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Flagler Delegation Discovers Varieties of School Uniform Experiences in Osceola Visit

January 10, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

As the Flagler County School Board prepares for a vote on school uniforms next week, a dozen Flagler school officials visiting Osceola schools Tuesday found out that even there, uniforms are are merely dressed up dress code rather than the strict regulations usually associated with uniforms.

For 1,200 News-Journal Pensioners, a Bittersweet Victory in Appeals Court’s Overrule

January 10, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an Orlando district judge misread Florida law when he brushed aside a $26.5 million claim from the federal PBGC to cover present and future retirement payments for Daytona Beach News-Journal employees.

What Rick Scott Can Learn from Anthropology

January 8, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Rick Scott should lay off behavior modification and let people study everything from art to zoology, argues Cary McMullen. Don’t worry. We’ll figure out what we want to be when we grow up.

The Florida Family Association’s Un-Christian Jihad on TLC’s “All-American Muslim”

January 6, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 34 Comments

In their war on TLC’s “All-American Muslim,” a few aberrant fools at the Florida Family Association are yearning for “No Muslims Allowed” signs everywhere and smearing this state’s reputation while drafting Lowe’s to their bigoted crusade.

Helga van Eckert Is Job Council’s Top Choice As a Council Member Sits Out the Decision

January 6, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Flagler County’s newly formed jobs council voted to offer Helga van Eckert the top executive job at the county government’s economic development agency. Van Eckert beats out Chris Clifton, who came in second, and Bruce Register, who came in third.

Unemployment Falls to 8.5%, Lowest Level in Almost 3 Years, as 200,000 Jobs Are Created

January 6, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The decline in unemployment, a boon to Obama’s reelection hopes, was the result of actual job creation, rather than a reduction in labor force participation.

Jobs Council Interviews 3 Vastly Different Candidates for Top Economic Development Job

January 5, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

None of the three candidates for the $100,000 job lacked in confidence, experience or enthusiasm, and each projecting enough qualities but sharply different temperaments to make a choice between them difficult. That choice may be made Friday.

Piety Rising: How Iowa Might Give Rick Santorum a Second Chance in Florida

January 5, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

That’s assuming Mitt Romney doesn’t clean up in New Hampshire and does respectably in South Carolina, two states ahead of Florida’s presidential primary on Jan. 31.

Superstar Violinist Joshua Bell Does Bruch With Jacksonville Symphony Jan. 7

January 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A limited number of tickets are still available for the Jan. 7 concert with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, where Joshua Bell will perform Bruch’s Violin Concerto in G minor.

429 Manatee Deaths in 2011 Second-Highest On Record, But None Recorded in Flagler

January 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A cold-related die-off of manatees in early 2011 set the stage for a third straight year with high numbers of deaths for manatees, following a record 766 deaths in 2010 and 429 in 2009.

Judge Sharon Atack Won’t Run Again This Year, Opening 2nd Flagler Judgeship in 2 Years

January 4, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

On the bench since 1995, Flagler County Judge Sharon Atack, 65, cited personal reasons for her retirement. November’s election to the seat will likely draw a large field of contenders and, Atack said, “at least one” woman.

My 10 Predictions for 2012

January 3, 2012 | Pierre Tristam | 28 Comments

Obama is reelected, the world doesn’t end except for Tim Tebow, Jim Landon and Sharon Atack look for other jobs and the News-Journal goes into the cemetery business: predictions worthy of James Ussher.

Medical Marijuana in Florida: Legislators File Long-Shot Proposal to Amend the Constitution

January 3, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Although a 57 percent majority of Florida voters are ready to inhale (the proposal, anyway), the staunchly conservative Legislature is unlikely to let the proposed constitutional amendment on medical marijuana go forward.

First AME Church of Palm Coast Celebrating Martin Luther King’s Legacy Jan. 15

January 2, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

First Church of Palm Coast invites the community to a service dedicated to celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King on Jan. 15–the eve of Martin Luther King Day–at First Church of Palm Coast.

Apostolic Outlook: 12 Stories to Watch in 2012

January 1, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Instead of rounding up the week’s news, which again was in short supply this week – we look forward to next year with a roundup of the stories we think may be the biggest next year in state government and politics. Happy New Year.

Florida Appeals Court Rules In Defense Of Web Comments Defaming to Business

December 29, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Xcentric, a website that allows Internet users to post opinions about businesses without regard to whether the “reviews” are true may be “appalling” in its invitation to slander businesses, but it doesn’t have to take the post down, a Florida appeals court ruled.

Garage Sale: NYT Sells 16 Papers To News- Journal For Less Than $10 Million Apiece

December 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Each title went for barely $9 million, less than half the $20 million Halifax Media paid for the Daytona Beach News-Journal alone when it acquired that paper in April 2010–at discount from the $300 million price originally set by a federal judge in 2006.

Your Police State At Work: Spy Drones Entering Local Cop Arsenals, Including Florida’s

December 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Forget Iran and Afghanistan. Americans have unmanned drones flying over their own heads, and more are coming as local police agencies, including the Miami-Dade Police Department, are acquiring spy drones and using them for surveillance of citizens.

Free Community Christmas Dinner at First United Methodist Church in Bunnell Dec. 25

December 24, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Bunnell’s First United Methodist Church, behind Bank of America, is serving a free Christmas dinner at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 25. All are welcome.

For a Happy Saturnalian Christmas:
How To have A Good Time

December 24, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Joan Miró, 'The Two Philosophers' (1936), Art Institute of Chicago.

Fulton J. Sheen was that rarity of Catholic sermonizers: he was witty, earthy and unfriendly to religion’s two heels : dogma and doctrine. “How to Have a Good Time” is one of his most celebrated sermons from his “Life Is Worth Living” series, from 1957.

Florida GOP’s Agenda, Once Emboldened, Facing Broad-Based Backlash in Courts

December 23, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Republicans’ sweeping changes to elections law, welfare drug-testing and state workers’ pension contributions have bogged down in court challenges and judges’ injunctions as Gov. Rick Scott chafes at the push-back.

Florida Utilities Fume as EPA Tells Dirty Coal Power Plants To Clean Up Or Clam Up

December 22, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday released controversial new air-pollution standards that could force expensive upgrades at some Florida power plants — but have been long-sought by environmental and health advocates.

Downturn Be Damned: Florida Crosses 19 Million Mark as Population Grows By 256,000

December 21, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The population growth in Florida was driven mostly by migrants into the state, while the nation’s growth of less than 1 percent between April 2010 and July 2011, was the lowest since the mid-1940s.

Borrowing Judge’s Words, Attorney General Bondi Rewrites Religious Aid Amendment

December 20, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The proposed constitutional amendment language was judged vague and inadmissible in a circuit court ruling earlier this month. In an unusual intervention tinged with implications, Attorney General Pam Bondi rewrote the proposed amendment, which opponents still consider unconstitutional.

Timeline: Hammock Dunes DRI, 1982-2011

December 20, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A fraction of Hammock Dunes. (© FlaglerLive)

Timeline of the Hammock Dunes development DRI from its Admiral-ITT origins through its Ginn-Luber Adler ownership and disputes with the Flagler County Commission.

Palm Coast Seethes as Flagler Ends Hammock Dunes DRI’s Obligations to County and City

December 20, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The Flagler County Commission closed the books on the 28-year-old Hammock Dunes “development of regional impact,” angering Palm Coast over developer dollars the city contends should still be paid for widening Palm Harbor Parkway.

Florida Legislator Wants $1 Cigarette Tax Increase In Exchange for Lower Driver Fees

December 19, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

South Florida’s Jim Waldman, a Democrat from Coconut Creek, wants to roll back unpopular driver’s license and registration fees, paying for it with a $1 increase in Florida’s cigarette tax, now at $1.34.

News-Journal Owner Halifax Media Buying New York Times’s 16 Regional Papers

December 19, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The New York Times confirmed today that Halifax Media Group, owner of the Daytona Beach News-Journal since 2010, is buying the 16 newspapers in The New York Times Regional Group in what would represent a significant cultural and ideological shift away from centrism and liberalism for those 14 papers.

Ammons Stays at FAMU, Defying Gov. Scott’s Muscling Into Hazing Homicide Controversy

December 18, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The Florida A&M University Board of Trustees will meet by phone Monday to decide the fate of President James Ammons in the wake of the hazing death of a drum major on Nov. 19 and the hazing-related brutalization of another student in the band two weeks earlier.

Farewell to Christopher Hitchens, Newt Ginrich’s G Spot and Andy Kaufman: The Live Wire

December 16, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

How Christopher Hitchens could fly-swat Sean Hannity in five words flat, the end of YouTube as we knew it, newspapers’ deaths within five years, the shame of McDowell County, West Virginia, and more.

As Autopsies Dwindle, Hospitals Bury Their Mistakes Instead of Learning From Them

December 16, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Autopsies are conducted on just 5 percent of patients who die in hospitals, letting common diagnostic errors go undiscovered, allowing physicians to practice on other patients with a false sense of security, and short-shrifting understanding of the effectiveness of medical treatments and the progression of diseases.

Palm Coast Accepts Garbage Hauling Bids But Doesn’t Open Them Publicly

December 16, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

The method continues a pattern that’s been less than transparent since fall when the city manager recommended renewing the contract with Waste Pro and skipping the bidding process.

Testing Industrial Complex Descends on Florida To Fight Over $35 Million Contract

December 15, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

McGraw-Hill and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt are in a battle over the right to provide testing items to the Florida Department of Education under a Race to the Top contract worth tens of millions of dollars.

We Don’t Need Another Payroll Tax Cut

December 15, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 10 Comments

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We can all afford less tax coddling and more fiscal responsibility. But don’t expect to hear that from allegedly conservative Republican and our blandly, irresponsibly centrist president, who’s bribing his way to a second term.

Only Partial Victory for Palm Coast’s Merrill Shapiro in Fight Against Religious Aid Bid

December 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Circuit Judge Terry Lewis struck down only part of a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow taxpayer money to go to religious institutions, leaving the door wide open for a fix in time for the 2012 ballot. The case was brought by Palm Coast Rabbi Merrill Shapiro and public education advocates.

Total Cell Phone Ban for Drivers: Not Likely in Florida

December 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The National Transportation Safety Board is urging states to ban all cell phone use while driving, even hands-free uses, the first such call by a federal agency. Florida is still struggling to impose a hands-free requirement.

Room for Debate: Should Florida Restrict Cell Use and Texting While Driving?

December 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Despite mounting evidence that cell and texting use while driving increases the chances of a crash, Florida continues to resist regulation. A proposed law has yet again been filed to ban drivers’ use of electronic devices.

Flagler’s 7 Governments Gather to Hear How Well Their Economic Development Is Doing

December 13, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Despite enduringly high unemployment and a year of fraying rather than unity among local governments, the county hosted an intergovernmental summit Tuesday that piled back-patting on exclamation marks.

Supreme Court’s Ruling on Immigrants Will Redefine Policing and State Powers

December 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

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The Supreme Court’s ruling on Arizona’s law is due by the end of June, at the same time as its ruling on Obama’s health care reform law, making this court term one of the most consequential in years, and with big reverberations in Florida.

Despite 4 to 7 Inches of Rain, Palm Coast And Flagler Are Still Facing Drought

December 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

An area of Bunnell saw the most rain in the last 24 hours, at just over 7 inches, parts of A1A, Palm Coast and the Mondex saw water-covered roads, but no property damage or home flooding. This rain event aside, the drought persists.

Florida Charter Schools: A Go-Go Industry Awash in Tax Money and Little Oversight

December 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Florida lawmakers have been more concerned about promoting rather than regulating charter schools, so bad charter schools operate with impunity. A Miami Herald investigation uncovers the charter school bandwagon.

Bleak Houses: Hiring Discrimination and Distress Darkening Holidays for Millions

December 11, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 29 Comments

A report documents the boiling frustration, despair, and economic uncertainty that unemployed and under-employed Americans face this holiday season, which could get worse if Congress doesn’t extend federal unemployment aid by month’s end.

“More Teaching, Less Yelling”: A New Spring Flag Football League for Palm Coast

December 9, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Developed by former NFL linebacker Sam Sword in conjunction with Palm Harbor Academy and Palm Coast, the $40-per-studen spring league is intended to be an affordable alternative for children intersested in playing. Palm Coast already has another, well-developed flag football league.

Obama’s Roosevelt Envy–And Ours

December 9, 2011 | Pierre Tristam | 23 Comments

Obama’s version of Roosevelt Lite won’t cut it if he can’t back up his rhetoric with a more serious program of defending the middle class against corporate predators and rich-class irresponsibility.

Obama’s Speech on the Economy in Osawatomie, Kansas: Video and Text

December 9, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Full text and video of Barack Obama’s speech on inequality, fairness and the economy in Osawatomie, Kansas, on Dec. 6, 2011.

Horse-Powered Trio of Neo-Expressionists Bring Their Brash to Hollingsworth Gallery

December 8, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Artists Pat Zalisko, Karlene McConnell and Melissa Mason, who share a reformed barn of a studio in New Smyrna Beach, exhibit all new work–energetic, serene and spontaneous–in a month-long exhibit at Palm Coast’s Hollingsworth Gallery, opening Saturday.

A Suicide in Walmart’s Parking Lot; Victim, 28, Was Connected to Tuesday’s Cop Escapee

December 8, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

Mike Saunders, 28, was found dead in his car in the Walmart parking lot Wednesday, of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. He had been at the wheel of the same car, with Mochael Testa, when Testa was arrested near Marvin’s Gardens the day before–and escaped from a cop car.

Educators Deride Scott’s “Smiley Face” Budget, Hospitals Call It “Tax on the Sick”

December 8, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Despite Scott’s proposed boost, the state would still spend about $210 million less on education under Scott’s plan than it did five years ago, with overall education funding down about $1.6 billion. Hospital advocates call proposed cuts to Medicaid a “tax on the sick.”

800,000 Floridians, Most of them Children, Could Be Booted Off Medicaid Coverage

December 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

More than 660,000 of those currently covered by Medicaid are children, and could be booted off the rolls if their parents have to pay $10 a month in premiums, as the Florida Legislature is proposing.

Palm Coast’s Strathmore Deli Closes, Citing Overhead; Another Strip Now Stressed

December 6, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 75 Comments

Strathmore Deli, renamed Best Bagels & Deli, was the high-traffic anchor for the Parkway Plaza strip between Plam Coast Parkway and Cypress Point. Its abrupt closure four years after it opened is rippling with consequences.

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