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Weather: Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 80s. Lows in the lower 60s.
- Daily weather briefing from the National Weather Service in Jacksonville here.
- Drought conditions here. (What is the Keetch-Byram drought index?).
- Check today’s tides in Daytona Beach (a few minutes off from Flagler Beach) here.
- Tropical cyclone activity here, and even more details here.
Today at a Glance:
The Palm Coast City Council interviews its two candidates for city manager in open session at 1 p.m. at City Hall. Richard Hough is at 1 p.m., Paul Trombino at 2:45 p.m. A community meet and greet with the candidates and their spouses is scheduled for 6 p.m. at City Hall. The five council members will each be holding one-on-one interviews with the candidates in the morning, in staggered meetings starting at 8 a.m.
The Flagler Beach City Commission meets at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, 105 South 2nd Street in Flagler Beach. Watch the meeting at the city’s YouTube channel here. Access meeting agenda and materials here. See a list of commission members and their email addresses here.
Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Central Park, from noon to 2 p.m. in Central Park in Town Center, 975 Central Ave. Join Bill Wells, Bob Rupp and other members of the Palm Coast Model Yacht Club, watch them race or join the races with your own model yacht. No dues to join the club, which meets at the pond in Central Park every Thursday.
The Palm Coast Beautification and Environmental Advisory Committee meets at 5 p.m. at City Hall, 160 Lake Avenue, Palm Coast.
Notably: Nothing need be added to this illustration of what Jean-Francois Revel, called “the triumphalist cult of willful ignorance” (“le culte triomphaliste de l’ignorance volontaire.” )
—P.T.
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April 2025
Flagler County Drug Court Convenes
Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Town Center
Palm Coast Beautification and Environmental Advisory Committee
Flagler Beach City Commission Meeting
Free For All Fridays With Host David Ayres on WNZF
Scenic A1A Pride Meeting
Friday Blue Forum
Acoustic Jam Circle At The Community Center In The Hammock
For the full calendar, go here.
“A wisecracking practical joker sent a present of two caged squirrels and a note saying they’d be sure to feel at home on board with the nuts.”
–From Richard Powers’s Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance (1985).
Pogo says
@FlaglerLive
Re: trump tariffs catastrophe, thanks for the info, and excellent video.
More is more
https://www.statista.com/topics/13216/us-tariffs/#topicOverview
Florida man (Daytona born) billionaire speaks
https://www.semafor.com/article/04/23/2025/citadel-ceo-ken-griffin-trump-is-eroding-us-brand-and-making-the-country-poorer
You read that right
https://www.google.com/search?q=Ken+Griffin
Sherry says
Thanks Pogo. . . I read the same thing. . . trump is destroying our economy and our country’s financial reputation:
Ken Griffin said, “no brand compared” to US Treasurys, the strength of the US dollar, or the nation’s creditworthiness. But Trump’s tactics have “eroded” that reputation.
“We put that brand at risk,” the billionaire hedge fund manager said. “It can be a lifetime to repair the damage that has been done.”
Investors have dumped US stocks and Treasurys in recent weeks in response to Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs on imports to the US. While most countries have been granted a 90-day reprieve, Trump has increased duties on China and suggested he might fire Jerome Powell, the respected governor of the US Federal Reserve. (Trump walked back those comments, saying he has no plans to remove Powell.)
Using the euro as a reference, the US “has become 20% poorer in four weeks,” Griffin said, an environment that produces no winners or bright spots.