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Palm Coast Again Pitches New City Hall, No Referendum, as Chamber Orchestrates Support

FlaglerLive | November 12, 2013

Palm Coast City Manager Jim Landon on Tuesday choreographed a presentation focused on a $9 million city hall in Town Center he said can be built mostly with existing dollars–and without a referendum–as the Flagler Chamber of Commerce and the Palm Coast Observer worked on a letter-writing campaign to sway council members, who may vote on the plan next week.

Palm Coast Council Again Warms to City Hall Scheme That Would Snub Voter Permission

FlaglerLive | July 31, 2013

City Manager Jim Landon is proposing a refurbished $6.8 million plan that would use general fund dollars to build a new city hall without raising taxes, even though $5.8 million of that–a repayment from the Town Center taxing district–could be used to lower property taxes or build other capital projects with broader public uses. Residents had roundly rejected a similar plan in 2010 and 2011, when the building would have cost $10 million.

Gus Ajram, Embattled Bulldog Drive Business Owner, Collapses in Outburst Before Council

FlaglerLive | November 20, 2012

Ajram and City Manager Jim Landon have battled over Ajram’s property on Bulldog Drive for several years, in what became a personal showdown. Rather than acquire the property, the city is now diverting Bulldog Drive, at a cost significantly greater than the difference it was unwilling to pay Ajram in negotiations.

Palm Coast Will Condemn Private Properties, Muscling Through Bulldog Drive Beautification

FlaglerLive | September 21, 2010

Invoking eminent domain is Palm Coast’s latest plan of attack against an immigrant business owner who refuses to sell his parcels at the city’s price.

Town Center CRA: How Palm Coast Invented “Blightness” to Capture and Hoard Tax Revenue

FlaglerLive | September 21, 2010

In 2004, Palm Coast declared 3,000 acres of scrub and pine forest “blighted” and in need of “redevelopment.” The Town Center “Community Redevelopment Agency” was born.

Palm Coast Again Pitches New City Hall, No Referendum, as Chamber Orchestrates Support

Palm Coast Council Again Warms to City Hall Scheme That Would Snub Voter Permission

Gus Ajram, Embattled Bulldog Drive Business Owner, Collapses in Outburst Before Council

Palm Coast Will Condemn Private Properties, Muscling Through Bulldog Drive Beautification

Town Center CRA: How Palm Coast Invented “Blightness” to Capture and Hoard Tax Revenue

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