Flagler County Guide to the 2010 General Election
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School Board: Raven Sword vs. John Fischer
- In School Board Race, a Clash of Clarity and Fact Between Fischer and Sword
- Raven Sword, School Board District 5 Candidate: The Live Interview
- John Fischer, School Board District 5 Candidate: The Live Interview
- Inaccurately and Incoherently, Fischer Opposes School Tax Measure; Sword Favors It
- Ending 8 Years on the Flagler School Board, Evie Shellenberger Endorses Raven Sword
School Board: Background
- The Live Q&A: School Board Candidates In Their Own Words (and Occasional Evasions)
- District 3: Marc Ray
- District 3: Trevor Tucker
- District 5: Peter Peligian
- School Board Candidate Peter Peligian’s Impersonation (and Tax and Claims) Problems
- The Money Race: Five Flagler School Board Candidates Raise a Combined $32,900
- School Board Candidates Tread Gulf Between Ideal and Reality in Chamber Forum
- Shellenberger, Steadying Voice for 8 Years, Will Not Run Again for School Board
- Rachael Kopec Withdraws from School Board Race
Circuit Court/Judges
- In Race to Replace Judge Hammond in Flagler, Craig and Horrox Scrape for Distinctions
- Scott DuPont and Don Holmes: Dogma vs. Nuance in 7th Judicial Circuit Race
- Profile: Dennis Craig
- Profile: Joe Horrox
- Justice for Sale: Half a Million Dollars Slosh Races for 3 Local Circuit Court Seats
- Judge Them Before One of Them Judges You: The Race For Kim C. Hammond’s Seat
- Professionals or Politicians? The University of Chicago Paper on Appointed vs. Elected Judges
The Florida Constitutional Amendments
- Primer: Amendment 2 Loop-Holes a Tax Exemption for Soldiers in War Zones
- Primer: Amendment 4, “Hometown Democracy” and Sprawling Misinformation
- Primer: Amendments 5 and 6 Pit Power Against Voters in Redistricting
- Primer: Class-Size Amendment 8 is a Reasonably Double-Edged Sword
- Hometown Democracy and Class-Size Amendments Spark Up Civic Association Forum
- Carl Hiaasen Nails Amendment 4
- Builders on Amendment 4: Bad for Jobs, Economic Growth and Democracy
- More Amendment 4 Hysteria
School Tax Renewal Referendum
- Superintendent Janet Valentine: Why You Should Vote For the .25 Mill School Tax Levy
- FPC’s Top Student Makes the Case For the .25-Mill School Tax Referendum
- School Board Members Talking to Empty Benches at Town Halls on Tax Levy
- The Other Tax Referendum: School District Battles Misperceptions to Preserve Levy
- In a Shift, Andy Dance Joins Unanimous Vote for School Tax Referendum in November
- Andy Dance’s Two Masters: Voting for a Tax at the Chamber, Against One at the School Board
- Battling Referendums: School Tax Will Compete With Building Tax in November
The issues below are no longer ballot matters on Nov. 2:
Enterprise Flagler/Chamber Tax Referendum
- “Economic Development” Tax Dies: Enterprise Flagler Wants It Removed from the Ballot
- Its Initiative in Flames, Enterprise Flagler Hands Tax-and-Build Plan’s Fate to Tea Party
- Memo To Enterprise Flagler: Why Your Tax Plan Is Fumbling (and What To Do About It)
- Council Slams Enterprise Flagler’s Camouflage, Casting Doubt on “Development” Tax
- How the Chamber’s Tax Proposal Undermines Schools, Cities and the County
- Andy Dance’s Two Masters: Voting for a Tax at the Chamber, Against One at the School Board
- Commission Approves Chamber’s Tax Referendum for November Ballot
- Hell Freezes Over: Flagler Chamber Wants To Hike Your Taxes
Flagler County Commission
- Commission Money Race: Mori Hosseini and Other Developers Bankrolling Abbott’s Bid
- Bankruptcy Boys: County Commission Candidates Bob Abbott and Nate McLaughlin Claim “Fiscal Responsibility” Despite Dismal Finances
- Dull and Duller: County Commission Candidates Out-Trivial Each Other at Forum
Primary Judicial Candidates
Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks
- Supervisor of Elections Scans Boards Through Emergency Meeting and 11th Hour Theatrics
- No Conflicts Resolved as Elections Supervisor Weeks Blame-Blasts County Commission
- What’s Eating Kimberle Weeks?
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