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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.

Not Waiting on State Law, Palm Coast Will Ban Vaping Sales to Under-21 and Regulate Marketing

February 4, 2020 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Palm Coast’s e-cigarettes and vaping regulation ordinance mirrors a proposal in the Legislature to ban vaping products to anyone younger than 21 and limit its visible marketing, but the city is not interested in waiting for legislative vagaries to sort themselves out.

Palm Coast Assistant Manager Beau Falgout Resigns in Latest Reflection of City’s Re-Direction Under Morton

October 11, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Beau Falgout had started with Palm Coast in 2007 and risen to assistant manager, then interim manager, falling one vote short of getting the top job last March. (© FlaglerLive)

Beau Falgout’s resignation was not a surprise, as he’d vied for the top job and fallen a vote short when the council chose to hire Matt Morton last March. Most of the city’s top ranks have since turned over, after the 11-year administration of Jim Landon.

Fund-Raiser for Teens-in-Flight, the Flagler Non-Profit That Keeps Churning Out Young Pilots

August 5, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Jack Howell created Teens-in-Flight on paper in 2006. The organization took off in 2008. (© FlaglerLive)

Teens-In-Flight, the flight school created by Col. Jack Howell, holds its second annual “Hangar Party” fund-raiser Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Palm Coast Elks Lodge, hoping to draw 165 people and raise $35,000.

Jack Howell Calls His Palm Coast Council Colleagues “Four Idiots,” Then Apologizes

May 3, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Jack Howell at a campaign event at the African American Cultural Society last year, the same venue where he called his council colleagues 'idiots' Thursday evening. (© FlaglerLive)

Jack Howell called his four colleagues on the city council “four idiots” during an emotionally charged comment period at an open meeting of the Palm Coast Democratic Club Thursday evening.

Both County and Palm Coast Officials Question Whether Waste Pro Can Still Do The Job

April 17, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 70 Comments

Waste Pro has not always been around the bend last week. (© FlaglerLive)

County officials have been getting complaints about recycling and missed pick-ups, and Palm Coast got 300 complaints just last week, but Waste Pro said it was just one bad week and the company is on the mend.

Palm Coast Councilman Jack Howell To Homelessness Task Force: ‘It Needs To Be Done My Way.’

April 3, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Palm Coast City Council member Jack Howell addressing the Flagler County Housing and Homelessness Taskforce Tuesday afternoon at the Government Services Building. He was kinder to the members than when he spoke about them to his council a couple of hours later. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast Council member Jack Howell attacked the homelessness task force in charge of drawing up goals to address the issue, but did not himself provide any goals. A gap of mis-perceptions between public and agencies addressing homeless issues is making concrete solutions more difficult.

Push For Swift Homeless ‘Solutions’ Clashes With Individual, On-the-Ground Realities

March 13, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

James Bellino, the pastor at Bunnell’s Church on the Rock, speaking to the Public Safety Coordinating Council this morning, with the council's chairman, Joe Mullins, to the right. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins and Palm Coast City Council member Jack Howell want solutions to what they call a homeless crisis, but others are reminding them that efforts are in place. The resources and focus to pull them off in concert may not be.

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.”

Facing Mounting Criticism, Flagler Scraps Exiling Palm Coast Homeless and Will Keep Them Near the Library

March 6, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 62 Comments

There'll be no need. (© FlaglerLive)

Averting what was turning into another embarrassing shamble, Flagler County government today scrapped plans to evict the homeless from the public library grounds in Palm Coast and exile some to an isolated camp at the far end of the county.

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.

That Homeless Camp Behind the Public Library: A Palm Coast Problem Requiring Immediate Action

February 26, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 70 Comments

Scenes from the homeless camp behind the library, as captured by Jack Howell.

After taking a walk through the homeless camp near the library and speaking with its residents, Palm Coast Council member Jack Howell calls for creating a committee to address the issue from various angles.

Jack Howell Excoriated Over ‘Lock and Load’ Analogy as Palm Coast Council Fixes Manager Shortlisting Error

February 26, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

City Council member and retired Col. Jack Howell spent three decades in the Marines and likes to speak freely. (© FlaglerLive)

A resident criticized Palm Coast Council member Jack Howell for using what he perceived as aggressive military terminology in proposing to hire Interim Manager Beau Falgout. Howell said he’d be more careful.

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.

Ambition and Pledges of Openness Frame Swearings-In at County Commission and Palm Coast Council

November 20, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Newly-minted Palm Coast Council member Jack Howell, in the foreground, is congratulated by a supporter as Mayor Milissa Holland fist-bumps fellow-councilman and now-Vice Mayor Nick Klufas (behind Howell), with Councilman Bob Cuff and, to the right, Eddie Branquinho, who was also sworn-in today. (© FlaglerLive)

Joe Mullins was sworn-in as a county commissioner and Donald O’Brien elected chairman while Jack Howell and Eddie Branquinho took their seats on the Palm Coast council today.

Jack Howell, Palm Coast City Council Candidate: The Live Interview

October 16, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

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Jack Howell is a candidate for Palm Coast City Council. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Jon Netts, Palm Coast City Council Candidate: The Live Interview

October 15, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Jon Netts. (© FlaglerLive)

Jon Netts is a candidate for Palm Coast City Council, District 2. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

John Tipton, Palm Coast City Council Candidate: The Live Interview

August 26, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

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John Tipton is a candidate for Palm Coast City Council. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Corinne Hermle, Palm Coast City Council Candidate: The Live Interview

August 26, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Corinne Hermle is a candidate for Palm Coast City Council. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Eddie Branquinho, Palm Coast City Council Candidate: The Live Interview

August 26, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

jose Eddie Branquinho. (© FlaglerLive)

Eddie Branquinho is a candidate for Palm Coast City Council. All registered voters in the city may cast a ballot in that non-partisan election regardless of party affiliation or location in Palm Coast.

Teens-In-Flight Marks 10 Years, New Home and Expanded Mission at Flagler Airport

May 22, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Jack Howell with his beloved Cessna at Teens-In-Flight's new home, co-located with Daytona Aviation at Flagler County Executive Airport. Teens-In-Flight marked the occasion with a ribbon-cutting today. (© FlaglerLive)

Teens-In-Flight, the 10-year-old non-profit that gives children of fallen soldiers a path to flying, marked the opening of its new home at Flagler Airport this afternoon.

It’ll be a Race After All: Jack Howell Will Challenge Jon Netts For Palm Coast Council

May 11, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 35 Comments

Col. Jack Howell. (© FlaglerLive)

Howell, 75, a centrist Republican, has an opinionated, sharp-tongued independent streak and an outsize personality tempered by self-deprecating wit and moderate politics.

Teens in Flight’s Jack Howell Shortlisted For Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation Award

April 25, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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Col. Jack Howell of Palm Coast was nominated for the national award for his work with Teens in Flight over the past 10 years, an organization that trains young pilots whose parents were killed or injured in conflicts since 2001.

“I Know I Should Have Died on US 1”: Jack Howell Survives Another Bike Crash

October 27, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Teens-in-Flight chief Jack Howell, the retired Marine Colonel, was riding at 60 mph in the annual Frank Celico fund-raising ride Saturday when a tire on his motorcycle blew, sending him scraping against the highway.

Malcolm P. Clevenstine, 71, a Palm Coast Industrialist, Is Dead From Injuries in Saturday’s Plane Crash in Palatka

March 22, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Malcolm Clevenstine, 71, of Palm Coast, the owner of Warfab Corp., died late Saturday after a plane crash in Palatka. Richard Carrara, 73, of Old Oak Drive in Palm Coast, was piloting a 2008 Cessna 400, which he owns, and practicing touch-and-go maneuvers at Kay Larkin Airport.

Teens-In-Flight Launches First Female Fliers: Cora Jo Rand and Gigi Gonzalez

June 13, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Teens-In-Flight students Cora Jo Rand and Gigi Gonzales became the first female students to fly solo for the Palm Coast-based Teens-In-Flight program, which plans expansions to Fort Bragg and Camp Lejune, N.C., as well as Fort Hood and Fort Bliss, Texas, by year’s end.

Avoiding F-16 Intercept, Teens-in-Flight Team Delivers Aurora Gift and Heads Home

September 16, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Jack Howell’s Teens-in-Flight mission to deliver $10,000 to defray the medical expenses of the victims of the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting culminated on Saturday. The trio aboard the Cessna began the flight home early Sunday.

Jack Howell’s Teens-in-Flight Raising $10,000 for Aurora Shooting Victims’ Medical Bills

August 27, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Jack Howell was incensed to hear that some of the Aurora, Colo., shooting victims would have trouble paying their medical costs. He’ll be flying $10,000 to them in September through a fund-raiser he’s organizing.

Ken Mazzie Joins Teens-In-Flight Board of Directors

May 15, 2012 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Jack Howell and Teens-In-Flight in Palm Coast announced this week that Ken Mazzie, a Certified Public Accountant, has joined the Palm Coast organization’s board of directors.

Col. Jack Howell, Teens-In-Flight Leader, Is Seriously Bloodied in Motorcycle Accident

January 7, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

Update 2, 5:17 p.m. Jack Howell is recovering at home, and AmVets raised over $1,600 for Teens-in-Flight at today’s fund-raiser. Update, 2:45 p.m.: Jack Howell checked out of Florida Hospital Flagler just before 3 p.m., with a broken finger, a lot of bumps, bruises and lacerations and a sprained ankle, but no more serious injuries. […]

Flagler’s Teens-in-Flight Produces Its First Licensed Pilot: 19-Year-Old Juan Rodriguez

August 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Jack Howell started Teens-in-Flight at the Flagler County Airport in the fall of 2008 to give young students from military families or poorer families a chance to learn to fly without paying a dime.

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