Snubbing Voters, Lame-Duck County Enacts 20-Year Sales Tax While Slashing...
Many questions remained unanswered about the use of the money and the size of the proposed jail it's supposed to pay for as the Flagler County Commission voted 4-1 to enact a sales tax it feared the...
View ArticleAs Whitaker-Hanns Feud Boils Over “Creepy” Comments, an Apology from the...
Flagler County Commissioner George Hanns called his challenger, Herb Whitaker, "creepy" at a recent forum, and ridiculed his late-blooming college education, promoting embarrassment from...
View ArticleRonald Reagan Assembly Attack on Frank Meeker, Over Hatch Act, Declared...
The federal Hatch Act prohibits candidates for office from holding jobs that are federally funded. County Commission Candidate Frank meeker's job at the St. Johns River Water Management District does...
View ArticleGeorge Hanns: The Live Interview Flagler County Commission, District 5
Five-term incumbent Democrat George Hanns is a candidate for the Flagler County Commission in the Nov. 6 election, facing Republican Herb Whitaker in the District 5 race. All registered Flagler County...
View ArticleHerb Whitaker: The Live Interview Flagler County Commission, District 5
Realtor Herb Whitaker, a Republican, is a candidate for the Flagler County Commission in the Nov. 6 election, facing Democrat and five-term incumbent George Hanns in the District 5 race. All registered...
View ArticleFlagler Votes: Candidate Forum Tonight at Knights of Columbus
Candidates in seven local races have been invited and will be heard over the two evenings at the Knights of Columbus hall on Old Kings Road, answering questions prepared by the Chamber of Commerce, the...
View ArticleFrank Meeker: the Live Interview Flagler County Commission, District 2
Frank Meeker, a Republican, is a candidate for the Flagler County Commission in the Nov. 6 election, facing Independent Abby Romaine in the District 2 race. All registered Flagler County voters get to...
View ArticleAbby Romaine: The Live Interview Flagler County Commission, District 2
Abby Romaine is an Independent candidate for the Flagler County Commission in the Nov. 6 election, facing Frank Meeker in the District 2 race. All registered Flagler County voters get to cast a ballot...
View ArticleNo Close Call: Obama Wins; Weeks, Meeker, Nelson, DeSantis, Thrasher, Hanns,...
Flagler County election results will be posted here as soon as they are available, along with results of presidential, federal and state races, and updated as long as results are generated. All results...
View ArticleIn a Day of Inaugurals, 3 Governments Swear In New Members and 2 Elect New...
The Flagler County Commission, the school board and the Palm Coast City Council all either welcomed new members or shuffled their chairmanships in an annual ritual with a mixture of ceremony and...
View ArticleRonald Reagan Republicans Launch Campaigns In Every Local Flagler Race,...
Six candidates introduced themselves Monday evening, including two for school board, two for the Palm Coast City Council, and two for the Flagler County Commission. Six of the seven are running against...
View ArticleAt Flagler Tea Party Candidates Night, A Dearth of Voters, Democrats and...
The Tea Party’s candidate night is still the liveliest and best attended of all such events, as it was Monday, but the turn-out of interested voters was sharply down from two years ago, Democrats were...
View ArticleQ&A Forum Featuring All Candidates for Local Office Monday at Palm Coast’s...
It starts at 5 p.m. with a little booze and at 6 p.m. with a lot of questions. The public is not only welcome but urged to be there: voter apathy has been embarrassingly pronounced in Flagler County,...
View ArticleCounty Forcefully Rejects Elections Supervisor’s Claims That Campaign Sign...
Aided by a political candidate, Flagler Supervisor of Elections criticized county rules barring election signs on public property, claiming it lowers turnout and interferes with elections, promoting...
View Article“Threatened” Commissioner Nate McLaughlin Gets Sheriff’s Escort After...
A contentious handshake between McLaughlin and Kevin Richter, the 27-year-old son of candidate and McLaughlin opponent Mark Richter, led to an uncomfortable quarter hour at Monday's candidate forum at...
View ArticleKimberle Weeks Calls County’s Campaign Sign Rules “Interference”;...
Flagler County Supervisor of Elections Kimberle Weeks says the county's political-sign rules "may create an unpleasant and dangerous environment" for voters and campaigners at the public library....
View ArticleCounty Commission Candidate Mark Richter’s Past: Felony Conviction, 7 Weeks...
Flagler County Commission candidate Mark Richter refused to document claims about his recent past or answer questions about his background until records obtained by FlaglerLive compelled him to address...
View ArticleThe Phony War Over Campaign Signs
The problem isn't the county's ban on campaign signs at the public library, it's the dismal slate of candidates on this year's primary ballots, but Flagler's Ronald Reagan Assembly candidates and...
View ArticleFrank Meeker, Flagler County Commission Candidates: The Live Interview
Frank Meeker is a candidate for the Flagler County Commission in the Aug. 26 Republican primary, in which only registered Republicans may cast a ballot.
View ArticleDennis McDonald, Flagler County Commission Candidates: The Live Interview
Dennis McDonald is a candidate for the Flagler County Commission in the Aug. 26 Republican primary, in which only registered Republicans may cast a ballot.
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