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Weather: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers in the morning, then showers in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 90 percent. Friday Night: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Showers, mainly in the evening. Lows in the lower 60s. North winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Today at a Glance:
Free For All Fridays with Host David Ayres, an hour-long public affairs radio show featuring local newsmakers, personalities, public health updates and the occasional surprise guest, starts a little after 9 a.m. Palm Coast Mayor David Alfin will talk about the city’s dispute with Waste Pro over recycling bins. See previous podcasts here. On WNZF at 94.9 FM and 1550 AM.
The Scenic A1A Pride Committee meets at 9 a.m. at the Hammock Community Center, 79 Mala Compra Road, Palm Coast. The meetings are open to the public.
The Blue 22 Forum, a discussion group organized by local Democrats, meets at 12:15 p.m. at the Palm Coast Community Center. (On Oct. 14 only, it is meeting at the 2nd floor conference room at the Katz and Green Building, 1 Florida Park Drive, Palm Coast.) Come and add your voice to local, state and national political issues.
In Coming Days:
Flagler Pride Weekend is on June 10-11 in Palm Coast’s Central Park: All applications (Vendor, Sponsor, Volunteer, Speaker, Entertainment) for Flagler Pride Weekend are now open until midnight on May 20th, 2023. No late applications will be accepted or considered. Vendors, apply here. Flagler Pride weekend is scheduled for June 10-12, at Palm Coast’s Central Park.
Now this:
Flagler Beach Webcam:
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Rotary’s Fantasy Lights Festival in Palm Coast’s Town Center
Rotary’s Fantasy Lights Festival in Palm Coast’s Town Center
Free For All Fridays With Host David Ayres on WNZF
Blue 24 Forum
Holidazzle Market at Ormond Memorial Art Museum & Gardens
Rotary’s Fantasy Lights Festival in Palm Coast’s Town Center
City Repertory Theatre’s Holiday Cabaret
LGBTQ+ Night at Flagler Beach’s Coquina Coast Brewing Company
Flagler Beach Farmers Market
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
American Association of University Women (AAUW) Meeting
Gamble Jam at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area
Rotary’s Fantasy Lights Festival in Palm Coast’s Town Center
City Repertory Theatre’s Holiday Cabaret
For the full calendar, go here.
There is something deeply disturbing about what’s happening to the freedom to choose what to think, what to read, whom to love, what we do with our own bodies, and even who we will decide to be. We need to support the critical fight of these parents, librarians and all people who believe that allowing yourself to be exposed to different opinions and beliefs is not toxic and will not poison minds. The deepest fear that book banners, homophobes and misogynists share is the terrifying possibility that reading and thinking might lead to questioning, or even challenging, long-held biases!
–From a letter to the editor by Nancy Kohl, The New York Times, May 25, 2023.
Ray W. says
Thank you for publishing Ms. Kohl’s letter to the editor.
Joe D says
I 100% agree with Nancy Kohl’s article. The freedom to question “norms,” to seek answers and make personal decisions ( that Constitutional “ pursuit of happiness thing” conservatives have forgotten, and thrown out the window recently)….was what the American vision of a free self governing Democracy stood for…..until now!
Being told what to think, openly say ( or not say), what to read ( or not read), who to love, is NOT what this country was founded upon. Those were the life restrictions of other dictatorships, people were escaping from to come to America….the so called “Land of the Free.” What happened?!?
I’m seriously concerned for my children and grandchildren, if these personal FREEDOMS are restricted any further in the name of politics, religion, or “normalcy.”
Ray W. says
Joe D’s comment prompts me to once again comment on a several year-old Putin interview with a Financial Times reporter, during which he stated that “liberalism” had become “obsolete.” Putin went on to state that “happiness must not be allowed to overshadow the culture, traditions and traditional values of millions of people making up the core population.”
Personal freedoms, the pursuit of happiness, individual rights? Hallmarks of our experiment with a liberal democratic Constitutional republic. Not so in a tyrannical autocracy.