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The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, July 20, 2022

July 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A working group meets to discuss the inter-local agreement on school concurrency, the Flagler county Tourist Development Council meets to decide the fate of a $739,000 grant Palm Coast is in line for.

Youth Sport and Safety During the Hottest Years on Record

July 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Many young athletes spend hours in the hot sun every day. (Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)

At least 50 high school football players in the U.S. have died from heat stroke after falling ill on the field in the past 25 years. And high school athletes in other sports are not immune from the risks. The numbers are especially shocking when you consider that heat-related illnesses and deaths are entirely preventable.

Human Remains Found at Toscana Development Off Old Kings Road in Palm Coast

July 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The sifting operation where the human remains were found at an expansion of the Toscana development will be laborious and take several days. (FCSO)

Flagler County Sheriff’s detectives and partner agencies are investigating the discovery of human remains at a construction site expanding the Toscana subdivision off Old Kings Road in Palm Coast, Sheriff Rick Staly said this afternoon. 

Curtain Calls for Flagler Youth Orchestra as School Board Frets Either Encores or Coda

July 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

In extremis? FYO (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board this evening votes on whether to renew the Flagler Youth Orchestra for its 18th year. Renewal was not in question in previous years, as it has been this year. A former superintendent, parents, community members at large, current and former FYO student participants sent numerous letters and emails to school board members.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, July 19, 2022

July 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Climate change by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune.

The Palm Coast City Council is expected to set the maximum, but tentative, property tax rate, the school board holds a pair of busy meetings, Food Truck Tuesdays, Pianist Alxeander Kantorow plays Saint Saens, Robinson Crusoe reflects.

Children Bombarded by Violent News: How to Help Them Cope

July 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

With the ever-increasing media coverage of mass shootings in the U.S., even the youngest children are now repeatedly exposed to violent images on TV and online. (Blend Images/Inti St Clair/Tetra Images via Getty Images)

With gun violence, war and other tragedies in the news, children are often exposed to scary images and information. How can adults help children feel safe when imagery about tragedies abounds throughout the media?

15 Years in Prison for Ian Davis as Child Victim of His Abuse Indicts Those Who Disbelieved or Blamed Her

July 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Ian Davis, left, with his defense attorney, Assistant Public Defender Bill Bookhammer, who argued on his behalf to limit Davis's prison sentence to nine or 10 years. He was sentenced to 15. (© FlaglerLive via zoom)

Just before Ian Davis of Palm Coast was sentenced to 15 years in prison for molesting his 14-year-old niece, she described, in a remarkable impact statement, how her own grandmother disbelieved her and her own pastor turned the blame on her.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, July 18, 2022

July 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

kashoggi Biden in Saudi Arabia by Randall Enos, Easton,

A possible plea in the case of Jerami Talkington, Flagler County’s local mitigation strategy meeting, Nelson Mandela’s birthday and Nobel lecture.

Red Wave, Youth Wave: November’s Variables

July 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Abortion-rights activists gather in front of the Supreme Court in May 2022 ahead of the Dobbs decision.

People ages 18 to 29 have historically been less likely to vote than older adults. But in recent years, they have been spurred to organize and vote by major national controversies, like school shootings and police violence against Black people. The Supreme Court’s decision enabling states to ban abortion may be another spur.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, July 17, 2022

July 17, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Manchin the DINO blocks climate bill by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

It is National Ice Cream Day, so head to Sally’s Ice Cream in Flagler Beach. The colossal uselessness of the B-1 bomber, Thoreau sailing from Fair Haven.

Is Disney a Religion?

July 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Many critique Disney adults as being victims of exploitation because Disney merchandise and trips to the parks come at a steep price. (© FlaglerLive)

People have been up in arms over a ruined Disney park proposal and a couple who opted to have Minnie and Mickey at their wedding instead of food. But just because many people treat Disney as sacred, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a religion.

As Joe Mullins Draws National Embarrassment Over Troopergate, Pennington Trounces Him in Straw Poll

July 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 84 Comments

Joe Mullins. (© FlaglerLive)

It’s been the worst week of Joe Mullins’s nearly-four year tenure on the Flagler County Commission, less than six weeks from the Aug. 23 primary, with a Republican Party straw poll showing him far behind challenger Leann Pennington and major national media reporting on his abuse of authority with Florida Highway Patrol troopers.

Dr. Daniel T. Brauneck, 3rd Generation Dentists, Joins Flagler Dental

July 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Dr. Daniel T. Brauneck. (Flagler Dental)

Flagler Dental Associates is pleased to welcome Dr. Daniel T. Brauneck, DMD to its practice. Dr. Brauneck is a third generation dentist who was born and raised in Palatka.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, July 16, 2022

July 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Constitution of America by Peter Kuper, PoliticalCartoons.com

Free Virtual Legal Name and Gender Marker Change Clinic, Flagler Beach Farmers Market, Amazon’s birthday, the Trinity atomic bomb test.

How Swelling Grocery Bills Are Crushing the Poorest

July 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Food prices are soaring. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

While all Americans have seen their grocery bills swell, many may not fully appreciate the enormous burden that rising food costs pose for low-income households. The reason is simple: Poor families spend a much larger share of their income on food than the median household.

Flagler Beach Commission Again Clashes, Reducing Mayor to Tears and Lawyering Up Over Roles

July 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Flagler Beach Commissioners Jane Mealy and Ken Bryan, along with Deborah Phillips (not pictured) are having sharp differences with Mayor Suzie Johnston over the mayor's role on the commission. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach commissioners today in a budget workshop again clashed sharply over Mayor Suzie Johnston’s, and commissioners’, respective roles, several of them charging that Johnston is overstepping her authority. The clash ended what only the night before had been a pledge on the panel to “reset” and seek a more collegial approach.

On the Brink of War, Flagler Beach City Commission Agrees to ‘Reset,’ with Rescue from Ex-Mayor

July 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Flagler Beach City Commission and Manager William Whitson need a reset. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission, faced with a two-front war–with conflict over City Manager William Whitson’s future and growing conflict between the commission itself–pledged Thursday to “reset” after getting a peace-keeping assist from former Mayor Linda Provencher. It had been at the edge of a cliff.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, July 15, 2022

July 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The sentencing of Dan Priotti on his third DUI conviction in 10 years, affordable housing in Flagler, Trump’s Pandora’s box, Jacques Derrida’s impenetrable deconstruction.

James Webb Space Telescope: An Astronomer Explains the Stunning First Images

July 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

This cluster of galaxies, called Stephan’s Quintet, is a composite image produced from two cameras aboard the James Webb Space Telescope. (NASA/STScI)

The buzz among professional astronomers like me has been electric since members of the Webb team shared tantalizing test images. And the real images are even better than anyone could have hoped for.

No ‘Lynching’ for Embattled Flagler Beach Manager Whitson, But a 90-Day Probation Period

July 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson has 90 days to prove to commissioners that he's still their guy. (© FlaglerLive)

Just 14 months into his tenure as Flagler Beach City Manager, William Whitson is on a 90-day probation period that could result in his firing if he doesn’t show the sort of reset in communications and management style a majority of commissioners want to see.

Drug Sweep on Flagler’s West Side Nets 13 Arrests as Sheriff Underscores Fentanyl’s Toll

July 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

staly news conference

The youngest offender was 18, the oldest 66, and most had trails of arrests behind them already–64 felony and 95 misdemeanor convictions between them, Sheriff Rick Staly said, including one, Twain Slater, who’s been arrested more than a dozen times since becoming an adult (he’s 31), for a combined 23 felony and misdemeanor convictions.

Confirmed: Jersey Mike’s Subs Opening Restaurant at Palm Coast’s Island Walk, Near Brass Tap

July 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

One of several Jersey Mike's Subs locations in Orlando, that one off University Boulevard. A Jersey Mike's will open at Island Walk in Palm Coast likely in November. (© FlaglerLive)

Jersey Mike’s Subs, the famed franchise that opened its first restaurant in Point Pleasant, N.J., in 1956, and  was the fastest-growing sandwich chain in 2022, will open its first Palm Coast restaurant in the Island Walk shopping center in late November.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, July 14, 2022

July 14, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Where the Extremist Groups Are by Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News.

A working group meets to discuss the ILA on school concurrency, the Flagler Beach City Commission meets to discuss City Manager William Whitson’s future, speaking of insurrections.

‘We Need to Quit Mincing Words… What It Was Going to Be Was an Armed Revolution’

July 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

In this photograph, former President Donald Trump appears on a video screen above members of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol.

During its seventh hearing on July 12, 2022, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol connected the dots between white nationalists and key allies of former President Donald Trump and their concerted efforts to overturn the 2020 election by interrupting the counting of Electoral College votes and inserting fake electors.

Embry-Riddle Re-Invigorates Its Study Abroad Slate

July 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Liz Bosch, an Aerospace Engineering student, is one of six Embry-Riddle undergrads to win Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships this year. The award has enabled her to study abroad in Germany this summer. (Liz Bosch/Embry-Riddle)

Study abroad programs at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University suspended during Covid are now back at full strength, hosting more than 200 students this summer to travel the world. Several of those students earned the opportunity thanks to rare scholarship funding.

Palm Coast Taxes Would Rise About 14% To Pay for 7% Budget Increase, Including 5 More Deputies

July 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Firefighters and cops would be exempt from a bill targeting public sector unions. (© FlaglerLive)

In its first comprehensive recommendation to the Palm Coast City Council for the coming year’s budget, the city administration is proposing a 7 percent budget increase that includes money for five new sheriff’s deputies, two new firefighters and a fire inspector, and nine additional administrative positions. But it would require a tax increase.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, July 13, 2022

July 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

guns and mental health

A marble statue of educator and civil-rights leader Mary McLeod Bethune is unveiled in the U.S. Capitol, a Captain’s BBQ hearing in court, Queen at Wembley for Live Aid, “Somebody cuts you? Where it doesn’t show?”

What the Controversial 1972 ‘Limits to Growth’ Report Got Right

July 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Image of Earth’s city lights, created with data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.

“The Limits to Growth,” an extension of biologist Paul Ehrlich’s bestselling “The Population Bomb,” was way off in some regards, but dead on in this one: Humans must limit and soon reduce their aggregate production of greenhouse gas emissions.

July Rains Relieve Northeast Florida of Abnormally Dry Conditions

July 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A map illustrates rainfall conditions in June across the St. Johns River Water Management District.

Recent rainfall throughout the St. Johns River Water Management District’s 18-county region, which includes Flagler County, has relieved portions of northeast Florida that had been abnormally dry after below-average rainfall in June.

Why Can’t Florida’s Medical Pot Patients Buy Guns? Ag Commissioner Fried Challenges U.S. Law

July 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is challenging the federal government over restrictions on medical-marijuana patients buying guns. (Tom, Urban/NSF)

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried is relying on a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision to support arguments in a challenge to federal regulations that make it illegal for medical-marijuana patients to buy guns.

From Controversy to Harmony: Ambitious, $11.4 Million Expansion of Tennis Center and Trailhead Draws Praise

July 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

The future recreation and community center on the grounds of the Palm Coast tennis center off Belle Terre Parkway.

In contrast with bitter controversy last year, a revised and largely expanded $11.35 million plan to remake the grounds of the Palm Coast tennis center with a luxurious community center, solar-power-arrayed pickle balls, a dog park and a trailhead as bucolic as it’ll be ritzy drew almost nothing but praise and no detectable resistance from four council members.

‘I Don’t Belong Here,’ Eddie Branquinho Says, Storming Out of Council Meeting After Not Getting His Way

July 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Palm Coast City Council member Eddie Branquinho is considering quitting the council, with four months left in his term. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast City Council member Eddie Branquinho walked out of a workshop meeting this morning and is considering not completing the four months left in his term after fellow-council members refused to go along with his demand that they issue a tendentious two-question survey on apartment and single-family home construction in the city. Branquinho, a staunch opponent of apartment construction, likened current trends to turning Palm Coast into Newark–coded language about race and crime.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, July 12, 2022

July 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Mutiny on the Biden by Dick Wright, PoliticalCartoons.com

Kwentell Moultrie’s many trials may be scheduled today, the Palm Coast City Council will hear a presentation on the regional tennis and racquet club construction, Buckminster Fuller speaks, Lewis and Clark set off.

1,200-Home Eagle Lakes/Radiance Development Clears County Commission Against Opposition, 3-1

July 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

A Kolter Homes development's amenities, similar to the ones proposed for Radiance off of Old Kings Road, as shown to the Flagler County Commission this evening.

In a victory as major for the developer of future phases of Eagle Lakes as it is a blow to existing residents of Eagle Lakes, the Flagler County Commission this evening cleared the way for a 1,200-home development on 612 acres at the south end of Old Kings Road, a development one commissioner likened to Palm Coast’s Grand Haven, at least by size.

Militant White Identity, Guns and GOP Campaign Ads

July 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Eric Greitens poses with a high-powered rifle and commandos in a political ad. (Eric Greitens)

The use of guns in political ads has evolved as a coded appeal for white voters. While ads might have been a bit more ambiguous in the past, candidates are increasingly making these appeals appear more militant in their culture war against ideas and politicians they oppose.

Gas Below $4 a Gallon in Sight as Prices Continue to Fall

July 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Has the storm passed? Prices at a gas station in Orlando Sunday. (© FlaglerLive)

Gas prices in Florida have fallen by almost 50 cents over the past four weeks, with prices as low as $4.15 a gallon at some Orlando gas stations on Sunday, and falling below the $4.50 mark in most Palm Coast gas stations.

Florida Moving toward Medicaid Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender People

July 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Students protesting at the Florida Capitol. Mar. 3, 2022. (Danielle J. Brown)

The DeSantis administration moved toward banning gender-affirming care for transgender Floridians under Medicaid, meaning that treatments such as hormone therapy and puberty blockers may soon be out of reach for many low-income members of the LGBTQ+ community.

‘I Run the County,’ Commissioner Joe Mullins Tells FHP; A Trooper Calls Him ‘Belligerent’ and ‘Disrespectful’

July 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 109 Comments

Joe Mullins last January at the opening of SMA Healthcare's Access Center in Bunnell, a facility that provides mental health and addiction counseling. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins, who has made a chronic habit of speeding, getting pulled over then attempt to get out of a ticket by abusing his authority, told a Florida Highway Patrol trooper that “I run the county” in one such attempt on I-4 last month, video of the encounter shows, and another trooper called him “extremely condescending, belligerent, illogical, and disrespectful.”

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, July 11, 2022

July 11, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

desantis Telling the BIG Lie by Bill Day, FloridaPolitics.com

The Flagler County Commission takes up consideration of the proposed Eagle Lakes subdivision off Old Kings Road, Kwentell Moultrie in court, auditions for the award-winning musical “Oliver!” and Francis Fukuyama.

June Jobs Report Offers Hope Against Recession, But With Tiny Room for Error

July 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is hoping to orchestrate a very delicate dance. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

The U.S. economy added more jobs than expected in June, keeping the unemployment rate at a 70-year low of 3.6%. Does this mean the U.S. will avoid a Fed-induced recession? The Fed has some room to maneuver, but not much.

Florida Prisons Propose Cutting Family Visitations, Drawing Sharp Objections

July 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Florida's actual death row. (Florida State Prison)

Florida’s state-run prisons would be allowed to cut visitation with inmates in half to mirror staffing shortages. Advocates for inmates and their families object, saying visitation is a boon to inmate behavior and helps maintain family ties critical for the success of inmates returning to free society.

By Focusing Only on ‘Resilience,’ Florida’s Governor Ignores Climate Change’s Deadly Heat

July 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Gov. Ron DeSantis distributed an infrastructure resilience grant to Bonita Springs on Jan. 12, 2022. (DeSantis Facebook page)

“Resilience” is the word politicians use when they mean “climate change is an opportunity for me to hand out lots of big government contracts for construction work that will try to cope with rising sea levels.” But resiliency does nothing to reverse dangerous courses.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday July 10, 2022

July 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

SCOTUS vs The Environment by Peter Kuper, PoliticalCartoons.com

Flagler Playhouse auditions for “Oliver!,” Happy Birthday Mary McLeod Bethune, national character and Jan. 6, the Nile of language, best shots at Wimbledon.

Who’s Being Discriminated Against? A Huge Perception Gap Between Blacks and Whites.

July 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Polling suggests that white and Black Americans are coming from different positions on discrimination. DigitalVision Vector/Getty Images

A third of white Americans say they have seen “a lot more” discrimination against white people in the past five years and a majority see no increased discrimination against minorities. A large majority of Black Americans disagree.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, July 9, 2022

July 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Democrats Don't Want Biden by Dick Wright, PoliticalCartoons.com

Auditions for the afterschool theater program at the Palm Coast Arts Foundation, Family Builder Lab at the library, auditions for “Oliver!,” Grace Community Food Pantry.

Buying Into Conspiracy Theories Can Be Exciting – and Dangerous

July 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A protester holds a Q sign as he waits to enter a campaign rally with then-President Donald Trump in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in August 2018.

Anyone who talks to conspiracy theorists knows that they’re never short on details, or at least “alternative facts.” They have plenty of information, but they insist that it be interpreted in a particular way – the way that feels most exciting.

Flagler Schools Get B as Florida Resumes Grading, But Rymfire-Buddy Taylor-FPC Pipeline Is a C

July 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

For Indian Trails Middle School, the streak continues. (© FlaglerLive)

After two years of Covid, when the state did not grade schools and districts, Flagler County schools earned a grade of B this year, with only three of its schools earning an A and four earning a C. Two earned a B. It was a middling performance coming off the disruptions of the pandemic and a decline from the A the district had scored in 2019.

Developments Could Stall If County, Cities and District Can’t Agree on School Construction Payments

July 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin, left, chaired this morning's Intergovernmental Agreement Oversight Committee meeting intended to outline the various governments' positions on the collection of fees from builders for school construction. Those in attendance were County Commissioners Dave Sullivan and Andy Dance, Bunnell City Commissioners Bob Barnes and John Rogers, School Board members Janet McDonald and Colleen Conklin, School Board Chairman Trevor Tucker, and Palm Coast City Council member Nick Klufas. (© FlaglerLive)

As they hurtle toward an arbitrary Aug. 31 deadline that could potentially bring some local development to a halt, the Flagler County School Board on one side and the county, Palm Coast and Bunnell on the other remain in sharp opposition over how to collect money developers owe the district to ensure there are enough schools for incoming students.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, July 8, 2022

July 8, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Supreme Court Church and State by R.J. Matson, Portland, Maine.

Flagler Broadcasting’s four radio stations, including flagship WNZF, hold a six-hour Food-A-Thon today, the Calgary Stampede, a little bit of cricket, on having an affinity for shock.

Follow Your Passion? 5 Drawbacks.

July 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

drawbacks to following your passion

Following one’s passion does not necessarily lead to fulfillment, but is one of the most powerful cultural forces perpetuating overwork. It also helps perpetuate social inequalities due to the fact that not everyone has the same economic resources to allow them to pursue their passion with ease.

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