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Shut Up, Floridians: Sweeping Bill Would Criminalize Protests Near Politicians’ Homes, Parks, Sidewalks

February 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Protests like th Black Lives Matter protest at Veterans Park in Flagler Beach in June 2020 would be criminalized, if a bill in the Florida Legislature becomes law. (© FlaglerLive)

Protesters would be banned from picketing in front of the governor’s house, that of politicians or any residences. The prohibition would apply not only to private property but would extend to public parks, sidewalks and rights-of-way.

How Republicans Take Biden Relief Bill Money and Run, After Unanimously Opposing It

February 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis

The Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan package was opposed by every Republican in Congress and criticized by Republican governors, most of whom are now grabbing the money.

In Trial Over Florida’s New Voting Law, Past Suppressions at Ballot Box Reverberate Anew

February 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

This illustration titled "The First Vote" shows African American men, dressed according to their profession, lined up to vote, a right later granted to them by the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870.

Post-Reconstruction history, first-hand narrative and statistics have laid the foundation this week in a legal challenge to a state election law that plaintiffs say will curtail Black and Hispanic Floridians’ ability to cast ballots and register to vote.

Florida House Completes Work on Its Own Voting Districts as Litigation Looms

February 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Democat Carlos Guillermo Smith of Orange County debates the House’s proposed redistricting plan on Feb. 2, 2022. (Michael Moline)

The Florida House voted along party lines to approve a redistricting plan for itself and asked the state Senate to go along amid lingering uncertainty over the fate of congressional redistricting generated when Gov. Ron DeSantis got involved.

League of Women Voters President Blasts Florida’s Shackling Voting Law on 1st Day of Trial

January 31, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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League of Women Voters of Florida President Cecile Scoon testified Monday in federal court that Florida’s new election laws — adopted in 2021 Senate Bill 90 — makes voter-registration drives, voting by mail, and rendering basic assistance to voters in line needlessly difficult, resulting in voting suppression.

Patient, Beware: Florida Among States Still Pushing Ineffective Covid Antibody Treatments

January 24, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

A patient receiving monoclonal treatment in San Diego a year ago. Most of those treatments are ineffective against the omicron variant, but states like Florida continue to push them on patients. (US Navy)

Unethically and deceptively–since it gives patients a false sense of security–several states, Florida among them, are still pushing the costly monoclonal treatments — often charging hundreds of dollars a session — that public health officials now say are almost certainly useless.

Jacob Oliva, Still a Flagler Resident, Is One of Three Finalists for Miami-Dade Superintendent

January 23, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Jacob Oliva during his interview for superintendent in Flagler in 2014. (© FlaglerLive)

Jacob Oliva, senior chancellor of education and a former superintendent of Flagler County schools, is one of three finalists for superintendent in Miami-Dade, the nation’s fourth-largest district. The nine-member Miami-Dade school board will interview him for the job, along with two other candidates, on Monday.

After Emotional Testimony in 1st Hearing, GOP Lawmakers Back 15-Week Abortion Ban, 12-6

January 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

State Rep. Erin Grall, sponsor of HB 5, speaks to a House committee on a 15-week abortion ban today. (Florida Channel)

The vote on the abortion-ban bill proposed by Florida Republicans came following emotional, angry and passionate words in the audience and at the subcommittee meeting table, where lawmakers had to make decisions based on dramatically opposite views.

Actually, Y’All, Some of Us Would Prefer Facts with Our Politics

January 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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In the first speech of his 2024 presidential campaign, not-so-cunningly disguised as the “State of the State” address, Ron DeSantis declared, We have made Florida the freest state in these United States. He just hopes you don;t look behind the syrup.

Supreme Court Blocks Vaccine Mandates for Big Employers But Backs Mandates for Health Workers

January 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Not so fast. (White House)

After Florida and other states fought the plans, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a Covid-19 vaccination mandate for large employers while clearing the way for a requirement that health-care workers get shots to try to curb the virus.

DeSantis Scripts State of the State’ ‘Freedom’ Rhetoric With Eyes on Re-Election and Presidential Ambitions

January 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Lt. Gov. Janet Nuñez flanks Gov. Ron DeSantis as he takes questions from reporters following his State of the State speech on Jan. 11, 2022. (Michael Moline)

Gov. Ron DeSantis opened the 2022 regular session of the Florida Legislature on Tuesday by crowing that he has kept Florida “the freest state in these United States” during the Covid crisis and promising to continue to oppose a “coercive biomedical apparatus.”

Full Text: Gov. DeSantis State of the State Address

January 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Gov. Ron de Santis at today's State of the State Address before the Legislature. (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

The prepared text of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s 2022 State of the State Address before the Florida Legislature as he opened the session. “We have 60 days to work together to build upon our rock of freedom,” he said.

DeSantis and Guthrie Admit to Expiration of Between 800,000 and 1 Million Covid Test Kits

January 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

Covid testing at the Flagler County airport. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Kevin Guthrie, director of Florida’s Division of Emergency Management, acknowledged Thursday that 800,000 to a million Covid tests had expired in a state stockpile, with the omicron variant spreading and residents facing long lines for testing.

Abortion, CRT, Elections Police, School Boards: 10 Issues to Watch in 2022 Legislative Session

January 6, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Florida Legislative session might have a particularly retro feel this year. Above, the Florida Senate in 1945. (Florida Memory)

With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing and fall elections looming, Florida lawmakers will start the annual 60-day legislative session Tuesday, with major issues including potential abortion restrictions, a $100 billion budget, prohibitions on teaching critical race theory, more elections policing, and other ideological issues that may give the session a retro feel.

Flagler’s Omicron-Led Covid Infections Surge Toward Record as DeSantis Sees Schools and Business as Usual

January 3, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Omicron's extremely infectious capabilities are apparent in Flagler County, where in the last four days the health department counted nearly 600 confirmed infections, and projects over 1,000 by Friday. Click on the graph for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Infection numbers are surging across Florida, but in a 50-minute news conference this morning, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo not only projected a business-as-usual approach, but said testing protocols will be revised toward less testing, with testing and treatment focused on higher-risk patients, while schools are to remain open and operating under previously relaxed guidelines that de-emphasize quarantines, masking and distancing.

DeSantis Tells Cops He Won’t Treat Them as Political Tools as He Distributes Bonus Checks in Campaign Video

December 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis traveled to Surfside, shown here, Jacksonville, and Pensacola to hand out $1,000 bonus checks (paid for with federal COVID aid) to first responders. Source: Screenshot/Florida Channel

The short ad, posted Sunday to DeSantis’ Facebook feed, features footage of recent appearances in which the Republican governor merged his political role with campaigning, flanked by cops and political supporters.

Election Police, Gas Tax Cut, Cryptocurrency, Deportation: 10 Things DeSantis Wants in 2022 Session

December 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Wish lists have an advantage in a one-party state. (Facebook)

Gov. Ron DeSantis recently released a $99.7 billion budget blueprint for the 2022 legislative session and has touted a series of other proposals. Here are 10 of DeSantis’ priorities — big and small — for the session, which will start Jan. 11.

Gov. DeSantis Seems Hellbent on Taking Us Back to the ’60s — the 1860s

December 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

George Peter Alexander Healy - John C. Calhoun - Google Art Project.

Gov. Ron DeSantis likes to call this the “Free State of Florida.” If he hasn’t yet wrapped himself in the Tenth Amendment or threatened secession, it’s only because he’s been too busy playing soldiers, organizing his private battalion, rewriting the past, and trying to destroy democracy.

DeSantis Wants to Deal With Florida’s Sea Level Rise Without ‘Left-Wing Stuff’

December 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Water encroachment on the barrier island and surrounding areas if seas were to rise 3 feet. See NOAA's simulator here.

At his press conference in Oldsmar last week, DeSantis emphasized how much of the taxpayers’ millions the state was going to spend on “resilience.” That’s a politician code word for coping with the symptoms of climate change, but not doing anything about what’s causing it.

DeSantis Pitches Election-Year Budget Just Shy of $100 Billion, With Big Subsidies from Federal Aid

December 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Gov. DeSantis pitching. (© FlaglerLive)

Saying that Florida is “clicking on all cylinders,” Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday proposed an election-year $99.7 billion budget that would funnel money to education, the environment and law-enforcement officers while giving motorists a temporary gas-tax break thanks to federal subsidies.

In Latest Salvo Against Biden, DeSantis Seeks to Revive ‘Florida State Guard’

December 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis

The proposal was fully in keeping with DeSantis’ ongoing sparring with President Joe Biden over border policies, the response to Covid, even a suggestion that the FBI investigate threats of violence to school board members trying to enforce mandatory masking by schoolchildren.

Judge Exonerates 4 Black Men Known as ‘Groveland Four’ Who’d Been Falsely Accused of Raping White Woman

November 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irvin groveland four

A Central Florida judge on Monday exonerated Black men known as the “Groveland Four” who were accused of sexually assaulting a white woman in one of the most-notorious cases from the state’s Jim Crow era. All four have died. They were accused in 1949 by Norma Padgett, then 17, of Lake County.

Flush With Federal Money, DeSantis Pitches Temporarily Eliminating State Gas Tax, Reducing Revenue by $1 Billion

November 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

That rainy feeling. (© FlaglerLive)

Continuing to contrast his economic approach to the Biden White House–which ensured that Florida would get billions in Covid and infrastructure subsidies–DeSantis said the approximately 25-cent-a-gallon “gas tax relief” proposal could save the average Florida family up to $200 over a five- to six-month period, while reducing state revenue by more than $1 billion. DeSantis wants lawmakers to approve it during the legislative session that starts Jan. 11.

It’s Our Right as Americans to Breathe Open Air Without Some Wussy Libtard Face Diaper

November 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Breathe free and die. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the fine MAGA folks of the Florida Legislature are right here in the state capital, passing laws telling Biden where he can stick that order making businesses with more than 100 employees mandate the vax. And yeah, it might cost the taxpayers several million for the lawsuits that’ll come out of these new bills, but keeping Florida free is worth every penny.

Congressional Committee Launches Probe into University of Florida Policy That Gagged Professors

November 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

UF President Ken Fuchs. (UF)

In a letter to University of Florida President Kent Fuchs on Thursday, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties said the panel has opened a probe into UF’s conflict-of-interest policy used to silence professors, saying it “undermines the academic and free speech values that are essential” to higher education.

UF Backs Off Gag Order on 3 Professors Testifying in Challenge to Restrictive Voting Law

November 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The First Amendment reappeared on the University of Florida's horizon after a struggle. (© FlaglerLive)

But the university drew national attention and widespread criticism after a court document revealed last week that the school was blocking the professors from testifying.

No Additional Election ‘Audit,’ But DeSantis Says He’ll Push for More Election Crackdowns

November 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis is getting pressured by national Republicans to audit the 2020 Florida vote, which has already been audited. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to ask lawmakers for more “election integrity reforms” during next year’s legislative session, as he has resisted pressure from within the Republican Party to audit the 2020 elections.

DeSantis Warns Businesses Against Being “Woke”

October 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Ron DeSantis is again weaponizing local school boards. (© FlaglerLive)

Appearing before a group of business leaders last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis warned about following a “woke” ideology, which he called “very dangerous” for the country.

DeSantis Administration Sues Biden and Federal Agencies Over Vaccine Mandate

October 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference today in Lakeland, in a screenshot from his Facebook page.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody announced the lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. district court in Tampa against several defendants, including President Joe Biden, NASA, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, the federal Office of Management and Budget and the federal General Services Administration.

DeSantis Calls for Special Session to Block Covid Vaccine Mandates (But Not Disney’s)

October 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Woody doesn't mind the vaccine mandate. (© FlaglerLive)

Gov. Ron DeSantis called Thursday for a special legislative session next month to erect roadblocks against Covid-19 vaccination mandates being advanced by the White House. Democrats criticized DeSantis over his call for a special session, noting that the state’s economic rebound was bolstered by companies such as Disney, which is requiring employees to be vaccinated. Democrats also described DeSantis’ requested legislation as “anti-business.”

In a Shift, DeSantis Downplays Promotion of Covid Vaccines

October 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

“Don’t make the vaccine divisive? You are trying to take people’s jobs away over this issue! You are trying to plunge people into destitution! You are taking away their livelihoods. Nobody else is doing that,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said of President Biden on Oct. 15, 2021. Source: Screenshot/DeSantis Rumble

DeSantis has appeared to undermine confidence in vaccines, not least by elevating Joseph Ladapo — who has been openly skeptical of the federal public health response to the virus — to the office of surgeon general, running the Florida Department of Health.

Leon County Judge Refuses to Block Florida Law Banning Vaccine Passports

October 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Same idea, but in legalese. (Felton Davis)

The ruling by Circuit Judge Layne Smith was a victory for Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has led efforts to prevent businesses from requiring customers to show proof they are vaccinated against Covid-19 — an issue that has become known as requiring vaccine passports.

Florida Led the Nation in Nursing Home Deaths Between August and September

October 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Florida led the nation in the rate of Covid-19 nursing-home deaths during a four-week period that ended Sept. 19, according to a report published Thursday by the senior-advocacy group AARP. The report, which relies on federal data, said Florida nursing homes reported 289 resident deaths from Covid-19 during the period.

For Republicans, It’s Still the Trump Show

October 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Might as well be 2015. (Matt Johnson)

For good or ill, Trump in retirement is the same force of nature he was as president. Republican leaders tread lightly around him, conscious of polls that show him by far the first choice of self-identified Republicans for the nomination, even as they worry he’s alienated so many voting blocs that his top of the ticket presence would drag down-ballot candidates to defeat.

U.S. School Boards Association Asks Biden for Better Security at Meetings. Florida Association Says Count Us Out.

October 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Far-right extremists, some in camouflage, some belonging to the Three Percenters, the anti-government militia, preparing to enter the Flagler County School Board meeting last month in Bunnell. (© FlaglerLive)

The Florida School Boards Association is refusing to pay membership dues to the National School Boards Association after the Washington, D.C.-based organization wrote in a letter to President Joe Biden’s administration that the country’s “public schools and its education leaders are under an immediate threat.”

DeSantis Makes Unfounded Claim About Federal Help Under Biden Compared to Trump

October 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

DeSantis prefers the other guy. (White House)

The governor marked the near-three-year anniversary of Hurricane Michael to indulge nostalgia for the Donald Trump presidency, when he enjoyed a close connection to the White House, and to criticize the Joe Biden presidency, which he implied is hostile to Florida.

Judge Hears Private Business’ Challenge to DeSantis Ban on Covid Passports

October 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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Circuit Judge Layne Smith is considering the case two months after a federal judge in South Florida sided with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings in a challenge to the law, which seeks to prevent businesses from requiring customers to show proof of vaccination against covid and threatens fines for violations.

Casey DeSantis Is Diagnosed with Breast Cancer

October 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis has been diagnosed with breast cancer. NSF)

The governor issued a statement Monday about the diagnosis, though the statement did not provide details about issues such as the type of breast cancer, the stage or treatment. Casey DeSantis, 41, is the mother of three children under age 5.

State School Board Will Meet to Police 11 School Districts’ Compliance with Ban on Mask Mandate

September 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Masking the masks: Brevard County public school students earlier this month. (Facebook)

The board will meet Oct. 7 and focus on the school districts in Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Duval, Hillsborough, Indian River, Leon, Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach and Sarasota counties, according to a notice published Wednesday in the Florida Administrative Register.

Florida Department of Health Argues for Suppressing Covid Data in Public Records Lawsuit

September 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The Florida Department of Health is trying to scuttle a public-records lawsuit seeking information about Covid-19, arguing that requested reports don’t exist and that the underlying data is confidential.

Committee Week in Florida’s Capitol: Welcome to the Festival of Ignorance

September 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The Florida Capitol last January. The Florida Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021. Credit: (Michael Moline/Florida Phoenix)

Legislators came to town for the autumn ritual of political harlotry they call “committee week.” Tallahassee’s collective IQ dropped by a good 60 points. That’s bad, but what they propose doing to Florida is worse. Diane Roberts reports.

Charlie Crist Denounces New Covid School Policy and Seeks Ouster of New Surgeon General

September 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Charlie Crist at a speaking engagement in late August. (Facebook)

Democrat Charlie Crist denounced Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday as an “oppressive tyrant” willing to send coronavirus-infected children into the public schools and risk the health of other children to please his covid-skeptical political base.

Alachua School Board Gets $150,000 Federal Grant to Cover Salaries DeSantis Cut Over Mask Fight

September 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The Alachua County School Board meeting on Sept. 21 in a screen capture from its meeting video.

State Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran announced Aug. 30 that the Florida Department of Education had started to withhold funds from the Alachua and Broward County school districts in amounts equal to the monthly salaries of school board members who voted for student mask requirements.

Gov. DeSantis Reshaped Florida’s Appeals Courts. It Seems to Be Working Out for Him

September 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Florida Supreme Court building in Tallahassee. (Michael Moline)

The question is whether the conservative monoculture DeSantis and his predecessors have built within the judicial branch is willing to check excesses committed by the executive and legislative branches, which the Republican Party has dominated for decades. The question is being answered in the negative.

Federal Judge Issues Injunction Against Florida’s Protest Law, Calling It ‘Vague and Overbroad’

September 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

It became the largest civil rights movement in the country. (© FlaglerLive)

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker on Thursday blocked a controversial state law that enhances penalties and creates new crimes in protests that turn violent. Walker, who has frequently clashed with the DeSantis administration and the GOP-controlled Legislature, granted the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction blocking DeSantis and three sheriffs from enforcing the law.

Gov. DeSantis, in Palm Coast, Opens Federally-Funded Monoclonal Center at Daytona State College Campus

September 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis appearing at Daytona State College's Palm Coast campous this morning, with Sen. Travis Hutson, right. (© FlaglerLive via TampaBay 10)

Continuing his tour across the state, Gov. Ron DeSantis this morning stopped at Daytona State College’s Palm Coast campus to announce the opening of a free monoclonal treatment center made possible by federal funds. The treatment will be open seven days a week starting Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The treatments do not require a prescription.

Judge Issues Written Ruling Barring DeSantis from Banning Mask Mandates or Enforcing Order, But Appeal Is Imminent

September 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Leon County Circuit Judge John Cooper on Thursday released a written ruling that said Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his constitutional authority in a July 30 executive order that sought to prevent school districts from requiring students to wear masks. Cooper issued an injunction barring the enforcement of DeSantis’ order.

Lawmaker and Non-Profit Sue Department of Health Over Its Refusal to Release Previously Available Covid Data

August 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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The Florida Center for Government Accountability and House Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, an Orlando Democrat, late Monday sued the Florida Department of Health and Surgeon General Scott Rivkees over the department’s refusal to provide Covid-related statistical records it used to make public daily.

Federal Judge Tangles with DeSantis Administration Lawyer Over ‘Rabbit Hole’ Protest Law

August 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Who is Florida's protest law aimed at?

The Dream Defenders, the Florida State Conference of the NAACP and other organizations allege in a lawsuit that the measure, approved by Republican legislators and signed by DeSantis this spring, is unconstitutionally vague, has a “chilling” effect on First Amendment rights and gives local police too much power.

$2.3 Billion in Federal School Aid Still Sits Unused Because Florida Hasn’t Sent In Spending Plan

August 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The countywide Back to School Jam at FPC on Aug. 7. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida is one of only five states that has not submitted a state plan for Covid relief to the U.S. Department of Education, holding up billions in federal funds to help the Florida education system recover from the impacts of Covid-19 in schools.

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