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Danko’s Abuse of Mayor and Attorney Almost Hijacks Interviews for Council Appointment, But Some Applicants Still Shine Through

September 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

It was a cattle call: the candidates waiting for their auditions before the Palm Coast City Council. They'd been made to sit and wait in the hallway. The snack room, the usual green room for applicants in previous rounds, was not available. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast City Council member Ed Danko grilled applicants for an appointed position on the council on their political and ideological leanings, asked they’d vote on a charter amendment, berated, ridiculed and all but insulted the city attorney for cautioning him about partisanship, blustered and bellowed about “freedom of speech” while disparaging mayor David Alfin. The meeting then settled into a more civilized interview process through which some of the applicants distinguished themselves.

Flagler Beach Prepares to Annex Veranda Bay, Adding 2,700 Housing Units and Doubling City’s Size by 2044

September 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

It's been growing: Veranda Bay, soon likely to be annexed by Flagler Beach. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission holds a special meeting Tuesday to consider the annexation of Veranda Bay, the 800-acre development on the two sides of John Anderson Highway that, when it is built out in 2044, would total 2,735 housing units and 5,100 residents–equal to the current city population–over half a million square feet of commercial space, and a new, walkable downtown. The city’s planning board unanimously recommended approval. Opposition has been limited.

Greg Blose’s Sudden Exit from Chamber Was Preceded by Bitter Letter to Board About ‘Toxic and Unethical Behavior’

September 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Greg Blose, left, at a public meeting last year during his tenure as the Chamber of Commerce's CEO. Michael Chiumento, the attorney and current chair of the chamber, is in the front row at right.

In a lengthy and detailed letter days before his sudden exit as leader of the Palm Coast-Flagler Regional Chamber of Commerce, Greg Blose described what he perceived as serious problems in the organization, including “toxic and unethical behavior” among the chamber leadership and an attempt to undermine him with his staff. Blose’s tenure ended this week after four years.

Kamala Harris? Don’t Bet on the Hype.

September 11, 2024 | Pierre Tristam | 83 Comments

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Kamala Harris followed a script Tuesday. It was a solid, made-for-TV script. It wasn’t a knock-out. Trump lost from own goals, which his flagellant faithful always forgive him. If you’re a Harris fan you probably shouldn’t raise your hopes even with that Swift endorsement. It’s not just the electoral college. It’s an electorate inebriated on phony nostalgia, desperate for a nonexistent fantasy that Trump can nevertheless sell like bibles and steaks.

Bronx House Pizza in Hammock Sees Valet Parking Lot as Solution to Overflow, Scenic A1A Sees Hazards

September 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Bronx House Pizza on State Road A1A in the Hammock, where parking has been an issue. The restaurant is proposing to have overflow parking on four lots to its south, past the billboard. (© FlaglerLive)

Almost since it opened several years ago, Bronx House Pizza in the Hammock has been the victim of its success: its popularity has grown in proportion to neighborhood parking headaches as rights-of-way became de-facto parking zones. On Tuesday, Bronx House Pizza goes before Flagler County’s Planning Board, seeking approval of an overflow parking lot it would build south of the restaurant, but not contiguous to it, on four lots totaling 20,000 square feet south of 17th Road. It’s facing opposition.

Fringe in Check, Palm Coast Approves More Expansive Budget with Slightly Lower Tax Rate, No Rollback

September 6, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Make that interim city manager: Lauren Johnston may have some reason t smile as she managed to shepherd her first budget through a fractured and combative city council very close to the one her administration sought. There will be no rollback. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast City Manager Lauren Johnston’s proposed budget and tax rate for the year starting Oct. 1 survived almost intact Thursday evening as the council, keeping its swaggering fringe in check, approved in a series of 3-1 votes a $61.2 million general fund budget with a $5.3 million increase and a slightly lower tax rate, but nowhere near the so-called rolled-back rate.

Fewer Problems at Bulow RV Park, But Evictions and Code Violations Loom as Deadline Approaches

September 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A travel trailer that had grown a house attachment was one of the examples of a site out of compliance with park and county rules at Bulow RV Park when the County Commission examined the issue in january. Most of the non-compliant sites are now compliant, but 13 remain out of compliance, with other issues concerning residents. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler County)

The conflict between residents of the Bulow RV Park off Old Kings Road is not as intense as it was last year. Numerous issues have been resolved. But some problems persist, with more than a dozen residents still out of compliance with county and park rules, and with water pressure and water cleanliness issues now coming to the fore. The county continues to attempt to mediate a solution, with limited success. In the assistant county attorney’s characterization, the matter can be “intractable.”

A 10-Year-Old Pointed a Finger Gun. He Was Kicked Out His School for a Year.

September 2, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Over the last couple of years, Tennessee and several other states [including Florida] have been making it easier for schools to suspend or expel students. But study after study has shown that harsh disciplinary practices such as mandatory expulsions are ineffective at reducing violence in schools. What’s more, research shows that such practices often lead to Black students and students with disabilities being disproportionately suspended and expelled, making them more likely to end up in the criminal justice system.

A Man’s Arrest Over a Mental Crisis Highlights Needs, Available Resources–and Perils to Law Enforcement

August 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

A 33-year-old Palm Coast man’s mental health breakdown and subsequent arrest on Thursday highlights the depth of needs for services for people in crisis, the perils law enforcement and health care providers–the first line of response–face when attempting to manage the crisis, as do families, and the help available to Flagler County individuals and families facing those situations.

Reilly Opelka, Grateful To Be Playing Again, Recounts Odyssey of Harrowing, Nearly Career-Ending Injuries

August 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Reilly Opelka in his opening round match at the US Open this week, which he lost. (USTA)

Though Reilly Opelka, the former Indian Trails Middle student who trained at the Palm Coast Tennis Center, lost his opening match at the US Open this week, he described in an interview with FlaglerLive how close he came to the end of his tennis career as a string of harrowing injuries sidelined him before unique surgeries helped him make his way back to the tour. He continues to be involved in Palm Coast’s tennis endeavors.

Flagler Humane Society Critics Urged to ‘Stop Accusations’ as County and City Seek Oversight and Expansion Plans

August 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

He was adopted: a cat at the Flagler Humane Society. (© FlaglerLive)

Officials at a joint meeting of the Flagler County Commission and the Palm Coast City Council on Wednesday agreed to place representation from either government on the board of the Flagler Humane Society, which has faced significant criticism from current and former volunteers. while the 20-year-old shelter on U.S. 1 is old, overcrowded and growing more so, and the society’s director says it’s been outgrown, the Humane Society has neither capital plan nor savings either to build larger shelter or move to one, though it would be prohibitively expensive to do so. Local officials want that plan.

It’s Official: Pam Richardson Takes Down Ed Danko, Ending Term of Bluster and Animosity

August 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 58 Comments

Pam Richardson late this morning, a short while before the official results were announced. (© FlaglerLive)

When it was all done, the result was unchanged from Tuesday, except for this: it’s now official. The often cheery, at times underestimated Pam Richardson has taken down the blustery and divisive Ed Danko, the one-term Palm Coast City Council member, in the most closely contested Flagler County Commission race in memory.

Ballot Review Doesn’t Change Outcome: Richardson Beats Danko, Stevens Holds 2-Vote Lead

August 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The Canvassing Board analyzing questionable ballots this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

With afternoon recounts still pending, this morning’s review of 46 provisional ballots and questionable mail-in ballots did not change the outcome of Tuesday’s election in the closest contests. Pam Richardson’s victory over Ed Danko for County Commission held. Ray Stevens’s two-vote lead held over Dana Stancel in a Palm Coast City Council race to determine who moves onto the runoff against Andrew Werner.

Dance Wins Re-Election, Richardson and Carney Win Commission, Ramirez and Ruddy Win School Board, Norris and Manfre in Runoff

August 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Andy Dance

Andy Dance won his second term on the Flagler County Commission, trouncing Fernando Melendez in the only clear runaway victory of the evening as the Supervisor of Elections announced early results of the primary. Lauren Ramirez and Janie Ruddy won school board seats, Pam Richardson beat Ed Danko for County Commission, while Mike Norris and Cornelia Manfre looked headed for a runoff, leaving David Alfin behind.

Big Shopping Mall Plans for Hunter’s Ridge Approved With Some Questions About Access and Landscaping

August 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The roundabout connecting to Airport Road near the area of the planned shopping center in Hunter's Ridge. (Google)

With pointed questions about the project’s sidewalks and green spaces, the Flagler County Commission on Monday unanimously approved a key step toward construction of the first large-scale shopping center in Hunter’s Ridge, the sprawling, so far largely residential development at the south end of the county and across the border into Ormond Beach. Primrose at Hunter’s Ridge is to be in the northwest corner of the intersection of Hunter’s Ridge and Airport Road.

Embattled Old Dixie Motel Submits Makeover as ‘Hotel Henry,’ But a Suspicious Flagler Planning Board Balks

August 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The latest rendering of the planned Henry Hotel in place of the Old Dixie motel.

For three years, the cryptic owners of the decrepit Old Dixie motel have been promising county officials that they’re getting ready to submit renovation plans and end the building’s history as an eyesore to nearby residents and a legal ordeal for the county. On Tuesday, the county’s Planning Board finally got to review that plan. But it couldn’t bring itself to approve it as board members fear the motel owners are “trying to pull the wool over eyes,” while the owners had yet to secure key steps for development.

Flagler County Readies to Adopt Tougher Rules to Protect Trees from Demolition on Development Sites

August 15, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

A stately oak on the property of the future Radiance development. The developer was never required to take account of mature trees or design the development in a way that protects the canopy. A proposed county ordinance would change that for future developments, but Radiance would not have to comply. (Andy Dance)

Flagler County government is belatedly moving toward adopting a tree ordinance that would significantly increase tree-protection measures, either by reducing the number of trees cut, by increasing replanting requirements, or by establishing a tree fund that will be a form of replacement bank developers may pay into, to compensate for the trees destroyed on a development site.

An Inside Look at the Army Corps’ Beach Renourishment Along Flagler County’s Shore as It Nears Completion

August 14, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

The beach renourishment project that started in Flagler Beach last month after almost 20 years of planning and waiting is nearing completion at remarkable speed, with operations moving to the area of the Flagler Beach pier and north of it starting in the middle of next week and windup expected this month. The project is little short of the recreation of earth. Here’s a detailed tour for those unable to make it to the project site.

In Major Leap for Public Art, Palm Coast Will Require Developers to Devote Portion of Project Costs to Art Fund

August 13, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

"The Butterfly Lady" by artist August Moreau was recently restored as part of the City's Public Art Maintenance program.

It’s taken 25 years, but Palm Coast appears ready to take the arts seriously. The City Council today agreed to a plan that will require developers to pay a small portion of their development costs into an arts fund that would be used to pay for public art installations. If such a fund was in place last year, it would have generated close to $1 million, city officials said.

Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos for a 2nd Trump Term

August 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 42 Comments

Alexei Woltornist, a former assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, encourages future appointees to bypass mainstream news outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post. Instead, they should focus on conservative media outlets because those are the only outlets conservative voters trust.

“Eradicate climate change references”; only talk to conservative media; don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover. In a series of never-before-published videos, Project 2025 details how a second Trump administration would operate.

Behind Flagler Tax Services Owner Newsholme’s $300,000 in Fraud: Mounting Debts and Ponzi-Like Scheme

August 9, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Robert Newsholme, the former owner of Flagler Tax Services, a three-year Flagler County Sheriff’s investigation found, had essentially been running what amounted to his own Ponzi scheme, taking money from clients who thought they were paying their IRS taxes, using that money to pay debts from lending companies, then borrowing more money from different lending companies to pay previous lending companies while putting off his clients who wanted their money back, plying them with promises and bad checks.

Loran Cole, Set to Be Killed by State, Cites Florida’s Complicity in ‘Horrific’ Dozier School Abuse in Appeal

August 7, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

African American boys with mules at the School for Boys in Marianna, Florida.

Loran Cole, a Death Row inmate who spent time at the notorious Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys and is the first prisoner scheduled to be executed this year in Florida is asking a judge to vacate his death sentence, arguing the state is “complicit in the horrific and tragic” abuse at the reform school that “contributed to his life choices.”

Mother of Tristin Murphy, Who Killed Himself with Chainsaw in Prison, Pleads with Judge on Brendan Depa’s Behalf

August 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Tristin Murphy after confrontation with prison guards, not long before he killed himself with a chainsaw, in a screen capture from a CBS Miami documentary on his death.

Cynthia Murphy, the mother of Tristin Murphy, a schizophrenic who used a chain saw to kill himself in prison, where he was serving a sentence for littering, pleads with the judge about to sentence Brendan Depa–the autistic student who beat his paraprofessional at Matanzas High School last year–not to believe Florida state prison officials’ claim that mental health treatment is adequate there for people like Depa.

Brendan Depa’s Sentencing Set to Conclude 3 Months After It Started: ‘I’m Going to Accept Whatever Happens’

August 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Brendan Depa in court on May 1. (© FlaglerLive)

Brendan Depa, now verging on his 19th birthday, returns to court Tuesday after a three-month hiatus to conclude his sentencing hearing on a charge of attacking Joan Naydich, the paraprofessional assigned to him as a student with special needs at Matanzas High School, in February 2023. The sentences Circuit Judge Terence Perkins will impose is unpredictable, other than that it will not be anywhere near the 30-year maximum.

New Beach Erodes in Flagler Beach as Tropical Storm Debby Batters Northern Path with Potentially Catastrophic Rains

August 5, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

The picture to the left was taken facing north, just north of the Flagler Beach pier, this morning, showing the erosion of an area that had not yet been renourished, though it was the site of an emergency dump of sands by the county last year. The picture to the right was taken facing south, at South 26th Street, which was renourished. (© Rick Belhumeur for FlaglerLive)

Impacts in Flagler County were expected to be more limited to winds in the 20 to 30 mph range for the rest of the day and some heavy rainfall, but the sea’s impact on Flagler County’s shore was already apparent as churns eroded significant portions of the newly renourished beach at the south end of Flagler Beach, while further eroding the redder, not-yet renourished sands north of the pier.

Ty Miller, Palm Coast City Council District 1 Candidate: The Live Interview

August 2, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Ty Miller. (© FlaglerLive)

Ty Miller is one of four candidates in the Aug. 20 primary election for Palm Coast City Council, District 1. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Shara Brodsky, Palm Coast City Council District 1 Candidate: The Live Interview

August 2, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Shara Brodsky is one of four candidates in the Aug. 20 primary election for Palm Coast City Council, District 1. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Flagler Beach Does Not Intend to Use New Juvenile Curfew as Punishment, But as Safety Measure, Police Chief Says

August 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler Beach Police Chief Matt Doughney, left, explaining the city's new juvenile curfew to the audience at Commissioner Scott Spradley's "Coffee with the Commissioner" event last Saturday. (© FlaglerLive)

Exercising a state law provision, Flagler Beach last month enacted a juvenile curfew, applicable from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. to most children under 16 in numerous circumstances, but Police Chief Matt Doughney said the curfew’s penalty has not been necessary, nor does the city intent to exercise it beyond educating those caught after hours, and keeping them safe.

Andrew Werner, Palm Coast City Council District 3 Candidate: The Live Interview

August 1, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Andrew Werner. (© FlaglerLive)

Andrew Werner is one of three candidates in the Aug. 20 primary election for Palm Coast City Council, District 3. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Flagler Schools Losing $10.8 Million to Pay for 1,250 Students to Attend Private, Religious or Home School

July 31, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 49 Comments

As it has almost every year for the past 30 years, the state, which sets the local school tax rate, has reduced that tax rate, limiting the local district's ability to compete for students. In addition, the state is now subsidizing private school education, in essence opening a two-front war on local districts: limited dollars, and more competition. (© FlaglerLive)

Three take-aways largely explain how the state is gradually emaciating traditional public education’s budget by lowering the tax rate, as it has almost every year since 1995, by diverting millions of dollars to subsidize families’ private, religious and homeschool education bills, and by causing an inevitable exodus of students from public school to privately subsidized education, but at public expense. 

Dana Mark Stancel, Palm Coast City Council District 3 Candidate: The Live Interview

July 31, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Dana Mark Stancel. (© FlaglerLive)

Dana Mark Stancel is one of three candidates in the Aug. 20 primary election for Palm Coast City Council, District 3.  All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Jeffrey Seib, Palm Coast City Council District 1 Candidate: The Live Interview

July 30, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Jeffrey Seib. (© FlaglerLive)

Jeffrey Seib is one of four candidates in the Aug. 20 primary election for Palm Coast City Council, District 1.  It’s an open seat. The candidates who qualified are Kathy Austrino, Shara Brodsky, Ty Miller and Seib. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Derek Barrs, Flagler County School Board Candidate District 3: The Live Interview

July 29, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Derek Barrs. (© FlaglerLive)

Derek Barrs is one of four candidates in two races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 20 primary, facing Janie Ruddy  in District 3. School board elections are non-partisan races: all registered voters in Flagler County are eligible to cast a ballot in the two races–whether registered Democratic, Republican, Independent or from a minor party.

Project 2025 is a Bad Bet for Florida’s Future

July 27, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 57 Comments

The repeat the county and Flagler Beach are trying to avoid: A1A south of the pier after Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. (© FlaglerLive)

Project 2025 is a blueprint for Trump’s next term. It is full of recommendations for clamping down on abortion, banning pornography, abolishing the Homeland Security and Education departments, killing the Head Start program for kids, and putting the entire executive branch, including the Department of Justice, under direct control of the president — no civil service protection.

Ray Stevens, Palm Coast City Council District 3 Candidate: The Live Interview

July 26, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Ray Stevens. (© FlaglerLive)

Ray Stevens is one of three candidates in the Aug. 20 primary election for Palm Coast City Council, District 3.  It’s an open seat, as Council member Nick Klufas is term-limited. He is running for a County Commission seat. The candidates who qualified are Dana Mark Stancel, Stevens and Andrew Warner. All registered voters in Palm Coast regardless of party or non-party affiliation may cast a ballot in this City Council race.

Flagler Beach Gets $745,000 TDC Grant for Boardwalk Rebuild That May Never Happen, Besting County and Palm Coast

July 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

It's not Atlantic City, but Flagler Beach's boardwalk is among the more popular gathering spots in the city. (© FlaglerLive)

After three bracing presentations by three local governments but tortuous debate by Flagler County’s Tourist Development Council members, the council on Wednesday approved a $745,000 grant for Flagler Beach to rebuild its boardwalk near the pier even though the city has none of the remaining $3 million to build it. Palm Coast and Flagler County were at the losing end of the three-way pitch for the sizeable grant, which the tourism board offers only every two years.

Kathy Austrino, Palm Coast City Council District 1 Candidate: The Live Interview

July 25, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Kathy Austrino. (© FlaglerLive)

Kathy Austrino is one of four candidates in the Aug. 20 primary election for Palm Coast City Council, District 1. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Council Votes 7-2 to Deplete Tourism Fund’s $11 Million Reserves and Build Flagler Visitor Center on SR 100

July 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

The Flagler County Visitor and Eco Discovery Center as rendered in a video for the county and shown to the Tourist Development Council this morning. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast and the Flagler Beaches)

It was as audacious a plan as any that Flagler County Tourism Director Amy Lukasik presented to the Tourist Development Council this morning: take out $10.3 million out of two tourism funds’ reserves, reducing those reserves to $1.2 million, and appropriate the money for construction of the Flagler County Visitor and Eco Discovery Center on State Road 100, near the metallurgic foot bridge. The council went for it, voting 7-2 to recommend moving forward with Lukasik’s plan.

Flagler School District Yet Again Stuck at a B for 3rd Straight Year, But All Schools are at A or B

July 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Mediocrity wins again. Notably, Sally Hunt, center, has been a no-show at recent meetings. (© FlaglerLive)

A third of Florida’s school districts scored an A in the 2023-24 school year. The Flagler County school district was not among them. For the third year in a row, and for the 10th of the last 11th grading years, the district remains stuck at a B, one of 26 districts in that pack. Seventeen districts scored a C. None scored lower. Two districts were not graded. The Florida Department of Education released the grades today.

Janie Ruddy, Flagler County School Board Candidate District 3: The Live Interview Template

July 24, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Janie Ruddy. (© FlaglerLive)

Janie Ruddy is one of four candidates in two races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 20 primary, facing Derek Barrs in District 3. The District 3 and District 5 seats are both open as incumbents Colleen Conklin and Cheryl Massaro have opted not to run again. School board elections are non-partisan races: all registered voters in Flagler County are eligible to cast a ballot in the two races–whether registered Democratic, Republican, Independent or from a minor party.

Vincent Sullivan, Flagler County School Board Candidate District 5: The Live Interview Template

July 23, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Vincent Sullivan. (© FlaglerLive)

Vincent Sullivan is one of four candidates in two races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 20 primary, facing Lauren Ramirez  in District 5. School board elections are non-partisan races: all registered voters in Flagler County are eligible to cast a ballot in the two races–whether registered Democratic, Republican, Independent or from a minor party.

Lauren Ramirez, Flagler County School Board Candidate District 5: The Live Interview

July 22, 2024 | Cheryl Tristam | 2 Comments

Lauren Ramirez. (© FlaglerLive)

Lauren Ramirez is one of four candidates in two races for Flagler County School Board in the Aug. 20 primary, facing Vincent Sullivan in District 5. School board elections are non-partisan races: all registered voters in Flagler County are eligible to cast a ballot in the two races–whether registered Democratic, Republican, Independent or from a minor party.

To Neutralize Write-In Fraud, Switch to Republican: An Open Letter to My Flagler County Neighbors

July 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

Don't let the write-ins cheat you of your vote. (© FlaglerLive)

Jake Scully, a lifelong Democrat until this summer, says the only way to get around the fraud of two-write-in candidates closing two County Commission races to almost 50,000 voters is to switch to Republican before the July 22 deadline.

Police Investigating ‘Suspicious’ and Violent Death of Sally J. Byrd, 66, in Flagler Beach

July 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Sally Byrd had been living at Pebble Beach Village. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach Police are investigating the “suspicious” death Thursday morning of “Sally J. Byrd, 66, a resident of Pebble Beach Village at the south end of Flagler Beach. A man is in custody in Georgia in connection with the case, after stealing the woman’s car and fleeing the area. 

Pam Richardson, Flagler County Commission District 5 Candidate: The Live Interview

July 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Pam Richardson. (© FlaglerLive)

Pam Richardson is one of two Republican candidates for Flagler County Commission, District 5, in the Aug. 20 primary. It’s an open seat as Commissioner Donald O’Brien has elected not to run for a third term. Richardson faces Ed Danko, currently serving as a Palm Coast City Council member. Only registered Republicans may cast a ballot in the election.

Ed Danko, Flagler County Commission Candidate District 5: The Live Interview

July 19, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Ed Danko is one of two Republican candidates for Flagler County Commission, District 5, in the Aug. 20 primary. It’s an open seat as Commissioner Donald O’Brien has elected not to run for a third term. Danko, a one-term Palm Coast City Council member, faces Pam Richardson.

Bill Clark, Flagler County Commission Candidate District 3: The Live Interview

July 18, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Bill Clark.

Bill Clark is a Republican candidate for Flagler County Commission, District 3, in an open-seat election, as Dave Sullivan has opted not to run again. Clark faces Republicans Kim Carney and Nick Klufas in the Aug. 20 primary.

Kim Carney, Flagler County Commission Candidate District 3: The Live Interview

July 17, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Kim Carney. (© FlaglerLive)

Kim Carney is a Republican candidate for Flagler County Commission, District 3, in an open-seat election, as Dave Sullivan has opted not to run again. Carney faces Republicans Bill Clark and Nick Klufas in the Aug. 20 primary.

‘I Don’t Want to Wrestle With Pigs’: Palm Coast Rejects Danko Push to Lock City Into $2.3 Million Budget Cut

July 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

"I don't want to wrestle with pigs because at some point, you realize that the pigs like to wrestle in the mud and everybody gets dirty when we do it," Palm Coast City Council member Nick Klufas said in a veiled reference to fellow-Council member Ed Danko's continued attempts to propose a tax rate the rest of the council did not want. Both are contending for separate County Commission seats in the Aug. 20 primary. (© FlaglerLive)

Overcoming what Council member Nick Klufas called fellow Councilman Ed Danko’s “pontification,” the Palm Coast City Council today rebuffed an attempt by Danko to remove $2.3 million from the city’s proposed budget and adopted instead a slightly reduced tax rate for next year while preserving funding for the addition of nine new sheriff’s deputies and three new firefighter-paramedics.

Nick Klufas, Flagler County Commission District 3 Candidate: The Live Interview

July 16, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Nick Klufas. (© FlaglerLive)

Nick Klufas is a Republican candidate for Flagler County Commission, District 3. The two-term Palm Coast City Council member, who is term-limited, faces Kim Carney and Bill Clark, both Republicans, in the Aug. 20 primary. Because a write-in candidate has filed expressly to close the election to non-Republicans, only registered Republicans may cast a ballot in this race.

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