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Palm Coast Government Sets Special Meeting for Wednesday at 9 a.m., With Little Notice

May 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Vice Mayor Eddie Branquinho will be serving as mayor until Milissa Holland's position is filled by a special election. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast City Manager Matt Morton Tuesday evening set a special meeting of the City Council for Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. in the wake of Milissa Holland’s resignation as mayor Tuesday evening. The meeting was noticed exclusively on the city’s webpage.

Sheriff Gualtieri: Cop “Who Shoots and Kills Another Is Not a ‘Victim’” and Cant’ Invoke Marsy’s Law to Hide Name

May 16, 2021 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A document filed Wednesday by Gualtieri’s attorneys said a police officer “who shoots and kills another is not a ‘victim’ of that shooting and cannot invoke Marsy’s Law to shroud his shooting in secrecy.” (NSF)

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and the Miami Civilian Investigative Panel last week said they plan to file friend-of-the-court briefs at the Florida Supreme Court in a dispute about whether a 2018 constitutional amendment known as “Marsy’s Law” can prevent the release of officers’ names.

Florida Lawmakers Want Their Home Addresses and Phone Numbers Kept Secret

March 31, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

“We’ve had some situations where people have gotten that public information and have used that to harass and picket and threaten us at our homes,” Kelli Stargel, the Lakeland Republican and bill sponsor, says. (NSF)

The House and Senate are advancing proposals that would create a public-records exemption for information about lawmakers, including their home addresses and phone numbers, but opponents question how the measures would interact with a requirement that lawmakers live in their districts.

State Puts Gag Order on Flagler Health Department’s Public Release of Covid Numbers in Schools

September 4, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 36 Comments

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The state’s gag order falls as the Flagler health department was preparing to issue a weekly reports of cases in schools, and as a drizzle of covid cases continues to affect Flagler schools, with a few classrooms, individual faculty and students required to quarantine. The district intends to issue some of the information.

Florida Cops in Use-of-Force Incidents Are Not Shielded by Victims’ Rights Law, Judge Rules

July 24, 2020 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Two Tallahassee police officers contended that the amendment should shield the release of their names because they had been victims in incidents that required the use of force — including a high-profile incident in which an officer shot and killed a transgender man.

Judge Weighs How Far Marcy’s Law Protecting Victims May Go to Shield Cops’ Identities

July 13, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

A lawsuit has exposed a broader conflict between two Florida constitutional amendments: Marsy’s Law and a decades-old government-in-the-sunshine amendment that established one of the nation’s broadest public-records laws. (© FlaglerLive)

The city of Tallahassee and media organizations on Monday tried to persuade a circuit judge that a 2018 constitutional amendment aimed at protecting victims’ rights does not allow police officers involved in use-of-force incidents to keep their identities secret.

Florida’s Police Union Wants Cops’ Identity Kept Secret Under Victims’ Rights Law

June 11, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

A woman taking the "don't shoot" stand in solidarity with marchers protesting police brutality in Flagler Beach last week. (© FlaglerLive)

Keeping secret the identity of a police officer who shot a black crime suspect might seem anathema during a national time of reckoning about police brutality and racial disparity. But that’s what a Florida police union is seeking.

Volusia/Flagler Chapter Marks ACLU’s Centennial With “Future Voters Essay Contest” and $500 Prize

March 9, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Lin-Manuel Miranda, his father Luis Miranda, and John James have a message on the ACLU's 100th birthday. (ACLU)

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ‘s Volusia/Flagler chapter is celebrating the ACLU’s 100th birthday with an essay contest open to all students, with a $500 prize and publication of the winning essay in FlaglerLive.

FDLE Lacked Oversight of Employees’ Text Messages and Use of Personal Devices for State Business

December 1, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Florida’s top law enforcement agency did not have safeguards in place to ensure text messages sent and received by its employees were retained as required by state law, according to an audit released last week.

Obscenities Aside, Kimberle Weeks Appeal May Come Down to Judge’s Baffling Decree on ‘Public Meetings’ Definition

September 11, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Circuit Judge Margaret Hudson. (© FlaglerLive)

Circuit Judge Margaret Hudson refused to allow a definition of “public meetings” during ex-Elections Supervisor Kim Weeks’s trial last year even though both defense and prosecution wanted a definition, which went to the heart of the case. That’s now a central plank in Weeks’s appeal.

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