. RuPaul has one of the most popular shows in the nation.

Florida Supreme Court Strips ‘Fairness and Diversity’ from Judges’ Training Programs

February 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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Florida judges no longer will need to learn how to at least try to ensure “fairness and diversity” while applying the law under a rule change that the Florida Supreme Court has adopted by a nearly unanimous vote.

Recreational Pot Proposal Has the Signatures to Get on 2024 Ballot, But for Supreme Court Review

February 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Weed rising. But a Supreme Court hurdle is ahead. (Elsa Olofsson)

Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana have passed a preliminary hurdle to get on the 2024 ballot, submitting more than enough petition signatures to trigger a Florida Supreme Court review of the measure.

DeSantis Aims to Scrap Higher Ed Diversity Programs and End Tenure as We Know It

February 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis announcing his higher education initiatives on Tuesday. (Facebook)

DeSantis seeks to remove ‘ideology’ from college campuses, prohibit state funds from going towards critical race theory programs and diversity initiatives, have university presidents be more involved in faculty hiring, and end professors’ tenure was we know it.

Board Surrenders to DeSantis Pressure Against Black Studies High School Course

February 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

James Baldwin is not surprised. (Wikimedia Commons)

After state education officials rejected an Advanced Placement African-American studies course, The College Board on Wednesday released a new framework that appears to have dropped content that drew objections from the state.

Renner Proposal Would Allow Floridians to Carry Guns Without a Permit or Safety Class

January 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

Kirk Chong of Larry's Guns and Ammo in Bunnell teaches gun-safety classes several times a month. He says an individual must be confident about his or her ability to own a gun. If not, the individual should seek less-lethal alternatives. (© FlaglerLive)

Calling the proposal an effort to “remove the government permission slip,” House Speaker Paul Renner on Monday announced legislation that would allow people to carry concealed weapons without licenses or currently-required gun-safety classes.

Florida Crock: Say ‘Resiliency.’ Don’t Say ‘Climate Change.’

January 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The ugliness of "resiliency" laid bare: the sea wall in Flagler Beach. The state is preparing to build many more, while doing nothing about the causes of sea rise. (© FlaglerLive)

Resiliency in Florida is at best an illusion, and at worst a suicide pact between state and local governments. It’s wasted money and a scam on a catastrophic scale, because the state is in denial about global warming, refusing to do its part as one of the world’s leading polluters.

Don’t Say Stay: More than Half of Florida LGBTQ+ Parents Considering Leaving

January 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The billboard sponsored by Human Rights Campaign has gone up in several locations in Florida. (HRC)

LGBTQ+ parents reported that their children had already experienced harassment and bullying at school and they also had fears about continuing to live in Florida. Almost one-quarter of parents surveyed feared harassment by neighbors.

Outrage Grows Over DeSantis Suppression of Black Studies AP Course

January 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Advocates and Black leaders in the Florida Legislature gathered at the Capitol on Jan. 25, 2023 to push back against the DeSantis administration’s rejection of an AP African American pilot history course. (Issac Morgan)

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ rejection of an Advanced Placement pilot course on African American studies elicited a resounding response from a crowd of at least a hundred people gathered in the state Capitol Wednesday.

Sea Walls, Granite, Dunes: FDOT Options to Strengthen A1A Are Nothing Flagler Hasn’t Seen Before

January 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Some 150 people turned out at the Florida Department of Transportation's "listening session" in Flagler Beach Tuesday evening, regarding options to more permanently strengthen State Road A1A against storms, sea rise and erosion. (© FlaglerLive)

Some 150 people, including numerous Flagler Beach and county officials, turned out to see the state Department of Transportation’s four options to more permanently strengthen State Road A1A, with sea walls taking precedence over dune rebuilding. But a combination of the four options is likely ahead.

DeSantis’s War on Academic Freedom Is Systematically Subordinating Education to Ideology

January 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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DeSantis’s edicts include stifling testimony from professors in federal court cases, creating new “evaluations” for tenured professors, surveying students and faculty on campuses to measure political leanings, investigating expenses related to Critical Race Theory, and rejecting an Advanced Placement course on African-American studies that has reached national criticism.

If Georgia GOP Thinks Life Starts at Conception, Why Allow ‘Murder’ for Six Weeks?

January 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Under current Georgia law, adopted in 2019, a human embryo is a legally recognized, legally protected person, with all the rights and protections that implies. Yet, under that same state law, a human embryo/person in Georgia can legally be aborted before six weeks’ gestation time.

DeSantis Wants Partisan School Board Races and 8-Year Term Limits, Not 12

January 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed to further politicize local school board elections — a way to get more conservatives on those boards that oversee Florida’s massive public education system.

Leaders Pledge to Fight DeSantis Administration Suppression of African-American Studies Course

January 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

The Rev. R.B. Holmes announces a rally to protest the rejection of an African American studies course. (Ryan Dailey/NSF)

Saying that an African-American studies course “lacks educational value,” Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is defending its rejection of the curriculum, while Black religious leaders and elected officials are pledging to “fight like hell” against the decision.

Kamala Harris in Tallahassee Mocks DeSantis’s Version of ‘Freedom’ Over Abortion and Women’s Rights

January 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on abortion access in Tallahassee today. (Danielle J. Brown)

During a roughly 20-minute address in Tallahassee marking what would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Harris mocked DeSantis’ self-described “freedom” agenda as anathema to the struggles of generations of Americans to expand upon the basic rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

Paul Renner Proposes Making All Private and Home School Students Eligible for Public Dollars

January 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

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Calling it a move toward “universal choice,” House Speaker Paul Renner announced an education savings account proposal that would make every student in Florida eligible for school vouchers — a move that Democrats blasted as a Republican attack on public education.

Ron DeSantis, ‘Injustice Denier’

January 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

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DeSantis has explicitly denied that systemic racism exists – characterizing the notion as “a bunch of horse manure.” That makes him an “injustice denier.” Akin to climate change, there is no legitimate academic debate about the reality of systemic racism.

DeSantis Administration Wanted ‘Mental Examination’ of 12-Year-Olds Suing Over Trans Rights

January 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is asking a federal judge for permission to perform “mental examinations” on a pair of 12-year-olds who are plaintiffs in a challenge to a state rule preventing Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care for transgender people.

DeSantis Wants Freedom of Medical Disinformation and Bans on Safety Requirements

January 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Life-saving precautions make DeSantis sick. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday, flanked by Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, unveiled an initiative to permanently ban mask requirements across Florida, permanently block Covid-19 vaccine requirements at schools and businesses, and provide protection of “medical freedom of speech”–that is, physicians who disagree with Covid science.

DeSantis’ Attack on New College Is Latest Poisoning of Public Education

January 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 64 Comments

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The governor has just appointed six new ultra-conservative trustees to the board of New College of Florida in Sarasota. They want to trash its tradition of intellectual freedom and transform it into an institution DeSantis’ base would love, a Bob Jones-style religious school funded with taxpayer money.

Child Vaccination Rates, Already Down Because of Pandemic, Fall Again

January 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

They have not helped. (© FlaglerLive)

Instead of recovering after schools reopened in 2021, historically low rates of child vaccination worsened, according to new data from the CDC. Experts fear that the skepticism of science and distrust of government that flared up during the pandemic are contributing to the decrease.

Dozier School for Boys Memorial Is Dedicated

January 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida, was a high risk residential commitment facility operated by the Department of Juvenile Justice for male youth 13 to 21 years of age who were committed by the Court. The school originally opened in 1900 as the Florida State Reform School. It was later known as the Florida Industrial School for Boys (1914-1957), the Florida School for Boys (1957-1967), and finally the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys. The school closed in 2011. (Florida Memory)

Former students and state and local officials took part in a ceremony Friday to dedicate a memorial and honor victims who were abused and, in some cases, died at the former Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Jackson County.

Florida Is Accused of Violating Federal Court Order and Restricting Race Education Anyway

January 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

FAMU student Benjamin Cowins tries to get service at a McCrory's lunch counter on February 21, 1961. He looks toward the waitress, who is ignoring him. Two weeks later he was arrested at a Neisners lunch counter, which led to his spending thirty days in jail. The photograph, by Patricia Stephens Due, is part of the Patricia Stephens Due Collection, Florida Memory.

Plaintiffs challenging a state law restricting how race-related concepts can be taught in higher education accused Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration Wednesday of violating a federal judge’s order that blocked parts of the law from being enforced.

Moms for Liberty Want ‘Don’t Say LGBTQ’ Law Expanded to Cover K-8

January 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

The Florida chapter of Moms for Liberty, the conservative nonprofit that advocates for parental rights in schools, would like state lawmakers to expand the state law that restricts classroom instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation for children from kindergarten through the third grade.

In ‘Extremely Rare’ Event, Killer Whale Beaches and Dies in Surf Near Hammock Dunes Club

January 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

The killer whale this morning as authorities were preparing to transfer it to a trailer, then to Seaworld in Orlando for a necropsy. (© FlaglerLive)

A killer whale was found beached at dawn this morning in the surf opposite Hammock Dunes Club. The female orca was dead. It was being transferred to SeaWorld in Orlando for a necropsy.

On Rosewood Massacre Anniversary, Sad to See DeSantis Embrace Florida’s Old South Legacy

January 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The deliberate burning of a house belonging to Black residents in Rosewood on Jan. 4, 1923. (Florida Memory)

It’s sad to see Ron DeSantis embrace our Old South legacy rather than trying to lead us to a more inclusive New South future. Instead of demanding equal treatment under the law, open-eyed education and zero-tolerance for anti-Semitism and racism, he runs the other way.

Florida Supreme Court Asked to Interpret DeSantis’ 2021 Law Restricting Demonstrations

January 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Gov. Ron DeSantis is not big on demonstrations that don't echo his ideology. (© FlaglerLive)

A federal appeals court wants guidance about how Florida cops would enforce a restrictive demonstration law, asking the state’s highest court, which has the last word on interpreting state law, to render an opinion. The federal appeals court would still get to decide whether the law violates the U.S. Constitution.

Arkansas Takes Stock of Jacob Oliva, Its New Education Chief: Goal-Driven, Ambitious, Puzzling

January 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Jacob Oliva: counting down to Arkansas time. (© FlaglerLive)

The Arkansas Advocate reports on the varied reactions and impressions of former Flagler Superintendent and Florida Education Chancellor Jacob Oliva, who is Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s nominee to head the state’s Department of Education.

U.S. Economy Adds 223,000 Jobs in December, Easing Fears of Recession for Now

January 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The trend is down: job creation by month, in thousands. (© FlaglerLive)

The national economy is steadily losing power even as it continues to generate enough new jobs to lower the unemployment rate: 223,000 new jobs in December. That’s the lowest total in two years, but still nowhere near recession territory.

3 Florida Republicans–Gaetz, Luna, Donalds–Among Opponents of McCarthy for Speaker

January 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, by DonkeyHotey.

Matt Gaetz of Fort Walton Beach, Anna Tuesday Paulina Luna of St. Petersburg, and Byron Donalds of Naples joined 17 other conservative GOP members on Tuesday, and again in today’s first round, to oppose McCarthy from taking the top job in the House.

DeSantis Invokes Bible, Gun Analogies and Anti-Wokism in Inaugural Pitched to Ambitions

January 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Inaugural grounds included all the trappings of an event with more than itself in mind: Ron DeSantis is widely believed to be preparing a presidential run. (Danielle J. Brown)

The governor vowed to “stand our ground” in defense of low taxes, parental rights in education, “law and order,” and more — although Democrats, independents, and overall progressives in Florida would likely beg to differ. The theme and tenor of the speech suggests that DeSantis spoke to a larger goal: running for president.

Divided Appeals Court Rejects Protection for Transgender Bathroom Use in St. Johns School Case

January 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A setback with local consequences. (© FlaglerLive)

After a five-year legal battle, and reversing a lower court ruling, a sharply divided federal appeals court upheld a St. Johns County School Board policy that prevented a transgender male student from using boys’ bathrooms at a high school.

Myocarditis: Covid-19 is a Much Bigger Risk to the Heart than Vaccination

January 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Perhaps the most common point of conflict concerning Covid-19 vaccines is the risk of myocarditis following immunization, particularly among young people. In Florida, Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and Gov. Ron DeSantis have turned against vaccinating younger people based on that misconception.

GasBuddy Predicts Florida Gas Prices Will Climb Over $4.50 By Summer Before Falling Again

December 29, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Only two weeks ago prices had fallen well below $3 a gallon in some places. (© FlaglerLive)

The Boston-based GasBuddy, in an annual outlook released Wednesday, predicted that pump prices will peak at an average of $4.25 to $4.65 a gallon in Miami, $4.15 to $4.55 in Orlando and $4.10 to $4.45 in Tampa.

Jan. 6 Attack: 3 Florida Extremist Groups Allied ‘to Work Together to Shut This Sh** Down’

December 27, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The final report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol includes chilling sections about the force of extremist groups from Florida that formed an alliance, traveled to Washington, D.C., and stormed the Capitol.

New Smyrna Beach Weighs Development Moratorium in Wake of Storms. Shouldn’t All Coastal Florida?

December 23, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Picture of a submerged BMW in a street after Hurricane Ian. (New Smyrna Beach official Facebook page)

Moratorium: Using this word in Florida is like that scene in “A Christmas Story” where Ralphie says a word that he shouldn’t and gets his mouth washed out with a bar of Lifebuoy soap. But the sense that sprawl is out of control is springing up all over, not just Deltona and New Smyrna Beach.

Acceding to DeSantis, Florida Supreme Court Impanels Grand Jury to Investigate Vaccines

December 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

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The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday approved a request by Gov. Ron DeSantis to impanel a statewide grand jury to investigate alleged wrongdoing related to Covid-19 vaccines.

DeSantis Stokes Culture Wars at the Expense of Bright Schools and Free Speech

December 21, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The public library remains a ban-free zone. (© FlaglerLive)

The culture war battles being waged in Florida are not only doing lasting damage to the public education system but to the basic constitutional rights of all Floridians. Freedom of speech protects the right to freedom of conscience, debate ideas and question authority.

Florida Ranks Poorly in Social Capital, Personal Freedom and Governance in Milken Center Report

December 21, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Florida ranks 31st in overall prosperity according to the American Dream Prosperity Index (ADPI), 47th in social capital and 37th in personal freedoms, significantly lower marks than Gov. Ron DeSantis has been giving himself.

Democracy Has Its Place, But Apparently Not at the Florida Capitol

December 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Don't say Ron. Students protesting on the 5th floor of the Florida Capitol Building in March. (Danielle J. Brown)

Determined to keep the Free State of Florida the most incredibly free in the Land of the Free where freedom rings 24/7, Gov. Ron DeSantis is going to stop loud, tacky, possibly gay people from waltzing into his Capitol to “protest.”

Sen. Marco Rubio Wants TikTok Banned. His Bill Has Bi-Partisan Support.

December 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Two years after former President Donald Trump called for a ban on TikTok, Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio this week introduced legislation that would impose a national ban on the Chinese-owned social media platform that has become immensely popular with young Americans.

DeSantis Picks 4 Judges for Revamped 5th District Court of Appeal, Which Hears Flagler Cases

December 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Fifth District Court of Appeal, which has jurisdiction over 13 counties, including Flagler, is headquartered in Daytona Beach, in an austere, ironically prison-like building. (Wikimedia Commons)

DeSantis named Florida Gaming Control Commission Chairman John MacIver, Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Paige Kilbane, Duval County Circuit Judge Adrian Soud and Putnam County Judge Joseph Boatwright to serve on the appellate court, which will hear cases from a large swath of North Florida and Central Florida.

Flagler County Unemployment Rate of 3.2% Stays Where It’s Been Most of the Year

December 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Flagler County’s labor force reached nearly 51,000 in August and October, falling back modestly to 50,676 in November, with an employed labor force of 49,000, out of a population of about 120,000, and 1,600 unemployed people.

Ten Big Issues in Florida’s Just-Enacted Insurance Overhaul

December 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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Florida lawmakers this week held a special session and passed a 105-page bill aimed at stabilizing the state’s troubled property-insurance system. The bill (SB 2-A) deals with numerous issues, including lawsuits, the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and critical reinsurance coverage. Here are 10 key issues that lawmakers addressed.

Perry Mitrano Elected Flagler’s REC Chair, Defeating Renner-Backed Jill Woolbright By Big Margin

December 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Perry Mitrano. (© FlaglerLive)

Internal party elections are not ordinarily newsworthy. This one, however, reflects political dynamics that reverberate beyond the party and the county, especially as Republicans control all but a handful of Flagler’s elected seats, when Renner is House speaker, and in his last term, and when Republicans are cleaved by fierce divisions, in Flagler as elsewhere, over the direction of their party.

Florida GOP and Insurance Companies Won Big ‘Bailout’ in This Week’s Special Session

December 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Florida House Speaker Paul Renner and key committee heads address the press on Dec. 14, following the conclusion of a three-day special session on insurance reform. (Michael Moline)

The Florida Legislature’s special session on insurance reform ended Thursday with final passage to a bill extending a $1 billion subsidy to insurance companies but doing little to decrease premiums any time soon or provide relief for ordinary homeowners.

Flagler Public Health Officials Reassert Efficacy of Covid Vaccines as DeSantis Intensifies Denialism

December 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis is intensifying his war on Covid vaccines. (© FlaglerLive)

In a sharp escalation of Covid vaccine denialism by a sitting governor, Ron DeSantis on Tuesday called on the state Supreme Court to empanel a grand jury to investigate alleged “wrongdoing” related to the vaccine, as Flagler County’s architects of the response to the pandemic reasserted the efficacy of the vaccine and relied on the latest science.

Florida Senate Approves $100 Million in Beach Erosion Aid, Part of $750 Million Disaster Relief Bill

December 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The bill includes $100 million for beach-erosion recovery, an amount certain to help boost Flagler County’s prospects for tapping many of those millions as it faces vast challenges on 18 miles of its eroded coast.

Jacob Oliva Warns Districts That Their LGBTQ Support Policies Don’t Align With Parental ‘Rights’

December 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Jacob Oliva, senior chancellor for the Florida Department of Education, was a former superintendent in Flagler County, where his more recent incarnation is not always recognizable. (© FlaglerLive)

Jacob Oliva, senior chancellor for the education department–and a former superintendent in Flagler schools–wrote letters to school superintendents in 10 districts, warning them that LGBTQ support policies may run afoul of current law and state board rules. The state board will discuss the policies during a meeting Wednesday.

Water Management District Now Accepting Cost-Share Project Grant Applications

December 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The District’s cost-share funding programs help communities complete water quality improvement projects, such as the Osprey Acres Stormwater Park in Indian River County. (SJRWMD)

Through its cost-share programs, the District partners with communities on projects that stretch local dollars to support water resource protection. The application window is open through January 31, 2023.

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