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Palm Coast Approves a Manager Search Vulnerable to Councilmen’s Free-Wheeling Outside Formal Process

September 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The search for a replacement. The chair is currently filled by Interim City Manager Denise Bevan. (© FlaglerLive)

What screening of applicants for Palm Coast City Manager will take place in the formal process may be undermined by individual council members’ decisions to circumvent it to champion their own choices regardless, whether those candidates match minimum requirements or not. 

City Rep Theatre’s 11th Season of Leviathans: Martin Luther King, Billie Holiday, Godot and that Reign of Terror

September 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

City Repertory’s John Sbordone, a man for all seasons and stages. (Mike Kitaif)

Covid permitting, the 11th season of Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre proposes its most ambitious line-up yet, with Martin Luther King Jr., Billie Holiday, a vengeful dead wife, a blind woman battling murderous intruders in her home, and a rebel fighting the tyranny of pay toilets in a dystopian world all gracing City Rep’s stage.

After A Fraud: A Tax Accountant Explains What To Do If You’re a Victim of an Unscrupulous Tax Preparer

September 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The sign in the window may not be the whole story. (© FlaglerLive)

Chris Kocher, a licensed CPA since 2003 and a long-time tax accountant in Bunnell, explains how to handle the fallout from revelations that numerous clients of Robert “Bob” Newsholme’s Flagler Tax Services may have been defrauded.

A Survivor Tree Grows in Palm Coast: 9/11 Ceremony at Heroes Park Dedicates Sapling From Ground Zero

September 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

A sapling from the Survivor Tree at Ground Zero, now in Palm Coast's Heroes Park. It was dedicated during a 9/11 ceremony Saturday. (© FlaglerLive)

Saturday evening in Palm Coast, in a 9/11 memorial ceremony organized by Patrick Juliano and the Palm Coast Fire Department, a sapling from the Survivor Tree was dedicated at Heroes Park.

How Another President’s Vaccine Rollout Eradicated a Deadly Disease, Without Ideological Animosity

September 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

President Dwight Eisenhower with Florida Governor LeRoy Collins in 1955, the year of the polio vaccine rollout and Eisenhower's decision to put the full force of the federal government behind it. (Florida Memory)

On May 31, 1955, just weeks after the Salk polio vaccine was proved effective against the deadly and paralyzing disease, President Eisenhower outlined the benefits of universal vaccination and hinted he would use the full powers of the government to ensure inoculations. But cooperation from federal, state and local governments made that unnecessary. Polio was eradicated within a few years.

Black Lives Matter: Where We Stand

September 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Black Lives Matter has been called the largest civil movement in U.S. history. Lately, the movement and its leading organizations have become more traditional and hierarchical in structure. Two scholars of worldwide African communities and cultures – Kwasi Konadu and Bright Gyamfi – discuss BLM as both a movement and an organization.

Number of Potential Victims Up to 57 in Bob Newsholme Tax Fraud Case as Slew of Schemes Involving Big Sums Emerge

September 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Flagler Tax Services' storefront office at the Bunnell Business Center near the Chicken Pantry. Robert Newsholme owns the whole center. (© FlaglerLive)

Innumerable reports by his clients pointing to hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraud paint a picture of Bob Newsholme, the long-time owner of Flagler Tax Services, as a versatile but clumsy schemer. Newsholme seemed to have boxed himself in in a Ponzi scheme of his own making, hoping to stay ahead of the inevitable reckoning by enlarging his circle of fraud. But as it began to unravel, it unraveled very quickly. But his clients are now left to pick up the pieces–and pay what they owe to the IRS.

Set in Tallahassee, Flagler School Tax Rate Declines for 7th Year in a Row, and to Another Historic Low

September 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The local school district's tax rate is set by lawmakers in Tallahassee. It has declined almost every year for two and a half decades. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board on Sept. 7 adopted its property tax rate and $212 million budget for 2021-22. The tax rate, set by lawmakers in Tallahassee, continues a two-and-a-half decade downward trend, to $5.865 per $1,000 in taxable value, down from $6 last year.

Sharp Drop in Covid Cases at Schools, Hospital and Community, But Flagler Deaths Have Nearly Doubled to 201 in 4th Wave

September 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Vaccinations are still lagging in Flagler. (© FlaglerLive)

The fourth and gravest wave of the Covid pandemic has crested in Flagler County, with case loads in schools, at the hospital and in the community falling sharply, but at a heavy price: deaths from Covid-19 in Flagler have reached 201, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The county has coordinated a video PSA to push vaccinations, with the cooperation of every local government.

Palm Coast Policing Budget Will Jump 42% with 10 New Deputies, Tax Rate Will Dip a Smidge, but at Reserves’ Expense

September 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff's Office's Mark Strobridge had reasons to smile--10 reasons--as he walked away from the podium after answering questions from Palm Coast City Council members this evening. The council, with some disagreement, had granted the 10 additional deputies Sheriff Rick Staly requested. The council had a harder time settling on a property tax rate. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council Thursday evening ended weeks of wrangling over its budget and tax rate and voted 3-2 to approve awarding the sheriff all 10 requested additional deputies and reduce the tax rate enough to save the average homesteaded homeowner about $11, while using $530,000 from city reserves to make the numbers work.

Next Assault on Affordable Care Act: Preventive Care

September 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The preventive health provision of the ACA has resulted in significant reductions in patient costs for many essential and popular services. But a court case is targeting preventing care, and appears headed for the Supreme Court.

Tattoos’ Long and August History of Meanings

September 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Tattoos have a history as old as ancient Egypt and Greece, enriched through the ages by way of Native Americans, and given deep meaning more recently as expressions against oppression, racism and colonialism even as they’ve endured as signs of beauty and identity.

How Election Deniers Are Organizing at Local Levels to Seize Control of the GOP and Reshape America’s Elections

September 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

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The stolen election myth is inspiring thousands of Trump supporters to take over the Republican Party at the local level, from city councils to school boards to county commissions, as fact-denying extremists and militants exert mounting partisan influence on how elections are run.

Buried Power Lines Aren’t Fail-Safe

September 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Underground lines are susceptible to damage from water incursion driven by storm surges or flooding. So, choosing the location of power lines means choosing which threat is more manageable. And the public ultimately pays for maintaining the power grid, either via their electric bills or through taxes.

‘Our Darkest Hour’: Flagler County Sheriff Eulogizes Deputy Paul ‘Looch’ Luciano, ‘Invisible Hero’ Felled by Pandemic

September 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Deputy Paul Luciano's coffin as pallbearers approached First Baptist Church in Bunnell for this morning's service. (© FlaglerLive via FCSO video)

“This is a tough day for all of us. And, we begin this service doing the same thing we have been doing for the last 7 days, wondering why Paul lost his life serving and protecting our community.  We may never know that answer,” Sheriff Rick Staly said today in his eulogy of Corrections Deputy Paul Luciano, the jail’s first line-of-duty death in the department’s history.

Experienced Opelka Powers His Way Into 3rd Round of U.S. Open for First Time

September 2, 2021 | Michael Lewis | 2 Comments

Reilly Opelka during his second-round win today in Flushing Meadows. (© FlaglerLive)

Thursday afternoon, on a picture-perfect afternoon in New York that followed a once-in-a-generation amount of flooding and disarray in this city, Opelka was the wiser, savvier player, schooling 19-year-old Lorenzo Musetti of Italy, 7-6 (1), 7-5, 6-4, to advance to the third round for the first time.

When Human Life Begins Is a Question of Politics, Not Biology

September 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Understanding what it is to be human requires a lot more than biology. And scientists can’t establish when a fertilized cell or embryo or fetus becomes a human being. Flawed surveys and political declarations can’t change the fact.

Flagler Schools Have 3rd Highest Covid Infection Rate Among 38 Florida Districts Reporting Figures; Masked Districts Fare Better

September 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The Flagler County School Board when it last considered a mask mandate, on Aug. 17, after the chamber was cleared when members of the public were deemed to have broken the board's decorum rules. No decision meeting is scheduled until the third week of September unless the board holds an emergency meeting (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County school district has the third-highest rate of Covid infections among students and staff out of 38 Florida school districts that are reporting their Covid numbers since the resumption of the school year less than four weeks ago, a FlaglerLive analysis finds. There is still no “appetite” for changing course and adopting a mask mandate, according to the school board member who tried enacting one two weeks ago, though data points to a direct correlation between masks and lower infection rates in Florida districts.

How Warm Gulf Patch Quickly Turned Hurricane Ida Into a Monster Storm

August 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Loop Current runs from the tropics through the Caribbean and into the Gulf of Mexico, then joins the Gulf Stream moving up the East Coast. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.)

As Hurricane Ida headed into the Gulf of Mexico, a team of scientists was closely watching a giant, slowly swirling pool of warm water directly ahead in its path. That warm pool, an eddy, was a warning sign.

Covid Hospitalizations in Flagler Crest, But Schools See 173 Infections in 3 Days and County Adds 10 Deaths

August 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Covid testing at the Flagler County Health Department on Friday. That day, the county recorded 107 positive confirmations. (Health Department)

Admissions at AdventHealth Palm Coast hospitals in central Florida, which had reached record levels in the fourth Covid wave, crested seven days ago, and have been falling each day since–slightly, but visibly. Covid deaths in Flagler and school district infections are another matter.

Armed with Towering Expectations, Opelka Cruises to First-Round U.S. Open Win

August 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Reilly Opelka, cruising today at the U.S. Open. (© FlaglerLive)

Tuesday on Court 17 of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center Opelka did what veteran high seeds are supposed to do: Take out a tricky opponent in straight sets, saving your body and energy for future rounds. Struggling in the opening set, Opelka used his skills and experience to turn back Soonwoo Kwon of South Korea, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-4.

Is It a Crime to Forge a Vaccine Card?

August 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

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When people are caught knowingly buying, selling or using false cards, the proof of guilt will often be clear. The real question is about the appropriate punishment. The law gives prosecutors and judges huge discretion on how to charge and sentence offenders.

Hey, GOP: There’s a Museum Up in Montgomery Y’All Really Ought to See

August 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

You walk out of the fierce summer sun into a shadowy forest of rectangular steel columns, row upon row of them, six or seven feet tall, covered in rust the color of dried blood. (© Pierre Tristam/FlaglerLive)

Diane Roberts reports from the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., a silent but devastating testimony to how Americans terrorized and murdered other Americans for wanting to live as full citizens of this country. The Equal Justice Initiative is here to remind us that Jim Crow isn’t gone. Our history still warps our present.

Who Wants to Be Ron DeSantis’s Surgeon General? No Easy Answers.

August 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Scott Rivkees is resigning as surgeon general. (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

Scott Rivkees announced he will leave his post as surgeon general and secretary of the Florida Department of Health next month. But the move comes amid a surge of COVID-19 cases and deaths. Combine that with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ antagonism to federal health authorities and mask mandates, and it might make it difficult to find a replacement.

The Supreme Court Ended the Eviction Ban. Now What? 4 Questions Answered.

August 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Rent due. (© FlaglerLive)

The Supreme Court on Aug. 26, 2021, ended the Biden administration’s ban on evictions, putting millions at risk of losing their homes. Legal scholar Katy Ramsey Mason explains what the ruling means, who will be affected and what happens next.

Judge Rules DeSantis Had No Authority to Ban School Mask Mandates or Punish School Boards That Adopt Masking

August 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

The judge issued his ruling in a zoom hearing today. (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

Judge John Cooper of the 2nd Judicial Circuit Court of Florida ruled today that Gov. Ron DeSantis had no legal authority under the recently-enacted Parental Bill of Rights to prohibit local school boards from adopting mask mandates that did not include opt-out provisions. The judge found DeSantis’s order “capricious” and not based in evidence, but rather based on an incomplete reading of the Bill of Rights.

ISIS-K, the Taliban’s Rival Group Behind the Kabul Airport Attack

August 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Airmen prepare to load qualified evacuees aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul last week. (Taylor Krul/DOD)

ISIS-K sees the Afghan Taliban as its strategic rivals. It brands the Afghan Taliban as “filthy nationalists” with ambitions only to form a government confined to the boundaries of Afghanistan. This contradicts the Islamic State movement’s goal of establishing a global caliphate.

Clues to Misinformation Behind Public’s and Right-Wing Media’s Misuses of Vaccine Database

August 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Unverified reports of vaccine side effects in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or VAERS, aren’t the smoking guns portrayed by right-wing media outlets, but they can offer insight into vaccine hesitancy and misinformation.

Florida House Rep. Sabatini Threatens Flagler School Board of Legal Action in Letter Laced in Fabrications Over Covid Rules

August 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

His colleagues know to be masked. (Florida House)

Florida House Rep. Anthony Sabatini wrote a letter to Flagler Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt and the school board today falsely claiming Indian Trails Middle School students are “being deprived of their right to a public school education,” and building on fabrications about the illegal quarantining of a child at Indian Trails Middle School that began pinballing around local social media pages last week.

Behind the Feds’ Tesla Investigation, and the Future of Self-Driving Cars

August 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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The probe covers 765,000 Tesla cars – that’s virtually every car the company has made in the last seven years. The investigation will put pressure on Tesla to reevaluate the technologies the company uses in Autopilot and could influence the future of driver-assistance systems and autonomous vehicles.

An FPC Student’s Perspective: Time to Rethink Inequitable and Irrational Dress Code in Flagler Schools

August 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

Clashing consistency: Students in Flagler schools are urging the school board to revise the district's dress code. (© FlaglerLive)

The district’s dress code is irrational, outdated, unfair and sexist. It limits individual expression, and it’s an utter waste of time, argues Jack Petocz, a junior at Flagler Palm Coast High School who calls on the school board to listen to students’ concerns and revise the code.

Ashura Explained: the Shiite Muslim Holiday that Inspires Millions

August 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

ashura Like Mel Gibson in the Passion of the Christ, but for Shiite Muslims. (Hassan Reza)

Ashura is marked by Shiite Muslims around the world. The modern-day impact of the Islamic pilgrimage has changed over the centuries. What was once a commemoration of martyrdom today inspires much more, including social justice work around the globe.

School or ‘Russian Roulette’? Amid Delta Variant and Lax Mask Rules, Some Parents See No Difference

August 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends “universal indoor masking” in schools regardless of vaccination status, schools across the country are not embracing mask requirements, including for students under 12 who aren’t yet eligible for protective vaccines.

Covid Deaths in Flagler Reach 140, an Increase of 26 in 3 Weeks; 90 Hospitalized in Palm Coast, ‘All ICUs at Capacity’

August 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Mask stations like this one, along with mask and vaccine messaging, have sprouted in local government buildings in a reflection of a more concerted recent effort to encourage residents to mask and take precautions against the spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus. (© FlaglerLive)

Local infections and hospitalizations for covid continue to break records. Data is emerging that points to vaccines losing their efficacy over time, underscoring the push for booster shots in a significant shift from earlier guidance. The reason: the delta variant of the coronavirus, far more infectiously virulent, has radically changed the landscape, making so-called “breakthrough” infections of the vaccinated more common than originally thought and forcing public health agencies to adjust.

Flagler Beach Fire Department Again Requests $546,000 Pierce Truck, and Again Embers of Opposition Flare

August 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The Flagler Beach Fire Department is requesting the purchase of a Pierce Enforcer firetruck like the one pictured above. (Pierce)

The Flagler Beach Fire Department is requesting approval of a $546,000 fire truck to replace its 25-year-old Engine 111. The commission is receptive. But as in 2016 and again in 2020, when fire-truck purchases were floated, the proposal is drawing some opposition, some of it intimating (again) that the city should consider consolidation with county fire services.

In ‘Huge Deal,’ Flagler School Board Votes to Double Impact Fees on New Construction, 1st Increase in 16 Years

August 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

A few of those new homes will actually house students. (© FlaglerLive)

The school board in a series of unanimous votes Tuesday approved a doubling in school impact fees, the one-time levy imposed on new construction and designed to defray the cost of new schools required by a growing population. The “huge deal,” in the words of Board Attorney Kristy Gavin, will increase the single-family home impact fee from $3,600 to $7,175.

Afghanistan and American Hubris

August 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Air Force pararescuemen and combat rescue officers conduct a high-altitude, high-opening military free-fall jump at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 4, 2018. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brook

In Afghanistan, American hubris–the United States’ capacity for self-delusion and official lying – has struck once again, as it has repeatedly for the last 60 years. This weakness-masquerading-as-strength has repeatedly led the country into failed foreign interventions.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, August 17, 2021

August 17, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Nation Building by Kevin Siers, The Charlotte Observer, NC

The Palm Coast City Council votes on land use changes and hears about a new partnership for teen programs at the Community Center. The School Board talks legislative priorities and impact fees. A couple of words from Bernard Rustin.

Social Justice Begins With Honest History

August 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Outside the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, a set of sculptures at Kelly Ingram Park recreate the violence of Public Safety Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor's attacks on civil rights protesters. (© Pierre Tristam/FlaglerLive)

As 28 states consider or enact legislation to limit the teaching of this painful history, this is in fact a moment to dig more deeply into our nation’s past. Doing so can uncover the roots of our current challenges – from what children learn in school to how Americans are treated as they drive a car – and help us chart a better path forward.

The Forever Failures

August 16, 2021 | Pierre Tristam | 23 Comments

An airman guards a C-130J Super Hercules during cargo loading and unloading operations in Afghanistan, 2019. (Air Force Staff Sgt. Keifer Bowes)

President Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is welcome news, in one sense. Our part of the war will finally be over. But it’s 20 years too late. And his claim that we achieved our goals is absurd. Al-Qaeda and the Taliban won. We lost another war where we did not belong.

21 Flagler Residents Have Died of Covid in Last 2 Weeks, 1,600 Deaths in Florida, But State Is Masking the Figures

August 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

Flagler County set yet another record in confirmed infections last week, at just shy of 700, for a total of 2,000 infections in the last three weeks--more infections in that span than in the first 10 months of the pandemic last year. click on the graph for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler’s death count was released only after a public record request. The state Health Department is masking death counts for the state as a whole, just as it has been fudging vaccination figures to make them seem higher than they are, just as it has eliminated daily reports of case counts, whether for the state or the counties, in an apparent effort to downplay the intensity of the crisis.

Afghanistan Was Always a Losing Battle

August 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

It didn't work for the Soviets. It wasn;t going to work for the Americans. A mission over Afghanistan in 2018. (Department of Defense)

Over the past 20 years, the US has poured trillions of dollars into Afghanistan to oust the Taliban, an effort that was clearly unsuccessful. But a look at the country’s strategic geographic location and the politics of the region (including support for the Taliban) tells us that this outcome was inevitable.

Opelka Battles Hard but Falls to Medvedev in National Bank Open Final

August 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A few games short: Reilly Opelka lost in straight set in today's final against the world's No. 2 player. (© Gyles Dias/ATP)

The ex-Palm Coast resident came up short in the championship match of the National Bank Open in Toronto Sunday. Competing in a Masters 1000 level tournament final for the first time, Opelka was bested by World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev, 6-4, 6-3.

Fact-Check: DeSantis’s Executive Order Claim that Masking in Schools Lacks Scientific Support Is False

August 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

The governor is wrong on masks. (© FlaglerLive and PolitiFacts)

DeSantis’ July 30 executive order falsely claimed that “forcing students to wear masks lacks a well-grounded scientific justification” and cherry-picked a study that offers little basis for his position and includes a variety of elements that are not accurate.

Reilly Opelka Scores the Biggest Win of His Career, Beating World No. 3 Tsitsipas to Reach Toronto Final

August 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Reilly Opelka today on his way to the Toronto final with the biggest win of his career. (Gyles Dias/ATP Tour)

The 7-footer Reilly Opelka, whose name will soon adorn the Palm Coast Tennis Center to mark his past and future ties with the city, catapults up to a career high ranking of No. 23, into his first Masters 1000 final. He’ll play either his good friend and fellow American John Isner or World No.2 Daniil Medvedev in the finals on Sunday.

Why We Must Fund Public Safety: The Sheriff’s Office’s Response

August 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly, left, and Chief of Staff Mark Strobridge. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Sheriff Chief of Staff Mark Strobridge responds to Thursday’s “Overfunding Police” column, citing misinterpretations of a UNF study on which the sheriff is basing a request for 25 additional deputies from Palm Coast and Flagler County.

AdventHealth Physician Sounds Alert to Increase of Children in Hospital for Covid, Renewing Call for School Masks

August 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The last week's total include six of the seven days' reporting, and reflect 584 confirmed cases and an estimated 100 additional cases based on the seven-day average. (© FlaglerLive)

AdventHealth Palm Coast had 82 patients admitted with covid, while the AdventHealth Central Florida division was reporting 12 children admitted as evidence continues to pile up: vaccines are an overwhelming buffer against hospitalizations, and masks are an effective buffer against infections, including in schools.

Palm Coast and Flagler at Risk of Overfunding Police

August 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Policing in Flagler has never been at risk of "defunding," nor have relations between police and the community lacked for cohesion and respect. (© FlaglerLive)

Policing in Flagler has never been at risk of “defunding,” nor have relations between police and the community lacked for cohesion and respect. But Sheriff Staly’s request for 25 additional deputies from Palm Coast and the county overplay a hand, while both governments are teetering on going along with what would be overfunding police, at the expense of other needs.

Man Who Killed Flagler Sheriff’s Deputy Chuck Sease in 2003 Wants Clemency, Half-Way of 35-Year Prison Sentence

August 11, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Deputy Charles Sease's name is one of five law enforcement officers' names engraved on the Flagler County Sheriff's memorial to the fallen, and the last officer to die from a hostile act in Flagler, in 2003. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly and State Attorney R.J. Larizza have written the state clemency board stern letters opposing any commutation of sentence for Bruce Grove, the now-46-year-old former Palm Coast resident serving 35 years in prison for the killing of Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy Charles “Chuck” Sease in 2003 as Grove was eluding other deputies in a chase.

Flagler Gets the Message as Vaccines Quadruple in 4 Weeks, and Councilman Barbosa Declares Himself a Convert

August 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Flagler County residents have been getting the message: the red bars show the number of weekly covid-positive cases recorded, the green bars show the number of vaccine shots administered--numbers that had been steadily declining until mid-July. (© FlaglerLive)

As vaccine shots have quadrupled in Flagler in comparison with four weeks ago and covid hospitalizations have continued to rise, Palm Coast City Council member Victor Barbosa, just back from being hospitalized for covid, is now urging to get the vaccine he had previously resisted.

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