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First Book Bans. Now School Libraries: Sally Hunt Thinks Media Centers Could Be Shrunk.

April 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

A section of the media center at Rymfire Elementary, which SchoolBoard member Sally Hunt thinks is "huge" and could be used for other purposes. But it already is. No students appear in the picture for student privacy. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County School Board member Sally Hunt thinks some school libraries may be too large and under-used. She wants to rethink library spaces and media specialists’ roles, and thinks the public library could be the repository of books unwanted on school campuses.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, April 7, 2023

April 7, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Clarence Thomas gifts by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

First Friday in Flagler Beach, Daytona State College Theatre’s ‘The Prom,’ J.S. Bach’s complete St. Matthew Passion, The sheer majesty of a five-megawatt wind turbine.

Palm Coast Chamber’s Disinformation on Student Performance and Superintendent Draws Sharp Rebukes

April 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt and School Board Vice Chair Colleen Conklin both issued sharply worded rebukes to rankly misinforming statements by the Flagler Palm Coast Chamber of Commerce regarding Mittelstadt’s performance in the last three years. A 3-2 majority of the school board fired Mittelstadt Tuesday, as of June 30.

Trump’s Charges and the Obstacles Ahead for the Prosecution

April 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a press conference about former President Donald Trump’s arraignment on April 4, 2023.

A former prosecutor and law professor who studies the American criminal justice system provides three key points to understand in the Trump indictment and the challenges that lie ahead for the prosecution of the former president.

For Over 2 Decades, Clarence Thomas Accepted Lavish Gifts from Billionaire Without Disclosing Them

April 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Justice Clarence Thomas in 2017 as he was administering the oath of office to Mike Pence.

For more than two decades, Thomas has accepted luxury trips virtually every year from real estate magnate and Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. The extent and frequency of Crow’s apparent gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the U.S. Supreme Court. His failure to report the flights appears to violate law.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, April 6, 2023

April 6, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Meanwhile at Mar-a-lago... by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

Sheriff’s Presentation: Addressing Crime Together, an Educational Program by the Alzheimer’s Association, the Palmer Raids and real Americans.

Jacinda Ardern’s Goodbye: Her Politics of Kindness Fell on Unkind Times

April 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Jacina Ardern, covid's nemesis. (DonkeyHotey)

Jacinda Ardern’s resignation as prime minister in January was a courageous and pragmatic decision for herself, her family and her party. Although many said she’d done a great job as leader, she rightly reminded us that a great leader is “one who knows when it’s time to go”.

Dune Hold-Out Signed Documents Today After 3 Years, Clearing Beach Reconstruction

April 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

One of the "remnants" that had been at the center of the dispute finally resolved today, after three years, as its owner signed an easement. (© FlaglerLive)

Less than two weeks from a scheduled trial date, Flagler Beach resident Cynthia d’Angiolini this afternoon signed the two easements the county has been seeking for three years and that will allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to rebuild and maintain 2.6 miles of dunes south of the pier, unimpeded, for the next half century.

No Overt Prayers: Palm Coast Council Will Stick With Moment of Silence at Meetings to Avoid Theatrics

April 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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Rejecting exhortations from nearly two dozen people, there will be no overt, vocal prayer at Palm Coast City Council meetings, though room for prayer in all forms and for all creeds will continue, as it always has, for individuals who choose to pray, whether overtly before meetings or quietly during meetings or during the moment of silence.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, April 5, 2023

April 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Pre-trial day in court with numerous high-profile cases on the docket, Separation Chat at Pine Lakes Golf Club, Weekly Chess Club for Teens, the Trump arraignment and the Plot Against America.

Chong, Furry and Hunt in 3-2 Majority Not to Renew Superintendent Mittelstadt’s Contract

April 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 81 Comments

Rebuffing an outpouring of public support for Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt at this evening’s special meeting, the Flagler County School Board voted 3-2 not to renew her contract when it expires in June.

Drivers Who Refuse Breathalizer Test Could Be Required to Have Interlock Device for a Year

April 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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Under a new proposal, a driver who refuses such a test would be required to install an ignition interlock device at his or her expense on all vehicles they own and operate for one full year – therefore removing the ability to drive with that suspended license.

Trump’s Arrest May Energize, Not Humiliate Him

April 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

Former President Donald Trump at his arraignment Tuesday. (© FlaglerLive via CNN)

Trump got what he wanted, as he, according to recent media reports, wanted to be the center of attention and create a spectacle. His detractors also got what they wanted, which was a visual record of Trump officially submitting to authorities, five days after he was indicted for 34 alleged felonies related to business fraud and a hush money payment to a porn star.

Focusing on Student Use, Flagler School Board Nears Closer to Ending Belle Terre Swim Club’s Memberships

April 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The Flagler County School Board's Will Furry is proposing to end the use of the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club as a public-oriented club, and close its gym, while refocusing it toward student use and leasing it to some public use. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Schools TV)

After a decade of hesitancy and inaction, the Flagler County School Board is wading closer to turning the Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club into a student-focused facility, removing its use as a membership driven club, while still leaving the door open to public use on a leasing basis.

Ex-Condo Association President Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Secretly Filming Women

April 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Robert William Orr.

Robert William Orr, the former president of the Las Brisas Condo Association arrested on numerous charges of secretly capturing video of residents and guests, was sentenced on Monday to two years in prison followed by three years on sex-offender probation. 

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, April 4, 2023

April 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Nothing but Crickets by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Flagler school board decides superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt’s fate, the Palm Coast City Council decides whether to pray or not to pray (publicly), Maya Angelou on the flag and on Charlie Rose, on her birthday.

Regulating AI

April 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The new generation of AI tools makes it a lot easier to produce convincing misinformation.

Deceptive image and text generators are now available to millions of people and don’t require technical knowledge to use. Given the potential for widespread harm as technology companies roll out these AI systems and test them on the public, policymakers are faced with the task of determining whether and how to regulate the emerging technology.

The Cabal Against Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt

April 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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Flagler County Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt is the target of a cabal made up of a clique who claim to speak for a broader mass than they do, and who do so on the flimsiest pretexts and, whispering campaign aside, nonexistent evidence. Yet Tuesday evening, Mittelstadt may well be fired, with no justification.

Housing Fair and Financial Wellness Clinic on April 22

April 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The public is invited to attend a housing fair and financial wellness clinic to learn about various programs available for down payment assistance, owner-occupied rehabilitation, mortgage products, strategies to avoid foreclosure, and to learn about the Fair Housing Act and individual rights and responsibilities.

Free Community Emergency Response Team Training Begins April 24

April 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Flagler County Emergency Management Chief persisted, and secured 500 coronavirus test kits for the county. (© FlaglerLive)

Learn basic disaster and emergency response skills – such as disaster preparedness, fire safety, and basic first aid – at the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training program, which begins on April 24.

On Eve of Decision, School Board Evaluations Rate Superintendent On Higher End of ‘Satisfactory’

April 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt. (© FlaglerLive)

The five Flagler County School Board members’ combined evaluation scores for Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt average 3.69 points out of a possible 5, rating her “Acceptable/Satisfactory” as the board heads into Tuesday’s special meeting to decide whether to renew her contract, and if so, how.

‘Promises Made and Kept’: ESE Parent Advisory Council Voices Unanimous Support for Superintendent

April 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

It's been working to students' advantage. (Aaron Burden on Unsplash)

The parent-members of Flagler Schools’ ESE Parent Advisory Council (or EPAC) voted unanimously in support of the renewal or extension of Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt’s contract, issuing a letter outlining the superintendent’s achievements and cautioning against yet more instability.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, April 3, 2023

April 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

What passes for protecting our children. Randall Enos, Easton, Conn.

The voyeurist Robert Orr is sentenced, the Flagler County Commission meets, as does the Beverly Beach Town Commission, MLK on the mountaintop, creation’s lack of tricksterism, according to Edward O. Wilson.

Why Tornadoes Are Still Hard to Forecast

April 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A tornado touches down. Morgan Schneider/OU CIMMS/NOAA NSSL

Meteorologists have gotten a lot better at forecasting the conditions that make tornadoes more likely. But predicting exactly which thunderstorms will produce a tornado and when is harder, and that’s where a lot of severe weather research is focused today.

I Served on Flagler’s School District Book Review Committee, Only to Be Silenced

April 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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One of 14 members appointed by the Flagler school administration to a district-level committee to review the challenge to Amy Reed’s “The Nowhere Girls” describes the experience of being part of a 14-0 decision to retain the book, only to be overruled by the superintendent, who banned the book.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, April 2, 2023

April 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Trump Indicted by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com

The NAACP cautions Blacks against visiting Florida, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, Ellen Hopkins and “Crank.”

I’m a Librarian Who Banned a Book. Here’s Why.

April 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A talk at the Flagler County Public Library last November on book-banning included references to a book banned in Flagler County. (© FlaglerLive)

While this may anger some people and some groups, a balance in points of view is what any good library finds essential. Occasionally, some offended person asks to have a title withdrawn from being used, which is called a “challenge”; occasionally, these challenges are successful.

Head-On Crash at Flagler Beach Pier Narrowly Misses Mayor, Her Child, Former Mayor and Commissioner

April 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 65 Comments

The Honda in the crosswalk across from the Flagler Beach Pier after this morning's head-on collision. (© FlaglerLive)

A speeding car was in a head-on crash in front of the Flagler Beach pier this morning, just as a beach clean-up involving children and other volunteers was starting. The collision took place within a few feet of the city’s mayor, her child, a former mayor, a city commissioner and the city’s parks and recreation director.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, April 1, 2023

April 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

USA Banana Republic by Dick Wright, PoliticalCartoons.com

The North East Florida Jazz Association’s Longineu Parsons Quintet concert, Family Farm Festival at Florida Agricultural Museum, Michael Butler at AAUW: What is Academic Freedom and Why Does It Matter?

Prosecuting a President Is Divisive. Here’s Why Many Countries Do It Anyway.

March 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, second from right, ran the investigation that led to former President Donald Trump’s indictment.

Presidents and prime ministers aren’t just anyone. They are chosen by a nation’s citizens or their parties to lead. They are often popular, sometimes revered. So judicial proceedings against them are inevitably perceived as political and become divisive.

Peacock Sent Sally Hunt Script on Firing Superintendent Even as She Claimed ‘Due Diligence’

March 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The text showing the image of the script on how to fire the superintendent that Paul Peacock, the principal at Wadsworth Elementary, sent School Board member Sally Hunt during a workshop on Feb. 22. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County School Board member Sally Hunt and Wadsworth Elementary Principal Paul Peacock were orchestrating the firing of Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt as far back as February 22, a text Peacock sent Hunt two hours before a school board meeting shows. All along, Hunt claimed she was doing her “due diligence,” and that she had not made up her mind.

In a First at Flagler School Board, a Parent Pushing Book Bans Justifies Hitler’s Book-Burning

March 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Allison Lauderdale downplayed book-burning in Nazi Germany in an appearance before the Flagler County School Board on Tuesday. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler Schools TV)

A parent falsely claimed Hitler’s book burnings only targeted sexually deviant books, as if to suggest the same should be done in Flagler. She was not corrected, though school board members on occasion have devoted parts of their comments to correct the record, especially when the board’s chamber is abused to peddle egregious, insulting or outright false statements.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, March 31, 2023

March 31, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The Blue 22 Forum meets at the Palm Coast Community Center, a cat has its own ideas during a live feed, and what happens to be the only thing new in this town.

Trump’s Indictment and the Presidential Race

March 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury.

The Constitution does not require that the president be free from indictment, conviction or prison. But an indictment, conviction or both – let alone a prison sentence – would significantly compromise a president’s ability to function in office. The Constitution doesn’t provide an easy answer to the problem posed by such a compromised chief executive.

School Committee Votes 6-0 to Keep Looking For Alaska as Superintendent Bans Nowhere Girls

March 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

John Green's "Looking for Alaska" hits close to the heart: a committee member referred to a passage from the book during today's review at Matanzas High School. (© FlaglerLive)

John Green’s “Looking for Alaska” skated this afternoon to a Matanzas High School review committee’s 6-0 vote for retention, rebuffing a challenge to the book.  It was the second book decision in a day in the Flagler district, the third in a week, counting Tuesday’s vote by the school board to retain Patricia McCormick’s “Sold.”

Trump Is Indicted

March 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 53 Comments

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A New York criminal grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump. A former president has never been indicted before. Members of Congress quickly began to react, along partisan lines.

Sheriff Launches Voluntary Surveillance Camera Registry Tapping Private Homes, Businesses and Agencies

March 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff's Office Investigators know almost immediately if video evidence might be available at a particular location and who to contact to retrieve it.

The camera registry is an online portal for citizens to register their security cameras in order to help solve crimes in the community. The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office is hoping that citizens will register their cameras and help create a community-wide public safety ecosystem.

Skirting Ban, FPC Committee Votes to ‘Weed’ Tilt, With Same Result: the Book Is Removed

March 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A review committee member with a copy of Ellen Hopkins's "Tilt" this morning at Flagler Palm Coast High School. (© FlaglerLive)

A seven-member committee reviewing a challenge of Ellen Hopkins’s “Tilt” unanimously voted this morning to remove the book from circulation at the Flagler Palm Coast High School library, but not on challenged grounds. The committee found the book did not meet criteria to be banned, but met criteria to be “weeded,” as outdated.

Tenure No Longer Tenure in Florida As University Board Rules for 5-Year Reviews

March 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

A faculty lounge at the University of Florida. The couch is not tenured. (UF)

The state university system’s Board of Governors on Wednesday gave final approval to a regulation that would require faculty members to undergo post-tenure reviews every five years, amid heavy opposition from critics who argued it could lead to a “downward trend in morale” on campus.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, March 30, 2023

March 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

A pair of school-based committees decide the fate of John Green’s “Looking for Alaska” and Ellen Hopkins’s “Tilt,” a sex offender pleads out, another seeks a modification to his probation, how Florida doesn’t trust its teachers.

Against Baseball’s New Pitch Clock

March 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

During the 2023 season, pitchers and hitters will be on the clock for the first time. (Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

The Major League Baseball executives who restlessly tinker with the rules in an effort to speed up the game are doing so less as its reliable custodians and more as marketers. Why else would they have adopted the new pitch clock rule?

Challenged in Flagler Schools: John Green’s Looking For Alaska, a Review and a Recommendation

March 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

John Green published Looking for Alaska in 2005. The cover doesn;t show it well here, but the origin of the smoke is not a cigarette, though there is plenty of smoking in the book, but a candle that has just been extinguished.

John Green’s “Looking for Alaska,” a novel of adolescence, friendship, loyalty and misjudgments, is among the 22 books so far this school year that a trio of individuals have sought to ban from high school library shelves. A committee meets on March 30 at 3 p.m. at Matanzas High School to decide whether to retain it or ban it.

School Board Denies Paul Peacock’s Grievance Appeal in Skirmish Over Larger Power Struggle

March 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Wadsworth Elementary's Paul Peacock

The grievance is a skirmish in a larger power struggle over the superintendent’s future. That struggle continues, with Peacock, school board members and now the local chamber of commerce all having played or still seeking to play a role in the board’s impending decision on whether to renew Superintendent Cathy Mittelstadt’s contract.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, March 29, 2023

March 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

What They See by Pat Byrnes, PoliticalCartoons.com

Separation Chat, Open Discussion, Weekly Chess Club for Teens at the public library, an excerpt from Patricia McCormick’s “Sold.”

Body Language Books Get It Wrong

March 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Reading body language can be a useful skill in understanding how someone is feeling or what they might be thinking. But it’s important to remember that it’s not an exact science and there can be cultural or individual variations in how people express themselves through body language.

Flagler School Board Keeps Sold on School Library Shelves in Unprecedented 3-2 Vote

March 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Patricia McCormick's Sold was a Sold, a 2006 National Book Award finalist. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler County School Board this evening voted 3-2 to keep “Sold,” the novel in verse by Patricia McCormick, on the shelves of Flagler County school’s high school libraries. The novel is written from the perspective of a 13-year-old girl trafficked to a prostitution house in India.

Appeal to Supreme Court for Stay of Gaskin Execution Cites FlaglerLive Article on Juror’s Reversal

March 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Louis Gaskin, right, who is to die by lethal injection on April 12, appeared by zoom from the state prison in Raiford for a court hearing in Bunnell before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins. (© FlaglerLive)

Among other arguments, Gaskin’s lawyers cite a March 15 FlaglerLive article in which Janet Valentine, one of the 12 jurors at Gaskin’s 1990 trial, saying she regrets being part of the 8-4 votes recommending his death. Valentine would go on to be Flagler County’s school superintendent between 2010 and 2014.

Trials of Circle K Murder Suspects, Derrius Bauer and Marcus Chamblin, May Not Be Until Next Year

March 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Derrius Bauer in court this morning. (© FlaglerLive via zoom)

Layers for the defense and the prosecution told Circuit Judge Terence Perkins this morning that they may not be ready for the trial of Derrius Bauer, one of two suspects in the October 2019 killing of Deon O’Neal Jenkins, known as the Circle K murder, until next January.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, March 28, 2023

March 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

David and Florida by Jeff Koterba, patreon.com/jeffreykoterba

The Flagler County School Board decides the fate of “Sold,” a novel book-burners want banned, and also the fate of Wadsworth Principal Paul Peacock’s grievance over $7,500. The Palm Coast City Council talks stormwater, Duane Weeks Jr. pleads out, Dany Laferriere, and Denmark’s wind energy.

George W. Bush’s Promise of Democracy in Iraq, 20 Years On

March 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

While Iraq today has a constitution, a parliament and holds regular elections, the country struggles both with popular legitimacy and with practical aspects of governance, such as providing basic education for children. In 2023, Freedom House continues to score Iraq as “Not Free” in its measure of democracy.

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