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Robert Cuff: Palm Coast’s Choice for Mayor Is Between Competent Leadership and Truly Dangerous Dysfunction

July 18, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Bob Cuff served on the Palm Coast City Council for four years until 2020, when he opted not to run again. His tenure was marked by a distinct lack of partisanship, detailed and serious attention to the city's governance and a knack for consensus through a combination of seriousness and wit. He brought decades of experience with the city going back to its earliest days as an ITT development, when Cuff was ITT's general counsel. He remains a practicing lawyer in Palm Coast. (© FlaglerLive)

Robert Cuff, the former Palm Coast city councilman, warns that the July 27 special election for mayor will need a large turnout from voters who seek smoothly functioning government and serious leadership. The alternative is partisanship, division, and dysfunction for the next three years, endangering the city’s future.

Palm Coast Manager Morton Turns Down $7,000 Raise After Solid Performance Review of 1st Year

June 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Palm Coast City Manager Matt Morton in a conversation with Mayor Milissa Holland last November. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast City Manager Matt Morton got a 3.73 out of 5 in his first annual evaluation, 14 months into his job, and turned down a 5 percent raise as an example, he said, of the sacrifices he’s asked of the rest of city staff.

Richard Adams, Who Carried Palm Coast’s Water for 43 Years, Retires as He Worked: Quietly

May 7, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Richard Adams, Palm Coast’s towering but famously modest utility director since 2003 and a presence in the city’s water infrastructure for 43 years, retired at the end of last week to remote accolades and an honorary flush.

At Gargantuan Feed Palm Coast Food Drop, Tears, Solidarity, and the Reality About Those ‘Late-Model Cars’

May 3, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

No government, no military contingent, no church or any other private organization had ever attempted what Palm Coast government and Parkview Church did Saturday: the distribution of 5,000 boxes packed with a week’s worth of groceries, and thousands of additional boxes of snacks and Easter candy, for families that streamed through the two drop locations.

County Administrator Cameron Sells Land to Commissioner Joe Mullins’s Company for $405,000, then Pays Off Home Mortgage

November 22, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 45 Comments

County Commissioner Joe Mullins, left, and County Administrator Jerry Cameron made a land deal focused on St. Johns County. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Administrator Jerry Cameron sold a parcel of land on U.S. 1 in St. Augustine to the Mullins Companies for $405,000 in August in what Cameron described as an “arms-length transaction” with Joe Mullins, the Flagler County county commissioner.

Facts Dissolve in Antifreeze In Largely Misinformed Protest of Palm Coast’s Taxes and Budget

September 19, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Palm Coast City Council member Nick Klufas, who chaired Wednesday's public hearing, repeatedly attempted to correct misconceptions about the city's tax rate and the size of its budget, with limited success. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s 2020 tax rate and the size of its budget drew some protesters at a hearing Wednesday, but many residents addressing the council were misinformed or mis-characterized the numbers.

To Spur Town Center’s ‘Innovation District,’ Palm Coast Eagerly Gives Developers
What They Want

May 30, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Developers have been stirring and churning ground in Palm Coast's Town Center. (c FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s Town Center is finally stirring with sustained development after a decade and a half’s slumber, with generous financial breaks and changes in regulations attracting developers.

Council Agrees to Contract With New Manager, But Not to Annual Raises Tied to Employees

March 19, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

The council this morning agreed to a contract with its new manager, Matthew Morton, with a couple of changes. (© FlaglerLive)

The council, on Mayor Milissa Holland’s insistence, deleted a clause that would have granted incoming Manager Matthew Morton automatic, annual non-merit raises calibrated to the percentage awarded city employees.

Palm Coast Poised To Make the Arts Central To Its Innovation District as New Sculpture Garden Redefines Central Park

March 14, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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The Gargiulo Arts Foundation is making possible a new sculpture garden in Palm Coast’s Central Park and helping to redefine the city’s innovation district, with the arts playing a central role. More funding may be next.

Palm Coast Council Picks Matthew Morton as Its City Manager in Sharp Turn ‘From This Nice Little Box’

March 12, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Matthew Morton is Palm Coast's new city manager. (c FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council chose Matthew Morton in a 3-2 vote, bypassing Interim Manager Beau Falgout, in what council members described as the city’s desire for a “game-changer.”

Mayor Welcomes Public, But 3 Palm Coast Councilmen Will Hold Closed-Door Interviews With Manager Candidates

March 6, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Palm Coast City Council members have different ideas about transparency. (© FlaglerLive)

Mayor Milissa Holland is leaving her door open to press and public during her one-on-one interviews with manager candidates Thursday, Eddie Branquinho, Bob Cuff and Nick Klufas are closing their doors. Jack Howell isn’t holding interviews.

It’s Increasingly ‘The Beau Show’ as Palm Coast Council Strains To Project Fair Manager Interview Process

February 20, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

'Of course I’m on the longest job interview known to man,' Palm Coast Interim Manager Beau Falgout told a Chamber audience three weeks ago. He's also been the clear favorite for the permanent job as the city council has strained to project to other candidates that they still have a shot at the job. Falgout was not at Tuesday's council meeting discussing the next round in the search. (© FlaglerLive)

Interim Palm Coast Manager Beau Falgout continues to solidify his place atop the list of five or six candidates for the permanent manager spot, leaving it to the council to convince other candidates that they still have a chance.

Holland and Cuff Put Their Differences To Work in Search for New Palm Coast Manager

December 6, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland and Council member Bob Cuff disagreed on key search parameters for a new manager, but the disagreements only shaped a more synthesized process that may yield a new manager by late winter.

Palm Coast and County Resolve Sour Development Conflict, Signaling Falgout’s More Cooperative ‘Playbook’

November 14, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The conceptual plan for Airport Commons, opposite Bulldog Drive.

The Airport Commons development opposite the future Wawa had led Palm Coast to threaten to sue the county, until the city’s Beau Falgout replaced Jim Landon. Then it became all about resolving issues.

Palm Coast’s Shocking Electric Tax Scheme

October 15, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 67 Comments

Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland took control of the city council well before the firing of Jim Landon. She is now overreaching. (© FlaglerLive)

Out of nowhere the Palm Coast City Council is about to ram through a large tax increase on residents and businesses with hardly any discussion, no hearings, no public education. No wonder we have tea parties.

On Landonless Palm Coast Council, Members Push Back on Holland Attempt to Delay New Manager Hire

September 26, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Council members Bob Cuff, left, and Vincent Lyon, both lawyers, resisted a suggestion to further delay the search for a new city manager. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland sought to wait until two new council members are seated in late November before a search firm is given direction on what to look for in a new manager. Her colleagues disagreed.

Palm Coast Council Fires City Manager Jim Landon, Ending 11-Year Tenure

September 18, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 73 Comments

Jim Landon has been Palm Coast's manager since 2007. (© FlaglerLive)

The Palm Coast City Council this morning voted 4-0 to fire City Manager Jim Landon, ending his 11-year tenure after weeks of mounting tension and clashes with the council.

Palm Coast Council and Manager Jim Landon Again Clash Sharply Over Methods and Goals

August 29, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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Palm Coast Council members repeatedly and sharply criticized Manager Jim Landon over a “disconnect” between their goals and his execution, the latest in a series of increasing clashes.

‘I Don’t Need Him To Tell Me How To Hire Our Next City Manager,’ Palm Coast Mayor Says of Landon

July 9, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Palm Coast Manager Jim landon has kept himself at the forefront of the council's search for a new manager. Mayor Milissa Holland, right, says that will stop. (© FlaglerLive)

Though a search firm is ready to find Palm Coast’s next manager, council members were taken aback by an email from City Manager Jim Landon dictating delays.

Steve Nobile Resigns From Palm Coast Council, Triggering Repeat of 2016 Appointment Dilemma

April 23, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Steven Nobile is leaving the Palm Coast City Council behind, three and a half years into his term. (© FlaglerLive)

Citing family health issues, Palm Coast Council member Steve Nobile is resigning his seat in May, repeating the dilemma the council faced when Bill McGuire resigned in 2016.

Palm Coast Council Kills Memorial To 208 U.S. Soldiers Its Beautification Committee Had Unanimously Approved

August 9, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 52 Comments

The memorial plaque Ernest Gallo, a survivor of the USS Liberty attack and a 15-year resident of Palm Coast, wanted installed at Palm Coast's Heroes Park. The city's Beautification Committee approved the plaque unanimously in April.

The council killed a proposed plaque that memorializes the 34 Navy sailors and Marines killed and 174 wounded by an Israeli attack on the USS Liberty in 1967.

Ending Uncertainty, Palm Coast Will Welcome Medical Pot Dispensaries Starting In Fall

August 8, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

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The Palm Coast Council emphatically decided that it would allow medical pot dispensaries in the city’s major business districts even as it may approve an extension of a moratorium to work out a zoning regulation.

Divided Palm Coast Council Sticks With Controversial FPL Path in F-Section, But Alternatives Still Possible

June 20, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Pavement on its way for the FPL path leading to Matanzas High School. (© FlaglerLive)

The 3-2 vote to stick with the FPL path leading to Matanzas High School doesn’t yet kill alternatives, including the possibility of a temporary footpath along Old Kings Road, the city manager pledged.

This Time Palm Coast Council Agrees to Explore Charter Review, But Under Its Control

May 31, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Palm Coast City Council members Heidi Shipley, center, and Steven Nobile, right, had previously seen their efforts for a charter review scuttled by inaction. This time, they're getting a more receptive ear, including from Mayor Milissa Holland, left, though the process will still be controlled by the council at every step. (© FlaglerLive)

The council will solicit public input for possible changes to the city charter, but it will not appoint a charter review committee, and will make changes only if it senses a groundswell for changes.

No New Street Lights in Palm Coast, But $547,000 For Field Lights and $1 Million For Toilets

April 25, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

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Six new field lights at Indian Trails Complex will cost $547,000, not including operating costs, where current lights cost the city $108,000 a year in light bills. The bathrooms are paid for from a less flexible pot.

Palm Coast Retreats From Mayor Radio Show In Favor of Free, Staff-Hosted Podcast

March 7, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The Palm Coast administration's 'alternative' proposal would still have council members appearing on a local radio show, as was the case with Mayor Milissa Holland, above, with Rep. Paul Renner, on David Ayres's Free For All Friday on Feb. 24, but would drop the infomercial approach of a weekly show and focus instead on a free podcast. (© FlaglerLive)

After the controversy triggered by City Manager Jim Landon’s mishandling of a radio show proposal featuring the mayor, his administration is proposing a podcast instead, but while still spending $8,000 on promotional radio advertising.

In Ugly Meeting Over Mayor’s Radio Show, Palm Coast Manager and Council Member Turn Offensive

February 28, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 72 Comments

From left, Palm Coast Council members Nick Klufas, Steve Nobile and Mayor Milissa Holland during a visit to the city's public works grounds in November. Nobile was derisive of Klufas during a discussion about a proposed radio show for Holland today at City Hall. (© FlaglerLive)

City Manager Jim Landon made baseless accusations of “misinformation” and council member Steve Nobile called fellow-member Nick Klufas a child during a discussion of a proposed weekly radio show featuring Mayor Holland, and paid for with public money.

Palm Coast’s Jim Landon Gets 4% Pay Hike, Raising Total Compensation to $226,700

February 7, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 41 Comments

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The Palm Coast City Council unanimously endorsed the $6,700 pay raise but limited annual automatic increases to 1 percent through 2021, and set aside concerns over Landon’s very generous severance package.

DuBose Pulls Out of Palm Coast Council Race, Opening Way to Quicker McGuire Replacement

August 2, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

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Troy DuBose’s withdrawal essentially creates a two-way race between Bob Cuff and Sims Jones, and a stronger possibility of a winner by Aug. 30, who could then immediately fill the same seat Bill McGuire is resigning in mid-August, sparing the council the tortures of an appointment process.

The Late Bernie Axelrod Leaves Flagler Education Foundation $200,000 Endowment

February 10, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Bernie Axelrod never finished high school, but rose through the ranks of union print shops in new York City, founded a travel agency, and was a pioneer in donating technology to schools. He joined the Flagler Education Foundation in the 1990s.

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