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Saviors of European Village: How Vassili Mironov and Friends Prevented a Bloodbath

March 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Bloodied but relieved: Vassili Mironov, right, with Joshua Auriemma, center, and Roman Dubinschi, just back from Halifax hospital Sunday morning, their wounds still raw. (© FlaglerLive)

In their first interview just back from the hospital, Vassili Mironov and two friends describe how they neutralized the assault-rifle-carrying Daniel Noble Saturday night at European Village, as Nolan was threatening to shoot into the crowd.

Shots Fired and 2 European Village Patrons Stabbed after Uzi-Wielding Man Enters Europa Lounge Restaurant

March 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Daniel Noble of Palm Coast faces an attempted first-degree murder charge and three aggravated battery with a deadly weapon charge after an incident at European Village Saturday night.

Daniel Noble, a 37-year-old Palm Coast resident, is at the Flagler County jail on an attempted first-degree charge and three aggravated battery charges after he walked into a restaurant at European Village with a rifle late Saturday night (March 15), where two patrons jumped on him, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said.

If It’s Economic Growth You Want, Raising the Minimum Wage Crushes Wall Street Bonuses Every Time

March 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

If the $26.7 billion Wall Streeters pulled in on their bonuses last year had instead gone to minimum wage workers, our economy would be expected to grow by about $32.3 billion — more than triple the $10.4 billion boost expected from the Wall Street bonuses.

Flagler Kills Together:
Bill O’Reilly’s Re-Assassination of JFK

March 14, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

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Bill O’Reilly’s “Killing Kennedy,” this year’s choice for the annual Flagler Reads Together event, is not the usual O’Reilly polemic and provides in parts a fair summary of Kennedy’s presidency and the assassination, but it also has many flaws, writes Pierre Tristam.

Pit Bull Mix Bloodies 3- and 5-Year-Old Children and Their Mother In Two Vicious Attacks at Second Chance Rescue

March 14, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 82 Comments

Pit pulls have been at the center of an ongoing controversy about their safety, and the proportion of attacks involving their breed, as compared to other breeds. A pit bull attacked two children and their mother Wednesday at Second Chance Rescue in Bunnell. (Lisandro Sanchez)

The 5-year-old girl and her 3-year-old brother were in a van at Second Chance Rescue, waiting for their mother, when the pit bull jumped through a window and attacked the children, and did it again after the children’s mother had dragged it away, jumping in through an open door. All three were severely injured.

Sheriff Jim Manfre: How To Restore Common Sense to Stand Your Ground

March 13, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The public’s valid concern over the vigilante-style actions of certain people who have watched too many Western movies should be dealt with through legislative action, argues Sheriff Jim Manfre, starting with a definition of self-defense that doesn;t leave its determination in the perpetrator’s hands.

Former Gov. Reubin Askew, Towering Force Behind Modern Florida, Is Dead at 85

March 13, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Gov. Reubin Askew saw the light. (Florida Memory Project)

Reubin Askew, who died on March 13, led efforts to institute a corporate income tax, while reducing consumer taxes. He also spearheaded approval of what became known as the “Sunshine Amendment,” which opened government records and required public officials to disclose information about their financial affairs.

First Look at Palm Coast’s New City Hall Revives Old Questions About Cost and Taxes

March 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

The Palm Coast City Hall plan drew pointed questions about security measures and cost controls as the city administration continued to pledge through accounting sophistry that taxes will not be raised or that property tax dollars will not be used for the project.

Pot’s Uphill Toke in Florida, CIA Torture Cover-Up, Obama Between Two Ferns, Dieudonné: The Live Wire

March 12, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Florida’s medical marijuana amendment is no sure thing, a senator reveals a CIA torture cover-up, Bill O’Reilly attacks Obama’s Between Two Ferns appearance, Kevin bacon offers up 1980s awareness, Dieudonné heats up the hate on France’s comedy circuit.

GOP’s Jolly Beats Sink in Congressional Election That Augurs Trouble for Democrats’ Midterms

March 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Both parties viewed the special election to replace Rep Bill Young as a critical test of their chances for success in the mid-term elections in November. The result spells trouble for Democrats, who are expected to lose seats in the House–amplifying the Republican majority–and possibly lose the Senate, which they’ve held since 2006.

Sheriff Defends Weekend Use of Code Red Alert For Missing Boy But Initiates Review

March 11, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 57 Comments

Code Red alerts are tyransmitted to residents' cell phones, land lines and email accounts, but residents must sign up for the alerts first. (© FlaglerLive)

Future Code Red alerts will have to be approved by the sheriff himself, though the two Code Red calls that went out Saturday night, including the one that told residents that the Palm Coast boy was found, were both matters of public safety, emergency officials said. Some 30 people asked to be dropped out of 150 people who called emergency services to complain.

A Florida Panther Struck By a Car Last May Is Returned to the Wild After 10-Month Rehab

March 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Nine months old when the panther suffered an injury and was taken in for rehabilitation, she was photographed last October, and released on March 10 back into the wild. (FWC)

The 9-month-old kitten was panther was rescued in Collier County last May after a homeowner saw it drag her hind leg. She went through two surgeries and rehabilitated in a 10-acre enclosure before she was released back into the wild on March 10 by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

Les 400 Coups: Missing for 11 Hours on Saturday, 14-Year-Old Boy Was Picking Up a Seashell For His Mom

March 10, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Francois Truffaut’s 'The 400 Blows' ('Les 400 coups'), a classic in the history of cinema, features the misunderstood Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) and ends with Antoine running away, and running a very long distance, to the ocean.

Alex Michael Cargo walked 20 miles after leaving home in Palm Coast’s B-Section following an argument with his mother Saturday, triggering a search involving several K-9 units, police agencies and Flagler County’s emergency helicopter. Alex was unaware, and made it as far as the ocean, where he picked up a seashell for his mother before beginning the trek home.

The Dangers of Problematic Prescribing: A Double Dose of Warnings

March 9, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A detail from Jean Shin's 'Chemical Balance' installation at the Smithsonian, showing prescription pill bottles collected from nursing homes and arranged like stalagmites. Pill bottles similarly fall from the ceiling like stalactites, not shown in the image. (Mr. TinDC)

Two new reports from the CDC show the dangers of overprescribing narcotics and antibiotics. Is there a way for doctors and consumers to make better decisions? An instructive set of answers.

Missing 14-Year-Old Alex Cargo of Palm Coast’s B Section Returns Home; Flagler Sheriff’s Office Cancels Alert

March 8, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office issued an alert for a missing teenager, 14-year-old Alex Cargo of Palm Coast, at 9:43 Saturday evening.

Going Coastal, Going Local: Palm Coast’s Workhorse Galleries Celebrate Their Own

March 8, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Hollingsworth Gallery opens its 6th annual show featuring its membership’s works while the Flagler County Art League opens its first ever “Going Coastal” show as part of Second Saturday’s Art Walk at City Market Place in Palm Coast.

Palm Coast’s Red-Light Cameras: How the City Council Locked In a Fraud on Taxpayers Through 2019

March 7, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 62 Comments

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Palm Coast’s red-light cameras siphon off more than $2.5 million out of the local economy every year, in the share that goes to the state and to ATS, the company that runs the scheme, yet the city council quietly approved the deal through 2019, long past the terms of every one of the council members and some of their successors.

How County Engineer Faith Alkhatib Saved Taxpayers $600,000 and Returned 12 Acres to Palm Coast and Flagler

March 7, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The hard hat at the top of the bookshelf is not just for show: Flagler County Engineer and Public Works Director Faith Alkhatib maps out innumerable local infrastructure projects without which the county could not function. (© FlaglerLive)

County Engineer Faith Alkhatib detected a recent state rule change that enabled a redesign of the coming Matanzas Woods Parkway interchange with I-95, netting a $600,000 saving and the return of 6 acres to Palm Coast and 6 acres to the county.

Trouble at the Tampa Bay Times, D.C. Decriminalizes Pot, Mozart’s “Kiss My Ass” Canon: The Live Wire

March 5, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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The Tampa Bay Times is losing readers and money, Orlando gets its first natural gas station, Washington D.C. sees the light on pot, Hollywood, Fla. police has a problem, Sherwin Nuland dies, and Mozart’s potty mouth takes expression in a musical piece.

Bunnell City Election: John Rogers and Bonita Robinson Win, As Does Status Quo

March 4, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Sylvia Hubbert, a Bonita Robinson supporter, was celebrating a few hours early today in Bunnell. But she proved right. (© FlaglerLive)

John Rogers won re-election to the Bunnell City Commission Tuesday, taking the most votes in a four-way race, and Bonita Robinson won the seat formerly held by Jenny Crain-Brady. Rogers and Robinson defeated Daisy Henry, the former commissioner trying to make a come-back, and Randall Morris, who had been a no-show in most ways through the election period.

A 7-Year-Old Girl Is Baker Acted at Belle Terre Elementary; It’s Not Punishment, District Says

March 4, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The Baker Acting of a 7-year-old girl at Belle Terre Elementary last week, following a report of her allegedly lacerating the dean of students with thumb tacks, is one of three or four Baker Acts of students in the district every month, though they’re usually older. The district defends the Baker Acts as a necessary last resort that addresses underlying issues, and that must not be seen as retribution or punishment.

Angel’s Diner in Palatka: Radiant Relay

March 4, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The view from inside Angel's Diner in Palatka this morning, with the bridge over the St. Johns River in the distance. Click on the image for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Angel’s Diner in Palatka is reported to be the oldest diner in Florida, across the street from the stately Larimer Arts Center and a toast’s throw from the St. Johns River. It’s also proving to be the ideal relay on the way to a nuking.

On World Tennis Day, Palm Coast’s Reilly Opelka, 16, Plays Madison Square Garden

March 4, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Palm Coast's Reilly Opelka made it to one of the world's premier sports arenas as he opened for Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray in an exhibition match at Madison Square Garden Monday evening. (c FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s Reilly Opelka, a top American junior tennis player, made it to one of the world’s premier sports arenas as he opened for Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray in an exhibition match at Madison Square Garden Monday evening.

Gov. Scott’s Secret Travels, Boy Scout Bigotry Loses Disney, Here Come Hillary and Jeb: The Live Wire

March 3, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Gov. Scott travels secretly on his private jet, claiming a dubious security exemption, the Boy Scouts deservedly lose Disney grants for insisting on remaining homophobes, a town in Nebraska enshrines anti-immigrant racism in its ordinances, Israel invites tourist target-practice against Palestinians, and a farewell to Paco de Lucia.

Flagler-Based Family Life Center Will Provide Rape-Exam Services, Ending Year of Failures Under Children’s Advocacy Center

March 3, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A waiting room at the Children's Advocacy Center's then-new space in Bunnell. The center had pledged it would provide forensic exams for rape victims, only to break its pledge. The service will now be provided by the Family Life Center at its facilities. (© FlaglerLive)

The Children’s Advocacy Center failures came to light last spring when it failed to provide a certified nurse following a rape, forcing the victim to wait for hours. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office will administer the contract, awarded to Palm Coast and Bunnell-based Family Life Center. which says it has Flagler-based nurses to provide exams when needed.

Permanent Temp Workers in the U.S. Are at the Mercy of Some of the Weakest Labor-Protection Laws in the West

March 1, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

“Permatemping’ cases highlight a lack of U.S. protections for temp workers., who are exposed to more dangers in return for far less job protection or benefits. Other countries limit the length of temp jobs, guarantee equal pay and restrict dangerous work.

Lock and Load: NRA-Willing, Florida Legislature Takes On Slew of New Gun Legislation

February 28, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Bills dealing with toaster pastries and insurance policies are just two of more than a dozen gun-related measures lined up for the 2014 legislative session that starts Tuesday. As in previous years, many of them will go nowhere, especially if Marion Hammer, the National Rifle Association’s powerful Florida lobbyist, doesn’t like them.

A Matanzas High Teacher Reveals Her Evaluation Scores, and the Absurdity of Florida’s “VAM” Scam

February 26, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 48 Comments

The author in her class at Matanzas High School, with students who may or may not have factored in her "value-added model" scores that determine half her evaluation. Nahirny is not a fan of VAM scores. (© FlaglerLive)

What do my almighty “VAM” scores reveal about me, my students, the quality of my instruction or what goes on in my classroom? Absolutely nothing, writes JoAnn Nahirny, who deconstructs Florida’s new teacher-evaluation scores, hers among them, and shows why they have little basis in reality, though they may well define a teacher’s fate.

For Special Education Students in Flagler, a Program That Unlocks Barriers Through Art

February 26, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Now in its second year, Very Special Arts is an after-school program for students with learning disabilities that helps them find their talent and their place among peers. The program is under the leadership of Sue McVeigh, a former Flagler County schools employee of the year.

Senate President Says No to More Authority and Prescription Power For Nurse Practitioners

February 26, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

A House bill would give advanced-practice nurses more authority, including prescribing of controlled substances, and set up a pathway to independent practice, not supervised by physicians. But Senate President Don Gaetz opposes it.

Stand Your Ground’s Fatal Flaw, DNA Meets Dog Poop, Arizona’s Bigotry, Adidas’s Sex Tourism: The Live Wire

February 26, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

How John Locke would have interpreted–and derided–Stand Your Ground, child obesity’s encouraging trend, several states copy Arizona’s anti-gay bigotry, devaluing honor classes, Raymond Chandler’s 10 rules of writing a detective novel and Mozart’s full 21st piano concerto.

Flagler Beach Woman and St. Johns Man Face Capital Charges of Raping 2 Girls Younger Than 12

February 25, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Rhonda Lynn Wilkerson, 49, of Flagler Beach, faces one rape charge and William C. Dillow, 27, of St. Augustine, faces two rape charges, after girls in a Flagler County school revealed the alleged incidents to staff. The incidents took place in St. Johns County.

Forget Vegas: Florida Senate Wants
You to Gamble in State’s Backyards

February 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The Florida Senate has released an ambitious gambling proposal that would authorize two Las Vegas-style casinos in South Florida, create a gambling commission and allow voters to decide if they want to control future gambling expansions.

Baker Acts, Age and Social Responsibility: Sheriff Manfre’s Alert to Emerging Perils and Possible Solutions

February 24, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

In a broad-ranging discussion before the Palm Coast City Council, Flagler Sheriff Jim Manfre described a deteriorating mental health landscape affected by age and other stresses, but also pointed to mental health courts and other ways to address the growing problem without turning to cops and jails.

Global Warning Olympics: Closing Ceremonies for Winter

February 23, 2014 | Pierre Tristam | 4 Comments

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Watching the Olympics requires too much of a suspension of disbelief to make the effort worth the time or the self-deception. There was an added and quite massive invention to these games: faking winter in a warming world, though in that regard we’re all self-deluded Russians.

Ex-Con Believed To Have Carjacked Orlando Couple Is Arrested in Flagler After Chase and Crash

February 23, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Dyson Graham, who will be turning 25 on Friday, was released from state prison 11 months ago after serving three years on a conviction for carrying a concealed weapon as a convicted felon. Sunday morning, Graham and a 16-year-old girl missing from Hillsborough County were arrested in Flagler County following a carjacking in Orange County and a car crash in Palm Coast.

When a Senator Turns Anti-Union Goon: A Labor Defeat Reverberates Across the South

February 22, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

In light of the failed vote to unionize a VW plant in Tennessee, why should we care about the travails of labor unions in our country? Because, with no one in Washington able to effectively represent workers nationwide, unions are the only ones left to fight for a living wage.

Clarence Thomas as a White Playwright: “Race” Inflames City Rep’s Stage, With Sequins

February 22, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

In David Mamet's 'Race,' at the City Repertory Theatre beginning Friday, nothing is as it seems. (Erich Ferdinand)

David Mamet’s “Race” turns the table on an old American convention: the white rapist of a black woman. This time getting away is not an option in a thrill-ride of a play that turns the tables on stereotypes and prejudices. No one is immune. It is the Palm Coast City Repertory Theatre’s big event of the year, under the direction of John Sbordone.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning For Flagler Through 3 PM, Watch Through 5 PM

February 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northeast Flagler County and southeast St. Johns County, in effect through 3 p.m. Friday. Palm Coast and Flagler Beach are included in the warning.

Divisions Over Roving Vendors Again Place Flagler Beach’s Business Friendliness on Trial

February 21, 2014 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

How the Flagler Beach City Commission finally got to a restrictive ordinance on mobile vendors divided the commission and the town’s business community and again put a spotlight, fairly or not, on the commission’s attitude toward small business. The controversy illustrates an underlying strain between city and business that has not been resolved, and that goes beyond the roving vendor issue.

“Massive Expansion” of School Vouchers Would Fund Private Education at Public Expense

February 20, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

Under the proposal, retailers could divert sales-tax payments to the system; middle-class families would qualify for partial scholarships; and each scholarship would cover more of the cost of attending a private school.

Grim Reaping: Gov. Rick Scott Now Florida’s Record Holder For Most 1st Term Executions

February 20, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

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Juan Carlos Chavez’s execution last week was the 13th on Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s watch — a record among first-term Florida governors since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, and a record Scottt is smashing with yet more death warrants he is signing in his fourth year.

Matanzas and Flagler Palm Coast High Learn Of Suicide of Senior Alexandria Rodriguez

February 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

On Tuesday, the grandfather of Alexandria Rodriguez, an 18-year-old senior who’d attended Matanzas High School last year and Flagler Palm Coast High School until Thanksgiving, came to FPC to retrieve her two younger sisters and inform the administration that Alex, as she was known, had committed suicide that morning.

Ahead of Bunnell’s March 4 Election, Three Commission Candidates Battle With
More Blanks Than Bullets

February 19, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Rebecca DeLorenzo, president of the Flagler County Chamber of Commerce, takes a measure of one of the candidates just before the forum the chamber organized ahead of the March 4 elections to the Bunnell City Commission. The candidates from left: Daisy Henry, Bonita Robinson and John Rogers. (© FlaglerLive)

Few of the candidates’ answers at the only candidate forum before the election grappled with actual issues, ideas or solutions, hewing instead to generally positive statements about wanting to do their best or speaking in generalities that would not distinguish them either from each other or from any well-meaning resident of the city they seek to represent.

Ronald Reagan Republicans Launch Campaigns In Every Local Flagler Race, Signaling Insurgency Against GOP Incumbents

February 18, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 57 Comments

In the glow of Ronald Reagan: Monday's meeting of the Ronald Reagan Republican Assemblies at the Palm Coast City Council introduced six of seven candidates running against local incumbents. (© FlaglerLive)

Six candidates introduced themselves Monday evening, including two for school board, two for the Palm Coast City Council, and two for the Flagler County Commission. Six of the seven are running against incumbent Republicans, suggesting that the Triple-R’s are looking to be the insurgent candidates of this election cycle—against their own party.

Latest NRA Push: Let County Tax Collectors Issue Concealed-Weapons Permits

February 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Tax Collector Suzanne Johnston may want to hang a couple of guns next to the license plates to advertise a new proposed service. (© FlaglerLive)

The Senate Agriculture Committee will consider a proposal that would allow county tax collectors to accept applications for concealed-weapon or firearms licenses. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services currently accepts the applications at regional locations, but supporters of the bill say it would address increasing demands. The proposal comes as lawmakers move forward with bills backed by the National Rifle Association. But it also comes as a verdict this weekend in a highly publicized Jacksonville shooting places renewed focus on Florida’s gun laws.

Fire Police’s Bob Hudak Among Top Winners in Palm Coast Fire Department’s Annual Awards

February 17, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Hudak was named the 2014 Fire Police Officer of the Year Saturday evening, bringing some attention to one of the more thankless and least-rewarded aspects of emergency operations. Firefighter-Paramedic David Faust was named Career Firefighter of the Year, and Lt. Paul Matarazzo was honored as Volunteer Firefighter of the Year, among other awards.

The Dark Money Man: How Sean Noble Moved the Kochs’ Cash into Politics and Made Millions

February 16, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Sean Noble was a former congressional aide just starting as a political consultant when he was recruited to help run the Kochtopus — Charles and David Koch’s multi-layered political network.

Neither Marx Nor Hannity: Pope Francis’s Cool Embrace of Simplicity

February 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Even for a pope as refreshingly humble and open-minded as Francis, it’s too much to expect that he will remake the worldwide Catholic Church into one big hippie commune, argues Cary McMullen. Those on the political left may eventually be just as disappointed in him as those on the political right.

Patrick Amaral, 32, Kills Himself By Laying in Path of 2 Palm Coast Drivers on I-95

February 15, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Patrick Amaral, a 29-year-old Palm Coast resident and father of a toddler, was killed in an apparent suicide Friday evening as he laid himself in the center lane of I-95 and was struck by two cars.

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