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Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

June 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, in the light blue shirt, meeting with then Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in 2016. (Department of Defense)

ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, June 10, 2021

June 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The Flagler Beach City Commission meets this evening, Drug Court is in session, and 19 percent of respondents in the latest poll still hold out the constitutional impossibility that Trump will be “reinstated” as president.

One Man Rapes a 13-Year-Old Girl and Walks Free. Another Raped a 16-Year-Old Girl and Is Serving 12 Years in Prison.

June 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Tonda Royal, left, and Bo Sirrine. They each were accused of raping minor girls. Royal is serving 12 years. Sirrine is free. (© FlaglerLive and Flagler jail)

Bo Jeremiah Sirrine, 23, and Tonda Royal, 55, once shared a cell at the Flagler County jail. They also shared a predilection for underage girls and were both charged with raping girls–a 13 year old, in Sirrine’s case, a 16 year old, in Royal’s case. Sirrine walked out of the Flagler jail a free man weeks ago. Royal is serving 12 years in state prison.

Florida Ethics Commission: June Session Wrap-Up

June 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Meeting in Tallahassee on June 4th in closed session, the Florida Commission on Ethics took action on 17 matters, Chair JoAnne Leznoff announced today.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, June 9, 2021

June 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The reconvened and renamed Blue 22 Forum meets at the African American Cultural Society on U.S. 1 for its weekly discussions, and the drought index keeps climbing up in Flagler. After-hour vaccinations at the Department of Health in Bunnell this evening.

The Beginning of the End of Democracy as We Know It?

June 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Sen. Joe Manchin turns away from Democrats. (Third Way Think Tank)

The end of the For the People Act opens the way for Republican states to continue their shameless campaign of voter suppression – very possibly giving Republicans a victory in the 2022 midterm elections and entrenching Republican rule for a generation.

Testily, Palm Coast Council Appears to Favor Doing Its Own Search for New Manager, Foregoing Consultants

June 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council today had its first full discussion on finding its next city manager. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council appears uninterested in hiring a search firm to conduct its impending search for a new city manager, its second in three years, opting for some form of process conducted by the administration and the council, and possibly including council members fronting their own choices.

Man Due for Sentencing on Child Porn Charges Shoots and Kills Himself in the Parking Lot at the Flagler County Courthouse

June 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

A file photo of the parking lot in front of the Flagler County courthouse. c(© FlaglerLive)

A man shot and killed himself in the parking lot of the Flagler County courthouse this morning around 10 a.m.  Little else is known of the incident for the moment, other than that the man had contacted authorities a few minutes earlier and apparently warned of his imminent action. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, June 8, 2021

June 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Rubio's Burning Issue, by Bill Day (Floridapolitics.com)

The Palm Coast City Council has a pair of meetings, one to vote on sending its deputy chief to head the county’s fire department for a few weeks, the other to workshop several key items, among them hiring the next manager. Plus Rushdie on which books you truly love and what they say about you.

‘Lady of Guadalupe’ Avoids Tough Truths About the Catholic Church and Indigenous Genocide

June 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The 2020 film is the latest of many movie takes on this Catholic story of an alleged miracle. (@ladyofguadeloupemovie/Facebook)

Ultimately “Lady of Guadeloupe” sanitizes the real-life brutality of the Church toward Indigenous peoples in the 16th century. This absence of critical engagement with the account of the Virgin’s appearance does not do justice to religious devotion, argues Rebecca Janzen.

Flagler Sheriff’s Steve Williams Elected as President of Florida’s Agricultural Crimes Intelligence Unit

June 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Flagler County Sheriff's Deputy Steve Williams on the job. (© FlaglerLive)

On Thursday, May 20, 2021, Deputy First Class (DFC) Steve Williams of the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) Agricultural Unit was elected as the President of the Florida Agricultural Crimes Intelligence Unit (FACIU) for the 2021-2022 year.

CareerSource Flagler Volusia Hosts Job Fairs on June 22 and 29

June 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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CareerSource Flagler Volusia will host two job fairs in the month of June: a Virtual Job Fair on Tuesday, June 22nd and an in-person Job Fair, in partnership with Derbyshire Place, on June 29th, 2021.

7 Qualify for Palm Coast Mayor Race as Commissioner Criticizes $188,000 Election Cost to Taxpayers

June 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

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The special election for mayor to replace Milissa Holland will cost $188,000, according to an itemized bill from the Supervisor of Elections. Five Republicans and two Democrats qualified to run in the July 27 election. The qualifying window closed Monday at noon.

Flagler Administrator Jerry Cameron Ends Tenure, Interim Salinas and New Fire Chief Mike Tucker Start July 7

June 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Jerry Cameron, fourth from right, at a recent county event, standing next to Jorge Salinas, the chief of staff and incoming interim county administrator. Cameron is ending his tenure in that role after two years and four months. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Interim Administrator Jerry Cameron will end his tenure at the end of the month and be replaced by Interim Jorge Salinas, as the county commission is uninterested in a search for a new administrator, while new Fire Chief Mike Tucker will take over on July 7, but not before an interim fire chief–Palm Coast’s Bradd Clark–serves at the county until then.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, June 7, 2021

June 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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The qualification window for the July 27 Palm Coast Mayor special election closes at noon today. The County Commission is scheduled to discuss the fate of Whispering Meadows Ranch on John Anderson Highway, but the expectation is that the item will again be tabled to allow for a compromised solution.

From Drag Queens to Sister Bunny Juju, Throngs Exult in Pride, Joy and Freedom at Flagler’s 2nd Annual LGBTQ Festival

June 6, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Drag Queen Brittany Moore during her performance at Central Park Saturday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

Saturday’s Flagler Pride Festival and its crowds, which by 9 p.m. had totaled between 600 and 800 people, put the lie to the county’s presumed homogeneity: Palm Coast, a city started in the late 1960s as an integrated, post-racial subdivision, is still more diverse than perhaps assumed, and if anything growing more so.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, June 6, 2021

June 6, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Not long enough by Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News.

It’s D-Day plus 77 years. An excerpt from Ernie Pyle’s D-Day column. An otherwise relatively quiet day in the county.

Chief Justice Drops Mask and Social-Distancing Requirement in Court

June 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Florida courts are set to resume some jury trials and drop mask and social-distancing requirements, while most court proceedings will continue to take place remotely, under an order issued Friday by state Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Canady.

Volunteers: The Flagler Health Department’s Secret Weapon in an Epic Covid Fight

June 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Thompson came up with the idea of wearing her collection of “crazy hats” to the Fairgrounds to make people smile.

From the heady days of frantic covid testing to the headier days of vaccination drives at the Flagler County Fairgrounds, the county airport and elsewhere, a corps of over 100 volunteers have assisted the Flagler Health Department and county emergency services in pulling off an epic feat of safety and coordination. Here are the stories of three of them: Judy Mazzella, Moya Thompson, and Dr. Stephen Playe, as told by Gretchen Smith.

A Flagler Sheriff’s Deputy Is Hospitalized After Two Inmates Violently Assault Him Over a Koran at the Jail

June 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly seen here in a file photo at the Flagler County jail, looking down from the control room. (© FlaglerLive)

A Flagler County Sheriff’s corrections deputy was hospitalized Friday afternoon after being assaulted and beaten by two inmates at the Flagler County jail, after attempting to search the Koran one of the two inmates was carrying. The inmate wouldn’t let him search it.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, June 5, 2021

June 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Palm Coast's Preide Festival is this evening starting at 5 p.m. at Central Park in Town Center. It's free. Above, Pride Month by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune (caglecartoons.com)

Beach clean-up in the morning, Garden Club Celebration at midday, and the Palm Coast Pride Festival starting at 5 p.m. in Town Central’s Central Park, with music, food and speakers.

Keith Johansen’s Defense Wants to Keep Out Evidence of His Racist and Sadistic Threats Before Shooting Death of Wife Brandi Celenza

June 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Defense attorney Garry Wood, center, arguing in court today that detectives' interviews with Keith Johansen, left, should be kept out of the trial, set for later this year. Assistant State Attorney Jennifer Dunton argued the interviews were voluntary. The judge agreed. (© FlaglerLive via Zoom)

The defense for Palm Coast’s Keith Johansen, 36, facing a first-degree murder charge in the shooting death of his wife Brandi Celenza in 2018, wants to keep out of his trial surveillance video that shows him repeatedly threatening, insulting and demeaning Celenza, using racist, misogynistic and homophobic language. Today, the defense lost a bid to keep out hours of Johansen’s interviews with detectives.

Here’s Palm Coast’s Full ‘Difficult Citizens’ List, Its Origins, and the Kind of Offenses that Landed People On It

June 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The actual spear that was hurled at a Palm Coast city employee's truck, with the employee inside, last year. The incident was documented in what the city referred to as a "Difficult Citizen List" largely kept secret until its revelation by the News-Journal last week. (© FlaglerLive)

The full and controversial “Difficult Citizen List” Palm Coast government has kept since 2016 is revealed, along with its history: the city set up a task force on employee safety in 2015, resulting in guidelines for employees on how to deal with difficult customers. The list, kept largely secret, was one of the results. The city council is rethinking its approach.

Flagler Community Paramedic Caryn Prather Honored with Red Cross’ Heroes Among Us Award

June 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Red Cross Space Coast Chapter Executive Director Rebecca DeLorenzo with Caryn Prather. (Flagler County)

Flagler County Community Paramedic Caryn Prather on Friday was bestowed with the honor “Heroes Among Us” as a frontline worker by the American Red Cross of Central Florida and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The award was presented for her work during the 2020 calendar year to develop a plan for a mass Covid-19 testing site, and later by continuing to individually test residents.

The Weekend Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, June 4, 2021

June 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson on WNZF’s Free For All, Palm Coast’s Reilly Opelka on Friday goes up against world #2 Daniil Medvedev, beach clean-up on Saturday, Pride Festival in Palm Coast’s Town center Friday evening.

State School Board Will Vote Next Week on New Rules Sanitizing History Teaching in Public Schools

June 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Not included in the principles of the Declaration: a replica of the interior of the slave ship Amistad. (Florida Memory)

The proposed rule would mandate that teachers “may not define American history as something other than the creation of a new nation based largely on universal principles stated in the Declaration of Independence.”

14-Year-Old Girl Wounded in Firefight With Deputies in Volusia Was the Arsonist in Palm Coast’s B-Section in April

June 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Volusia County sheriff's deputies scour the home in Deltona where Nicole Jackson and a 12-year-old boy both armed themselves heavily and fired at deputies. The still is from a Volusia Air One helicopter video.

Nicole Jackson Maldonado, the 14-year-old girl charged in April for setting a half dozen brush fires in Palm Coast’s B Section, burglarized a home with another boy in Deltona, the two armed themselves with an AK-47, shotguns and pistols, and started firing at deputies until the girl was hit multiple times.

After Blaming Workers for Staying Home, Waste Pro Pledges to do Better, and Pay Better, in Palm Coast

June 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Waste Pro has seen fines levied by the city against it for poor service soar in the past three months, to levels last seen in 2017. Fines exceeded $10,000 in May. (© FlaglerLive)

Waste Pro issued its latest service-improvement plan to Palm Coast government after fines the city levies for poor service against the company increased for six successive months and the government threatened last week to end its $9 million contract with the waste hauler.

Overpopularity Is Nearly Destroying the National Park Experience

June 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Edward Abbey is rolling in his grave: Arches National Park. (NPS/Flickr)

America’s national parks face a popularity crisis. From 2010 to 2019, the number of national park visitors spiked from 281 million to 327 million, largely driven by social media, advertising and increasing foreign tourism. This exponential growth is generating pollution and putting wildlife at risk to a degree that threatens the future of the park system.

‘We are it. We’re the Ones That Lived Through This’: Matanzas and FPC Graduates Triumph Again

June 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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It was back to graduating in person and tacking stock of a year of absences, losses and sorrows, but also of resilience and triumphs as 1,036 FPC and Matanzas High school students held their graduation ceremonies at the Ocean Center in Daytona Wednesday.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, June 3, 2021

June 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

What is a handout by Pat Byrnes, PoliticalCartoons.com.

Flagler Technical College’s graduates walk the stage, at 7 p.m. at the Flagler Auditorium. Flagler County’s drought index is rising steadily, worrisomely. A video of Flagler Beach City Manager William Whitson playing Taps.

Covid Almost Down, Hurricane Season Up: Flagler Emergency Chief Jonathan Lord Reassures: ‘We’re On the Ball’

June 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Jonathan Lord, who heads Flagler County Emergency Management, is barely done dealing with the covid emergency. Hurricane season is up next. He has a few words of advice, and some reassurances. (© FlaglerLive)

In briefing previewing the hurricane season, Jonathan Lord detailed how Flagler County, fresh from winding down its covid emergency, is ramping up preparations for hurricane or tropical storm emergencies and urging against complacency–or too much attention to statistical probabilities, which mean nothing if that one storm hits.

Reilly Opelka, Seeded for 1st Time in Grand Slam, Reaches 3rd Round at French Open

June 2, 2021 | Michael Lewis | 3 Comments

Reilly Opelka had never won on the red clay at Roland Garros until this year. (George Opelka)

Opelka powered his way into the third round Wednesday in Paris, overcoming a tough Jaume Munar in four sets. Until this year, the former Palm Coast resident had never won a match at Roland Garros.

She Flees a Cop at a Traffic Stop, Crashes Into a Concrete FPL Pole, then Attempts Escape Through Hospital Ceiling

June 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Tyler Anne Price.

Tyler Anne Price, a 20-year-old resident of John Anderson Highway in Flagler Beach, faces eight charges, three of them felonies, including fleeing and eluding a cop, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and attempted escape.

Palm Coast Fire Department Dedicates New Ladder Truck to FPC Graduate Sgt. Zachary J. Walters, Killed in 2010

June 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Palm Coast Fire Chief Jerry Forte speaking at the dedication in honor of Marine Sergeant Zachary J. Walters, killed on June 8, 2010 while on patrol in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. He was a graduate of Flagler Palm Coast High School, Class of 2005. (Palm Coast)

Marine Sergeant Zachary J. Walters, killed on June 8, 2010 while on patrol in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. He was a graduate of Flagler Palm Coast High School, Class of 2005. The idea for dedicating a fire truck to the memory of a Fallen Solider was proposed by Firefighter-Paramedic Christopher Strozier, who is a Navy Veteran.

Palm Coast’s First Hybrid Citizens Academy Graduates 15 Students in 49th Session

June 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The graduates. (Palm Coast)

This session’s graduates were Terri Belletto, Vincent Ciolino, James La Pierre Cutts, Felita Guy, Kelly Knott, Greg Lovekamp, Barb Lovekamp, Michael Martin, Devrie Paradowski, Nichol Sparrow, Michael West, Geraldine Wright, Andre Wright, Jim Wulff and Jan Wulff.

The DeSantis Pandering Machine

June 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 37 Comments

FOX News Owned by Bill Day, FloridaPolitics.com

DeSantis is the perfect public face of the GOP as it is now: Obsessed with hanging onto power, fact-averse, representing an ever-shrinking coalition, and loyal, not to the American public, but to the sad, strange old man who can’t accept that he lost.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, June 2, 2021

June 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Last year Flagler Palm Coast High School and Matanzas High School graduated in their cars at the Daytona International Speedway. This afternoon and evening the two schools return to the Ocean Center for their ceremonies, as before the pandemic.

Palm Coast Appoints Denise Bevan Interim City Manager, Ending Matt Morton’s Tenure

June 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Denise Bevan, a loyal, unpretentious member of the city administration for many years, was appointed its interim manager just weeks after being elevated to chief of staff. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council this evening ended City Manager Matt Morton’s tenure, waiving his 30-day notice, and appointed Denise Bevan, a chief of staff, to the interim position.

Palm Coast Council Abolishes Secret and One-Sided ‘Difficult Citizens List’ Kept Since 2016

June 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The City Council this evening abolished a "Difficult Citizens" list the administration kept since 2016. (© FlaglerLive)

The list cited allegedly “difficult” residents by name, usually listed their addresses, and at times included their pictures. The list included four entries this year and 33 entries going back to the first in March 2016.

Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried Enters Race for Governor, Citing Tallahassee’s ‘Rigged System’

June 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Nikki Fried during her announcement by video today.

Fried, an attorney and former medical-marijuana lobbyist who scored a narrow victory in 2018 to become the only statewide-elected Democrat, criticized Republicans’ two-decade hold on Florida government in a video announcing her gubernatorial campaign.

Candidates from the Obscure to the Expected Piling Up to Run for Palm Coast Mayor in Winner-Takes-All Election

June 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

A crowd of candidates are seeking to fill the vacuum of a fallen era at Palm Coast City Hall. (© FlaglerLive)

The qualifying window for the special election for Palm Coast mayor doesn’t close until next Monday. But eight candidates have already filed to run. Six candidates are Republicans, two are Democrats. It’s a non-partisan election, but only ostensibly so. Three of the candidates are Realtors.

Little-Known Illnesses Turning Up in Covid Long-Haulers

June 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Covid long-haulers are dealing with a mystery illness.

“Waves and waves” of “long-haul” covid patients are remaining sick long after retesting negative for the virus. A significant percentage are suffering from syndromes that few doctors understand or treat. For some, the consequences are life altering.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, June 1, 2021

June 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Endangered Democracy by Bob Englehart, PoliticalCartoons.com

Eyes will be on the Palm Coast City Council’s 6 p.m. meeting, expected to draw its share of blazin’ crazies as City Manager Matt Morton may (or may not) explain why he resigned and what council members are present try to maneuver their way through the resignation’s implications.

Days After Betraying His Country, Rep. Waltz Dares Address Gold Star Families at Palm Coast’s Memorial Ceremony

May 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 102 Comments

If Rep. Mike Waltz wanted to thank the Gold Star families, what about the families of Officer Brian Sicknick and all of the other officers harmed the day of the Jan. 6 insurrection? To Waltz and every other Republican out there who voted against a commission to examine the insurrection, your actions clearly state that their lives do not matter, writes Kathleen Brady.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, May 31, 2021

May 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Bedraggled and jittery though it is, Palm Coast government–what’s left of it–this morning at 8 hosts its traditional Memorial Day ceremony at Heroes Park. U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, fresh from voting against establishing a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and Council member Nick Klufas, will speak.

County Administrator Jerry Cameron as Palm Coast Interim Manager? City Enfevered With Contingency Scenarios.

May 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

County Administrator Jerry Cameron, right, had invited Palm Coast City Manager Matt Morton to a county commission meeting in July 2015, a few months into either man's tenures in their jobs. Cameron is now being discussed as an interim replacement for Morton, who resigned this week. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler TV)

The speculation about Cameron is fueling the feverish politicized atmosphere in Palm Coast, an unbridgeable rift on the council, rampant apprehension within city staff ranks, and the manipulative hands of elected officials on and off the council, all in the context of a special election for mayor in less than two months and the government’s budget season starting even sooner.

Treating Workers Like They’re Disposable Is Bad Business

May 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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The entire fast-food industry rests on a low-wage, high-turnover foundation. And at those rare moments — like this spring — when new workers seem harder to find, the industry starts expecting its politician pals to cut away at jobless benefits and force workers to take positions that don’t pay a living wage.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, May 30, 2021

May 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

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Flagler Beach marks Memorial Day in a ceremony at Veterans Park, so as not to conflict with Palm Coast’s and Flagler County’s commemorations on Monday. The sales tax “holiday” for hurricane supplies is ongoing through June 6.

Proposed Civics Standards for Florida Schools Don’t Mention the Word Slavery

May 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

The Florida Education Department would rather not talk about it. (Wikimedia Commons)

Following the George Floyd murder and the national discussion over “critical race theory” — which encompasses slavery, segregation and institutionalized racism — Florida’s proposed civics standards for school don’t mention the word slavery.

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