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Monday Briefing: Dunes Update, Hanns Returns, Burn Ban, Flagler Youth Orchestra Year-End Concert, Teacher Appreciation Week

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THe Flagler Coun ty Sheriff's Office displayed its just-acquired antique police car, for about $12,000, at Saturday's centennial celebration. The department bought the car with asset-forfeiture money, a fund Sheriff Rick Staly says has been recently depleted because of changes in law that make it more difficult to seize assets, and more expensive to go through the process of trying to do so. (© FlaglerLive)
THe Flagler County Sheriff’s Office displayed its just-acquired antique police car, for about $12,500, at Saturday’s centennial celebration. It is a 1938 Buick Special, 8 cylinders, 107 horsepower, with a three-speed manual transmission. It will reportedly go from zero to 70 in 26.2 seconds, according to the Sheriff’s Office’s Bob Weber, and tops off at 82 mph. It gets 13 miles a gallon. The original cost in 1938 was $1,047, which, in inflation-adjusted dollars, would be $17,976 today. ‘The Sheriff’s 5 Point Star is outlined with horseshoes pointing in on the doors and truck. This represents good luck and protection for the deputies. The star decal was used until the 1970’s,’ Weber notes. The paint job was donated by Celico Auto Body and Restoration of Bunnell, and and Police Services, also of Bunnell, donated the installation of the siren and light. ‘I was told on Saturday by a historic car buff that the car in its present condition could be worth as much as $45,000 – $50,000.’ The department bought the car with asset-forfeiture money, a fund Sheriff Rick Staly says has been recently depleted because of changes in law that make it more difficult to seize assets, and more expensive to go through the process of trying to do so. But county commissioners today are expected to approve using $4,620 from that fund so the sheriff can buy a voice-stress analyzer.(© FlaglerLive)

Today: Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s inland…in the lower 80s coast. South winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph in the afternoon. Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Details here.
Drought Index is at 390.
Today’s tides: at the beaches, at the Intracoastal Waterway.
Today’s document from the National Archives.
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Today’s jail bookings.

Today’s Briefing: Quick Links


“… in what must rank as the most astonishing statement of corporate hubris ever, mine operator George Baer used these immortal words to address the issue of a 1902 coal strike: The rights and interests of the laboring man will be protected and cared for — not by labor agitators, but by the Christian men to whom God in his infinite wisdom has given the control of the property interests of this country.'”

–Thomas Frank in One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism and the End of Economic Democracy.

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In Flagler and Palm Coast:

Note: all government meetings noticed below are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. Many can be heard or seen live through each agency’s website.

The Sheriff’s daily incident reports and jail bookings are posted here.

It is Teacher Appreciation Week in Flagler County schools and elsewhere.

The Flagler County Commission holds a pair of meetings, starting with a 9 a.m. business meeting, where commissioners are expected to ratify a burn ban, approve recent agreements to shift millions of dollars toward beach restoration projects from tourist-tax revenue, approve a $4,620 expenditure by the sheriff for a voice-stress analyzer (a form of lie-detection testing), and possibly appoint George Hanns, the recently defeated county commissioner, to the Library Board of Trustees. Hanns, who served a quarter century on the commission, had previously been the commission’s liaison to the library board. The meeting is to be held in board chambers at the Government Services Building, Bunnell. It will be followed by a workshop at the Emergency Operations Center, behind the GSB, immediately following the regular meeting, with a discussion and update on Hurricane Matthew dunes and beach recovery, and a discussion about buying land on Justice Lane, the road that leads to the county jail. Background materials posted online do not include details about that land purchase.

The Flagler Youth Orchestra‘s full ensembles–five orchestras in all, from beginners to advanced, some 350 musicians in all–perform their third and last concert of the season at the Flagler Auditorium at 7 p.m., including a performance by the faculty quartet. Tickets are $6 for adults 18 and older, $1 for children 17 and under. $1 of every ticket goes to the Auditorium’s Arts In Education fund.

Announcements:

None.

In Florida and in State Government:

Note: Some proceedings below can be followed live on the Florida Channel. Most legislative proceedings can be followed through the Senate or House websites.

Tax cuts: The Senate Appropriations Committee will take up several issues, including the House’s proposed tax-cut package (HB 7109). The package, sponsored by House Ways & Means Chairman Jim Boyd, R-Bradenton, includes trimming a tax on commercial leases and holding sales-tax holidays. (8 a.m.)

The Senate will hold a floor session and consider a series of issues, including a proposal (SB 1582), filed by Sen. Rob Bradley, R-Fleming Island, that would make changes in the workers’ compensation insurance system. Lawmakers are grappling with the workers’ compensation issue after regulators last year approved a 14.5 percent rate increase. (10 a.m.)

Education rally: U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten will attend a rally urging President Donald Trump’s administration to invest in education. (10:30 a.m., Miami Dade College, North Campus, 11380 N.W. 27th Ave., Miami.)

Prescription-drug crisis: The Florida Department of Children and Families, the Florida Department of Health and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement will hold the first in a series of workshops about opioid use in the state. (3 p.m.)

–Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive

 

In Coming Days in Palm Coast, Flagler and the Occasional Beyond:

♦ May 3: Free legal clinics: The Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller in partnership with the Flagler County Bar Association is proud to present a four part series of legal clinics free of charge. Come out and speak to attorneys who are experts in their respective field of law for free. These clinics will be held at the Flagler County courthouse in the 1st floor jury assembly room, 1769 E. Moody Blvd. building #1, Bunnell, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Today’s class: Criminal Law and Traffic. See the flyer here.
♦ May 4: The Palm Coast Democratic Club meets at the African American Cultural Center on Rt. 1 in Palm Coast. Look for the white pyramid in front. Meet and greet at 6:30 p.m., meeting at 7.”Be there and bring friends and family,” says Club President Mike Cocchiola. “We’ll have speakers on our important Florida environmental issues. We like it here. We don’t want anyone polluting our air and water, killing our wildlife of flooding our shorelines because they don’t understand, don’t believe, or worse, don’t care. You all know who we’re talking about. We need to talk about this and take action as a club.”
♦ May 15: The Flagler Beach Police Department and the local 7-ELEVEN store have partnered to host another edition of “Doughnuts with Doughney” from 8 to 10 a.m. The Flagler Beach 7-ELEVEN convenience store is at 408 South Oceanshore Boulevard. The two hours in that it provide the public an opportunity to meet and speak openly with Chief Doughney about issues or concerns in Flagler Beach. The location of the meeting provides citizens easy access to both the 7-ELEVEN and Chief Doughney, in a relaxed, non-threatening atmosphere.
♦ May 15: Free legal clinics: The Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller in partnership with the Flagler County Bar Association is proud to present a four part series of legal clinics free of charge. Come out and speak to attorneys who are experts in their respective field of law for free. These clinics will be held at the Flagler County courthouse in the 1st floor jury assembly room, 1769 E. Moody Blvd. building #1, Bunnell, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Today’s class: Family Law: Divorce, Name change, Adoption, Domestic Violence Injunctions etc. See the flyer here.
♦ May 16: The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission holds a hearing the the case of Circuit Judge Scott DuPont, who faces several charges of misconduct during his 2016 re-election election campaign. He has admitted wrongdoing. The 9 a.m. hearing is taking place in courtroom 406-7 at the Duval County Courthouse, 501 W. Adams Street, Jacksonville, before a six-member panel: Eugene Pettis, Steven P. DeLuca, Robert Morris, Michele Cummings, Harry Duncanson (a lay member of the commission) and Jerome S. Osteryoung.
♦ May 18: The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office holds a candlelight vigil at 7:30 p.m. at the Flagler County courthouse, followed by a walk to the Sheriff’s Operations Center at 7:45 p.m.

The Day’s Best Reads:

Palm Coast Construction and Development Progress Reports

The following is an update of ongoing permitting, construction and development projects in Palm Coast, through March 24 (the city administration’s full week in review is here):

Click to access development-march-24-2017.pdf

Road and Interstate Construction:

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  1. Layla says

    Meaning no disrespect to former Commissioners in this county, when are we going to give new people the opportunity to serve on these committees?

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