Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland’s State Of the City Address at Community Center
The full text of Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland's State of the City Address at an event produced by the Observer Tuesday. The post Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland’s State Of the City Address at...
View ArticleAdding To Troubled Run, Flagler Commission Candidate Joe Mullins Blurs...
Joe Mullins, a candidate for the County Commission seat held by Nate McLaughlin, is blurring the line between campaigning and private business in a series of local involvements, a FlaglerLive...
View ArticleTo Keep Sally Sherman, a $136,000 Employee, Flagler County Is Paying Private...
The bottom-line cost to taxpayers to retain Sally Sherman as a worker in Flagler government--totaling $258,554--is much higher than county officials originally conveyed. The post To Keep Sally Sherman,...
View ArticleFlagler County ‘Re-Hires’ Deputy Administrator Sally Sherman, Who Never Left:...
Sally Sherman "retired" and returned the next day with a $12,500 raise as a "consultant" so she could skirt the law requiring retirees to stay out of Flagler government work for half a year. The post...
View ArticleBarbecuing Bing’s
With even Captain's BBQ owners willing to get "back to the drawing board," there's plenty of room for Flagler government to fix what remains a dirty deal that hurts all sides. The post Barbecuing...
View ArticleEthics Commission Finds Probable Cause School Board’s Janet McDonald and...
A state ethics investigation found that both Dennis and Janet McDonald inaccurately reported assets on disclosure forms ahead of election runs. The late Frank Meeker, a county commissioner, filed the...
View ArticleFlorida Ethics Commission Finds Probable Cause Gillum Violated Law in...
The ethics complaint added to questions that dogged Gillum throughout his gubernatorial campaign about possible ties to an FBI investigation of Tallahassee City Hall. The post Florida Ethics Commission...
View ArticleReport Details Ethics Allegations Against Gillum; His Attorney Calls It...
The ethics commission also found probable cause to believe the former mayor “misused his position to accept things of value for himself and others in return for access and influence.” The post Report...
View ArticleHow Flagler Government Bought the $1.1 Million Sears Building Nobody Wants,...
The Flagler County Commission ended up buying the Sears building even though it does not need it and does not have money to spare to buy it. The deal was the work of then-Administrator Craig Coffey....
View ArticleResignations and Suspensions at Palm Coast’s Building Department After...
A developer brought eight bottles of Crown Royal, a bottle of Jack Daniels and boxes of chocolate to distribute to specific employees in Palm Coast's building division around Christmas. The developer...
View ArticleAllegations of Falsified Records and Bogus Inspections Lead to Resignation of...
Charlie Mini, Palm Coast's Chief Building Inspector, resigned after an investigation concluded that he was falsifying records about inspections he did not perform and favored one pool contractor in...
View ArticleCosts Pile Up For Governor and Cabinet’s $400-a-Night Israel Junket, as Do...
When Florida Cabinet members jetted off to Israel in late May, some state employees who traveled at taxpayer expense stayed in a more than $400-a-night luxury hotel in Jerusalem, where a Cabinet...
View ArticleTotal Cost of Governor’s Israel Trip: Taxpayers, $131,000. Political Donors:...
While in Jerusalem, members of the delegations stayed at David Citadel, a five-star luxury hotel selected by Enterprise Florida which cost $425 per night. The post Total Cost of Governor’s Israel Trip:...
View ArticleFlagler County’s Economic Development Farce Is Wasting Millions of Taxpayer...
Since Flagler County government created the $450,000-a-year economic development department, the county has added 10,000 jobs, but only a few dozen as a result of the department's involvement. The post...
View ArticleCounty Administrator Cameron Sells Land to Commissioner Joe Mullins’s Company...
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"...
View ArticleTwo Engineering Companies On Contract With Bunnell Giving City a “Gift” For...
Kimley-Horn and CPH Engineers, on contract with Bunnell city government, made a combined $1,750 gift to the city for its Christmas event on Dec. 13, a gift city officials say is no different than any...
View ArticleMultiple Women Recall Sexual Misconduct and Retaliation by Gordon Sondland
Three women recall Sondland made unwanted sexual contact in business settings. One says he exposed himself. All recall professional retaliation after they rejected him. Sondland denies the allegations....
View ArticleA Trump Tax Break To Help The Poor Went To a Rich GOP Donor’s Superyacht...
Wealthy donors Wayne Huizenga Jr. and Jeff Vinik lobbied then-Gov. Rick Scott for the lucrative tax break for the Rybovich superyacht marina in West Palm Beach — and won it. Poorer communities lost...
View ArticleWNZF Sues County Commission Candidate Tommy LeGault Over Unpaid Bills; He...
Tommy LeGault, running for a Flagler County Commission seat as a small-business advocate, owes WNZF nearly $5,000 for infomercials he aired, owes FPC's cheerleaders $1,000, and twice faced eviction in...
View ArticleCitizens United, the Court Ruling That Sold Our Democracy
With Citizens United, the Supreme Court essentially married the terrible idea that “money is speech” to the terrible idea that “corporations are people.” There's a way out. The post Citizens United,...
View ArticleAppeal Court Upholds 4-Count Felony Convictions Of Kimberle Weeks, Who Will...
State Attorney Jason Lewis had aggressively prosecuted Kimberle Weeks as a crude, arrogant official who had abused her position and flouted the law, insulting other people in office while ironically...
View ArticleBeirut’s Object Lesson of Weaponized Incompetence
The blast that leveled huge swaths of Beirut Tuesday was the result of years of criminal negligence and serves as an object lesson in government incompetence and indifference to public safety--not just...
View ArticleEx-Sen. Frank Artiles Criminally Charged in Election Fraud Scheme to Prop Up...
The Miami-Dade County state attorney has charged former Florida Sen. Frank Artiles with election fraud for allegedly propping up a sham candidate in a razor-thin Senate contest in which an incumbent...
View ArticleThe Odious Victor Barbosa
An examination of Palm Coast Councilman Victor Barbosa's accusation of "corruption" against Manager Matt Morton reveals it to be baseless and defamatory, while Barbosa's own methods, from trying to get...
View ArticleYear-Long Cabal of Claims Against Holland Comes Down to Wrist-Slap Over 2...
A 15-month drumbeat of sound and fury over allegations of corruption, cover-ups, cabals and criminal acts, a drumbeat that influenced two elections, a city manager's career and the mayor's own, among...
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