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Behind Mondex Man’s Armed Encounter with Deputies: Delusions of Kidnapping, and Close Call with Death

May 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Flagler County Sheriff's deputy Jennifer Prevatt, a past Officer of the Year, as she approached an armed Manuel Almeida with her rifle on Mahogany Boulevard Thursday morning, yelling commands for him to drop his rifle, which he ignored. The screen capture is from Prevatt body cam video.

If it weren’t for the restraint of Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy Jennifer Prevatt, Manuel Almeida, 72, who may have been suffering from delusions, might have been shot as he was approaching her on a street in Daytona North Thursday, moments after he’d already fired a round from a .22 rifle.

Flagler Beach’s Next City Manager Salary May Go Up to $165,000 as Commission Pitches for Candidates

May 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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The next Flagler Beach city manager will have a salary of between $125,000 to $165,000, an upper range that would have been unthinkable only a few years ago for the small city of 5,000 people. The city commission in an often-snippy special meeting Thursday also rewrote the profile that accompanies the job announcement for a new manager, which will be issued this weekend.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, May 5, 2023

May 5, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Florida Don't Say Gay by Bill Day, FloridaPolitics.com

Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons’ at City Repertory Theatre, First Friday in Flagler Beach, Flagler Memorial Gardens, Israel, at 75, a shtetl with nukes, ‘Barnum,’ at Flagler Playhouse, the Palm Coast Songwriters Festival.

Firings of Carlson and Lemon Are Not the End of Trash TV

May 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Then-CNN anchor Don Lemon speaks during a Democratic presidential debate in Detroit on July 31, 2019.

Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon had become potential threats to the networks’ audience shares and advertising revenue. And rather than a victory for women or truth, these firings are an effort to sustain and grow corporate profits for CNN and Fox.

Andrew Gillum Acquitted on Lying Charge, Mistrial Declared on Conspiracy and Fraud Charges

May 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Former Democratic nominee Andrew Gillum (left) and attorney David Markus spoke after a jury acquitted Gillum on one charge and couldn't reach a verdict on other charges. (Dara Kam)

After five days of rocky deliberations, jurors on Thursday acquitted former Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum on charges of lying to federal investigators but were unable to reach a verdict on conspiracy and fraud charges.

Advertising in Schools
Flagler County School Policy 904

May 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Flagler County School District policy on advertising in schools, policy 904: full text.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, May 4, 2023

May 4, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A.I. And Worship Of Technology by Peter Kuper, PoliticalCartoons.com

May the 4th Storytime with Flagler Beach Police Captain Lance Blanchette, Evenings at Whitney Lecture Series, Market Street Palm Coast Senior Living Job Fair, more book-banning tactics.

America’s White Power Movements Have Often Relied on Veterans

May 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

A member of the Ku Klux Klan shouts at counterprotesters during a July 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Va., calling for the protection of Southern Confederate monuments.

For decades, the white power movement has gained steady momentum in the U.S. The movement has long included men, women and children; felons and religious leaders; high school dropouts and holders of advanced degrees; civilians and veterans and active-duty military personnel.

Women United Flagler Chapter Raises $30,790 at Power of the Purse

May 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The Flagler Power of the Purse board of directors and committee members take a quick break to pose for a photo before the event kicked off on Monday. Flagler Power of the Purse Board of Directors & committee members from L to R: Ginny Niebauer - Social Committee, Lynn McCormick - Treasurer, Barb Johanson - Secretary, Carrie Clark, Lori Gold - Social Committee, Linda Mahran - President, Diane Wasney, Mary Jo Elwood, Cindy Dalecki - Marketing/PR, Vice President. Joanne Tavzel - Fund Allocation Chair. Not pictured: Linda Sanders - Community Engagement Chair

The Women United Flagler Chapter is pleased to announce the group’s Flagler Power of the Purse event held at Hammock Dunes Club on Monday, April 24th has raised $30,790.

Council Set to Approve 76% Stormwater Fee Increase Over 5 Years, With Annual Review to Possibly Lessen Impact

May 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 34 Comments

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At the tail end of a five-year stretch doubled stormwater fees for Palm Coast residents, the City Council is set to yet again increase monthly fees by another 76 percent over the next five years. Council members pledge to review the stormwater budget annually and see if there’s room to lessen the impact of coming increases. But October’s 27 percent increase is all but certain.

YMCA, 3 Fire Stations, Road Projects: Palm Coast and Flagler Stand to Gain Nearly $100 Million From State

May 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The Flagler Beach pier stands to get a $4.5 million state appropriation for its demolition and reconstruction, in addition to some $10 million in Federal Emergency Management Administration dollars. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach and Bunnell may be at the receiving end of the largest appropriations of state dollars for local special projects, by far, in the county’s history–nearly $100 million for roads, fire stations, pier reconstruction, water projects, a substance abuse facility and other, smaller projects, according to the $116 billion budget the Florida House and Senate published Tuesday.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, May 3, 2023

May 3, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Writers Strike by Bob Englehart, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Flagler County Association of Realtors hosts its 15th annual Meet the Mayors, Weekly Chess Club for Teens at the public library, video of a main street in San Francisco before the 1906 earthquake, Danny Laferiere.

The Thinking error Behind Climate Change Deniers

May 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Try denying that: a drought-ridden Lake Mead, behind Hoover Dam. (© FlaglerLive)

Cold spells often bring climate change deniers out in force. From a scientific standpoint, these claims of disproof are absurd. Fluctuations in the weather don’t refute clear long-term trends in the climate. Yet many people believe these claims, and the political result has been reduced willingness to take action to mitigate climate change.

33 Graduate Palm Coast’s 53rd Citizens Academy

May 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The City of Palm Coast hosted the 53rd session of the Palm Coast Citizens Academy, which began on March 20 and ended on May 1. Thirty-three citizens academy participants graduated on Tuesday evening at the Palm Coast City Council business meeting.

Written Out of Public Eye, Profile Framing Flagler Beach Search for Next City Manager Falters on Some Facts

May 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

The top part of the brochure's front page.

A nine-page brochure framing Flagler Beach’s search for its next city manager does not appear to have been fact-checked or written with much depth beyond Trip-Advisor-type web scans and perhaps outdated news articles. It was written without public input. The city commission discusses the brochure on Wednesday, and will adopt it on Thursday.

How the Belle Terre Walkway Project Near Buddy Taylor Middle Doubled in Cost and Tripled in Completion Time

May 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 33 Comments

The end is not in sight, but the city says the Belle Terre culvert rehabilitation and Pathway reconstruction will be done by the end of summer. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast video)

The reconstruction of the Belle Terre Parkway pathway near Buddy Taylor Middle School, and the rehabilitation of culverts beneath, was to have been a $1.89 million project, completed by last November. It is now a $3.4 million project and may not be completed until the end of summer.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, May 2, 2023

May 2, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Justice Straightjacket by Bill Day, FloridaPolitics.com

The school board meets, the Palm Coast City Council considers raising stormwater fees considerably, the difference between conspiracy theories and academic freedom. a video memo to DeSantis from Disney’s marvels.

The Demise of Buzzfeed News

May 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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A decline in traffic to the site seems to have been caused by a drop in referrals from feeder sites such as Facebook. This was itself caused by a switch to its users watching and sharing more video on sites like TikTok.

Appeal Court Upholds 13-Year Prison Sentence of Matthew Nesbitt, Who’d Threatened Flagler Deputies With Knife

May 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Matthew Nesbitt, now 49, arriving in court in 2018 before he was sentenced to 13 years in prison. He was speaking with his attorney, Assistant State Attorney Regina Nunnally, who provided strong arguments to lessen his sentence. Now, Nesbitt is arguing he did not have a good defense. (© FlaglerLive)

Matthew Nesbitt, 49, sentenced five years ago to 13 years in prison for threatening deputies with a knife and attempting to run one over, has lost an appeal to overturn his conviction and is now making a motion to reduce or vacate his sentence on claims that his attorney made errors. He is not likely to prevail.

Army Corps Project in Flagler Beach Doubles to $33 Million as Dune Repair Costs Pile Up Faster Than Sand

May 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Rehearsals for a far bigger project that will start at the south end of the county next year. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler County video)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s project to rebuild 2.6 miles of dunes along the south shore of Flagler Beach was to cost $17 million when it was first approved by Congress in 2017. It is now a $33 million project, with Flagler County responsible for $11.3 million of that. The project is set to start, while the county is on an ambitious plan to cover the remaining miles of shoreline either with emergency sand dunes or with more durable dunes the size of the Corps’.

From Gun Truck to Healthcare: Ret. Gen. Mark Hertling, Former Commander of 90,000, Talks Leadership in Workplace

May 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Retired Army General Mark Hertling, a Palm Coast resident and a regular analyst on CNN, likes to speak in parables. (© FlaglerLive)

These days Mark Hertling lives in Palm Coast, teaches physicians and healthcare administrators how to lead, and talks geopolitics on CNN. When he has a moment, he appears before civic groups for a talk, as he did on a Saturday last month when he addressed the University Women of Flagler at the Hilton Garden Inn, as he will again on May 17 as the keynote speaker at Flagler Tiger Bay’s monthly lunch.

Gun Deaths Drive Biggest Spike in Child Mortality in 50 Years

May 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

After decades of steady improvement, the death rate of America’s children and teens shot up between 2019 and 2021 — and Covid-19 wasn’t the reason. Gun-related deaths represented the largest share of the increase — by far.

Palm Coast Songwriters Festival Set for May 4-7

May 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Local organizers of the Palm Coast Songwriters Festival are pleased to announce the celebration of their 5-year anniversary with nearly 40 HIT Songwriters with over 125 #1 HITS and hundreds of additional charted songs to their credit performing May 4-7, 2023. Single-day tickets are $50.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, May 1, 2023

May 1, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The United States of Guns, by Randall Enos, Easton, Conn.

Flagler Beach Flood Outreach meeting, a dog-shooter pleads out, the Flagler County Commission and Beverly Beach Commission meet, as does the Astronomy Club of Palm Coast, Amtrack at 52.

Historic Flooding in Fort Lauderdale Is a Warning of What’s Ahead

April 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

The hardest-hit homes in Florida’s mid-April flooding were in modest neighborhoods in low-lying areas.

When a powerful storm flooded neighborhoods in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in April with what preliminary reports show was 25 inches of rain in 24 hours, few people were prepared. Even hurricanes rarely drop that much rain in one area that fast. Residents could do little to stop the floodwater as it spread over their yards and into their homes.

Flagler-St. Johns Scenic A1A Organization Wins National Byway Award

April 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Plenty of scissors to go around. (Friends of A1A)

The National Scenic Byway Foundation congratulates the A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway as the winner of our 2023 Byway Organization Award for Partnership. This is one of the Foundation’s eight national awards presented annually.

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

April 30, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

DeSantis vs. Mouse by Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune,

Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons’ at City Repertory Theatre, Spanky and Our Gang’s “Give a Damn,” when Muhammad Ali lost his heavyweight title, ‘Barnum,’ at Flagler Playhouse.

Kurt Vonnegut’s Advice to College Graduates

April 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

A generation told not to trust anyone over 30 nevertheless adored Vonnegut.

A strain of sorrow and pessimism underlies all of Kurt Vonnegut’s fiction, as well as his graduation speeches. He witnessed the worst that human beings could do to one another, and he made no secret about his fears for the future of a planet suffering from environmental degradation and a widening divide between the rich and the poor.

How ‘Decorum’ Masks Discrimination

April 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Justin Pearson, surrounded by supporters, prepares to enter the Tennessee House of Representatives Chambers.

Republicans from Tennessee to Tallahassee to Tacoma struggle manfully to stop those rule-breakers who would keep disrupting white men’s God-ordained exercise of unchecked power. You know the kind: gays; transgender types; students; immigrants; women; Blacks. They’re getting uppity. They’re breaking the rules.

World Press Freedom Day Events Webcast from the UN on May 2

April 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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On May 2 and 3, the international community marks the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day by the United Nations General Assembly. It will serve as an occasion to take stock of the global gains for press freedom secured by UNESCO and its partners in the past decades, as well as underline the new risks faced in the digital age.

My Date With Jerry Springer

April 29, 2023 | Pierre Tristam | 5 Comments

Jerry Springer in his office during our interview in November 1998. (© FlaglerLive)

In November 1998 I was traveling the country on a year-long assignment and at that point working on a piece on American discourse. I’d chosen Illinois as a prism: the various grounds of the Lincoln Douglas debates at one end and the Chicago-based Jerry Springer Show at the other. Springer agreed to let me hang out with him half a day, interview him and attend his show, thankfully not as a guest.

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

April 29, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Biden Crib Notes by Rick McKee, CagleCartoons.com

Friends of the Library Book sale, Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons’ at City Repertory Theatre, ‘Barnum,’ at Flagler Playhouse, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s thoughts on alleged failure, David Shipler’s thoughts on abrogating liberties in the name of safety.

Food Stamps Work Requirements Don’t Work

April 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

These benefits make it easier for millions of Americans to buy groceries. SDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images

SNAP eligibility is often contingent on beneficiaries working. But the policy doesn’t make people more likely to find a job or make more money, but it does make Americans who could use help buying groceries less likely to get it.

Georgia Store Clerk Shoots Suspect 8 Times After Palm Coast Robbery

April 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

An image of the suspect, Qwinntavus Kwame Jordan, released by the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.

Qwinntavus Kwame Jordan was shot eight times by a store clerk in Georgia and is in critical condition, hours after he allegedly robbed a gas station on Palm Coast’s State Road 100.

Flagler Beach, With Unusually Limited Transparency, Is on a Schedule to Hire Next City Manager By Mid-July

April 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Interim Flagler Beach City Manager Mike Abels. (© FlaglerLive)

The Flagler Beach City Commission is on course to hire its next city manager by mid-July, but through an accelerated timeline that involves the least public input or transparency of any recent executive searches for local governments. That’s unusual in Flagler Beach, whose commission over the past decade and a half–regardless of make-up–has prized transparency and deliberation, at times to painful extremes. It’s also about to change, the commission chairman says.

Top of the World: FPC’s Per Berg Takes IB Students to Uruguay and Argentina in Pre-Exam Immersion

April 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

The group at the base of the 115-foot concrete cross atop Pan de Azucar. (Per Berg)

The IB is highly prized by college admission panels. It is also the most rigorous, demanding program of study in high school. Going on what looks like a vacation right before the exam might seem counterintuitive. But it is right in line with the IB’s philosophy–and it prepares the students for their exams better than sitting behind a desk, as Spanish teacher and coach Per Berg’s experience through a dozen trips with FPC students has shown.

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

April 28, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Disney Villain 2023 by Pat Byrnes, PoliticalCartoons.com

Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons’ at City Repertory Theatre, ‘Barnum,’ at Flagler Playhouse, National day of Mourning for workers in Canada, a dinosaur at the Flagler Youth Orchestra concert, Harper Lee’s birthday.

National Day of Mourning For Workers Lost on the Job

April 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

On April 28, Canadians remember and honour those who have been killed or suffered injuries or illness at work. (© FlaglerLive)

Each year on April 28, Canadians remember and honor those who have been killed or suffered injuries or illness at work. This day, known as the National Day of Mourning, was established by the Canadian Labour Congress in 1984 and made official in 1991. The United States has no such equivalent, though Workers Memorial Day is now worldwide.

Beach Front Grill Owner Buying High Jackers Restaurant at County Airport Just As He Tees Off at Palm Harbor

April 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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Jamie Bourdeau, owner of Beach Front Grille in Flagler Beach and Loopers at Palm Harbor Golf Club in Palm Coast, is buying High Jackers Restaurant at the Flagler County airport from Gail Holt for $700,000 and assuming the lease at the county-owned property for the next eight years, with an option to renew for another 10. He is partnering with Joseph Wright, owner of Quantum Electrical Contractors and Anthony’s Pizza.

Sacrifice for the American Dream: Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre Stages Arthur Miller’s ‘All My Sons’

April 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Julia Davidson Truilo as Kate Keller in 'All My Sons' (Mike Kitaif)

“All My Sons,” opening for a two-weekend run at Palm Coast’s City Repertory Theatre Friday, embodies Miller’s critique of the “American dream,” that credo which asserts that every U.S. citizen, regardless of their station or societal factors, can bootstrap him/herself to success and prosperity through initiative, hard work and determination.

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

April 27, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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The Palm Coast Beautification and Environmental Advisory Committee considers renaming the Community Center in Jon Netts’s honor, Open Auditions for Spotlight on Flagler Youth Talent Show, the meaning of conservatism is liberalism.

What Socrates’ ‘Know Nothing’ Wisdom Can Teach a Polarized America

April 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The most important part of knowledge, in Socrates’ view? Knowing how much you don’t know.

Our apparent national impasse points to a lack of “epistemic humility,” or intellectual humility – that is, an inability to acknowledge, empathize with and ultimately compromise with opinions and perspectives different from one’s own. In other words, Americans have stopped listening.

David Alfin Files Formal Request to Re-Name Community Center After Late Mayor Jon Netts

April 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Likely very soon to be the Jon Netts Community Center. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast Beautification Committee Thursday evening is expected to recommend renaming the Palm Coast Community Center after the late Jon Netts, a city founder and its longest-serving council member and mayor. The nomination was filed by Mayor David Alfin.

County Plan to Move Whispering Meadows Equine Therapy Ranch to Fairgrounds Collapses as State Says No

April 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 38 Comments

Mary Helene, seen here at Whispering meadows Ranch in 2021, has been contending with a series of challenges since neighbors of the property on John Anderson Highway raised objections to the non-profit's operations in their midst. The ranch had high hopes of moving tonthe county fairgrounds, only to see those plans collapse through no fault of the ranch's. (© FlaglerLive)

The state has rejected Flagler County government’s plan to move the Whispering Meadows Ranch–the equine therapy non-profit–to the county fairgrounds, saying it would privatize public land. The rejection is the latest setback in the ranch’s two-year effort to leave its John Anderson Highway property, where it has operated for 16 years, until neighbors started objecting to its presence.

Dreaded Franchise Fee and Public Service Tax Back on Table as Palm Coast Faces $52 Million Street Fix

April 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 60 Comments

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Facing a $52 million backlog to resurface a deteriorating road system, the Palm Coast City Council is discussing adopting utility franchise fees and public service taxes that have previously drawn angry opposition from residents, as well as exploring raising a local sales surtax through the county.

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

April 26, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

At The Biden Trump 2024 Starting Line by R.J. Matson, CQ Roll Call

The Flagler Youth Orchestra performs its third and final concert of the 2022-23 season at the Flagler Auditorium, open auditions for Spotlight on Flagler Youth Talent Show, Flagler Tiger Bay After Dark, Vinyl’s comeback, Sullivan’s moment of silence.

With Travis Hutson Cheering, Bill Upending Flagler’s Vacation-Rental Controls Clears Last Hurdle Before Vote

April 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 46 Comments

Sen. Travis Hutson, who represents Flagler County, speaking with County Commission Chair Greg Hansen in late December, at the county's legislative delegation meeting, when Hansen reasserted the county's priority of preserving local control over vacation rentals. A bill Hutson is championing appears set for enactment into law. The bill will do away with much local control. (© FlaglerLive)

The success of the vacation-rental bill sharply scaling back local regulation this year is a blow to Flagler County government, which was a leader in pushing for the 2014 regulations providing for local control, and has pushed back against attempts to weaken them since. The Flagler County Commission made preserving the 2014 law a legislative priority every year since.

Willie Nelson at 90: Still On the Road

April 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Willie Nelson’s face is as iconic as his voice, his songs and his beat-up old guitar.

Assessing Willie Nelson’s legacy is challenging because there are so many Willies to assess. There is historical Willie Nelson, child of the Depression. There is iconic Willie Nelson, near embodiment of Texas myth. There is outlaw Willie Nelson, revolutionizing the country music industry. There is activist Willie Nelson, Farm Aid’s co-founder and biofuel pioneer. There is Willie Nelson the songwriter of rare and poignant gifts, and more Willie Nelsons yet to be named.

Flagler Beach Re-Launching Limited Plastic Recycling Starting May 15

April 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Sanitation Director, Rob Smith with a Trex receptacle. (Flagler Beach)

Beginning on May 15, Flagler Beach residents and businesses may recycle plastic bags and plastic film into several receptacles that will be placed around Flagler Beach. It’s not curbside recycling just yet. But it is City Sanitation Director Rob Smith’s latest effort gradually to bring back recycling of most materials the city had suspended in 2021.

Disney Monorail Is Next on DeSantis Hit List

April 25, 2023 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Please stand clear of the DeSantis. Por favor, mantengase alejado de las putas. (© FlaglerLive)

The Republican-controlled Senate Fiscal Policy Committee, chaired by Travis Hutson, who represents Flagler County, on Tuesday amended a transportation bill (SB 1250) to apply Department of Transportation safety standards to monorail lines that connect Walt Disney World resorts and parks.

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