Thursday Briefing: ‘Smog of the Sea,’ Democrats’ Open House, GOP Congressionals’ Forum

Today: Partly cloudy with chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 80s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the east in the afternoon. Chance of rain 70 percent. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows around 70. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Details here.
Today’s document from the National Archives and the Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Today’s tides: at the beaches, at the Intracoastal Waterway.
Drought Index: 57
The OED’s Word of the Day: quot homines tot sententiae, phr..
The Live Community Calendar
Today’s jail bookings.

Today’s Briefing: Quick Links

• First Light
• In Flagler and Palm Coast
• Flagler Jail Bookings and Last 24 Hours of Incident Reports
• Announcements
• In State Government
• Cats and Dogs Looking For Homes
• In Coming Days in Flagler, Palm Coast and Beyond
• Fact-Checking the Knaves
• Palm Coast Construction and Development
• Local Road and Interstate Construction
• Cultural Coda

“And, to be sure, this Court has held same-sex marriage a matter of constitutional right and various States have enacted laws that preclude discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. But it is also true that no bureaucratic judgment condemning a sincerely held religious belief as “irrational” or “offensive” will ever survive strict scrutiny under the First Amendment. In this country, the place of secular officials isn’t to sit in judgment of religious beliefs, but only to protect their free exercise. Just as it is the “proudest boast of our free speech jurisprudence” that we protect speech that we hate, it must be the proudest boast of our free exercise jurisprudence that we protect religious beliefs that we find offensive.”

–Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch in gay wedding cake decision concurrence, June 4, 2018.

Previously:

Thaddeus Stevens on the 14th Amendment | Bobby Kennedy on Guns | Lynchings as terrorism | Man alone | Roth’s propulsive force | Mislabeling homosexuality | Eden over | Crime and intelligence | All Quiet on the Western Front | Radicalism v. Conservatism | Anais Nin on Gore Vidal | Richard Ford’s schmo | On Ayn Rand | Talent is not enough | Jerusalem grotesque | A Florida governor’s 1865 view of slaves | Intellectual leadership | We are all potential fossils | Liberals and progressives | Colorblind Constitution | Douglass on Andrew Johnson | Kaepernick | Dictators | Social dislocation | Stupidity and smugness | The Enormous Radio | Illness as aberration | Lord Farquaad’s compensations | Parkman’s Mountains | Millennial job interview

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.

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission meets at 8:30 a.m. for the first of two days in the Chairman’s Club at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, 1 Panther Parkway, Sunrise, Fla. See the full agenda here. It is the second of seven sets of two-day meetings, with such meetings scheduled every month through November. The Florida Channel will be broadcasting the meeting and will be streaming it live here. You may submit your public comments here.

Flagler County Democrats host an open house at their headquarters at 2 Office Park Drive in Palm Coast from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Come by, say hello, and find out more about what Flagler County Democrats are doing to move Flagler forward together.

“The Smog of the Sea” Film Screening and Panel Discussion: In honor of World Oceans Day, the free film screening and panel discussion is about plastics and plastic pollution. A panel discussion will follow the 30 minute film. Panelists include Dr. Maia McGuire (UF/IAS Extension/Florida Microplastic Awareness Project), Jackie Nunez (Republic Services), Dr. Todd Osborne (UF/Whitney Lab) and Dr. Ed McGinley (Flagler College). Noon, at the Daytona State College Flagler Palm Coast Campus, Building 3, RM 105 (3000 Palm Coast Parkway Southeast, Palm Coast, FL 32137).

Flagler Republican Forum Series: Meet the Candidates for U.S. Congress at the Pasta & Politics Event at Pine Lakes Golf Club. Hosted by the Flagler County Young Republicans. Dinner Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door. 5 p.m.

Critics Choice Dinner: Join fellow Critics Choice members for dinner at Funky Pelican in Flagler Beach at 5:30 p.m. Dinner and/or transportation is the participant’s responsibility and pre-registration is required at www.palmcoastgov.com/register.

Final Day of the Sales Tax Holiday on hurricane supplies: The tax break started June 1. Floridians are able to buy a wide range of supplies during the period without paying sales taxes. Examples include portable self-powered light sources that cost $20 or less; portable self-powered radios, two-way radios, or weather band radios that cost $50 or less; tarps or other waterproof sheeting the cost $50 or less; ground anchor systems or tie-down kits that cost $50 or less; gas or diesel fuel tanks that cost $25 or less; packages of batteries, excluding automobile and boat batteries, that cost $30 or less; coolers that cost $30 or less; portable generators that cost $750 or less; and reusable ice that costs $10 or less.

Blood Donations: The Big Red Bus will be at the following locations this week:

• Thursday: Hammock Beach Resort, 200 Ocean Crest Drive, Palm Coast, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Thursday: Zaxby’s, 180 Cypress Edge Drive, Palm Coast, from noon to 5 p.m.
• Thursday: Aldi, 5095 State Road 100, Palm Coast, from 3 to 6 p.m.
• Friday: Fitness One, 250 Old Kings Road South, Flagler Beach, from 1 to 6 p.m.
• Friday: Epic Theaters, 1185 Central Ave., Palm Coast, from 2 to 8 p.m.
• Saturday: Epic Theaters, 1185 Central Ave., Palm Coast, from 1 to 7 p.m.
• Sunday: St. Mark y the Sea Lutheran Church, 303 Palm Coast Parkway, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Jail Bookings and Last 24 Hours' Incidents in Flagler, Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Bunnell

Jail Bookings, June 19-22 Sheriff's night shift incident reports, June 21 Sheriff's day shift incident reports, June 21 Flagler Beach's night shift incident reports, June 21 Flagler Beach's day shift incident reports, June 21 Bunnell police's night shift incident reports, June 21 Bunnell police's day shift incident reports, June 21
Previous and archived reports

Announcements:

June 4 through Aug. 3 – Fun in the Sun Summer Camp – Monday-Friday, Palm Coast Parks & Recreation weekly camps from June 4 through Aug. 3, 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Pkwy NE, Palm Coast, with late pick-up available for additional fee. Fun-filled, themed activities such as arts and crafts, stories, recreational games, nature hikes, swimming and special guest presentations are planned for this camp for students in grades K-8 (grade just completed). Campers are eligible for the free lunch program provided by Flagler Schools. Optional field trips for additional fee. Students can be registered for one or multiple weeks. $80/week. Register at www.palmcoastgov.com/register. More info: 386-986-2323.

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.

DOUGLAS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION MEETS: The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission, which was created this year as part of a school-safety law, will meet in Broward County. Among the topics will be school discipline and diversion programs. Lawmakers formed the commission after the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people. (Thursday, 8:30 a.m., BB&T Center, Chairman’s Club, 1 Panther Parkway, Sunrise.)

FACEBOOK FRIENDS ON DOCKET: The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments in three cases, including a dispute about whether a circuit judge should be disqualified from a case because she was a Facebook friend of an attorney representing one of the parties. The Herssein Law Group took the issue to the Supreme Court after the 3rd District Court of Appeal rejected a request to disqualify Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Beatrice Butchko. The dispute stems from a lawsuit that the firm filed against a former client, United Services Automobile Association, for alleged breach of contract and fraud. As part of the case, the law firm accused a company official of witness tampering, and USAA hired Israel Reyes, a former judge, to represent the official. The Herssein firm sought to disqualify Butchko because she was a Facebook friend of Reyes. The firm raised concerns about receiving a fair and impartial trial, but Butchko declined to recuse herself. (Thursday, 9 a.m., Florida Supreme Court, 500 South Duval St., Tallahassee.)

SUPREME COURT RELEASES OPINIONS: The Florida Supreme Court is scheduled to release its weekly opinions. (Thursday, 11 a.m.)

GINGRICH SPEAKS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY: Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich will speak and sign copies of his book, “Trump’s America,” during a Palm Beach Republican Club luncheon event. (Thursday, 12:30 p.m., The Colony Hotel, 155 Hammon Ave., Palm Beach.)

—-Compiled by the News Service of Florida and FlaglerLive

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

Cats and Dogs Looking For Homes

Keep Up with Donald Trump’s attacks on the press through the ACLU’s running tab here.

Keep Up with mass shootings in a running database here.

Palm Coast Construction and Development Progress Reports

Here’s a summary of the latest city developments as of June 3, 2018, with a link to the full week in review here.

Click to access week-in-review-june2-20181.pdf

Road and Interstate Construction:

• Florida Department of Transportation Road Project List

Cultural Coda

Martha Argerich Plays Piazzolla’s Oblivion

Previous Codas:

• Bach-Liszt: Organ Prelude and Fugue in A minor
• Leonard Bernstein: Young People’s Concerts Vol. 2 (Includes André Watts)
• Emerson Quartet, Contrapunctus 9 from Bach’s Art of Fugue
• Virginia Grand Military Band, Memorial Day Concert 2017
• Bach’s English Suite in G Minor BWV 808, Zoltan Fejervari, Miami Beach
• The Dangers of Sitting
• Glenn Gould’s U.S. Television Debut: Bernstein Conducting Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor
• Jean Baptiste Singelée: Septième Solo de Concert, Op. 93
• Telemann’s Fantasia No. 1 in A Major for solo flute, Performed by Kristen Stoner
• Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Olga Scheps, piano
• Bechara el-Khoury: Forgotten Fragments
• The Violins of Hope: Amnon’s journey
• Chanticleer Sings Shenandoah
• Bottesini Gran Duo for double bass and violin
• Schubert’s “Der Lindenbaum,” “Im Frühling”: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore
• Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A minor, Op. 105 (Yoojin Jang)