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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.

Health Care’s Familiar Symptoms: GOP Wants Less Regulation, Democrats Want More

July 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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GOP health plans would allow more employers to bypass the landmark health insurance overhaul’s basic benefits requirements and most state standards. Democrats want to limit short-term plans’ length before people go into ACA plans. Meanwhile, many still struggle to afford deductibles or other costs.

Flagler County Taking ‘Veteran of the Year’ Nominations Through Sept. 30

July 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Veterans Day has its origins in commemorations of what was known as the Great War, what became known as World War I. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County’s Veterans Services Office is asking for nominations for its “Colonel Gary E. DeKay” Veteran of the Year Award, which will be presented on Veterans Day.

Without Evidence, Florida’s Surgeon General Blames Covid Vaccine for Bronny James’s Cardiac Episode

July 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Despite scientific evidence to th contrary from federal agencies, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo this week bolstered the link between the Covid-19 vaccine and cardiac arrests suffered by two University of Southern California basketball players. One of those players is Los Angeles Lakers player Lebron James’ son.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, July 30, 2023

July 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Good Ol' Days by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

Sunday Chess Club at Chabad of Palm Coast, Shifted, at Limelight Theatre, Grace Community Food Pantry, A tribute to Jason Epstein, Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Make Developers Offer Strategies to Reduce Car Use

July 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Parking consumes 20% or more of prime locations in many U.S. downtowns. (© FlaglerLive)

For decades, cities have required developers to provide a set number of parking spaces for their tenants or customers. And while many people still rely on parking, the amount required is typically far more than most buildings need.

Why Are Florida Republicans So Scared of Higher Education?

July 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

florida gop scared of higher education

Florida Republicans are scared of higher education. Colleges. Universities. Known hotbeds of wokery, Marxism, and foreign languages, they should instead focus on the one thing that matters to real Americans: training future cogs in the uber-capitalist machine and sports.

Joe Avallone Takes the Reins as Head Coach of Daytona State College’s Men’s Soccer Team

July 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The beautiful game. (© FlaglerLive)

In his three years as Daytona State’s men’s soccer assistant coach, Joe Avallone helped take the Falcons to three conference titles, three Southeast District titles and three trips to the NJCAA nationals. Named head coach following Bart Sasnett’s departure, Avallone says he’ll use his 30+ years of experience as a player and coach to build on that winning formula.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, July 29, 2023

July 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

New Barbie Dolls by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

Annika Chambers & Paul DesLauriers at Blues & Brews Bistro in Ormond, the Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market, taking stock of our Barbie world.

Do Smartphones Belong in Classrooms?

July 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Academic performance improves when schools ban smartphones, research shows.

As school leaders in the U.S. wrestle with whether or not to ban smartphones–and Flagler County schools have banned the use of cell phones during instructional time–four scholars to weigh in on the issue.

Teron, in 2nd Trial, Is Guilty on All Charges of Raping 7-Year-Old Niece; Will Be Sentenced to Life in Prison

July 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Monserrate Teron will be sentenced to life in prison. (© FlaglerLive)

In Monserrate Teron’s second trial in six weeks, a jury of four men and two women today found the former Army nurse guilty of raping and molesting his 7-year-old niece at his Palm Coast home in November 2019. The jury deliberated three hours, its decision finally, clearly clinched by the testimony of the child, now 11, whom Teron had victimized for years.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, July 28, 2023

July 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

DeSantis Slavery benefits by Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com

Scenic A1A Pride meets, John Fogerty at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, Bonkerz Comedy Night, the sound of a tank, what 3 degrees of warming looks like.

Dr. Spock’s Timeless Lessons in Parenting

July 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Author and physician Dr. Benjamin Spock in NYC in 1974.

“The Common Sense Book of Baby and Childcare,” written by Dr. Benjamin Spock and published in 1946, encouraged parents to think for themselves and to trust their instincts. Spock’s book was a huge best-seller, second in the U.S. only to the Bible. He believed that children come into the world with distinct needs, interests and abilities, and that the core of good parenting is attending carefully to what each child requires at each stage of development.

Prosecution Lets Glaring Falsehood, Key to Defense’s Arguments, Go Unchallenged as Rape Trial Goes to Jury

July 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Assistant State Attorney Melissa Clark, left, showing the jury, during closing arguments, the murphy bed and the layout of the bedroom in the Palm Coast home where Monserrate Teron is accused of having sexually assaulted his 7-year-old niece in November 2019. (© FlaglerLive)

The prosecution and defense delivered their closing arguments in Monserrate Teron’s second trial in six weeks on charges he raped his 7-year-old niece in Palm Coast in 2019. The prosecution never challenged a key but medically false claim at the center of Teron’s defense: that since he suffered from erectile dysfunction, he could not have orgasmed as he was abusing his niece.

At African American Society, ‘Summer of 1969’ Exhibit Kicks Off Festival of Cultural Events

July 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Savannah Ryan, curator of the “Summer of 1969” exhibition at the African American Cultural Society, places dolls designed by Carmen Nibbs in a display case. (© FlaglerLive)

The art exhibit at Palm Coast’s African American Cultural Society, opening Saturday, and its numerous related programs, centers on “Summer of Soul,” the 2021 documentary film about the nearly forgotten Harlem Cultural Festival colloquially known as the “Black Woodstock.”

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, July 27, 2023

July 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

DeSantis X Campaign Reboot by R.J. Matson, CQ Roll Call

The Flagler Beach City Commission has a full agenda–new manager’s contract, impact fees, sales tax increase, and more. The Teron trial may conclude. Joan Didion on Charlie Rose.

Why Immigrants Serve in U.S. Military. It’s Not to Gain Citizenship.

July 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Military personnel attend a special naturalization ceremony in New York on June 30, 2023.

The fast track to citizenship is not as important in explaining immigrant enlistments as economic factors like poverty and debt, and cultural factors, such as valuing warrior masculinity and legitimization of war.

“Firebringer,” the StarKid Production, at City Repertory Theatre Aug. 4-7

July 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The cast. (CRT)

A unique collaboration of comedians and song writers comes to the City Repertory Theatre (CRT) in August with a robust production of “Firebringer.” The production is noted as a hilarious take on what happens to the stone age when a life-changing discovery is made.

Defense’s Strategy in Teron’s Second Trial on Charges of Raping His Niece: Indict the Accusers

July 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Monserrate Teron, left, speaking with his Spanish interpreter during a break today. (© FlaglerLive)

The defense’s strategy in Monserrate Teron’s trial on charges that he raped his 7-year-old niece has been on blunt display for the past two days in a Bunnell courtroom: indict the accuser. Indict her family. Indict her forensic interviewer. Indict the investigator. Make them look uninvolved, clueless, incompetent, prejudiced. Question them as if they are on trial, not Teron.

Flagler County Uses False Information as It Asks Cities to Support Increase in Sales Tax

July 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

County government's claims are off. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County government is disseminating false information about the proportion of the local sales tax paid by visitors as it seeks letters of support from Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Bunnell and Beverly Beach to increase the county’s sales tax by half a percent.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, July 26, 2023

July 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Low School Attendance by John Darkow, Columbia, Missouri.

Separation Chat, Day three of Monserrate Teron’s trial, The Flagler County Public Library Book Club takes on Kim Michele’s “Woman of Troublesome Creek,” Paul Robeson.

DeSantis ‘War on Woke’ Mirrors Whitewashing of History in Other Countries

July 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

SB 266 aims to stop college professors from teaching about systemic racism.

Florida’s new law forbidding the teaching of systemic racism is the most extreme example in a series of recent U.S. state bills that critics call “educational gag orders.” The tactics that Gov. Ron DeSantis is using to censor the teaching of American history in Florida look a lot like those seen in the illiberal democracies of Israel, Turkey, Russia and Poland.

Palm Coast Franchise Fee Killed Again as FPL Balks at Referendum; City Must Cut Budget $2.8 Million

July 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

City Council member Theresa Pontieri, right, had proposed adopting a new franchise fee on electric utility bills conditional on a referendum guiding the rate. Council member Ed Danko opposed the fee in any form. The fee proposal died today. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council is set to abandon the unpopular franchise fee it proposed adding to electric bills only last week. City Council member Theresa Pontieri said today she will withdraw the motion that she’d made on July 18. The reason, according to the city manager: Florida Power and Light won’t accept the city’s terms.

Waste Pro and Palm Coast Drop All Claims Against Each Other in Bingate Settlement

July 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Waste Pro and Palm Coast signed an agreement that will have Palm Coast release $153,150 owed Waste Pro. The city will also void the $66,350 fines the company had accrued. Neither side admits wrong-doing. Neither side will sue.

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