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U.S. Supreme Court Decisively Rejects Outlier Elections Theory Giving Unchecked Powers to States

June 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The "independent state legislature theory" would give state legislatures unchecked power over federal elections. (© FlaglerLive)

In a major election-law decision, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that although the Constitution gives state legislatures the power to regulate federal elections, state courts can supervise the legislature’s exercise of that power. By a vote of 6-3, the court rejected the so-called “independent state legislature theory” favored by a extreme Republicans.

Flagler Beach City Manager Opening Draws 37 Applicants, Most from Out of State

June 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Flagler Beach City Commission pares down a list of city manager applicants to a few finalists at a special meeting Tuesday. (© FlaglerLive)

The opening for a Flagler Beach city manager has drawn 37 applicants, a relatively low number–the city drew 58 applicants in its last search in 2020–with just 10 of them from Florida, and 11 of them not currently employed. The list as a whole does not quite flirt with the extraordinary, though a few names have solid experience in small towns and varied profiles.

Brendan Depa’s Mother Tells Her Son’s Story

June 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 204 Comments

Brendan Depa with his maternal grandmother, Nikki Lemen. (Depa family)

Brendan Depa, a 17-year-old severely autistic student, attacked his paraprofessional, Joan Naydich, at Matanzas High School in February, and faces a first degree felony charge as an adult. His mother, Leanne Depa, speaks for the first time, detailing Brendan’s personal and medical history and his almost intractable challenges that pre-dated the horrific incident.

School Vouchers, Teaching Muzzles, Diversity Bans, Looser Guns: 200 New Laws Take Effect Saturday

June 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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More than 200 laws passed during the 2023 legislative session, including a record $116.5 billion budget, will take effect Saturday, including a massive expansion of public money available for private schooling, permitless gun-carrying, and more restrictions or bans on what teachers may say or teach.

Settling Lawsuit with Flagler Beach, Ocean Palms Golf Company Has 9 Months to Find A Buyer

June 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

It's been stormy, but Ocean Palms golf course has continued to operate through its legal disputes with Flagler Beach government. A settlement was signed today. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission this evening voted 4-1 to approve a settlement with Flagler Golf Management, the company that took over management of the nine-hole Ocean Palms golf club at the south end of town in 2015 after years of disuse. The city filed suit to evict the company last year, and the company also sued the city.

Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court

June 21, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Justice Samuel Alito. (Wikimedia Commons)

In the years after the undisclosed trip to Alaska, Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the Supreme Court. Alito has never recused himself.

Flagler School Board Rejects Arming Employees in 3-2 Vote, Citing Too Many Doubts for Now

June 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff's deputies will still be the only armed individuals on Flagler school campuses as the school board this evening rejected opening the door to non-professionals. (© FlaglerLive).

The Flagler County School Board this evening rejected on a 3-2 vote a proposal to arm some school employees on the unfounded assumption that it would improve security. The vote ends a year-long discussion about the so-called “guardian program,” as a majority of board members still had too many questions, doubts, and lacking buy-in from school staff.

In Palm Coast, a Pitbull Attack, a Dead Dog, and Disputed Accusations of City ‘Gestapo’ Tactics

June 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Blu, the dog at the center of a controversy that put in question the way Palm Coast's animal control officers interact with the public. Blu has been euthanized after his second attack in 13 months in the W-Section, the second one resulting in the death of another dog. (Palm Coast)

Palm Coast City Council member Ed Danko compared employees to “Gestapo agents” in reference to an animal control case involving a pit bull attack and a dog’s death earlier this month. Danko later walked back the statement, but remained “infuriated’ with the way an animal control officer had allegedly handled the case.

Flagler School Board Cocks Its Next Folly: Arming Employees

June 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 56 Comments

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Next Tuesday, the Flagler County School Board will vote on whether to arm some school employees. The board will vote yes, on zero evidence and without asking any of the right questions, because as is becoming routine with this board, when it is offered a chance between right and wrong, it chooses wrong.

Sheriff Negotiates $10 Million Joint Training Facility for Local Police, Fire and State Guard HQ

June 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The former Sheriff's Operations Center on Justice Lane in Bunnell, from back when it was still used for that purpose. The building remains part of the sheriff's operations. Much of it would be leased to the new Florida State Guard as part of a lease arrangement that would result in the Guard building a new office and training facility nearby. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County Commission and the Florida State Guard are preparing to sign a lease agreement conceived by Sheriff Rick Staly that would have the Guard build a $10 million headquarters and training facility in Bunnell that would also be a training ground for all local law enforcement and firefighting agencies.

Crumbl Cookies Set to Open in Palm Coast With Its Giant Repertoire of Sweet-Spot Marketing

June 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Crumbl's brownie sundae cookie. (Crumbl)

As Crumbl Cookies opens its first store in Palm Coast Friday, and the first in the Flagler-Putnam-St. Johns market, the marketing machine that has made the dessert chain the fastest-growing in the nation–800 stores and growing–will be on full display, along with its rotating cast of 250 cookie flavors.

Once a Model of Independence, Florida’s Judicial Nominating Process Is Now an Irrelevant Farce

June 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Veteran prosecutor Victoria Avalon, a Florida Supreme Court candidate, warned that the judicial nominating process that once was a model of independence under Gov. Reubin Askew has been politicized to the point of irrelevance by Republican governors since Jeb Bush, with all picks pre-ordained.

Should Palm Coast Allow Backyard Chickens? Council Balks, But Limited Pilot Program Is Possible

June 13, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 42 Comments

A familiar look. But in Palm Coast backyards? Not so fast, the Palm Coast City Council says. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council is not excited about allowing chickens in city backyards. But it may enact a strictly limited pilot program involving a few households, or set aside some public land for a community garden where residents could tend their chickens. Backyard chickens could also be on the 2024 ballot as a referendum.

Flagler Sheriff Requests 12.2% Budget Increase and 5 New Deputies from County as Constitutionals Submit Proposals

June 11, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff's Office moved back into an operations center of its own late last year after nearly five years without one. The building was the responsibility of the county and is not part of annual budgeting figures. (© FlaglerLive)

All constitutional officers’ budgets will be reviewed by the County Commission Monday. The sheriff’s budget, the largest constitutional portion in the county budget, would include funding for five new deputies, increasing retirement costs, union-negotiated pay increases and a 5.3 percent across-the-board cost of living pay increase.

Exuberant Pride Day Follows Drag Night as Palm Coast Goes United Colors of LGBTQ+ in Town Center

June 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Quinn Vickers, who had performed Friday night at Coquina Brewery in Flagler Beach as a drag act, arriving at Pride Fest in Palm Coast's Town Center early this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

Bookended by an exuberant evening of drag the night before and Sunday evening’s more solemn vigil in memory of the Pulse massacre victims, Flagler Pride today celebrated the local and regional LGBTQ community with song, dance, causes and bounties of divergence in the fourth annual Pride Festival in Palm Coast’s Town Center, drawing some 750 people.

Trump Indictment: 37 Felony Counts in Classified Documents Probe

June 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Back then. (White House photo by Shealah Craighead)

According to the indictment, Trump schemed with an aide to keep possession of top secret and other sensitive national security documents from his presidency and concealed those documents even from his own lawyers, who sought to comply with a federal order to return them.

Palm Coast and County Snub Role in EV Charging Stations In Shocking Rebuff to a Green Energy Grant

June 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

The free electric vehicle charging station at Palm Coast City Hall is seldom without a user. (© FlaglerLive)

Partisanship, misinformation, false assumptions and free-market ideology all played a role in Palm Coast and county government rejecting a partnership in what would have been a potential $15 million federal grant to build electric vehicle charging stations at various public locations in cities and the county.

In Surprise Victory for Voting Rights, Supreme Court Rejects Redistricting Map Diluting Black Vote

June 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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By a vote of 5-4, the justices issued a major voting rights decision, ruling that Alabama’s new congressional map likely violates the Voting Rights Act. Even more significantly, the court declined an invitation to adopt an interpretation of the act that would have made it much more difficult to challenge redistricting plans.

Flagler Pride Fest Is On Despite Hostile Climate, Drag Show Included, With a Few Cautionary Tucks

June 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

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While some other communities have cancelled their celebrations because of state hostility, the fourth annual Flagler Pride Fest will be a three-day celebration this weekend, starting with drag night at Coquina Brewery, a day-long festival at Palm Coast’s Town Center, and the Pulse commemoration at veterans Park in Flagler Beach Sunday.

Mom Arrested After Witnesses Report her Brutalizing Her 7-Year-Old Child on A1A

June 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

Amanda Hopkins.

Amanda Hopkins, a 33-year-old Smith Trail resident of Palm Coast, was arrested on a felony child abuse charge late Wednesday night in Flagler Beach after witnesses reported she brutalized her 7-year-old daughter by the side of State Road A1A, near South 6th Street, in what appears to have been a drunken rage.

Its Streets Degrading, Palm Coast Looks for Electric Vehicles to Pay Their Fair Share of Road Taxes

June 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

One of the free electric vehicle charging stations at Palm Coast City Hall. The free ride may be ending. (© FlaglerLive)

Neither Florida nor Palm Coast tax electric vehicles’ energy consumption, though EVs drive and damage local roads just as other vehicles do. The Palm Coast City Council, faced with a $52 million road-repair bill over the next five years, is looking for new revenue, and targeting EVs. But they may not be a lucrative source just yet.

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June 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

One of the free electric vehicle charging stations at Palm Coast City Hall. The free ride may be ending. (© FlaglerLive)

Neither Florida nor Palm Coast tax electric vehicles’ energy consumption, though EVs drive and damage local roads just as other vehicles do. The Palm Coast City Council, faced with a $52 million road-repair bill over the next five years, is looking for new revenue, and targeting EVs. But they may not be a lucrative source just yet.

Upside of Unrequited Survives Book Ban at FPC, But 57% of Challenged Titles Were Removed From Flagler Schools This Year

May 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The Upsiude of Unrequited got some love from a Flagler Palm Coast High School challenge-review committee. (© FlaglerLive)

A Flagler Palm Coast High School committee of faculty and residents voted 7-0 to keep Becky Albertalli’s The Upside of Unrequited on high school library shelves. It was the last challenge of the year by just three individuals, who had filed 44 challenges to 22 titles, succeeding in having 12 of them removed.

He Was Convinced the School Board Was Pushing “Transgender BS.” He Was Arrested. And Emboldened.

May 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

A screen shot from a recent meeting of the Winston Salem/Forsyth County School Board.

A parent had grievances to air about library books “trying to convert kids to gay,” and about mask and vaccine mandates. So he joined an activist group and headed to a school board meeting. This story explores how school board meetings across the country are fomenting conflicts and controversies that have led to violence and arrests.

Palm Coast Fines Waste Pro $125 For Every Recycling Bins It’s Taking Back and Threatens Litigation

May 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 82 Comments

A Waste Pro recycling truck followed by a flatbed truck in a Palm Coast neighborhood today, where the company's workers stacked residents' emptied recycling bins to haul away. (Palm Coast)

Waste Pro, in its final week as Palm Coast’s garbage hauler, is driving through neighborhoods and taking back the recycling bins it freely provided residents over the years. The city is considering litigation, and fining the company for every bin it claims.

On Flagler Schools’ Ban List: The Upside of Unrequited, a Review and a Recommendation

May 24, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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Becky Albertalli’s “The Upside of Unrequited,” about a fat girl’s desperate quest for a date after 26 unrequited crushes, is one of 22 titles on Flagler’s ban list, and the last to be considered by a school-based committee at FPC on Thursday.

In Seminole Woods, 42 Acres of Greenbelt Are Converted to Allow 180-Home Subdivision

May 23, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

The Seminole Woods acreage, roughly delineated in red, is currently zoned greenbelt. The Palm Coast City Council approved its rezoning to residential, with a second reading later this month. (Google Earth)

The Palm Coast City Council last week approved rezoning 42 acres of greenbelt-designated land to make room for a 180-home single-family residential development that will expand the built-out footprint of Seminole Woods.

Debt Default Would Be Far Worse Than a Government Shutdown. Here’s How.

May 22, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

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A U.S. default on its debt would have a significantly broader impact on federal operations, financial markets and the global economy than recent government shutdowns that have left ordinary Americans largely untouched.

Hang 8 Dog Surfing Brings Out Throng of a Thousand in Flagler Beach’s Zaniest Contest Yet

May 20, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

A drone view of just one half the segment of beach taken up by the Hang 8 Dog Surfing competition at its height this morning in Fl;agler Beach, showing the huge crowd. (© Scott Spradley for FlaglerLive)

The second annual Hang 8 Dog Surfing contest in Flagler Beach this morning drew spectators in the low thousands, double or triple last year’s turnout, as big and small dogs surfed in rough waves then donned costumes for the red-carpet competition. Fifty dogs were registered in total.

A Tattoo Studio Is Approved Off Old Kings Road in Palm Coast, But Outdated Stigmas Endure

May 19, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The fact that Supreme Custom Tattoo on Old Kings Road required a special exception and planning board approval reflects enduring stigmas and stereotypes that still attach to tattoo and body piercing studios, though in studios’ cases, the city is far more accommodating than landlords, who often arbitrarily discriminate against them.

Palm Coast’s Population at 98,411 in Latest Census Estimate, 18th-Fastest Growing in U.S.

May 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Palm Coast's official municipal flower. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast grew 10.3 percent between 2020 and 2022, to 98,411 people, according to the Census Bureau’s latest estimate, released today. The city is on pace to cross well past the 100,000 threshold this year, and based on the last two years’ trend, likely did so in February or March. 

LaShakia Moore Is Flagler Schools’ Interim Superintendent. Why Would She Want Permanent Post?

May 18, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Flagler County schools' Lashakia Moore in her office some months ago. She will be the district's interim superintendent starting July 1, in a different office. (© FlaglerLive)

The question LaShakia Moore isn’t yet answering is whether she will apply for the permanent position, which the board hopes to fill by Jan. 1. She enjoys district and community support and respect. Yet the more valid question, given this school board’s volatility, may be: why would Moore want to be the permanent superintendent?

In Trial of Man Accused of Raping 7 Year Old, Judge Will Allow Evidence ‘Devastating to Defend’

May 17, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Monserrate Teron in court in Bunnell this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

Monserrate Teron, a 59-year-old nurse and Army veteran, goes on trial Monday on charges of raping a 7-year-old girl. Today, a judge let stand an order allowing the prosecution to question two adult sisters who will testify that Teron abused them in the 1980s similarly to the way he abused the younger girl more recently, complicating the defense.

240-Unit Apartment Complex Planned Next to BJ’s Wholesale Club on State Road 100 in Palm Coast

May 15, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 82 Comments

Republic Properties Corporation is planning to build an eight-building, 240-unit apartment complex on State Road 100 in Palm Coast, between Aldi and the future BJ's Wholesale Club. Republic is currently building the Avida apartment complex in Orlando, above. (Republic Properties rendering)

The Flagler County Commission Monday evening unanimously approved rezoning 28 acres just east of what will be the BJ’s Wholesale Club shopping center, clearing the way for an eight-building, 240-apartment complex called Republic Palm Coast there.

The Student Protesters Were Arrested. The Man Who Got Violent in the Parking Lot Wasn’t.

May 14, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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College students arrested. A parking lot altercation. A retired teacher waking up to a broken window. Events at a school district in Conway, Arkansas, illustrate the alarming trend of unrest at school board meetings across the country.

In Flagler Beach, Jane Mealy Warns Eric Cooley of ‘Consequences’ Over Conduct. He Doubles Down.

May 12, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

Flagler Beach City Commissioner Jane Mealy warned Commission Chairman Eric Cooley of unspecified “consequences” if he were to ever treat her the way he did at a special meeting last week. Cooley conceded that he had been “spitting fire,” doubled down, dismissing Mealy’s criticism as “armchair quarterbacking” and accusing her of not behaving like an adult.

Wadsworth Principal Paul Peacock Ordered on Leave Over Employee Complaints as District Hires Investigator

May 10, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Paul peacock, with Chris Tincher, Wadsworth Elementary's assistant principal, at right, in a recent appearance before the school board. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Schools TV)

Wadsworth Elementary School Principal Paul Peacock has been placed on administrative leave with pay and barred from all district campuses or from contact with any employees pending the resolution of an independent investigation stemming from several employee complaints about Peacock, internal documents show and school officials say.

Court Disputes Behind It, Community Cats of Palm Coast Set for Grand Re-Opening at City Marketplace

May 10, 2023 | Michael Lewis | 14 Comments

Volunteers getting Community Cats' thrift store ready for its grand opening Saturday at palm Coast's City Marketplace. (Community Cats)

Community Cats of Palm Coast, which operates the City Marketplace adoption shelter at 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite B-110, and a thrift store there at Suite C-101 (upstairs and downstairs), has been in business for 10 years, helping rescue, trap and deal with feline problems in the area.

On Flagler’s Ban List: Elana K. Arnold’s What Girls Are Made Of, a Review and a Recommendation

May 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

What Girls Are Made Of, a 2017 National Book Award finalist, is on Flagler County schools' list of books a trio of residents want banned. (Carolrhoda Lab)

“What Girls Are Made Of,” Elana K. Arnold’s deconstruction of a 16-year-old girl’s being and nothingness, is one of 22 titles three Flagler County residents want banned from high school libraries. A Flagler Palm Coast High School committee takes up the challenge on Thursday.

Later Start Time for Middle and High School Students in Flagler Means Earlier Start for Younger Ones

May 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Starting school later for middle and high school students means starting earlier for elementary school students. The Flagler County school district isn't pleased with that choice. (© FlaglerLive)

A bill awaiting the governor’s signature would ban school start times before 8:30 a.m. for high schools  and 8 a.m. for middle schools, starting in the 2026-27 school year. The Flagler County School Board had been reconsidering its own start times–but in the other direction. Now, it may be faced with making tough choices regarding elementary-school start times, which would go from latest to earliest starting times in the county. 

Flagler’s Vacation-Rental Regulations Again Survive at Last Minute as Lawmakers End Session

May 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

A crowd gathered Friday for a traditional hanky-drop ceremony marking the end of the legislative session. (Tom Urban/NSF)

For the ninth year running, local regulations of short-term vacation rentals in Flagler County and across the survived a legislative attempt at dilution and pre-emption by the state, though it came down to a last-minute escape as lawmakers finalized a $117 billion budget and ended the session.

FPC Student Vandalizes ‘Offensive’ Civil Rights-Inspired Posters. School Board’s Chong Rallies To His Side.

May 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 64 Comments

The voices of equal rights, which a student and his mother found offensive. (© FlaglerLive)

In response to one parent’s complaint about civil rights era-inspired posters by students, and to the the parent’s son vandalizing posters he found offensive at Flagler Palm Coast High School, School Board member Christy Chong has rallied to the side of the parent and the student and is seeking to revisit policies that address the display of student work in school hallways. Board members Will Furry and Sally Hunt are joining Chong in seeking that discussion.

Flagler Beach’s Next City Manager Salary May Go Up to $165,000 as Commission Pitches for Candidates

May 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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The next Flagler Beach city manager will have a salary of between $125,000 to $165,000, an upper range that would have been unthinkable only a few years ago for the small city of 5,000 people. The city commission in an often-snippy special meeting Thursday also rewrote the profile that accompanies the job announcement for a new manager, which will be issued this weekend.

Advertising in Schools
Flagler County School Policy 904

May 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler County School District policy on advertising in schools, policy 904: full text.

Written Out of Public Eye, Profile Framing Flagler Beach Search for Next City Manager Falters on Some Facts

May 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The top part of the brochure's front page.

A nine-page brochure framing Flagler Beach’s search for its next city manager does not appear to have been fact-checked or written with much depth beyond Trip-Advisor-type web scans and perhaps outdated news articles. It was written without public input. The city commission discusses the brochure on Wednesday, and will adopt it on Thursday.

From Gun Truck to Healthcare: Ret. Gen. Mark Hertling, Former Commander of 90,000, Talks Leadership in Workplace

May 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Retired Army General Mark Hertling, a Palm Coast resident and a regular analyst on CNN, likes to speak in parables. (© FlaglerLive)

These days Mark Hertling lives in Palm Coast, teaches physicians and healthcare administrators how to lead, and talks geopolitics on CNN. When he has a moment, he appears before civic groups for a talk, as he did on a Saturday last month when he addressed the University Women of Flagler at the Hilton Garden Inn, as he will again on May 17 as the keynote speaker at Flagler Tiger Bay’s monthly lunch.

Gun Deaths Drive Biggest Spike in Child Mortality in 50 Years

May 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

After decades of steady improvement, the death rate of America’s children and teens shot up between 2019 and 2021 — and Covid-19 wasn’t the reason. Gun-related deaths represented the largest share of the increase — by far.

My Date With Jerry Springer

April 29, 2023 | Pierre Tristam | 5 Comments

Jerry Springer in his office during our interview in November 1998. (© FlaglerLive)

In November 1998 I was traveling the country on a year-long assignment and at that point working on a piece on American discourse. I’d chosen Illinois as a prism: the various grounds of the Lincoln Douglas debates at one end and the Chicago-based Jerry Springer Show at the other. Springer agreed to let me hang out with him half a day, interview him and attend his show, thankfully not as a guest.

Flagler Beach, With Unusually Limited Transparency, Is on a Schedule to Hire Next City Manager By Mid-July

April 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Interim Flagler Beach City Manager Mike Abels. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission is on course to hire its next city manager by mid-July, but through an accelerated timeline that involves the least public input or transparency of any recent executive searches for local governments. That’s unusual in Flagler Beach, whose commission over the past decade and a half–regardless of make-up–has prized transparency and deliberation, at times to painful extremes. It’s also about to change, the commission chairman says.

David Alfin Files Formal Request to Re-Name Community Center After Late Mayor Jon Netts

April 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Likely very soon to be the Jon Netts Community Center. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast Beautification Committee Thursday evening is expected to recommend renaming the Palm Coast Community Center after the late Jon Netts, a city founder and its longest-serving council member and mayor. The nomination was filed by Mayor David Alfin.

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