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DeSantis Ousts State Attorney Monique Worrell, a Black Democrat Elected with 67 Percent of Vote

August 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

Monique Worrell, a Democrat, was elected State Attorney in 2020 with 67 percent of the vote. (Facebook)

Gov. Ron DeSantis has suspended another elected prosecutor. This time it’s Monique Worrell of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court, in Orange and Osceola counties, a Democrat who was elected in November 2020 and is the second African American to hold the position.

Flagler County Fire Rescue Paramedics Teach FPC Football Players Hands-Only CPR

August 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

At work.(Flagler County)

Flagler-Palm Coast High School Football Head Coach Daniel Fish and Assistant Coach Jason Winkler invited Flagler County Fire Rescue Community Paramedics Rob Errett and Tracy Farmer to teach their players hands-only CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, because of recent incidents involving college athletes.

Back-to-School Anxiety and What To Do About It

August 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Predictability helps prevent anxiety in children. Predictability means things going along as they’ve always gone: sleep at night, up in the morning, cornflakes for breakfast, off to school, activities in the afternoon, dinner with the family.

Cascades Development, Revived from 2005, Calls for Up to 850 Homes on 375 Acres in Seminole Woods

August 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

The tip of the required sign announcing the coming hearing before the Palm Coast Planning Board on the land use changes that would enable the development of up to 850 residential homes and apartments on acres off of Seminole Woods Boulevard. (Palm Coast)

After a nearly two-decade hiatus, the massive Cascades development planned for Seminole Woods is back, and is more than double its original size: up to 850 single-family homes and apartments on 375 acres. If built out to that cap, the Cascades would be, along with Coquina Shores on Old Kings Road–a 750-home development just rezoned for the purpose–one of the largest developments in the city.

Index Up to 117, Excessive Heat Warning in Effect for Palm Coast and Flagler County, With No Relief This Week

August 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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An excessive heat warning is in effect today in inland and coastal Flagler County, including Palm Coast and Flagler Beach, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with the heat index reaching 117 in the shade. The forecast for the rest of the week is not much different: as of today, the heat index for Flagler-Palm Coast is expected to range between 114 and 117 every day at least through Friday.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, August 9, 2023

August 9, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

GOP Presidential Candidates by Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News.

More dangerous heat today, Separation Chat, Open Discussion, Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Johnny Cash’s greatest love affair, Christopher Niemann and Bach on coffee.

Sending People to Space Shouldn’t Be a Priority of Exploration

August 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The Artemis I Launch in November 2022. (NASA/Bill Ingalls, CC BY-NC)

Most Americans (69%) believe it is essential that the United States continue to be a world leader in space. But only a subsection of that group believes NASA should prioritize sending people to the Moon. The United States’ most visible effort to maintain world leadership in space is arguably its Artemis Program to land humans on the Moon by late 2024.

Palm Coast Council Chickens Out of Modest Pilot Program for Backyard Hens, But May Survey Residents

August 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 66 Comments

Not any time soon, not in Palm Coast, not legally, anyway. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast City Council today shot down a two-year pilot program that would have permitted up to 25 properties to have backyard chickens in answer to a growing movement across the country toward more self-sufficiency and more natural foods. The most the city will do for now is possibly survey residents on their opinions about backyard chickens.

Sheriff’s Communications Supervisor Heather Robinson Is Line Supervisor of the Year

August 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Heather Robinson with Sheriff Rick Staly. (FCSO)

Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Communications Supervisor Heather Robinson accepted the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International Line Supervisor of the Year award for 2023! Heather was recognized during the Opening General Session at APCO 2023, APCO’s Annual Conference & Expo in Nashville.

Impacting Services, Palm Coast Cuts $2.7 Million from Initial 2024 Budget to Comply with Council’s Lower Tax Rate

August 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Palm Coast's acquatic center will close in December and January as part of the budget reductions presented today. (© FlaglerLive)

While these are budget cuts only in relation to the initially planned budget for next year, they nevertheless will have the effects of actual budget cuts in many regards, because they go against the grain of growth in the budget intended to maintain services and what City Manager Denise Bevan referred to as the city’s customary forward-looking approach.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, August 8, 2023

August 8, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Benefits of Robbery in Florida by Monte Wolverton, Battle Ground, Washington.

The Palm Coast City Council meets in workshop, the Flagler County Planning Board decides whether to allow less rain to seep through at the Cornerstone strip mall, Donald Hall and thoughts of oblivion in the middle of the night.

Dismantling the Myth that Ancient Slavery ‘Wasn’t That Bad’

August 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

A relief depicting a row of captives, carved into the Sun Temple at Abu Simbel in Egypt.

Because these kinds of slavery took place so long ago and weren’t based on modern racism, some people have the impression that they weren’t as harsh or violent. That impression makes room for public figures like Christian theologian and analytic philosopher William Lane Craig to argue that ancient slavery was actually beneficial for enslaved people. Those arguments are wrong.

County’s Sales Tax Hike Rings Hollow as Attorney Defends Commissioner’s Unilateral Request for Delay

August 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

County Attorney Al Hadeed, from where he usually sits during commission meetings. (© FlaglerLive)

Reeling in a school’s worth of red herrings, County Attorney Al Hadeed today fervently defended the authority of County Commissioner Dave Sullivan to ask Flagler Beach government a week and a half ago to pull from discussion a request from the County Commission for support of a proposed increase in the sales tax.

Sheriff’s PAL Is Not Taking Over Carver Center Or Changing Its Name, County and School District Assure Community

August 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Carver Center in Bunnell is a lot more than a community center to its neighboring residents. (© FlaglerLive)

Contrary to rumors and fears, the Flagler Sheriff Police Athletic League is not taking over the Carver Center in South Bunnell, nor is the Carver Center losing its name, its governing structure its staffing by the school district, the chairman of the Flagler County School Board and the county administrator say. But PAL is seeking to have a significant presence there.

Nighttime Beachgoers Should Use MalaCompra Road Access or North Parking Lot During Turtle-Hatching Season

August 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Flagler County officials are urging nighttime beachgoers in The Hammock to use either the MalaCompra Road access or the north parking lot during turtle-hatching season, which is now, instead of the south parking lot leading to the Mountain Bike Trail.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, August 7, 2023

August 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Indictments are served, by Randall Enos, Easton, Conn.

The Flagler County Commission holds a pair of meetings, the Beverly Beach Town Commission just one, only in America, a Texas Supreme Court decision ridiculing the fanaticism of the Second Amendment.

Nonprofits May Engage in Advocacy, But Few Do

August 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Is anybody ready to speak up?

Though it can be vital for the advancement of their missions that charities exercise this right, fewer than a third of charities in the U.S. (31%) engaged in advocacy in the last five years. This represents a dramatic decline in the past two decades, even though the law allows these groups to speak up regarding the issues that affect the people they serve.

REDIRECTED: Homeowner, 86, Arrested on 2nd Degree Murder Charge in Shooting Death of Mark Ruschmeier, 36, in Woodlands

August 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Flagler County Sheriff's Crime Scene Investigation unit in front of 20 Blare Drive in Palm Coast nearing noon today, as it investigated the early-morning homicide there. (© FlaglerLive)

Charles Kidd Jr., 86, was arrested on a second-degree murder charge this afternoon following the early morning shooting death of 36-year-old Mark Ruschmeier, who was has lived with Kidd at Kidd’s Blare Drive home in Palm Coast’s Woodlands for at least a decade.

Palm Coast Fire Department’s Driver Engineer Leonardo Chumaceiro Retires

August 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Driver Engineer Leonardo “Leo” Chumaceiro with Palm Coast Fire Chief Kyle Berryhill. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast Fire Department bids a fond farewell to Driver Engineer Leonardo “Leo” Chumaceiro as he embarks on a well-deserved retirement after a proud career spanning 37 years, dedicated to serving the City of Palm Coast.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, August 6, 2023

August 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Hottest Month on Record by Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News.

“Firebringer” at City Repertory Theatre, Sunday Chess Club at Chabad of Palm Coast, how the bombing of Hiroshima was reported the day after, how Enrico Fermi experimented during the blast of the first atomic bomb.

Why Your Home Feels Warmer Than Thermostat Says, and What To Do About It

August 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Your windows radiate more heat than you think. (© FlaglerLive)

While people are used to thinking about how clothing, air movement, temperature and humidity affect comfort, two lesser-known measures help explain how they experience comfort indoors: Mean radiant temperature. and operative temperature.

Sorry, But Barbie Is Still a Problem

August 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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There persists a belief that Barbie is a feminist icon. And the doll remains what it’s always been: a vessel for  dangerously unattainable beauty standards, the deliberate vapidity of feminism, the centering of whiteness.

Such, Such Were the Joys of Plantations in DeSantis’s History of Florida

August 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 51 Comments

Florida is going to teach schoolchildren about the valuable skills that enslaved persons learned. Source: Joseph Andrews, c. 1850, via Florida State Library and Archives

Gov. DeSantis and his crack education team are all about facts. In his Florida history version of plantation life, enslaved persons were treated like family, they learned invaluable skills, like cooking, and learned to make quality footwear. When you think about it, plantations should really be called “agricultural opportunity centers.”

Child Nicotine Poisoning Hit All-Time High as Vapes Flood the Market

August 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Cases of vaping-related nicotine exposure reported to poison centers hit an all-time high in 2022 — despite a 2016 law, the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act, that requires child-resistant packaging on bottles of vaping liquid. In what doctors call a major oversight, the law doesn’t require protective packaging on devices themselves.

Florida Ethics Commission: July Roundup

August 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The Florida Ethics Commission. (© FlaglerLive via Florida Channel)

Meeting in Tallahassee on July 28th in closed session, the Florida Commission on Ethics took action on 41 matters, Chair Glenton “Glen” Gilzean, Jr. announced. Five of those matters were complaints considered for probable cause. A finding of probable cause is not a determination that a violation has occurred. Such a determination is made only after a full evidentiary hearing on the allegations.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, August 5, 2023

August 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Misleading Monikers by Guy Parsons, PoliticalCartoons.com

Back to School Jam, “Firebringer” at City Repertory Theatre, Monthly Volunteer Clean-Up Day at the Florida Agriculture Museum, Sunshine and Sandals Social at Cornerstone, Maupassant’s “Inheritance.”

The Lessons of Hiroshima

August 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Visitors to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima view a large-scale panoramic photograph of the destruction following the 1945 bombing. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

In a world of potential nuclear terrorism and conflicts that risk the unthinkable use of nuclear weapons, the need to control proliferation and double down on arms control, such as a US-Iran agreement and better relations with China, are essential starting points.

Jeb Bush and Newt Gingrich Join Rick Scott Re-Election Campaign

August 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Rick Scott issues a manifesto. (© FlaglerLive)

As part of his efforts to get reelected to the U.S. Senate next year, Republican Rick Scott unveiled his National Finance Committee Wednesday, featuring a number of current and former GOP lawmakers such as Jeb Bush and Newt Gingrich.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, August 4, 2023

August 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Paying for His Defense by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

“Firebringer” at City Repertory Theatre, Superintendent LaShakia Moore on Free For All, First Friday in Flagler Beach, the future of abortion and a moment with Margaret Atwood.

Dunkin and Lego Made It Work. X Rebranding Misses the Mark.

August 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A pile of characters removed from a sign on the Twitter headquarters building seen in San Francisco on July 24, 2023.

Twitter has swapped the fluffy bird that used to symbolize the social media platform for a spindly black X. Ditching the company’s well-known logo and changing its name to a letter often associated with danger, death and the unknown is only the latest user-aggravating step CEO Elon Musk has taken since he bought Twitter in October 2022 for US$44 billion.

Flagler County’s Sales Tax Fraud

August 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Clueless. From left, Greg Hansen, Donald O'Brien and Dave Sullivan. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County government is attempting to convince cities and the public to support an increase in the sales tax using false information, deceptive reasoning and cowardly politics. Local governments have legitimate needs for more revenue, but fooling the electorate isn’t the way to do it.

Florida Prisoners Broil in 115-Degree Heat in Buildings Without AC, and No Plans for Structural Relief

August 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Many Florida prisons have no air conditioning, leaving prisoners broiling in an ongoing heat wave, and the state has no plans to change the fact beyond cosmetic allowances. (© FlaglerLive)

Many prisons are decades old. Installing air conditioning would be expensive and take years. Some facilities can’t be retrofitted for AC. Temperatures inside buildings without air conditioning can soar 15 degrees higher than the temperature outside. That means temperatures over 100 degrees last month put the thermometer above 115 inside prisons in some regions.

Army Corps Issues Permit Notice for New, 828-ft Flagler Beach Pier, Detailing Construction and Seeking Public Input

August 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The old Flagler Beach pier may soon be a construction zone. (© FlaglerLive)

In what one of the designers of Flagler Beach’s new pier described as “a big milestone in the federal regulatory process,” the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued notice that it is reviewing the permit application for the new pier, and soliciting public comment about detailed construction plans that had not been disclosed until now.

Only 900,000 Landlines Left in Florida, Down from Peak of 12 Million

August 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

An image from the PSC report, drawn from America calling: a social history of the telephone to 1940.

Carriers reported approximately 900,000 total landlines in Florida for 2022, about 19.5 percent fewer than in 2021, in a population of almost 22 million. Two decades ago, Florida had 12 million landlines. Florida has an estimated 23 million wireless subscriptions and over 4.6 million VoIP connections.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, August 3, 3032

August 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Ivy League Admissions by Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News

The incorrigible L’Darius Smith is back in court on a plea, a status hearing is scheduled in the case of Reba Lynn Johnson, who assaulted a teacher, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lawrence Friedman on law.

‘Dishonesty, Fraud and Deceit’: The Most Serious Trump Indictment Yet

August 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

Special Counsel Jack Smith announces the second federal indictment of Donald Trump on Aug. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Three counts in this new indictment allege conspiracies: There is conspiracy to defraud the government; to obstruct an official proceeding – in this case, counting the electoral votes on Jan. 6, 2021; and against the rights of the voters to cast ballots and have them fairly and honestly counted.

Rotary Club of Flagler Beach Wins Second Harvest Food Bank Award

August 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

From left, Laura Biddle, Rotary Club of Flagler Beach, Patti DeLaCruz, Agency Relations Manager, Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, Karen Pastoriza, Rotary Club of Flagler Beach.

The Rotary Club of Flagler Beach is proud to announce that it has won the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida’s “In it Together” Award. Rotary Club of Flagler Beach was awarded the “In it Together” award at the Second Harvest of Central Florida Partner Network Conference that took place on July 17, 2023, in Winter Park, Florida.

At Budget Hearing, School Board’s Sally Hunt Reveals Alarming Ignorance of Tax Structure and State Funding

August 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Sally Hunt is confused. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler TV)

As she revealed at a budget meeting Tuesday evening, just before voting on what she did not know, Sally Hunt does not know how the school district’s budget is funded by a state formula. She does not know how the millage, or property tax, is set. She does not know whether to cheer or jeer lower school property taxes, even coming off a budget briefing on July 24, when she voted to approve advertising the budget.

Without Evidence of Wrongdoing, Palm Coast Council Orders Expensive, Unprecedented Forensic Audit

August 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Ken McDowell Tuesday evening "demanded" that the Palm Coast City Council conduct a forensic audit of city finances, and the council agreed. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast TV)

The Palm Coast City Council Tuesday evening agreed to an unprecedented and very expensive forensic audit of city finances, the sort of audit usually predicated on suspicions of wrongdoing, despite a lack of evidence of any wrongdoing and routine, annual audits and a finance department that just as routinely wins annual awards for transparency. The council was responding to public demands driven more by ideology and general dissatisfaction than facts.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, August 2, 2023

August 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

More Ron Moron by Ed Wexler, CagleCartoons.com

Flagler Beach’s Margaritaville Hotel public meeting, the Flagler County Republican Club meets, Separation Chat’s open discussion, the ins and outs of juries and jury selection.

Unsupportive Families and Conversion Therapy Drive Trans Youth to Suicide

August 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Trans teens living in a supportive family environment have a lower risk of attempting suicide or running away from home. (© FlaglerLive)

Supportive family environments and hormone replacement therapy that affirms a transgender child’s gender identity decrease their risk of suicide or running away from home, whereas unsupportive family environments and conversion therapy that denies their gender identity increase these risks.

Next Flagler School Superintendent’s Salary May Be As High as $200,000, a 48% Jump in Last 3 Years

August 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Acting Superintendent LaShakia Moore, left, at today's workshop of the Flagler County School Board. Board attorney Kristy Gavin walked the board through its next steps in its search for a new superintendent, including salary ranges and job description. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Schools)

Barely three years ago, the Flagler County School Board hired Cathy Mittelstadt as its superintendent on a base salary of $135,000. The next superintendent may earn as much as $200,000. Flagler School Board member Sally Hunt wanted to go as high as $215,000, though the average salary in Florida is $174,000, and Flagler County is among the state’s smaller districts.

Flagler County Fire Rescue Receives American Heart Association Award

August 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Saving lives. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Fire Rescue has distinguished itself when it comes to treating heart attack patients and has been awarded the American Heart Association “Mission: Lifeline EMS Silver” for 2023.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, August 1, 2023

August 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Bipartisanship and UFOs by Jeff Koterba, patreon.com/jeffreykoterba

The Palm Coast City Council will consider the management contract for a new cell tower at Ralph Carter Park, remembering Charlie Ericksen, Jack Reacher solves the mystery behind why hookers always carry big purses.

Aromatherapy and Its Skeptics

July 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Public acceptance of aromatherapy is high, but that doesn’t mean it works.

Aromatherapy is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treatment of any medical condition. Clinicians say there’s not sufficient evidence to show that it works. Conversely, public acceptance of aromatherapy has never been higher. But this is not always a good thing. Although information about aromatherapy abounds on the internet, many of the claims are based on personal experience. This is not scientific evidence.

Two-Term Flagler County Commissioner Charlie Ericksen, a Stalwart of Civility and Grit, Dies at 80

July 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Charlie Ericksen, who served two terms as Flagler County Commissioner–two terms characterized by an immersive interest in all things Flagler, unfailing civility and understated wit–died today in Celebration, where he’d recently moved in declining health, to be closer to family.

Whispering Meadows Ranch Will Leave Flagler Over Next 2 Years For 9-Acre Tract in Ormond Beach

July 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Whispering Meadows Ranch operated off of John Anderson Highway for a decade and a half to great acclaim until neighbors began objecting a little over two years ago. (© FlaglerLive)

Whispering Meadows Ranch, the equine therapy non-profit that’s been looking for a new home for over two years, closed on a 9-acre tract in Ormond Beach, along State Road 40 just south of the Flagler County line, and will leave its John Anderson Highway location over the next two years. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, July 31, 2023

July 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Desantegrating Campaign by Monte Wolverton, Battle Ground, Washington.

Heat index again at dangerous levels, stormwater and the Flagler County Commission, a celebration of the American language on the cusp of Gulden Draak.

Chief Justice Roberts’s Conflicting Views of Race

July 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts attends the State of the Union address on Feb. 7, 2023.

Though Roberts’ opinions appear at odds, his general disdain for the use of race is not. In both landmark race-related cases this term–the repeal of affirmative action, the requirement that race be considered when drawing congressional districts–he was clear that his preference is for as little use of race as possible, a position he has held for decades.

Affordable Housing is a Human Right, Not a Handout

July 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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Housing is more than a roof over our heads. It determines our ability to stay healthy, get an education, build wealth, and live longer. It is not merely a luxury commodity limited to those who can afford it. It is a right — and our government should start recognizing and treating it as such.

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