Hearing in Lawsuit Over Palm Coast’s Debt Referendum

Lawsuit over Palm Coast’s debt referendum: Circuit Judge Chris France  hears lawyers’ arguments in a motion for a temporary injunction that would require the removal from the ballot, or the prevention of ballots results from being counted, in Palm Coast government’s referendum asking voters about changing the city charter to remove limits on the city’s borrowing and leasing authority. The hearing is at 11:30 a.m. in Courtroom 403 at the Flagler County Courthouse. See:

• Texts Show Ed Danko Seeking to Recruit Resident to File Lawsuit Against His Own Council’s Debt Referendum
• Palm Coast Belies Its Own Council Members’ Statements As It Claims Debt Referendum Is ‘Clear and Unambiguous’
• After Closed-Door Meeting, No Sign Palm Coast Is Settling Ballot Referendum Litigation, Which May Go Past Election
• Settlement Offer Gives Palm Coast Council Chance to Pull Embattled Debt Referendum from the Ballot
• A Majority of the Palm Coast City Council Now Opposes Its Own Debt Referendum, Yet It Remains on the Ballot
• Attorney Behind Lawsuit Challenging Palm Coast’s Debt Referendum Had Warned Council of Red Flags in August
• Lawsuit Seeks to Stop Referendum That Would End Limits on Palm Coast’s Borrowing Power, Calling Language Deceptive
• With Nod to ‘Slippery Slope,’ Palm Coast Will Ask Voters for More Borrowing Power Through Vague Ballot Measure
• Palm Coast Council Flirting with Easing Charter Restrictions on City’s Borrowing Capacities