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Jorge Salinas, Flagler County’s Steadying Deputy Administrator Since 2020, and His Wife, Are Killed in Crash

October 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive Leave a Comment

Jorge Salinas, Flagler County’s deputy administrator since 2020, a steadying voice of the county administration and one of the more beloved people at the Government Services Building, was killed late Sunday night in a four-vehicle hit-and-run car crash on I-4, as was his wife and an unrelated motorcyclist. 

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October 6, 2025 By FlaglerLive 1 Comment

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In a Surprise, Flagler Commissioners Vote 4-1 to Indemnify Contractor of South-Side Library for Up to $1.25 Million

October 6, 2025 | FlaglerLive Leave a Comment

In one of the most unusual–if not unprecedented–moves on behalf of a building contractor, the Flagler County Commission this morning voted 4-1 to indemnify Ajax Construction for up to $1.25 million for non-structural-related contractual matters in its construction of the Nexus Center, the south-side library Ajax is building for the county. 

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Rampant Gaslighting About Freedom of Speech at Florida Universities

October 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive 4 Comments

Our state government is authoritarian and proudly ignorant, hell-bent on destroying what makes universities great — freedom of expression, critical thinking, creativity, exposing students to ideas that may challenge them (or even upset them), unfettered research, scientific rigor, and advances in knowledge based on data. Why would a scholar want to pursue a career in such a fact-resistant, small-minded, censorious state?

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Trump Threatens Peace in Gaza: The Good, the Bad, the Muggy

October 3, 2025 | Pierre Tristam 13 Comments

If you look past the puerility of Trump’s language there are real nuggets in the Gaza peace plan. But it exists as if history did not. Arab memory isn’t that shallow, nor that dumb. Still, Trump’s plan is the best thing to come out of the White House for the Middle East since 2001, as long as it is taken as a starting point for negotiations, not a poisoned take-it-or-leave it threat. Trump’s mobster threat that Israel will “finish the job” if Hamas doesn’t unconditionally surrender ensures failure from the outset, and continued failure of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, genocidal results aside. There is no job to finish. Only lives.

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Keith Johansen threatening his wife in a video clip shown the jury during the 2021 trial, days before he murdered her. Johansen was to the right in the courtroom, masked, next to his attorney, Gary Wood. (© FlaglerLive)

Keith Johansen, Serving Life for Murdering His Wife, Now Claims Stand Your Ground Would Have Exonerated Him

October 3, 2025 By FlaglerLive 5 Comments

Former Palm Coast resident Keith Johansen, 43, who shot and killed his wife Brandi Celenza at their F-Section home in 2018, now claims a Stand Your Ground motion would have exonerated him and made trial unnecessary. Four years ago this month a jury found Johansen guilty of murdering Brandi, 25, in their home on Felter Lane while Brandi’s young son was in another room, waiting to go to the county fair.

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Every Flagler/Palm Coast Development Past, Present and Future Now Mapped Out and Accessible Thanks to Toby Tobin

October 3, 2025 By FlaglerLive 10 Comments

Imagine an interactive site where every housing development in Palm Coast, Flagler Beach, Bunnell and Flagler County, past, present, and future, is mapped out and available at a click. Every development’s details–number of homes, apartment units, commercial or industrial square footage–is listed, often with illustrations and links. Developers are listed. So are construction dates or projected buildouts. That map is now public and free to use, if not quite as free to its creator, who’s paying for it. 

Part of the Flagler County Cultural Council's (FC3) annual meeting Wednesday evening at the Palm Coast Community Center was the selection of winners of the Flagler Palm Coast High School photo contest. (© FlaglerLive)

FC3, Flagler’s Cultural Council, Marks 3rd Year With Grant Showcase and Hopes Still Brighter Than Achievements

October 2, 2025 By FlaglerLive 1 Comment

The Flagler County Cultural Council, the volunteer organization known as FC3 and designated local arts agency, marked its third year since that designation at its annual meeting Wednesday evening at the Palm Coast Community Center by featuring grant recipients, selecting winners of a high school photo contest and installing a new slate of officers. The fledgling council is still finding its footing, its “pillars” lifting more aspirations than achievements for now. 

One of the more familiar sights in Palm Coast since 2018. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Home Builders Sue Palm Coast Over Impact Fees, Seeking Immediate Invalidation of Sharp Increases

October 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive 17 Comments

The Flagler County Home Builders Association (HBA), five local builders and an individual jointly filed the 69-page, four-count suit in Flagler County Circuit Court late Wednesday afternoon. The suit challenges the City Council’s unanimous adoption last June of sharply higher impact fees for fire services, parks and transportation. The lawsuit is not seeking damages, monetary or otherwise. It is seeking the immediate and permanent invalidation of the ordinances that enacted the higher impact fees. It is an extraordinary challenge. It is neither unprecedented nor unheeded, though with extreme rarity. 

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Bunnell Maid on Probation for Theft Accused of Defrauding and Stealing from Clients in C-Section

October 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive 4 Comments

Kayla Conner, 38, of Bunnell, was on probation for a 2024 conviction for felony theft when she was arrested again last week on accusations that, as a housekeeper, she defrauded her employer of $776 for cash, or to pay her wireless fees, or to pay for pet supplies, and stole a Pandora bracelet worth up to $800, and pawned off numerous jewelry items for cash. 

The sign stenciled on the entrance door at the Government Services Building in Bunnell, where county and school district offices are located, and where students are routinely in the building. (© FlaglerLive)

Open-Carry Leaves Flagler County’s Government Attorneys Grappling with Ruling’s Application to Public Spaces

October 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive 5 Comments

A Sept. 10 appeals court ruling that made it legal to openly carrying guns in Florida has created some confusion for Flagler County’s local government attorneys on the law’s applicability in certain public places such as government buildings and parks in light of a loophole in law that appears to leave long guns unregulated, and the permissibility of carrying guns in certain public spaces unclear.

It'll have to wait until February: the view at Creekside. (© FlaglerLive)

Creekside Music and Arts Festival Set for Weekend Is Postponed to February as Precaution Against Storms

October 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive 2 Comments

The Creekside Music and Arts Festival scheduled for this weekend–Oct. 4 and 5–at Princess Place Preserve in Flagler County is being rescheduled to February due to an inclement forecast of lightning and storms ahead. The festival, the largest cultural festival on the county’s calendar, both in attendance and vendors, is rescheduled to February 7 and 8. It is the second time in eight years that the festival has had to be postponed due to weather. In 2017, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, it was moved to November. 

FWC Employee Fired Over Charlie Kirk Instagram Post Sues Accuses Agency of 1st Amendment Violation in Lawsuit

October 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive 17 Comments

A biologist has filed a federal lawsuit challenging her firing by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission because of a post on a personal social-media account after the murder of Charlie Kirk. Brittney Brown, who worked for the commission studying shorebirds and seabirds in the area of Tyndall Air Force Base in the Panhandle, alleges in the lawsuit that her firing on Sept. 15 — five days after Kirk was shot during an appearance at a Utah university — violated her First Amendment rights.

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Paul Renner Isn’t Interested in UNF Presidency

September 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive 2 Comments

Don’t expect a former House Speaker and current candidate for Governor to swoop in as President of the University of North Florida. UNF’s President Moez Limayem is the sole candidate in the running for the presidency of the University of South Florida, creating a likely opening at the Jacksonville school and stoking speculation about whether Renner might want the job.

A canopy of umbrellas opened as the skies did during the blessing of the new Safe Haven Baby Box outside Palm Coast Fire Station 25 this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

A Safe Haven Baby Box Is Blessed at Palm Coast Fire Station 25 as Door to Hope, Mercy and Second Chance

September 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive 4 Comments

Some 90 people stood in diluvian rain outside of Palm Coast’s Fire Station 25 this afternoon for the blessing of the city’s first Safe Haven Baby Box, a $41,000 gift to the city from the local Knights of Columbus, the Palm Coast Kiwanis Club and others who worked nearly two years toward the installation of the box. “It’s a tangible reminder that in moments of crisis, that there is hope,” Palm Coast Fire Chief Kyle Berryhill said. The founder Monica Kelsey, was also among the speakers.

Sparse but engaged: the turnout at Monday's session on Palm Coast's charter review, at the Southern Recreation center, as moderator Georgette Dumont listened, guided with a light hand and took notes. (© FlaglerLive)

At 1st Public Input Session on Palm Coast Charter Review, a Small But Engaged Crowd Makes Half a Dozen Suggestions

September 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive Leave a Comment

The first of four workshops designed to let Palm Coast residents describe how they want to see the city’s charter changed drew just 17 people Monday evening, 13 if you didn’t count four of the five members of the Charter Review Committee who attended, and a few less if you didn’t count the alternates picked for the committee. But the two-hour discussion was generally thoughtful and informed, engaged, varied, and–with occasional exceptions–free of the strident polemics and mistrust that routinely fill public-comment segments before the City Council. 

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U.S. Marines park a Lockheed Martin F-35B fighter aircraft at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico on Sept 13, 2025.

The US Edges Closer to War Footing with Venezuela

October 5, 2025 By FlaglerLive 2 Comments

For many in Venezuela, the question is no longer whether tensions with Washington will reach a boiling point – they already have. Rather, the big unknown now is whether the U.S. will follow up on threats and the sinking of drug boats with something more drastic: direct military engagement or even regime change.

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Points of view are protected by the First Amendment. Medical therapy is not a point of view. (Wikimedia Commons)

Do ‘Conversion Therapy’ Bans Violate Free Speech?

October 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive 3 Comments

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a challenge to Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” – treatment intended to change a client’s sexual orientation or gender identity – for young people. Kaley Chiles, a therapist in Colorado Springs and a practicing Christian, argues that the ban violates her right to free speech because it imposes “a gag order on counselors.” Colorado counters that the ban merely regulates the treatments that mental health professionals can provide because conversion therapy has been found to be “unsafe and ineffective.”

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The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, October 5, 2025

October 5, 2025 | FlaglerLive 8 Comments

Final day of the Creekside Music and Arts Festival at Princess Place Preserve, final chance to see ‘Avenue Q,’ at City Repertory Theatre, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, ‘Sweeney Todd’ at Athens Theatre in DeLand, the wonderful George Hanns turns 79.

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The Shutdown and the Battle Over Obamacare Subsidies

October 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive 7 Comments

In the lead-up to the current shutdown, Republicans needed Democratic votes in the Senate to pass a bill that would keep funding the government at existing levels at least until November. In return for their support, Democrats sought several concessions. A major one was to extend subsidies for ACA insurance policy premiums, which were established during the COVID-19 pandemic. These subsidies addressed a shortcoming in the ACA by decreasing premiums for millions of Americans – and they played a crucial role in more than doubling enrollment in the ACA marketplaces.

Briefs and Releases

Grand Jury Reported Imminent in Hope Florida Scandal

October 5, 2025 | 1 Comment

Universal Is reopening Stardust Racers at Epic Universe

October 4, 2025 | 1 Comment

State Debating Trophy Will be Named After Controversialist Charlie Kirk

October 3, 2025 | 7 Comments

DeSantis May Call Special Session to Force Amendment on Property Tax Repeal

October 2, 2025 | 9 Comments

Florida Schools and Parents Censored 444 Book Titles in 2025, Down from 732

October 1, 2025 | 3 Comments

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Privatizing the VA Is a Disaster in the Making for Veterans

October 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive 4 Comments

The VA MISSION Act of 2018, passed under President Trump’s first term, established a parallel private network, the Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP). The VCCP now sees 60 percent of VA patients and eats up over $30 billion a year that could go to hiring more staff and improving the VA’s aging infrastructure. This year, VA Secretary Doug Collins asked Congress for a 50 percent increase in VCCP funding and — in an unprecedented move — a reduction in VA funding.

Trump Is The Madman Of The United Nations by R.J. Matson, Portland, Maine.

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, October 4, 2025

October 4, 2025 | FlaglerLive 7 Comments

Creekside Music and Arts Festival at Princess Place Preserve postponed, ‘Avenue Q,’ at City Repertory Theatre, The Flagler Beach All Stars hold their monthly beach clean-up, Random Acts of Insanity Standup Comedy at Cinematique in Daytona Beach, the American Dream.

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George Washington’s Lesson to Pete Hegseth

October 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive 19 Comments

Washington’s overall vision of a military leader could not be further from Hegseth’s vision of the tough warrior. For starters, Washington would have found the concern with “fat generals” irrelevant. Some of the most capable officers in the Continental Army were famously overweight. Washington became a soldier not because he was hotheaded or drawn to the thrill of combat, but because he saw soldiering as the highest exercise of discipline, patience and composure. His “warrior ethos” was moral before it was martial.

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Teacher Who Certified Student as ‘Most Likely to Become Dictator’ Battles Pending Firing

October 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive 2 Comments

With state Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas vowing to prevent her from teaching again, an Alachua County teacher is fighting a disciplinary case that includes allegations she presented a certificate to a student that said he was the most likely to “become a dictator.”

The Enemy Within by Bill Day, FloridaPolitics.com

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, October 3, 2025

October 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive 12 Comments

First Friday in Flagler Beach, ‘Avenue Q,’ at City Repertory Theatre, First Friday Garden Walks at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, The Friday Blue Forum, Free Family Art Night: Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens, the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Jane Goodall appears on stage at 92NY in New York on Oct. 1, 2023.

Jane Goodall Redefined What It Meant to Be Human

October 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive 6 Comments

Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice on the life and work of pioneering animal behavior scholar Jane Goodall.

The wagons have circled. An illustration from "And Tango Makes Three."

Loving Penguins Lose as Federal Judge Backs School Board’s Ban of ‘And Tango Makes Three’

October 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive 6 Comments

A federal judge this week rejected a challenge to a 2023 decision by the Escambia County School Board to remove the book “And Tango Makes Three” from school libraries, ruling the move did not violate First Amendment rights. “And Tango Makes Three,” which tells the story of two male penguins who raised a penguin chick at New York’s Central Park Zoo, has become a prominent part of a debate in recent years about removing or restricting access to books at Florida schools. The Escambia County lawsuit alleged the book was targeted for its depictions of same-sex parents raising a child.

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The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025 | FlaglerLive 8 Comments

Flagler Beach United Methodist Church Food Pantry, Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond, ‘Nunsense,’ at St. Augustine’s Limelight Theatre, ‘Sweeney Todd’ at Athens Theatre, the problem with theology, ideology and teleology.

Demonstrators protest the suspension of the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show on Sept. 18, 2025, in Los Angeles, Calif.

What the 1st Amendment Protects, and What It Doesn’t

October 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive 9 Comments

What the First Amendment makes clear is that it does not just protect the rights of speakers who say things with which Americans agree. Or, as the Supreme Court said in a separate decision it issued one year after the case involving the funeral protesters: “The Nation well knows that one of the costs of the First Amendment is that it protects the speech we detest as well as the speech we embrace.” But free speech is not absolute.

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Cops May No Longer Search Your Car Based on Pot Smell Alone, Court Rules

October 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive 12 Comments

Florida’s 2nd District Court of Appeal’s main opinion said that for “generations, cannabis was illegal in all forms — thereby rendering its distinct odor immediately indicative of criminal activity.” But the opinion said legislative changes have “fundamentally changed its definition and regulation” and made cannabis legal to possess in multiple forms.

Political Violence by Pat Bagley, PoliticalCartoons.com

The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, October 1, 2025

October 1, 2025 | FlaglerLive 13 Comments

The Flagler County Cultural Council (FC3) annual meeting, The Palm Coast Code Enforcement Board meets, the Flagler County Republican Club holds its monthly meeting, Weekly Chess Club for Teens at the county library, reflections on the horrors of classical music at a young age and Bach’s Orchestral Suite in B Minor.

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Militarism for Show

September 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive 5 Comments

The president’s and the defense secretary’s campaign-like pair of bombastic speeches to hundreds of generals summoned to Quantico, Va., signals an escalation in the administration’s embrace of a militaristic mindset that, as long ago as 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned against in his farewell address, and that the nation’s founders deliberately aimed to constrain.

They're shutting down the wrong government workers. (Wikimedia Commons)

About 750,000 Federal Workers Will Be Furloughed in Shutdown

September 30, 2025 | FlaglerLive 12 Comments

A government shutdown could have significant economic consequences, though an analysis released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said it’s difficult to pinpoint ramifications without knowing the length of a funding lapse or how exactly the Trump administration will try to reshape the federal workforce. Director Phillip L. Swagel wrote in a four-page letter the agency projects about 750,000 federal workers would be furloughed, leading to a $400 million impact per day. 

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Commentary

A makeshift memorial for Charlie Kirk outside the headquarters of Turning Point USA in Phoenix.

Charlie Kirk, AI-Generated Martyr

September 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive 5 Comments

An AI-generated image of Charlie Kirk embracing Jesus. Another of Kirk posing with angel wings and halo. Then there’s the one of Kirk standing with George Floyd at the gates of heaven. When prominent political or cultural figures die in the U.S., the remembrance of their life often veers into hagiography. And that’s what’s been happening since the gruesome killing of conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk.

Bruce Springsteen performs in Atlanta on Aug. 22, 1975, during the ‘Born to Run’ tour.

How Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ Speaks to America’s Psyche

September 28, 2025 | FlaglerLive 6 Comments

Bruce Springsteen’s1975 “Born to Run” album was shaped by the times, particularly the malaise of the post-Vietnam and post-Watergate American landscape. There was an energy crisis, and it wasn’t only oil that was in short supply. These lyrical, operatic songs about freedom and fate, triumph and tragedy, still resonate, even though today’s music is more likely to emphasize beats, samples and software than extended guitar and saxophone solos.

It's all over for Sarkozy, who was sentenced to five years in prison for corruption. (Wikimedia Commons)

At Least in France They Imprison Their Felon Ex-Presidents

September 27, 2025 | FlaglerLive 7 Comments

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy. Sentenced to five years in prison, he is due to appear in court on 13 October to learn the date of his incarceration. The unprecedented ruling enshrines the Republican principle of full and complete equality of citizens before the law.

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