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Palm Coast Increases Fees at Parks, Community Center, Pool, Palm Harbor Golf Course and Tennis Center

August 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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The City of Palm Coast is raising its fees for Parks and Recreation services and rentals across the city following City Council approval on Aug. 17, after the proposal was presented to the council at a workshop. The new fees are now in effect. 

Opelka Battles Hard but Falls to Medvedev in National Bank Open Final

August 15, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A few games short: Reilly Opelka lost in straight set in today's final against the world's No. 2 player. (© Gyles Dias/ATP)

The ex-Palm Coast resident came up short in the championship match of the National Bank Open in Toronto Sunday. Competing in a Masters 1000 level tournament final for the first time, Opelka was bested by World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev, 6-4, 6-3.

Reilly Opelka Scores the Biggest Win of His Career, Beating World No. 3 Tsitsipas to Reach Toronto Final

August 14, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Reilly Opelka today on his way to the Toronto final with the biggest win of his career. (Gyles Dias/ATP Tour)

The 7-footer Reilly Opelka, whose name will soon adorn the Palm Coast Tennis Center to mark his past and future ties with the city, catapults up to a career high ranking of No. 23, into his first Masters 1000 final. He’ll play either his good friend and fellow American John Isner or World No.2 Daniil Medvedev in the finals on Sunday.

Why We Must Fund Public Safety: The Sheriff’s Office’s Response

August 13, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Sheriff Rick Staly, left, and Chief of Staff Mark Strobridge. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Sheriff Chief of Staff Mark Strobridge responds to Thursday’s “Overfunding Police” column, citing misinterpretations of a UNF study on which the sheriff is basing a request for 25 additional deputies from Palm Coast and Flagler County.

Palm Coast and Flagler at Risk of Overfunding Police

August 12, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

Policing in Flagler has never been at risk of "defunding," nor have relations between police and the community lacked for cohesion and respect. (© FlaglerLive)

Policing in Flagler has never been at risk of “defunding,” nor have relations between police and the community lacked for cohesion and respect. But Sheriff Staly’s request for 25 additional deputies from Palm Coast and the county overplay a hand, while both governments are teetering on going along with what would be overfunding police, at the expense of other needs.

In a Boost for Its Palm Coast Hub, UNF President David Szymanski Stepping Down to Become CEO of MedNexus

August 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

University of North Florida President David Szymanski in January 2020, when he attended a segment of Palm Coast's Hackathon. (© FlaglerLive)

Szymanski’s decision signals the breadth and weigh of UNF’s investment in MedNexus and now places the person most responsible for it behind its development, in Jacksonville and in Palm Coast, where it came about through the lobbying of former Mayor Milissa Holland.

Palm Coast Council Clears Way for a 240-Apartment Complex Just North of RaceTrac on Old Kings Road

August 5, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The developer of Tuscan Reserve in palm Coast, aboive, is proposing to develop a 240-unit apartment complex on Old Kings Road, just north of State Road 100. The Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday approved the rezoning that clears the way for the development. (Roger Kennedy Construction)

The developer of Tuscan Reserve apartments in Palm Coast is proposing to develop a 240-unit apartment complex on Old Kings Road, just north of State Road 100, called the Tribute. The Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday approved the rezoning that clears the way for the development.

In Mayoral Election Audit, Lowe Partisans’ Hunt for Perfidy Disappoints as Results Are, As Expected, Confirmed

August 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The Palm Coast Canvassing Board, with Supervisor of Elections Kaiti Lenhart, as its members were signing the document signifying the audit showed a hand-count that perfectly aligned. with the machine count. (© FlaglerLive)

The audit of the July 27 special election for Palm Coast mayor showed 100 percent accuracy, though partisans of Alan Lowe, one of the losing candidates, have continued to make baseless allegations of irregularities.

Back from Boys’ Camp, Palm Coast Council Adopts Tentative Tax Rate, But Policing Budget Is Contested

August 4, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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The Palm Coast City Council on Tuesday broke its impasse over a tentative tax rate, approving what for now is the same rate that’s been in effect since 2019, with council members’ pledge to look for ways to reduce it. But that may be difficult with a slew of competing demands in services, including additional sheriff’s deputies, street paving, and other administrative requests.

David Alfin, Making a Point of Facing the Public on a Level Plane, Is Sworn-In as Palm Coast’s 4th Mayor

August 3, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin immediately after his swearing in, acknowledging City Clerk Virginia Smith, with his daughter Melanie and his wife Tammy at his side, and the council he was about to join behind him--with some on the dais more enthusiastic than others about his accession. (© FlaglerLive)

David Alfin was sworn-in as Palm Coast’s fourth mayor this evening in a simple ceremony and a well-attended meeting in which he made a point of defining his tenure as a service to residents, but also as a mission to bring civility and consensus to a sharply divided council. There was pointed symbolism and a few pointed remarks during the meeting.

Ahead of Its Planned Hospital on U.S. 1, Flagler Health+ Joins Palm Coast United Methodist in Health Village and Church Campus

August 2, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

United Methodist Church's ceremonial land, right next to Flagler Health+'s. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Health+ and Palm Coast United Methodist Church celebrated the groundbreaking expansion of each institution on July 27 in North Palm Coast as Flagler Health+ openly competes with AdventHealth and the church will build a “North Campus” to reach more youth.

Palm Coast Councilman Victor Barbosa Hospitalized with Covid 2 Days After Election Party

August 1, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

Victor Barbosa at Alan Lowe's election-night party at the Hilton Garden Inn, in a still from a video posted on Facebook.

Victor Barbosa, the Palm Coast City Council member, announced in a terse Facebook post: “3 day in the hospital fighting covid and pneumonia.” Two days before his hospitalization he was at an election-night party for Alan Lowe where someone described him as “pretty wore out,” and where no one was masked.

Palm Coast Survives Its Own Big Lies. For Now.

August 1, 2021 | Pierre Tristam | 14 Comments

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The big lies lost. But Palm Coast isn’t out of the woods. Alan Lowe may have been rejected by 73 percent of the electorate, but David Alfin’s 36 percent win, with less than 10 percent of the actual electorate, is hardly a rousing victory for a campaign that won more by default than acclamation, with incendiaries like Ed Danko and Victor Barbosa still on the council.

An Uneventful Canvassing Board Meeting Pores Over 81 Provisional Ballots in the Palm Coast Election

July 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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The Palm Coast Canvassing Board had a quiet and uneventful session today, poring over 81 ballots that had to be judged valid or not. The absence of Alan Lowe partisans suggests their vague claims of a contestable election was nothing more than that.

‘Absolutely’: Health Chief Calls for Masks in Flagler Schools as AdventHealth Goes to Unprecedented ‘Black Status’

July 30, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 55 Comments

Flagler County Health Department Administrator Bob Snyder on Thursday said that whether vaccinated or not, students indoors should be wearing masks. Snyder’s unequivocal declaration stresses similar recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and physicians at AdventHealth.

Covid Breaks Flagler Infection Records Daily, Filling Half Advent’s Beds; Community and Local Governments Are Indifferent

July 29, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 59 Comments

Flagler, like Florida, is in covid crisis. Governments and the community at large are mostly indifferent. (© FlaglerLive)

While the Flagler Health Department and AdventHealth Palm Coast are overrun with Covid cases and in-patients, local governments have gone silent, indifferent to the worst wave of the pandemic yet, making a mockery of their claim of a “partnership” with the Health Department or the hospital and amplifying community apathy that multiplies infections.

Hours After Palm Coast Voting Ends, Conspiratorial Lowe Mutters and Weird Requests to Elections Office Begin

July 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 42 Comments

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There have been no direct challenges to the election result that saw David Alfin beat Alan Lowe and four others, but a request for a “forensic audit” of the election and a vast public record request for information about anyone and everyone involved in the supervisor of election’s running of the election have been filed, suggesting more noise than reason.

Year-Long Cabal of Claims Against Holland Comes Down to Wrist-Slap Over 2 Errant Emails as Ethics Commission Rules

July 28, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Milissa Holland in her last public appearance as mayor outside of a council meeting, on May 14, at the opening of the splash pad at the park named after her father. (© FlaglerLive)

A 15-month drumbeat of sound and fury over allegations of corruption, cover-ups, cabals and criminal acts, a drumbeat that influenced two elections, a city manager’s career and the mayor’s own, among others, tarnishing the reputation of a leading private company in the county, came down to a minor rebuke over an email misuse Holland long ago acknowledged and apologized for. Nothing else.

Center Holds: David Alfin Is Palm Coast’s New Mayor as Voters Decisively Spurn Lowe and Politics of Abuse

July 27, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 53 Comments

David Alfin is the new mayor of Palm Coast, stepping in to the seat vacated by Milissa Holland in May, and occupied only by Jon Netts and Jim Canfield previously, in the city's 22-year history. (© FlaglerLive)

Realtor David Alfin was elected Palm Coast’s fourth mayor this evening in a relatively strong win over five other candidates. Fellow-Realtor Cornelia Manfre and Alan Lowe were trading places for second. Alfin’s victory paired with Manfre’s showing is a decisive repudiation of scorched-earth politics represented by Alan Lowe and Council member Ed danko, who’d made his political fortune synonymous with Lowe’s campaign.

Palm Coast Will Close Parts of the Splash Pad at Holland Park as Rubber Surface Has Deteriorated

July 22, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

The whale and whale tail, the mantra ray, the rings, and the two turtles in the toddler area will be closed to the public as repairs to the splash pad at Holland Park proceed. (© FlaglerLive)

Filtering issues had hampered the initial opening of the $5.1 million pad. In mid-June, what appeared to be electrical issues later traced to a software problem developed, forcing the pad to close for a few days. There’s been other issues. The pad closed again today as cracks were detected in the soft padding.

Palm Coast Arts Organizations Looking for $3,000 Grants? Here’s Your Chance.

July 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

‘Burro With Bird on Shoulder,’ a bronze sculpture by artist Copper Tritscheller, in Palm Coast's Central Park. (© FlaglerLive)

As $30,000 in funding is expected to become available for Fiscal Year 2022 for events or programs taking place between October 1, 2021 and September 30, 2022, the City is looking for new grantees.  As always, preference is given to first time applicants that meet the grant requirements.

Palm Coast Utility’s Bond Rating Upgraded to AA-, Second Agency to Boost Indicator in 6 Months

July 21, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A Palm Coast water plant. (© FlaglerLive)

Credit ratings play a key role in a local government’s ability to secure lower interest loans, or to refinance existing loans accordingly. They also signal a level of financial soundness that can sometimes get lost in the din of political rhetoric and misinformation about “debt,” especially in Palm Coast. 

Palm Coast Mayor Branquinho’s Sarcasm Misfires, and Conspiracist Opponents Have a Field Day

July 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Palm Coast Eddie Branquinho isn't always clearly understood. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Mayor Eddie Branquinho’s sarcasm can be difficult to detect behind a Portuguese accent. When he used it today to ridicule a fellow-council member’s bogus claims, opponents took it as an opportunity to deflect from the lie and attack Branquinho instead.

Fact-Check: At Palm Coast Mayoral Forum, 6 Candidates Hide Inexperience in Generalities, One Just Tells Lies

July 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

The candidates in a screen capture from the News-Journal's social media video of the forum at Buddy Taylor Middle School. From left, Carol Bacha, David Alfin, Kathy Austrino, Doug Courtney, Alan Lowe and Cornelia Manfre.

Helped by safe, general questions, the News-Journal forum at no point resembled the mud wrestling matches that the Palm Coast City Council meetings they want to arbitrate have become. But the six candidates revealed their personalities, their sincerity, their deep lack of familiarity with the job–or their contempt for fact or truth.

In Unprecedented Gridlock, Palm Coast Council Can’t Even Agree to Tentative Tax Rate, Skirting Legal Violation

July 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Staffers are still getting it done. Council members are not. (© FlaglerLive via Palm Coast TV)

The Palm Coast City Council was required today merely to set a tentative tax rate for next year, a routine step. It could lower the rate at will over the next few weeks. An ideological brawl prevented a vote, deferring the decision to August and effectively preventing the administration from refining the budget until then.

Milissa Holland’s Daughter Responds to Danko’s Fabrications: Stop Bringing My Family Into This Immaturity

July 20, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Tori Holman at her mother's swearing-in as mayor on Nov. 15, 2016, three years before her liver transplant but well into her illness. (© FlaglerLive)

“I am 25 years old and the amount of immaturity displayed in this campaign is embarrassing,” writes Tori Holman, former Mayor Milissa Holland’s daughter. “To Mr. Danko and his detractors, Stop bringing my family into this mess to try to boost your votes. Stop bringing my family into this at all. To the rest of you, thank you.”

Palm Coast at a Crossroad: Assassins of Civility or Governance

July 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Ed Danko and Victor Barbosa since their election have turned the Palm Coast council into an embarrassment. The two are vying for a third vote in Alan Lowe and the mayor’s seat. That potential majority risks turning the city into a mirror of the toxic trio.

Palm Coast Council Defers Decision on Commercial Vehicles in Driveways to Next Mayor, Who’ll Break Deadlock

July 19, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Commercial vehicles with signage exceeding a certain size are not allowed to park in residential Palm Coast driveways unless they're on a work call. (Palm Coast)

The Palm Coast City Council is split 2-2 on allowing commercial vehicles to park in driveways uncovered, in what has turned into one of the more contentious code enforcement matters on the council’s agenda. Council members Ed Danko and Victor Barbosa want the rule relaxed, Mayor Eddie Branquinho and Council member Nick Klufas are opposed.

For Palm Coast Little League, Years of Advocacy Culminate with Hosting State Championship, and a DeSantis 1st Pitch

July 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Emily Warren and Sadie Schnell with Gov. DeSantis after catching the first pitches. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Little League this weekend marked its 20th anniversary by hosting the state championship, featuring a first pitch by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Hosting the tournament is a remarkable turn-around from a time a decade ago when Little League and the city were at loggerheads. The relationship turned around several years ago, and has flourished since, culminating with the championship event.

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.

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