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Robert Cuff: Palm Coast’s Choice for Mayor Is Between Competent Leadership and Truly Dangerous Dysfunction

July 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Bob Cuff served on the Palm Coast City Council for four years until 2020, when he opted not to run again. His tenure was marked by a distinct lack of partisanship, detailed and serious attention to the city's governance and a knack for consensus through a combination of seriousness and wit. He brought decades of experience with the city going back to its earliest days as an ITT development, when Cuff was ITT's general counsel. He remains a practicing lawyer in Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive)

Robert Cuff, the former Palm Coast city councilman, warns that the July 27 special election for mayor will need a large turnout from voters who seek smoothly functioning government and serious leadership. The alternative is partisanship, division, and dysfunction for the next three years, endangering the city’s future.

Danko-Lowe Campaign Fabrications: Governor’s Office Refutes Incendiary Claims About Holland “Criminal Charges”

July 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

Ed Danko, the Palm Coast City Council member, in the foreground, has been campaigning on behalf of Alan Lowe, left, and advising or managing his campaign--a campaign using false and misleading accusations as a talking point. (© FlaglerLive)

Ed Danko, the Palm Coast City Council member working on behalf of Alan Lowe to get him elected mayor, has been making misleading or baseless statements, including outright lies, and leveling false and potentially defamatory accusations about former Mayor Milissa Holland, her ailing daughter and to some extent former City Manager Matt Morton, a FlaglerLive investigation found. 

Palm Coast Art District Chalks Up New Festival During Food Truck Tuesday

July 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Jared Dawson, City of Palm Coast’s Recreation Specialist of Events, has been eager to host a Chalk Art Festival. It was scheduled for last year but was delayed because of Covid. (Palm Coast)

During Food Truck Tuesday on July 20, Palm Coast’s Parks and Recreation Department will also host a Chalk Art Festival. The event takes place at Central Park in Town Center from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and is open to all ages. The festival is hosted by the city’s Jared Dawson.

‘It’s News to Me,’ Barbosa Tells Council of His Alleged Fugitive Status, Before Meeting Tips Into Brawl Again

July 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Victor Barbosa. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast TV)

The Palm Coast City Council’s five-hour workshop today had its share of tense moments before devolving again into a verbal brawl as Victor Barbosa professed ignorance about the allegations behind his apparent fugitive status before verbally dueling with Mayor Eddie Branquinho again.

Sheriff Requests 10 Additional Deputies for Palm Coast, a 28% Policing Budget Increase Posing Dilemma for City

July 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

The sheriff's appearance before the Palm Coast City Council this morning. (Palm Coast)

The Sheriff is asking for 10 deputies from Palm Coast and 15 from the county in line with a staffing analysis he commissioned last year. But Palm Coast’s budget for next year includes other costly priorities and assumes a slight tax increase as it is. The Sheriff’s request is complicating the city’s math and council members’ already strained dynamics.

Councilman Barbosa Under Federal Investigation Following Allegation of Kidnapping and Extortion; Sheriff’s Investigation Deems Him a Fugitive

July 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 132 Comments

Victor Barbosa was elected to the Palm Coast City Council last year and is running for the County Commission in 2022. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast City Council member Victor Barbosa may be a fugitive from justice in Costa Rica, where he has been “considered armed and dangerous on the charge of Kidnapping,” according to Flagler County Sheriff Chief Dan Engert, who has requested that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigate the matter.

An Alan Lowe Campaign Message: 60 Seconds, 2 Violations of Law, 3 Falsehoods, 4 Misleading or Deceptive Statements

July 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Alan Lowe. (© FlaglerLive)

Lowe’s contempt for facts was apparent in his run for the mayorship last year and has characterized his renewed run in the July 27 special election for mayor. If all six candidates are sincere, including Lowe, only Lowe makes explicitly false statements, misleading claims, legal violations, and ideologically-driven pitches that have little to no connection to Palm Coast governance. 

Ed Danko Fumes, Accuses and Menaces as Politics of Destruction Point to Palm Coast Council’s Potential Direction

July 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 56 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council's Ed Danko Tuesday evening. ((© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast TV)

In a preview of the sort of council to come if Ed Danko gets Alan Lowe elected mayor and aligns with Victor Barbosa, as Danko has continuously suggested, Tuesday’s Palm Coast council meeting was a rank display of the politics of destruction, of an elected official lashing out publicly and brutally against his own colleagues and the only two people on the council who report to him while distracting from a still-active internal investigation against him.

Carol Bacha, Palm Coast Mayor Candidate: The Live Interview

July 7, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Carol Bacha. (© FlaglerLive)

Carol Bacha is a candidate for Palm Coast Mayor in the July 27 special election. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

David Alfin, Palm Coast Mayor Candidate: The Live Interview

July 6, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

David Alfin. (© FlaglerLive)

David Alfin is a candidate for Palm Coast Mayor in the July 27 special election. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Yard Debris Collection Cancelled Countywide and Palm Coast Parks Closed Wednesday Due to Tropical Storm Elsa

July 6, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

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In preparation for the storm, please secure loose outdoor articles including grills, bicycles, potted plants, lawn furniture or lawn ornaments. During heavy winds, these items could become dangerous projectiles.

Cornelia Downing Manfre, Palm Coast Mayor Candidate: The Live Interview

July 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Cornelia Downing Manfre. (© FlaglerLive) live interview

Cornelia Downing Manfre is a candidate for Palm Coast Mayor in the July 27 special election. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Kathy Austrino, Palm Coast Mayor Candidate: The Live Interview

July 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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Kathy Austrino is a candidate for Palm Coast Mayor in the July 27 special election. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Alan Lowe, Palm Coast Mayor Candidate: The Live Interview

July 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

Alan Lowe, left, with Ed Danko, his campaign manager-adviser, who has said "I need Lowe" on the council, along with Councilman Victor Barbosa, who has also been helping Lowe's campaign. Lowe did not participate in the Live Interview, apparently on Danko's advice: Danko told the Observer Lowe would not participate in that interview since he was the front-runner, and presumably didn't need to. (© FlaglerLive)

Alan Lowe is a candidate for Palm Coast Mayor in the July 27 special election. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Despite Covid, Property Values Jump by 10% in Palm Coast, 9% Countywide, With Revenue Windfall from New Construction

July 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Values are still far from the last decade's crazier years. (© FlaglerLive)

New construction alone means an additional $1.2 million in revenue for Palm Coast, despite the Year of Covid. That will be compounded by millions of new dollars in government coffers drawn from the federal government’s stimulus. The two combined means that tax increases are very unlikely, and tax decreases possible.

Palm Coast Splits 49-49 On Allowing Commercial Trucks in Driveways, But Survey’s Flaws Are Mosaic of Caveats

June 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 40 Comments

Would those be allowed? (© FlaglerLive)

By one measure, 70 percent of respondents are opposed to relaxing the commercial-vehicle rule in Palm Coast, but that’s before accounting for massive manipulation of the survey. Once weighed for such manipulations, the split is nearly dead even. Either way, the administration has no plans to submit the numbers to the council.

You May No Longer Legally Lodge Anonymous Code Enforcement Complaints, But Mandate Is Easily Evaded

June 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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The new law does not address enforcement of the identification provision, it does not set out any requirements for verification, it does not signal any penalties for people who invent names, and it imposes no requirements either on local governments in general or on code enforcement officers to do more than note whether a complainant has been identified or not.

Doug Courtney, Palm Coast Mayor Candidate: The Live Interview

June 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Doug Courtney is a candidate for Palm Coast Mayor in the July 27 special election. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Reilly Opelka, Seeded for First Time at Wimbledon, Falls in First Round

June 28, 2021 | Michael Lewis | 1 Comment

Reilly Opelka heads to the more familiar grounds of the U.S. Open next. (USTA)

It’s where he was a Junior Grand Slam Champion, in 2015, and with his huge serve and equally large groundstrokes, the former Indian Trails Middle School student figures to be a contender for the title at the All England Club for years to come. But not this year.

Utility Department to Perform Smoke Testing in Palm Coast’s Woodlands

June 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Smoke testing, illustrated. (Hillsborough County)

This smoke testing will be done Monday through Thursday, June 28 through July 1. This test, which involves forcing smoke into the sanitary sewer lines, will check for leaks, breaks and defects in the system.

How Flagler County’s Drunken-Sailor, All-Republican Commissioners Tried to Con You Into a Higher Tax

June 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 58 Comments

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The Flagler County Commission’s attempt unilaterally to impose an increase in the sales tax is the latest example of a lazy, bumbling commission addicted to spending, deceptive in its methods and indifferent to the long-term public interest.

Palm Coast Councilman Ed Danko Investigated By City Over Harassment of Employees and Interference With Duties

June 25, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 69 Comments

Palm Coast Council member Ed Danko hours before polls closed on Election Day in November, when he won election. He was running with Alan Lowe, who lost, and Victor Barbosa, who won. Lowe is running for mayor, with Danko as his manager. The two met for lunch with then-City Manager Matt Morton in Morton's final days. The substance of that lunch discussion is in dispute. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast City Council member Ed Danko, elected last November, has been the subject of an internal inquiry triggered by allegations he harassed and bullied employees and was rude to them, records show. The investigation, which remains open, concluded in a draft report that Danko had “inappropriately attempted to influence staff’s administrative duties.” Interference would be a violation of the city charter. Danko disputes the finding.

Quietly, and Without Voter Say, Flagler County Readies to Raise Sales Tax on Everyone. Palm Coast Says No.

June 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

"Let them learn how to tighten their belts and stop buying moldy buildings, but I don't want them coming to us for cover," Palm Coast Council member Ed Danko said of the county's proposal to raise the sales tax. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council today rejected a request by county government to support raising the local sales tax from 7 to 7.5 percent. The rejection deals a blow to county government, which is looking to increase the tax to pay for law enforcement and fire operations, but it also replays tensions from 10 years ago when the county’s approach on the sales tax was equally clumsy and unilateral.

Crime Dropped By Half in Staly’s 1st Term, Giving Flagler 4th-Lowest Rate Among Florida Counties of 100,000 or More

June 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

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Flagler County’s crime rate in 2020 fell for the 11th straight year, though it’s never fallen as sharply as it has in the last three, when it fell by half since 2017. In 2020, Flagler had the fourth-lowest crime rate in the state for counties of 100,000 or more people, aided in part by the pandemic.

Xanax for Florida Park Drive: Residents Invited To Weigh In on Planned Traffic-Calming Islands

June 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

A typical traffic-calming island in a federal Department of Transportation image.

The most notable change will be the addition of two medians to add traffic calming measures.  One will be located to the north between Flinstone Court and Foster Lane.  The other will be situated to the south between Fernham Lane and Farragut Drive. 

City Hall Trespass Against Mark Phillips, Who’d Rushed Toward Mayor at May Meeting, Is Lifted

June 10, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Mark Phillips addressing the Palm Coast City Council at the May 4 meeting.

Mark Phillips, the North Flagler resident at the center of a tense moment at a May meeting of the Palm Coast City Council, when he aggressively rushed the dais toward then-Mayor Milissa Holland, is no longer trespassed from City Hall.

Candidate Drops Out of Mayoral Race, Creates a Ballot Problem and ‘Endorses’ Lowe: ‘He’s Sorry for Hating America’

June 9, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

A candidate dropping out of the race for Palm Coast mayor after qualifying ended created a bit of a problem for elections officials, who had already sent their ballots to be printed. (© FlaglerLive)

Kevin Cichowski’s brief candidacy for the special July 27 election for Palm Coast mayor ended today as oddly as it began a week or so ago–with cryptic statements, a back-handed endorsement of candidate Alan Lowe, and the proposal for an “active shooter system” in the schools.

Testily, Palm Coast Council Appears to Favor Doing Its Own Search for New Manager, Foregoing Consultants

June 8, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council today had its first full discussion on finding its next city manager. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council appears uninterested in hiring a search firm to conduct its impending search for a new city manager, its second in three years, opting for some form of process conducted by the administration and the council, and possibly including council members fronting their own choices.

From Drag Queens to Sister Bunny Juju, Throngs Exult in Pride, Joy and Freedom at Flagler’s 2nd Annual LGBTQ Festival

June 6, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Drag Queen Brittany Moore during her performance at Central Park Saturday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

Saturday’s Flagler Pride Festival and its crowds, which by 9 p.m. had totaled between 600 and 800 people, put the lie to the county’s presumed homogeneity: Palm Coast, a city started in the late 1960s as an integrated, post-racial subdivision, is still more diverse than perhaps assumed, and if anything growing more so.

Here’s Palm Coast’s Full ‘Difficult Citizens’ List, Its Origins, and the Kind of Offenses that Landed People On It

June 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The actual spear that was hurled at a Palm Coast city employee's truck, with the employee inside, last year. The incident was documented in what the city referred to as a "Difficult Citizen List" largely kept secret until its revelation by the News-Journal last week. (© FlaglerLive)

The full and controversial “Difficult Citizen List” Palm Coast government has kept since 2016 is revealed, along with its history: the city set up a task force on employee safety in 2015, resulting in guidelines for employees on how to deal with difficult customers. The list, kept largely secret, was one of the results. The city council is rethinking its approach.

Reilly Opelka Falls to No. 2 Medvedev in 3rd Round of French Open

June 4, 2021 | Michael Lewis | 2 Comments

Reilly Opelka's ranking will improve even with a loss at the French Open. He can now look forward to Wimbledon. (Corinne Dubreuil/ATPTour.com)

Reilly Opelka is a huge server. But Friday he ran into one of the best serve returners on the planet in Daniil Medvedev, and the result was a straight-sets win for the Russian, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.

Interim Palm Coast Manager Denise Bevan Signs Contract as Morton, Tenure Over, Vows to Exit Government Sector

June 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Denis Bevan, standing at the podium with Palm Coast Fire Chief, as the Palm Coast City Council was offering her the interim manager's job last Tuesday. (© FlaglerLive)

Bevan will be paid the equivalent of $161,400 a year, plus a $400 monthly car allowance, health and other benefits. Her starting day as interim was Wednesday, the day Matt Morton exited City Hall and, according to him, government service for good.

After Blaming Workers for Staying Home, Waste Pro Pledges to do Better, and Pay Better, in Palm Coast

June 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Waste Pro has seen fines levied by the city against it for poor service soar in the past three months, to levels last seen in 2017. Fines exceeded $10,000 in May. (© FlaglerLive)

Waste Pro issued its latest service-improvement plan to Palm Coast government after fines the city levies for poor service against the company increased for six successive months and the government threatened last week to end its $9 million contract with the waste hauler.

Palm Coast Fire Department Dedicates New Ladder Truck to FPC Graduate Sgt. Zachary J. Walters, Killed in 2010

June 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Palm Coast Fire Chief Jerry Forte speaking at the dedication in honor of Marine Sergeant Zachary J. Walters, killed on June 8, 2010 while on patrol in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. He was a graduate of Flagler Palm Coast High School, Class of 2005. (Palm Coast)

Marine Sergeant Zachary J. Walters, killed on June 8, 2010 while on patrol in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. He was a graduate of Flagler Palm Coast High School, Class of 2005. The idea for dedicating a fire truck to the memory of a Fallen Solider was proposed by Firefighter-Paramedic Christopher Strozier, who is a Navy Veteran.

Palm Coast’s First Hybrid Citizens Academy Graduates 15 Students in 49th Session

June 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

The graduates. (Palm Coast)

This session’s graduates were Terri Belletto, Vincent Ciolino, James La Pierre Cutts, Felita Guy, Kelly Knott, Greg Lovekamp, Barb Lovekamp, Michael Martin, Devrie Paradowski, Nichol Sparrow, Michael West, Geraldine Wright, Andre Wright, Jim Wulff and Jan Wulff.

Palm Coast Appoints Denise Bevan Interim City Manager, Ending Matt Morton’s Tenure

June 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Denise Bevan, a loyal, unpretentious member of the city administration for many years, was appointed its interim manager just weeks after being elevated to chief of staff. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council this evening ended City Manager Matt Morton’s tenure, waiving his 30-day notice, and appointed Denise Bevan, a chief of staff, to the interim position.

Palm Coast Council Abolishes Secret and One-Sided ‘Difficult Citizens List’ Kept Since 2016

June 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The City Council this evening abolished a "Difficult Citizens" list the administration kept since 2016. (© FlaglerLive)

The list cited allegedly “difficult” residents by name, usually listed their addresses, and at times included their pictures. The list included four entries this year and 33 entries going back to the first in March 2016.

Candidates from the Obscure to the Expected Piling Up to Run for Palm Coast Mayor in Winner-Takes-All Election

June 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

A crowd of candidates are seeking to fill the vacuum of a fallen era at Palm Coast City Hall. (© FlaglerLive)

The qualifying window for the special election for Palm Coast mayor doesn’t close until next Monday. But eight candidates have already filed to run. Six candidates are Republicans, two are Democrats. It’s a non-partisan election, but only ostensibly so. Three of the candidates are Realtors.

Days After Betraying His Country, Rep. Waltz Dares Address Gold Star Families at Palm Coast’s Memorial Ceremony

May 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 102 Comments

If Rep. Mike Waltz wanted to thank the Gold Star families, what about the families of Officer Brian Sicknick and all of the other officers harmed the day of the Jan. 6 insurrection? To Waltz and every other Republican out there who voted against a commission to examine the insurrection, your actions clearly state that their lives do not matter, writes Kathleen Brady.

County Administrator Jerry Cameron as Palm Coast Interim Manager? City Enfevered With Contingency Scenarios.

May 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

County Administrator Jerry Cameron, right, had invited Palm Coast City Manager Matt Morton to a county commission meeting in July 2015, a few months into either man's tenures in their jobs. Cameron is now being discussed as an interim replacement for Morton, who resigned this week. (© FlaglerLive via Flagler TV)

The speculation about Cameron is fueling the feverish politicized atmosphere in Palm Coast, an unbridgeable rift on the council, rampant apprehension within city staff ranks, and the manipulative hands of elected officials on and off the council, all in the context of a special election for mayor in less than two months and the government’s budget season starting even sooner.

Benjamin Allen Sobs, ‘It’s Pointless,’ as Jury Watches His Interview Before His Arrest for Murder

May 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Benjamin Allen, left, in his interview with Jorge Fuentes, the lead detective in the case, in the presence of Allen's parents, from a 56-minute video shown the jury today. (© FlaglerLive)

In the last day of trial before closing arguments, the jury watched a 56-minute interview between Benjamin Allen, who is accused of murder, and detectives, in the presence of his parents. He maintained his innocence, and broke down once the handcuffs were on.

A City in Turmoil: Palm Coast City Manager Matt Morton Resigns

May 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

Matt Morton has been on the job just over two years. (© FlaglerLive)

The resignation leaves the city in the hands of two newly appointed chiefs of staff, Lauren Johnston and Denise Bevan. But it is not entirely surprising: Morton was essentially a Holland protege, and without her on the council, he’d lost his support’s cornerstone.

Palm Coast Warns Waste Pro It May End Its Contract in 7 Days Over ‘Severe’ and ‘Unacceptable’ Deficiencies

May 26, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 44 Comments

Waste Pro says it's been short of drivers. Palm Coast is out of patience. (© FlaglerLive)

Losing patience after repeated service failures by Waste Pro, Palm Coast government today declared the garbage hauler in breach of contract and began looking for other haulers while giving Waste Pro seven days to fix current problems.

Jury Seated in Trial of Benjamin Allen, Now 18, in 1st-Degree Murder of Elijah Rizvan in W-Section 2 Years Ago

May 24, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Benjamin Allen today during Jury selection at the Flagler County courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

Benjamin Allen was 16 when he was accused of shooting dead Elijah Rizvan outside a house in the W Section in July 2019. He is being tried as an adult and faces life in prison if convicted. An all-white jury was empaneled today.

After Holland

May 24, 2021 | Pierre Tristam | 20 Comments

A memorial for former Palm Coast Mayor Jon Netts earlier this year sharpened the sense that the city was heading toward a fork in its direction, possibly a distance away from the direction Netts and his follower, Milissa Holland, at the podium, set. (© FlaglerLive)

The resignation of Milissa Holland and the coming special election for mayor puts Palm Coast at a forking path between the course Holland set and a more radical change in a different direction. The two views seem to be represented by Alan Lowe and David Alfin, the leading contenders for the seat.

Rays of Promise: Boston Whaler Marks Reopening of Boating Plant, Projecting 400 Jobs and Orders Into 2023

May 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Ready to go: where Boston Whalers boats are readied for shipping. The plant reopened gradually starting in winter, with its first boat set to ship later this month. (© FlaglerLive)

Brunswick Corp. and Boston Whaler executives today formally reopened the former Sea Ray plant that shut down three years ago, projecting to ramp up over the next 12 to 24 months back to 400 jobs, and likely more beyond that: boat-buying is brisk and demand for Boston Whaler is back-ordered well into 2023, the executives say, ensuring the stability of the plant for years to come.

Projecting 750 High-Wage Jobs, Council Approves 4-Story Hospital and Medical Building on Palm Coast Parkway

May 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

AdventHealth Palm Coast's new hospital on Palm Coast Parkway, in a rendering.

Wally de Aquino, the hospital’s chief operating officer, said he’s projecting an initial 400 to 450 jobs at the hospital initially, and up to 700 to 750 jobs when the medical office building is completed. The 100-bed, 155,000-square-foot, four-story AdventHealth hospital will go up on 11 acres along Palm Coast Parkway.

Palm Coast Council Approves Manager Morton’s $9,000 Raise With No Discussion, and With Morton Nemesis’ Vote

May 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday quietly approved a $9,135 raise for City Manager Matt Morton on the heels of his second-year anniversary with the city and a performance evaluation that netted him strong and slightly better marks than last year despite a blistering set of numbers from Council Member Victor Barbosa.

Palm Coast Council Sets Special Election for Mayor on July 27, Requiring Petitions or Fee to Qualify

May 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The Palm Coast City Council this morning, minus Milissa Holland. (© FlaglerLive)

The council agreed unanimously to require candidates to qualify for the election either by gathering 497 signed and certified petition or by paying a $1,140 fee. Petitions may be gathered between May 24 and May 28. Qualifying is set between June 1 and June 7.

David Alfin and Alan Lowe Announce for Mayor as Palm Coast Council Readies to Set July 27 Special Election

May 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 60 Comments

David Alfin, left, and Alan Lowe as they both ran in last November's election, Alfin for a council seat, Lowe for mayor. (© FlaglerLive)

David Alfin and Alan Lowe, both Republicans who ran unsuccessful campaigns last November–Lowe for mayor, Alfin for a council seat–said they would run in the special election to replace Mayor Milissa Holland the Palm Coast City Council is expected to schedule at a hurriedly-called special meeting this morning. The proposed date for the election is July 27.

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