Daily Briefing

The Flagler County firefighters’ union and Flagler County government’s management team are in collective bargaining negotiations, Sartre’s “No Exit” at Stetson’s Second Stage Theatre, notes on war reporting for cowards.

The Palm Coast City Council meets in special session this evening at City Hall to review the applications for city manager. The council members are expected to bring their own short lists of up to five candidates each.

The Flagler County School Board has a pair of meetings where the matter of book-banning is certain to be discussed, with a 5 p.m. protest of book-banning outside the Government Services Building in Bunnell. It’s also Food Truck Tuesday.

The Flagler County Commission this evening may decide that the face of the county should be a bigot as it elects a new chairman of the commission, with Joe Mullins in line for the title unless his colleagues think better of it. The funeral for Bunnell Police Department Sgt. Dominic Guida is at noon.

Maya Angelou’s critical race theory, Woodwinds and brass ensembles in two concerts at Stetson, Tommy Tant Surf Classic concludes, music revues at City Repertory Theatre and Flagler Playhouse have their final runs.

A few words about Flagler’s book-burners, the 20th Annual Tommy Tant Memorial Surf Classic takes to the waves near the Flagler Beach Pier, and City Repertory Theatre and the Flagler Playhouse each have a musical revue on stage.

The Tommy Tant Surf Classic kicks off, City Repertory Theatre’s All Together Now, a brand new musical revue, And the World Goes ‘Round, the music Revue at Flagler Playhouse.

Schools, government offices, police departments and courts are closed today in observance of Veterans Day. Commemorations are scheduled at 10 a.m. at the county, 11:30 a.m. in Palm Coast and 1 p.m. in veterans Park in Flagler Beach.

White Table Ceremony honoring soldiers missing in action in all wars, at the county library, competitive fencing, Community Night at Flagler Playhouse, Big Pharma’s big friends, a few lines from Jason Brown’s “A Faithful but Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed.”

The Palm Coast City Council does redistricting, the County Planning Board considers rezoning land near the airport on SR100 to industrial, LBJ’s spankings, and modern music at Stetson University.

The Bunnell City Commission is expected to set a closing date for the purchase of a 3-acre, $228,000 parcel where it’ll build its permanent city hall and police station. Socrates’ bad angel. Critical Race Theory opportunism.

The Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras are in concert at Jacoby Hall, featuring a couple of Flagler’s own, how Alden Global Capital is gutting newspapers, And the World Goes ‘Round, the musical review at Flagler Playhouse.

The latest on the storm, with some flooding expected today, The Palm Coast Arts Foundation’s First Saturday Creative Bazaar Arts & Crafts Market is cancelled, Thomas Wolfe’s “Man in Full.”

Three to 6 inches of rain expected over the next 24 hours. Jonathan Lord discusses the nor’easter on Free For All Fridays, And the World Goes ‘Round Music Review at Flagler Playhouse, Willa Cather’s “Uncle Valentine.”

Joshua Carver, the 36-year-old Palatka man whom a jury found guilty of hit-and-run in the death of Jonathan Rogers, is sentenced, the Flagler Playhouse launches its “And the World Goes ‘Round” review, and a few kind words about Nero, Caligula and Domitian.

The Palm Coast Code Enforcement Board meets, Stetson’s Great Pianists series features pianist Kemal Gekic, Willa Cather on overdevelopment in the old countryside.

The Flagler County Commission holds the second required workshop and special meeting in the school board’s attempt to double its impact fees ahead of projected growth, a step the commission had resisted when the matter was first debated at a previous workshop.

Final day for City Repertory Theatre’s production of “Urinetown,” final day for UF’s survey on disposable plastic bags, and David Means’s curiously absorbing “The Depletion Prompts,” plus a few thoughts from David Shipler and our rights.

Happy Birthday, Robert Caro, another performance of CRT’s Urinetown, Conrad Aiken’s “Three Star Final,” and the only way to understand Donald Trump’s letter to the Wall Street Journal.

The Deviaun Antriel Toler trial on child abuse charges is in its fifth day, City Repertory Theatre’s production of “Urinetown” enters its final weekend, Paul Krugman on the GOP’s cowards.

The Flagler Beach City Commission meets, Louis Menand on the Invention of George Orwell, the Keith Johansen and Deviaun Toler trials enter their fourth day, and Palm Coast’s beautification committee meets.

Katherine Ann Porter’s “The Cracked Looking-Glass,” the trials of Keith Johansen Deviaun Toler enter their mid phase.

Opening arguments in both the Keith Johansen and Deviaun Toler trials at 9 a.m., Flagler Beach’s July 4 committee meets, and Stetson University’s “New Sounds” series in concert, with a few words from Bertrand Russell.

All eyes on the courthouse as the week begins with jury selection in a pair of high-profile trials–Keith Johansen on a charge of first degree murder in the death of Brandi Celenza, his wife, in 2018, and Deviaun Antriel Toler on a first-degree felony charge of aggravated child abuse.

The African American Cultural Society is celebrating its 30th Anniversary at 4 p.m. with a plated dinner in the society’s recently renovated Founders Gallery. City Repertory Theatre’s production of “Urinetown” has a matinee.

“Urinetown” at City Repertory Theatre, the Stetson Symphonic Band in concert, Richard Flanagan’s unknown terrorist on people’s love of the Devil.

Unemployment figures are released this morning, “Urinetown” at City Repertory Theatre, a discussion of domestic violence on WNZF’s Free For All Fridays, Bach at the Jacksonville Symphony, and the vanished Student Pledge Against Gun Violence, and a little touch of Caligula.

Frank Gromling talks about protecting the oceans to protect us, the origins of “for whom the bell tolls,” William Maxwell is “Over By the River.”

David Szymanski, CEO of MedNexus, is the Flagler Tiger Bay Club keynote speaker today. The Palm Coast Planning Board meets, it’s the Think Pink Preview at the Flagler Auditorium, and the Stetson University Guitar Ensemble is in concert.

The Palm Coast City Council will discuss the 90-some applications for city manager it received. The applications do not include Interim Manager Denis Bevan. It’s Food Truck Tuesday in Central Park.

The annual meeting when the county commission discusses and considers approving its annual social services grants–to the Family Life Center, the Free Clinic, the Early Learning Coalition and SMA Healthcare.

Today is the United Nation’s annual International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Norm MacDonald’s birthday, Hawthorne’s passages from a relinquished work.

Community Cats of Palm Coast celebrates the official Grand Opening of its adoption center and thrift store in the Alamo Business Center off U.S. 1, a few words about Noah Webster’s paradoxes, and a few lines from William Trevor.

A free half-day conference on domestic violence, open to everyone, is at the Palm Coast Campus of Daytona State College. Bob Snyder, Paul Renner, Travis Hutson on Free for All Friday, and Roxane Gay on the problematic Dave Chappell.

Another road closure, this one on Palm Coast Parkway, for beautification, Carla Cline gets the Flagler Beach City Commission’s appreciation, and Peter Beinart on what went wrong for Democrats.

The Public Safety Coordinating Council meets, as does Flagler Beach’s July 4 committee. Circuit Judge Terence Perkins holds pre-trial hearings, Robin McDonald wonders why one Palm Coast council member gets to act like an ass to fellow council members and nothing is done about it, though anyone else would be thrown out of the room.

Bring your earplugs, Xanax and crackerjack: The Palm Coast City Council is in workshop starting at 9 a.m. at City Hall. The council will also discuss a proposal to annually write off 75 percent of Ground Up’s municipal property taxes for five years, as long as the company maintains 25 employees and spends the money on specified community related benefits.

The Bunnell City Commission annexes a few more acres, students are off today, it’s Genocide Day–otherwise still known as Columbus Day in more indifferent climes, and Voltaire has a little advice on old age.

AdventHealth Palm Coast’s virtual 5K run for breast-cancer awareness, the Creekside Music and Arts Festival’s last day, the two Americas, Kevin McCarthy on his us-v-them America.

It’s all about the Creekside Music and Arts Festival today at Princess Place Preserve, plus a little more “Peril” from Bob Woodward.

The Nobel Prize for Peace is announced, the Creekside Music and Arts Festival returns at Princess Place, Richard Dunn is back in court, his freedom in the balance, Gen. Mark Milley gives Stephen Miller a piece of his mind.

The 2021 Nobel Prize for literature is announced early this morning, the rezoning listening tour has its final stop at Buddy Taylor Middle School at 6 p.m., Rousseau on Protestant and Catholic critical thinking.

The Palm Coast Code Enforcement Board meets, Facebook down, John McWhorter on “They,” Malcolm X doesn’t want you to pat him on his back.

The Flagler County School Board meets in workshop to go over its meeting agenda later this month. The Palm Coast City Council will approve next year’s cultural arts grants. Jean-Francois Revel on the cult of ignorance.

The Flagler County Commission considers allowing marinas along the Intracoastal and hears updates on the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club and the dunes project in Flagler Beach.

Why the January 6 insurrection was far worse than we knew and what Democrats should do to prevent a rerun. Sally Rooney on if we have to go to our death for the greater good of humankind.

A fall book sale at the Flagler County Public Library, including DVDs, Phileas Fogg Wager Day, Gen. Milley’s little big men, and a few thoughts from Graham Greene.

Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt explains on WNZF why a doubling of school impact fees is necessary, Judge Perkins holds a status hearing on the increasingly bizarre Richard Dunn, Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiment.

Drug court, the University of Florida’s survey on plastics and other pollutants, Florida’s minimum wage kicks up to $10 an hour, Adam Smith on the self-interest of essential workers.