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Rally Draws Out Teachers, Supporters and Honks. Lawmakers May Not Be Listening.

March 8, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

Some 150 teachers and other school employees and supporters lined Belle Terre Parkway in Palm Coast, one of dozens such rallies across the state, hours before Gov. Rick Scott rebuffed them by telling lawmakers: “Don’t blink.”

State of the State Tonight: Scott and Legislature’s GOP Keep Their War Civil–So Far

March 8, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Aren't they lovely: Rick Scott congratulates Rep. Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, who'll be the Speaker of the House at the end of the 2012 session. (Mark Foley)

Don’t expect Gov. Rick Scott to deviate much from his frequent message as he delivers his first State of the State speech Tuesday night before a joint session of the Legislature: Budget cuts, tax cuts, potshots at Washington rather than his own dissenting GOP.

Flagler Schools Prepare to ‘Awake the State’ As Night of Long Budget Knives Falls on Florida

March 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

As school employees prepared to demonstrate against massive state budget cuts on Tuesday, the Flagler School Board got closer to proposing cuts of its own that would eliminate classes and up to four dozen teachers.

End of the Line for Rail Brawl As Supreme Court Ruling Sends $2.4 Billion Elsewhere

March 4, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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The Florida Supreme Court ruled unanimously that Gov. Scott could not be bound to spend $2.4 billion in federal high-speed rail money. That money will now go to New York or California.

Governor and Senators’ High-Speed Rail Brawl Crashes a Skeptical Florida Supreme Court

March 3, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

René Magritte's 'Time Transfixed' ('La Durée poignardée'), 1938.

Judging from Justices’ questions, the legislators’ case to force the governor to accept $2.4 billion in federal funding for the bullet train looked slim after Thursday’s arguments before the high court.

Senators Against “King” Scott Face Off at Florida Supreme Court Over High-Speed Rail

March 3, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Set for 3 p.m. Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court showdown over $2.4 billion in federal money underscores the divide between Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican-dominated Legislature ahead of next week’s legislative session.

Florida Department of Health Would Cut 1,600 Jobs and Move Out of Primary Care

March 2, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

The plan doubles the original estimate of job losses at the department. Of those jobs, almost 1,050 would be outsourced or privatized, for budget reductions of $185 million.

Senators File Supreme Court Challenge To Gov. Scott’s $2.4 Billion Rail Spurn

March 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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The central Florida senators–one Republican, one Democrat–say Scott had no authority to cancel an act of the Legislature and cash appropriations former Gov. Crist had already approved for the $2.4 billion Orlando-Tampa high-speed rail link.

Mississippi’s F. Gray Swoope Jr. Is Scott’s Pick for Enterprise Florida

February 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Gray Swoope has been the head of the Mississippi Development Authority under Gov. Haley Barbour. He replaces John Adams, whom Gov. Rick Scott fired last month as Enterprise Florida president.

Florida’s Drug Database Targeted for Destruction as Lawmakers Swallow Pill Mills

February 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Florida’s drug database, even if caopable of fighting pill mills, is “Big Brother” to Rob Schenck, Republican House Health and Human Services Chairman. Others are joining him to do away with the drug database.

Severe, $3.5 Million in School Cuts on the Way: 40 Teachers, Shorter Days, Shorter Calendar

February 23, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

The Flagler County School Board agreed to the cuts today, the result of federal stimulus aid running out and Gov. Rick Scott’s proposed cuts to the education budget. Many of the cuts must be negotiated with the unions.

As County Health Departments Brace For Cuts in Vital Services, Flagler’s Makes Its Case

February 21, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

The Flagler County Health Department sees an average of 136 people a day, providing clinical, dental and maternal services, among other things, that no other agency provides. That safety net is in jeopardy.

Reality Check: Rick Scott vs. Florida

February 18, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

It’s become one of Governor Rick Scott’s favorite clichés: “Government has no resources of its own. Government can only give to us what is previously taken from us.” He’s in the wrong country.

Despite Potential for 14,000 Jobs, Scott Rejects $2.4 Billion in High-Speed Rail Money

February 16, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

SunRail in Volusia and the passenger rail line between Jacksonville and Miami are also in jeopardy as Gov. Rick Scott announces focus on roads and seaports.

Chamber Survey: 21% of Floridians Would Leave; Business, Government Equally Blamed

February 14, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

The annual Sunshine State Survey finds 65 percent of Floridians saying the state is worse or the same as five years ago, and 69 percent saying business leaders do the right thing only some of the time or never, about as much as government leaders. The full results.

More Charter Schools, Less District Oversight: Where Rick Scott and Jeb Bush Merge

February 12, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Gov. Rick Scott and former Gov. Jeb Bush’s education foundation are teaming up for a concerted push to open more charter schools while reducing or eliminating local school district approval and oversight, among other plans under the school “choice” umbrella.

Premature Celebrations: Scott Silent on Park Closures. Legislature May Still Ax Some.

February 11, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

State parks such as Washington Oaks Gardens appear to have been spared closure in Gov. Rick Scott’s budget, but they’re far from safe as the Legislature begins to look for ways to close a $4 billion deficit.

Facing $3.5 Million Deficit, Flagler Schools Eye Shorter Calendar, Bus Routes, Reserves

February 10, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

School Superintendent Janet Valentine says many options are on the table as Gov. Rick Scott’s proposed budget cuts force additional reductions on top of the $7.5 million the district has cut since 2007.

So Much for Pill-Mill Policing: Citing Privacy, Florida Verges Away From Abusers’ Database

February 9, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

The matter is of immediate relevance in Flagler County, where local governments passed ordinances imposing moratoriums on new pain clinics while awaiting stronger state regulations. The state’s direction would effectively invalidate the moratoriums’ justification.

Scott Cutting $3 Billion Out of Education as Per-Pupil Spending Would Drop $300

February 8, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Some 25,000 teachers’ jobs were saved by the federal stimulus in the past two years. Those jobs are now in jeopardy. Public colleges and universities are also hit hard.

From Flagler’s Washington Oaks, Fla. Audubon Launches Campaign to Save 53 State Parks

February 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Some 65 people gathered at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park Monday to kick-off the campaign to save endangered parks, including two in Flagler County, as Gov. Rick Scott was pledging to cut $5 billion from the budget.

Skipping Specifics, Scott Calls for $5 billion in Spending Cuts, $4 Billion in Tax Cuts

February 7, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

Gov. Rick Scott today unveiled to a tea party crowd a budget that would cut an unprecedented $5 billion and provide for $4 billion in tax cuts, $1.4 billion of which in property taxes. Scott’s details are few.

Flanked by Tea Party, Rick Scott Will Unveil State Budget in Central Florida Monday

February 3, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

As tea party activists gather from Central Florida to Eustis, Gov. Rick Scott’s budget unveiling Monday will have the feel of political rally as he attempts to close a nearly $4 billion hole while still proposing tax cuts.

Washington Oaks Gardens and Bulow Ruins Among 53 State Parks That Would Close

February 1, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Washington Oaks Gardens State Park has many friends. (© FlaglerLive)

Similar proposals have been made before, but the state must close a $3.6 billion budget gap, and Gov. Rick Scott is not as friendly to the environment as Charlie Crist was.

Pill Mill Regulation Price Tag in Florida: $65 Million; Medicine Board Approves New Rules

January 26, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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The $65 million cost of the proposed pill mill rules would be due to urine test requirements on patients and other minor costs that would be spread out among 1,300 pain management clinics and tens of thousands of patients.

Mica and Scott Derailing High-Speed and Jacksonville-Bunnell-Miami Rail Lines

January 20, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 24 Comments

Despite billions in federal subsidies, John Mica’s and Florida’s governor are effectively killing two major rail projects, including one that would have run through Flagler, by shifting the financial burden to non-existent private interests.

Hold Those Tax Cuts, a Cedar for Town Center, Swiss Guns and AT&T Nonsense: The Live Wire, Jan. 20

January 20, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Republicans aren’t buying into Rick Scott’s tax-cut deceptions anymore, the Swiss may be rethinking their lust for guns, relationships in the age of the cougar, horoscope nonsense, a Tylenol forum, and more.

Legislators Bash Pill Mill Crackdown Delays They — and Gov. Rick Scott — Provoked

January 13, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Florida senators are complaining about the state department of health’s slow implementation of pill mill crackdowns. But the Legislature and Gov. Rick Scott are to blame for the delays.

How Rick Scott Bought the Election

December 4, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Rick Scott spent more than $60 million of his own money, and drew on a slew of health care industries through a front called the “Let’s Get to Work” committee.

In Florida, Endangered Democrats Will Approach Extinction Status on Election Day

November 1, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

The map is set to go redder in Florida Tuesday evening as one-term Democrats like Kosmas and Grayson lose and the Legislature edges further right. Sink-Scott is the only drama.

The Live Wire, Oct. 19: Florida Apartheid, Rick Scott’s Fuzziness and an Unsavory Duke List

October 19, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Arizona’s war on undocumented immigrants migrates to Florida, in a whiter worse version, Rick Scott has memory problems under oath, the “Duke Screw List” surfaces, and more.

Governing Divide: Nurses Are for Sink, Doctors Are for Scott, Voters Still on Mars

October 14, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

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The GOP’s Rick Scott snubbed the Florida Nurses Association, Democrat Sink visited in person. For doctors, Scott would take a hatchet to malpractice lawsuits–doctors’ overriding wish.

The Live Wire, Oct. 6: Ormond’s Bikini Grab, Sink and Scott Neck, Grayson’s Times

October 6, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Ormond Beach annexes the Cheaters’ strip club property, suspended for being black in middle school, oil drilling ban may make it to the 2012 ballot, and more.

Live Wire Weekend: Jimmy Flynt’s Ex-Cop Friends, Flagler Beach’s Bad Cop, Sink Sinks

October 1, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Why Bunnell is stuck in the 1950s, an ex-cop in Flagler Beach is on probation, Scott overtakes Sink, undocumented immigrants leave, Heidegger returns, and more.

The Live Wire Weekend: Kent Sharples’ Latest Folly, Scott Sinking and Panthers Rising

September 24, 2010 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Kent Sharples raids Daytona College fund to pay rock stars, Alex Sink is beating Scott, Obama is not as anti-business as he appears, Dali on “What’s My Line,” and much more.

The Live Wire, Sept. 20: The Chamber of Commerce’s Ricky Scotty Hypocrisy

September 20, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

The Chamber of Commerce’s Scotty hypocrisy, Rick Scott’s fraudulent math, over 50 and facing permanent unemployment, madness at the Orlando Magic’s new arena, India’s prostitutes of god, and more.

Alex Sink and Rick Scott on Health Care: Sharp Clash of Opposites in Race for Governor

September 12, 2010 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

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On health care, there are no blurry lines between Florida Gubernatorial candidates Alex Sink and Rick Scott. It’s a story of opposites.

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