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VOLUME 12, NO. 24

SIDELINES PAGE 14 THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2021

Where should you park your work truck?

Council will wait for new mayor before deciding on commercial vehicles in driveways PAGE 3

COVID makes a comeback

Spotlight Performers ‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ PAGE 11

As COVID-19 cases increase 46% in one week, health officer promotes vaccines.

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Whispering Meadows Ranch considers moving across Flagler County, from John Anderson.

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Mosquito Control District to seek resident input on proposed expansion to western Flagler.

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BARBOSA CASE

Sheriff’s Office asserts that Councilman Barbosa is a fugitive wanted for kidnapping and extortion, calls for FDLE investigation.

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MIXED MEDIA

Palm Coast artist Richlin Burnett-Ryan featured in pop-up window exhibit on Granada Boulevard, in Ormond Beach.

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Caroline Hull, 22; Bella Scarcella, 19; Ethan FInk, 17; Collin Sloan, 21; Abigail Andrade, 19.

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BRIAN MCMILLAN EXECUTIVE EDITOR

ity Councilman Ed Danko and mayoral candidate Alan Lowe are fond of the phrase “fake news” and have been using it lately to describe the Palm Coast Observer.

News Editor Jonathan Simmons and I dedicate our entire week to ensure that everything you read in the Observer is factual. Before publishing sensitive political stories, Simmons and I try to anticipate possible reactions, double check our facts, and make sure we give everyone fair treatment. If, after investigating, we decide that a news tip is purely sensational, or is based on a flimsy accusation, we don’t write the story.

Not long ago, in an amicable YouTube interview in April, Danko assured me that when he uses the term “fake news,” he’s talking about national media, not the Observer.

“Your paper does an excellent job,” he said. “You report the facts. You don’t editorialize.”

Apparently, though, he changed his mind, after the Observer reported about a city investigation into Danko’s interactions with city staff.

Danko now says we’re “fake.”

And yet, our story simply explains the investigation and gives plenty of space for Danko to respond.

That might be uncomfortable news, but it is not fake news.

I understand that people get upset when Publisher John Walsh endorses candidates they oppose. We trust that readers will consider his endorsement as but one tool in their decision-making process; your vote, of course, is yours.

Beginning with last year’s 2020 election, I no longer have

any role in the endorsement process, and neither does Simmons.

My promise to Danko, Lowe and the rest of the community is that if I am ever informed of an error in a story, I will take full responsibility and will immediately correct it. It is essential that our community can trust its news source, so we have followed these same standards since our first edition, in 2010.

With that said, let’s move on. I have no ill feelings toward Danko or Lowe. Their letters to the editor and insights are welcome, as always, on our website and on our print pages. Politicians and newspapers have different roles to play, but we can work side by side to make the community a better place.

Email editor@palmcoastobserver.com.

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Health Department urges vaccinations as COVID cases rise Fourteen people have been hospitalized, with two in the ICU. JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

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COVID-19 cases have risen across Flagler County and Florida for the past five weeks, Florida Department of Health-Flagler Health Officer Bob Snyder said on Flagler Broadcasting’s “Free For All Friday” radio program on July 9.

Locally, there has been a 46% increase in a week, he said, including 88 cases that week, and 14 people in the hospital, including two in the ICU. “We haven’t seen that in weeeks,” he said. “ .... The message can just continue to be: Vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate.”

Snyder and FDOH Medical

Director Dr. Stephen Bickel are available to answer questions from people who are on the fence or unsure about getting vaccinated, Snyder said.

The delta variant of the virus is spreading in Florida and is highly contagious, Bickel warned.

“If you’re not vaccinated, that Delta variant is a force to be reckoned with,” Bickel said. “It is very contagious, more than the original, and you’re not protected.”

Snyder said that patients with the delta variant have been filling up hospital beds in some hospitals in Missouri.

“They haven’t seen that in months,” he said. “We’re going backward in several states in the country, and I would hate to see Florida end up like that.”

All 18 local pharmacies have the COVID-19 vaccine, as does the health department, Snyder said.

GRAND OAKS INCREASES COVID-19 SAFETY MEASURES AS 7 TEST POSITIVE Grand Oaks Health and Rehabilitation Center in Palm Coast is working to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the facility after five staff members and two residents tested positive.

“The nursing home is responsibly addressing this situation,” said Bob Snyder, health officer for the Florida Department of Health in Flagler County, after confirming the number of people who’ve

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tested positive.

The facility’s executive director has not responded to a request for comment.

Snyder said that the center had promptly shared a mitigation plan with the health department, including cleaning of the whole facility, infection control training for all staff members, limits on visitation, and suspended group activities and group dining.

ADVENTHEALTH REPORTS DELTA IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized across AdventHealth’s hospitals in Central Florida jumped by about 100 during the past two weeks to about 310 as the hospital system is finding more cases of Delta, Gamma and other variants of the virus.

“The key to this, though, is that you are still protected from the Delta and Gamma variants if you are vaccinated,” said Dr. Steven R. Smith, AdventHealth’s chief scientific officer, at the July 8 AdventHealth Morning Briefing.

The vaccine not only keeps people safe, but significantly reduces transmission from person to person, which is how the virus mutates, he said.

AdventHealth has submitted about 1,000 specimens from COVID-19 patients for testing with partners Helix, a population genomics company, and the Florida Department of Health. About half have turned up as variants of concern such as the Delta and Gamma strains, which are more contagious and potentially more fatal, Smith said.

Smith said it’s important for the hospital’s clinicians to know which variants are

present in the community because specific types of early interventional treatments are more effective on certain strains. Smith recommended that people who test positive for COVID-19 who have risk factors such as obesity or immunocompromising conditions see their doctors for those therapeutics, which are effective in keeping COVID-19 patients out of the hospital.

Dr. Khaled Fernainy, associate director of the Intensive Care Unit at AdventHealth Orlando, said it is still difficult to watch COVID-19 patients endure the isolation and physical impacts of the disease.

“The vast majority of folks in the ICU are unvaccinated and they tend to be younger,” he said. “For a good portion of them these are avoidable hospitalizations that, for some, will change their lives.”

The vaccinated people in the ICU generally have significant comorbidities that rendered the vaccine less effective, he said.

For now, Smith said the guidance from the CDC remains prudent related to masks: People who are vaccinated can go out without a mask.

He cautioned, though, that if the rate of COVID infections continues to increase some of that guidance may need to be adjusted.

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debate JONATHAN SIMMONS NEWS EDITOR

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alm Coast prohibits residents from keeping commercial vehicles with large advertising signage in their driveways overnight. But once a new mayor is sworn in, the city might change that longstanding rule.

City staff surveyed residents in May to see if they would support changing the city code to eliminate the rule.

Councilman Victor Barbosa had suggested the change after receiving a city warning notice about his own truck, which bears signage advertising his barbershop.

Barbosa said easing the restriction would help local businesses that may have suffered during the pandemic.

THE SURVEY

The city’s single-question survey had asked: “Would you be in favor of amending the Code of Ordinances Sec. 44-34 (C) to allow ONE commercial vehicle (passenger car, panel van, pickup truck or similar) with advertising markings to park in a residential driveway?”

Below the text of the question, the survey showed photos of four example vehicles bearing advertising of varying levels of garishness.

But residents seem to have tried to game the survey, which was internet-based and didn’t require registration. There were 16,491 replies, but many of those linked to the same IP addresses.

In some cases, an IP address may have been associated with a business or some other place that would be expected to have many people. Still, the sheer numbers linked to some IP address — in

City Councilman Victor Barbosa, whose truck is pictured here at City Hall, wants a change.

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City Council will wait for new mayor before deciding whether to end rule limiting commercial vehicle signage in driveways. one case, a single IP address was tied to about 3,000 mostly-“no” votes — cast doubt on the results’ validity.

That presented a problem for city staff, who had to determine what to do with the apparent duplicate-votes.

The city’s IT staff opted to count each IP address as a single vote.

That meant that if one IP address voted 100 times in the affirmative, it would be recorded as a single yes-vote rather than 100 yes votes. If the IP address’ votes were divided — say, it voted 75 times in favor, but 25 times against — its responses would be put down as 0.75 “yes” votes and 0.25 “no” votes.

Using that methodology gave the city government a picture of a divided population, with 49.32% against changing the existing rule, 49.29% in favor of changing it, and 1.38% undecided.

“It’s sad that we didn’t get the correct numbers from the residents,” Barbosa said. “I guess it all comes down to us.”

RESIDENTS SURVEYED “Would you be in favor of amending the Code of Ordinances Sec. 44-34 (C) to allow ONE commercial vehicle (passenger car, panel van, pickup truck or similar) with advertising markings to park in a residential driveway?”

No: 49.3% Yes: 49.3% Undecided: 1.4%

WAITING ON THE MAYOR

Councilman Eddie Branquinho proposed another option: The council, he said, could place the proposed change on the city’s 2022 ballot as a referendum, rather than making the decision itself.

Councilman Ed Danko disagreed, recalling that when he’d suggested a referendum on the proposed tennis center expansion, Branquinho, at the time, had opposed a referendum.

“You made a very valid point, though, in not being in favor of it,” Danko said. “You said it’s up to us to make those tough decisions.”

Danko suggested that the council wait to vote on the issue until a new mayor is sworn in, rather than placing it up for referendum. Branquinho was willing to do that.

But Councilman Nick Klufas warned that relying on the incoming mayor to cast what may be the swing vote on such a divisive issue places the mayor in an

The proposal will go before the planning board once and the City Council twice — giving residents multiple opportunities to comment.

unenviable position.

“We’re guaranteeing that this person is going to have to come in and make a decision that is going to upset the 49.3%,” he said.

“If you’re going to be mayor,” Danko replied, “I think you’re going to have to step up to that plate and swing at that ball.”

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Klufas said he’d like to see something more than a 50-50 split before making a decision that could change the landscape of the city.

Barbosa said he didn’t see the proposed ordinance amendment as changing the city’s landscape.

“Are we really changing the landscape, other than helping the working business people?”

Barbosa said.

He noted that the city already allows law enforcement vehicles with markings to park in driveways overnight.

Branquinho said changing the rule would alter peoples’ view.

He said he has a friend who’d like to park her commercial truck at home overnight, and it broke his heart that she can’t. But then he spoke to her neighbors, he said, “and they’re dying to get that thing out of there.”

He pointed out a difference between the law enforcement vehicles that the city allows in driveways overnight, and the commercial cars that it bans: The law enforcement vehicles, he said, might be responding to emergency calls in the middle of the night.

City Attorney Bill Reischmann noted that if the proposed ordinance change comes to the City Council for a vote, residents will have multiple opportunities to address the council during the council meetings’ public comment periods.

An ordinance change would come before the city’s planning board once, and then before the City Council twice.

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4.6989

Proposed 2022 fiscal year city of Palm Coast millage, or property tax rate, presented to the Palm Coast City Council by city staff July 13. The rate is equivalent to $4.6989 dollars per $1,000 of taxable property value. The proposed rate of 4.6989 is the same as it’s been since 2019, but would bring in more revenue for the city because property values have risen about 10%. The City Council will determine the millage rate over the coming months.

two deputies,” Staly said.

The sheriff would like to add 25 deputies, with the county government covering the cost of 15 of them, and the city covering the other 10.

The agency currently has 1.7 deputies per 1,000 residents, while the average for agencies in the south with populations Flagler’s size is 1.9 deputies per 1,000 residents, according to the FCSO. A study conducted by the University of North Florida held that the FCSO should have 78 deputies to provide the level of service Palm Coast has historically wanted; the agency currently has 53, leaving it 25 short.

Although the FCSO provides service countywide, the city of Palm Coast has a contact with the law enforcement agency

The Palm Coast City Council and Flagler County Commission are beginning the process of determining property tax rates for the coming 2022 fiscal year.

The County Commission determined July 12 that it will send out public notice of a maximum possible millage rate of 8.2547 mills, or $8.2547 per $1,000 worth of taxable property value. That’s the rate the county has used for the past two fiscal years.

Commissioner Andy Dance proposed lowering the rate presented on the public notice by a tenth of a mill.

County Commission Chairman Donald O’Brien pointed out that the county can come down from the rate printed on the public notices, but can’t go over it.

“For purposes of the notice, I would rather keep my options open,” O’Brien said.

The actual rate will not be set until September.

The Palm Coast City Council has not yet voted on the rate to be sent out on public notices.

At a City Council workshop July 13, presented the council with a potential budget based on a proposed millage rate of 4.6989 — the rate the city has had since fiscal year 2019.

Because property values have increased by 10%, that rate would bring in increased revenue for the city.

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The rolled-back rate: The property tax rate that would bring in the same amount of revenue for the city in the coming fiscal years as was brought in during the current fiscal year.

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Sheriff Rick Staly speaks with Joe Saviak, the executive director of the Flagler Sheriff’s Leadership Institute.

for an increased level of service within its boundaries, because Palm Coast, unlike Flagler Beach or Bunnell, does not have its own city police department.

“You have the best of both worlds right now,” Staly told the City Council.

But the city’s funding of additional deputies to deal with increasing calls from service as the city’s population grows has been at best sporadic, he said.

“Now is the time, unfortunately, that we have to pay the piper,” Staly said. “It’s time for the city of Palm Coast to start providing a consistent level of law enforcement service for its community, before we become the kind of community we don’t want to be.”

The additional deputies, Staly said, would be assigned to high-volume time frames, and some would provide additional coverage for Intracoastal marine patrol and for the agency’s cybercrime unit, both of which are currently staffed by only one deputy each.

City Council members at the workshop expressed support for the Sheriff’s Office and a willingness to consider paying for more deputies. The council will make a final determination on the sheriff’s request as the city determines its budget for the coming year.

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Deputies’ patrol vehicles have computer screens displaying a list of all the deputies working that shift and what they’re doing. The names of the deputies who are available to respond to calls — who aren’t tied up elsewhere — are highlighted in green.

There were only a handful of green lines on the screen captures that Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly showed to Palm Coast City Council members during a council workshop July 13.

Staly presented the images as he pressed the City Council to increase its annual contribution to the Sheriff’s Office’s budget by $1.14 million so that the FCSO can hire more deputies. The city contributed $4.4 million this year.

Although crime is down, the agency is understaffed, Staly said, which makes it hard to send backup when needed — potentially endangering deputies and increasing the risk of officer-involved shootings.

He showed council members body-camera footage of an incident earlier in March in which it took several deputies to detain a man who reached for a 9-mm handgun during a traffic stop.

The man turned out to be wanted for murder in Georgia.

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“We have not yet agreed to move to this site, but we are very hopeful we can come to a fair agreement with the county on this new parcel, which will allow the programs to expand,” Kristine Aguirre, who runs the ranch with her parents, Helene and Richard Davis, said in an email.

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The ranch, which serves children, disabled people and veterans, has operated for years at 5011 John Anderson Highway but became the center of a community dispute after a nearby property owner’s planned land sale deal fell through.

The property owner and some neighbors blamed the ranch, saying it should not be operating in a residential area.

The county’s planning board found in favor of the ranch’s right to continue operations, but the nonprofit’s management agreed to discuss with the county the possibility of shifting to a new site. The ranch has reduced its operations as its management has worked with the county government to find a solution.

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Dear Editor: City Councilman Ed Danko’s recent rant at a City Council meeting where he hurled accusations, unproven at this time, as well as threatened the city attorney and interim city manager, are an embarrassment to the people of District 1, who elected him to represent us.

His personal issues with past administrations as well as possible legal problems regarding his behavior has led to his failure to concentrate on current and future issues which directly affect the very people who elected him.

The issues of infrastructure improvements to keep up with booming growth, the failure of swales and the current storm water issues, and economic growth by bringing in higher paying jobs are a few of the issues he was elected to change. These and others are the issues we face in District 1, not Danko’s present legal problems or issues regarding past city administrations. It is time for Danko to do the job he was elected for or resign.

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Shooting off fireworks is inconsiderate Dear Editor: This July 4th weekend was particularly noisy. Some inconsiderate neighbors continued, as they have in previous years, to ignore Palm Coast’s fireworks ordinance and demonstrated a blatant disregard for every living creature — human and otherwise. Their perverse fascination with the very loudest and most annoying explosions was on full display.

This year, more than in previous years, upset residents tried to fight back a bit by calling in

close to 90 complaints to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.

The remaining multitude of frazzled, annoyed and sleepless residents knew that the cops don’t have the will to act on their complaints, have resigned themselves to that reality, and didn’t call.

And sure enough, as usual, the FCSO’s records show no arrests, no ordinance citations issued, and no confiscation of illegal fireworks.

A July 4th holiday should include anticipation of a pleasant celebration with family and friends but instead, sadly it continues to be a date to dread for so many — and that shouldn’t be.

ROBERT GORDON Palm Coast

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ENDORSEMENTS FHBA FOR ALFIN The Flagler Home Builders Association has endorsed long-time member David Alfin for mayor of Palm Coast.

“David has been a member in good standing for eight years and currently serves on the Board of Directors and Associates Committee,” the FHBA wrote. “He is known to be a man of integrity and strong character who we believe will serve Palm Coast and all its citizens. David’s involvement in our organization and on our board is only one of the few in this community. He also serves and supports the Flagler County Association of Realtors, the Flagler Palm Coast Regional Chamber, the Flagler County Education Foundation and more.

“As an organization, we believe the David Alfin will not stand in the way of future development — he listens to all sides and evaluates relevant data before coming to a conclusion as to what is best for our community.

He understands the needs of fellow members and the

Dear Editor: The city of Palm Coast may be in the midst of potentially the greatest political crisis of our 22-year existence. City residents only have had to attend any recent council meeting, watch it on video, or read about it in the Observer to see the mayhem that we are calling local government.

Council members arguing including personal insults. Threats of firing long serving city employees and after the election ganging up with a newly elected mayor to where we have ever been run roughshod over the charter or should be now. Ganging and anything that displeases is up to fire the city profesno way for our city to be mainsionals, cancel valuable tained. city programs, and impleHaving worked with the now ment a policy of intimidanew city manager, Denise Bevan, tion belongs somewhere over the years, I can attest to her maybe, but certainly not in highest level of professionalism in her work to better Palm Coast. We need the highest level of city management especially now as we are growing like crazy.

I urge every voter to think about what they want from our local government. Bickering, backstabbing, blustering is not

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community as a whole, and weighs that in any decision he makes. As a board member, David has proven to be trustworthy and fair; he is a critical thinker who does not go with the status quo. David has done his due diligence, following the local political climate for years and attending the Flagler Volusia Public Leadership Institute.”

FIREFIGHTERS FOR ALFIN Palm Coast Professional Firefighters endorse David Alfin for Palm Coast mayor.

“We have found David Alfin to be a true community leader with a servant’s heart,” wrote union President Patrick Juliano.

“He is strongly committed to making sure you have excellent public safety services.”

Vice President Daniel Hackney stated, “David Alfin has the experience, knowledge, and character to lead us through our current challenges while maintaining our quality of life now and for the future. We need his proven and trusted leadership at this critical moment in our city’s history.”

the mayor or City Council of Palm Coast.

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“Mrs. Parton brings a wealth of experience, both in the classroom and as a school administrator to Wadsworth Elementary School,” Mittelstadt said. “She’s a proven communicator who wants the best for all students on her campus. Her positive attitude will guide her as she steers WES into the future.”

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Of her new position, Parton said, “I am incredibly excited for the opportunity to join Flagler Schools and the family of educators working at Wadsworth Elementary School. Our team is looking forward to the new year ahead as we strive to provide a high-quality academic foundation for our children here in Flagler County.”

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vice to the west side of the county.

But the East Flagler Mosquito Control District says the county actually already has such an agreement, and all county officials need to do in order to have the west side sprayed is contact the Mosquito Control District and ask for it.

“We’ve had an agreement in place — the 2003 agreement — between the county and the Mosquito District,” Mosquito Control District Commissioner Mike Martin told the County Commission at a commission meeting July 12. “It does not appear to be working. We have not received a single request from you this year for mosquito spraying.”

Martin said county employees have been telling west side residents who’ve complained about mosquitos to contact the district.

But the district can’t take action without direction from the county, so the mosquito control staff have been telling those callers to go back to the county.

“I hate the idea of people calling us and we say, ‘Well, you

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The county government is working on a potential agreement that would bring mosquito control ser-

“I hate the idea of people calling us and we say, ‘Well, you need to call the county,’ and they say, ‘Well, the county said to call you.’”

MIKE MARTIN, commissioner, East Flagler Mosquito Control District

need to call the county,’ and they say, ‘Well, the county said to call you,’” Martin said.

Interim County Administrator Heidi Petito said that she’d called the district about complaints, and was told by district staff to use the district’s website to file them.

Since that time, she said, county government staff have created a survey to compile complaints and forward them to mosquito control. Petito said her staff haven’t received any in weeks.

Martin said the county government could make the current agreement with the district work by establishing a threshold determining when the county contacts the district for service.

Otherwise, he said, the county government and the Mosquito Control District could negotiate a new contract that would bring more regular mosquito control services to the west side.

County Commissioner Greg Hansen asked Martin if the district is testing for or trapping mosquitos. Martin said that it’s not, because the request for test-

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ing and trapping has to come from the county government.

“What I’m telling you now is start testing — start putting traps up,” Hansen said. “Start today.”

County Commissioner Andy Dance noted that the Mosquito Control District can’t just do so on Hansen’s say-so.

Martin said that one ramification of the fact that the district hasn’t been conducting testing on the county’s west side is that it doesn’t know where the bugs are, how many there are or what type of control methods are needed.

That means the district doesn’t know how much it would cost to expand mosquito control services to the west side beyond emergency spraying.

The district has proposed a phased expansion plan that would bring regular mosquito services first as far west as the railroad tracks, then later to other communities.

Martin said that the first phase is designed to cover Sawmill Estates, a new community that the district believes would bring in enough revenue to support the expanded services.

But the district wants to first survey residents to see if they even want that service, and would be willing to pay for it — likely around $45 per household per year. If so, the Mosquito Control District will present an amended agreement to the County Commission for approval, Martin said.

In terms of expanding to other areas, like the Mondex, the district doesn’t yet have enough data on the costs, Martin said.

“We can’t agree to a plan that’s going to bankrupt us in the long term,” he said. “... It’s going to take a while for us to make sure that we can deliver what we’re promising.”

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In a Facebook Live video posted publicly on July 7, Palm Coast City Councilman Victor Barbosa rejected an ethics complaint that had been filed against him in June.

The complaint states that Barbosa and Councilman Ed Danko

appeared to be sending text messages to one another during the Jan. 5 and Jan. 19 City Council meetings. A similar complaint was filed against Danko.

The existence of an ethics complaint against a public official is not evidence of wrongdoing: Anyone can file one, and the Florida Commission on Ethics is obligated to look into it.

If the complaints against are true, the men’s conduct would be a violation of the state’s open records law. But the complaints rely entirely on timing: That one man would tap something on his phone and then set the phone down, and then, shortly after, the

other would pick his phone up and tap on it, and so on.

The complainant, Fernando Melendez, is associated with the campaign of Palm Coast mayoral candidate David Alfin, while Danko and Barbosa have backed Alfin’s rival, Alan Lowe.

Barbosa noted the political context during his video, suggesting that the ethics complaints were politically motivated.

“Why was this only given to me now — because of the election?” Barbosa said in the video.

“Because you’re trying to hurt Alan Lowe? This is the bull c--you come up with? ... Your lies are disgusting.”

Danko, a campaign adviser for Lowe, called the complaints a “typical political smear” from the Alfin campaign.

“I would be happy to give someone access my cell phone records because I never call Victor and I never text Victor,” he said.

Danko said Palm Coast Observer publisher John Walsh is using the newspaper in a political smear on behalf of the Alfin campaign.

(Walsh has endorsed Alfin.)

Danko and Barbosa referred to Melendez as Alfin’s current or former campaign manager. Alfin, asked about Melendez’s relationship to his campaign, said Melendez is a volunteer campaign

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associate and had never been his campaign manager, and that Alfin hadn’t known about Melendez’s complaints.

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The Flagler County Sheriff’s office believes that Palm Coast City Councilman Victor Barbosa is a fugitive wanted in Costa Rica for kidnapping and extortion, and has asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate, according to a letter from the FCSO. The U.S. Department of Justice has also opened a case on Barbosa, who had been listed as “armed and dangerous” in Costa Rica, according to the FCSO. Barbosa denied the allegations, telling a reporter that he hadn’t been informed of them and laughing in apparent disbelief when told of the charges.

“Kidnapping and extortion?

No!” he said. “Wrong person.”

He did state that he’d lived in Costa Rica years previously.

The agency’s Court and Detention Services Director, Dan Engert, wrote in a July 6 letter to FDLE Commissioner Rick Swearingen that the FCSO became aware of Barbosa’s possible fugitive status after Barbosa was involved in a car crash on March 4. The letter also bears Sheriff Rick Staly’s name.

The agency, as part of its normal process, ran Barbosa’s name though a law enforcement database. (The name of the database is redacted in the version of the letter that has been released in response to a public records request.)

A document attached to Engert’s letter shows a listing of apparent criminal charges for a “Victor Manuel Barbosa Muller” for aggravated robbery, assault with a weapon and extortion. The document is in Spanish, with the charges handwritten alongside in English.

“On 3/11/2021, we received a delayed hit from [redacted] indicating Mr. Barbosa was a fugitive from a foreign country and considered armed and dangerous on the charge of Kidnapping and to contact the US. Department of Justice, which our agency did,” Engert wrote.

The Department of Justice replied to the FCSO and stated

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that it had opened a case on May 6, Engert wrote.

“In the meantime, we continued our inquiry to verify Mr. Barbosa was in fact the same fugitive wanted in Costa Rica,” Engert continued. “Using investigative techniques, we believe Mr. Barbosa is the fugitive from Costa Rica.”

The Costa Rican authorities have charges against Barbosa in multiple jurisdictions, Engert added, but the U.S. Department of Justice has not given the Sheriff’s Office the authority to arrest Barbosa on those charges.

The FCSO was requesting that the FDLE take the case, he wrote, “so the Governor’s Office may take appropriate action, if necessary.”

The governor could potentially remove Barbosa from his post.

Engert’s letter states that the agency believes that Barbosa is in violation of Florida Statutes 112.51(2), which states that when a municipal official “is indicted or informed against for the commission of a federal felony or misdemeanor or state felony or misdemeanor, the Governor has the power to suspend such municipal official from office.”

City Council terms are usually four years. But Barbosa is serving an abbreviated term that runs from 2020 to 2022: He gained the District 2 seat in a special election held after former District 2 Councilman Jack Howell left partway through his term for health reasons.

Barbosa has filed to run for the Flagler County Commission District 2 seat in 2022.

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An eclectic group of sixth graders arrives at the 25th-Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, each eager to win for very different reasons. Sweet and shy Olive (played by Caroline Hull in the Flagler Playhouse’s upcoming production) brings only her best friend (the dictionary) with her to the bee; bold and hyperallergic speller William Barfee (Ethan Fink) uses his “magic foot” to propel him to greatness; former champion Chip (Sean Tormey) is struggling with his burgeoning puberty; easily distracted Leaf (Collin Sloan) is unconvinced that he’s smart enough to be a challenger; overachiever Marcy (Isabella Scarcella) is disappointed by her consistent success; and politically aware Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre (Abigail Andrade) only wants to impress her gay dads.

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Burnett-Ryan’s current art series portrays mothers with their children and is influenced by personal experiences and sympathy and concern over children separated from their parents.

“As a mother of three amazing children, I know how integral the ability to feel sympathy and concern for the sufferings of others is,” Burnett-Ryan said.

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Presently, Burnett-Ryan is a full-time artist and curates exhibitions for Bethune-Cookman University Performing Arts Center and Visual Gallery and the Yvonne Scarlett-Golden Cultural and Educational Gallery. Burnett-Ryan has shown her artwork in group exhibitions around Central and Northeast Florida as well as receiving several achievements and top awards from exhibits at the Daytona Beach Art League and Flagler County Art League.

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Palm Coast Little League girls win section The 9- to 11-year-old Palm Coast Little League softball all-stars represented the league well, winning the Section 3 championship. Coach Jonathan Roberts reported that the girls gave up just one run the whole tournament and won the title by a score of 200. They then advanced to the state tournament and finished second, on the July 10 weekend, giving up just one run the whole all-star season.

Flagler hosts Babe Ruth baseball Flagler County Babe Ruth Baseball hosted the district and state tournaments this year in several age divisions.

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help them. Most of my business concentrates on the retiring and retired union members in the Newark area where about 40% of their population is of Portuguese descent. I mostly do the 401(k) rollovers when they retire so they don’t lose any money. I also (work with) attorneys up there that can do all their estate planning work.

And then I have disability attorneys to help them get their disability benefits.”

Hackney is planning on spending one week a month in New Jersey to oversee the operations there. But he won’t be ignoring his Palm Coast office. Next year he is planning on building a new office in The Hammock.

“I don’t want to spread myself too thin, because everyone now is in home consultation, but I’m getting too busy for that, and it puts me on the road a lot,” he said.

“So I’m going to build a new office in The Hammock on AIA.”

New homes planned Renner cautions for 8-acre Hammock against seeking Dunes parcel legislative remedies to Surfside collapse Up to 33 new homes may be constructed on a 7.96-acre parcel at the corner of Hammock Dunes Parkway and Camino Del Mar Parkway.

The homes would be part of the Renaissance at Hammock Dunes Planned Unit Development, and the Flagler County Commission at its July 12 meeting voted 4-0 to approve the developer’s proposed site development plan.

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As the investigation continues into the deadly condominium collapse in Surfside, a top Republican Florida House leader said Monday, July 12, that lawmakers don’t need to make immediate changes to state building codes.

Rep. Paul Renner, a Palm Coast Republican set to take over as House speaker following the 2022 elections, pointed to the inability of the Champlain Towers South condo association to quickly address safety and structural repairs needed for the once 12-story building.

“It will be something I assure you that we’re going to look at and address and determine whether the solutions are legislative or whether they’re an issue of basically a breach of fiduciary duty on the part of the (condo association) board members,” Renner said during a video conference with reporters Monday.

“In the case that occurred in Surfside, where there was known these issues that were looming, and the decision — it appears from initial reports — not to move forward with an assessment to fix it. Obviously, every board member of every entity has a fiduciary duty. And so we’ll take a look at that.”

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Hackney had planned to open his New Jersey office last year before the pandemic hit. One year later, he’s ready to open his office doors at 401 Chestnut St. in Newark.

“I hired a full staff that speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese,” he said. “And I’ve got a lot of business coming up there because they need somebody to

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Hackney and Associates has been helping Palm Coast residents navigate their retirement since the mid ’90s. Now at an age when many people are contemplating their own retirement, Fred Hackney is expanding his business.

Hackney is opening a second office in Newark, New Jersey, on July 15.

“I’m 66 years old and most guys are thinking about retiring, but I’m too busy and I enjoy what I’m doing, and I’ve got too many people that depend on me,” he said.

Hackney, who moved to Palm Coast in 1994, had been a stockbroker for 20 years with several Wall Street firms before deciding in 1997 to move all of his clients out of the stock market because he didn’t want them losing money.

His hunch proved prescient as his clients were able to avoid the volatility of the market starting with the tech bubble bursting in 2000, followed by 9/11 and then the 2008 financial crisis.

In 2010, Hackney got involved with the Portuguese community in Palm Coast through Ivone and Fernando Carneiro, who own Palm Coast Signs. Hackney joined the Portuguese American Cultural Center of Palm Coast and became a sponsor for many

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house in Hidden Hammock was the top real estate transaction for the week of June 3-9 in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service. Jimmie and Debra Gonce, of Palm Coast, sold 60 Hidden Hammock Lane to David and Mary Figurelli, as trustees, for $1.2 million. Built in 2020, the house is a 4/4 and has 3,500 square feet.

Gainesville, sold 364 Palm Circle to Rick and Jennifer Vaders, of Flagler Beach, for $315,000.

Built in 1979, the house is a 2/2 and has 988 square feet.

Following is a partial list of other transactions for the week.

Condos Robert and Alexandra Wagaman, of Palm Coast, sold 100 Bella Harbor Court, Unit 114, to Clay Schwabe, of Palm Coast, for $430,000. Built in 2006, the condo is a 3/2.5 and has 2,325 square feet.

Huey and Julie Merchant, as trustees, sold 33 Veranda Way, Unit 33, to William Cryts and Janet Milne, of Palm Coast, for $229,900. Built in 2002, the condo is a 2/2 and has 1,143 square feet.

Belle Terre Dirty Properties LLC sold 35 Panei Lane to Carrie and Michael Gargone, of St. Augustine, for $235,000. Built in 1998, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,360 square feet.

Grand Haven Dennis and Andrea Bosnich,

of Palm Coast, sold 50 River Trail to Pavel and Mara Bochman, of Guttenberg, New Jersey, for $570,000. Built in 2003, the house is a 3/2.5 and has a swimming pool and 3,241 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $448,000.

Grand Reserve and Golf Club D.R. Horton Inc. Jacksonville, of St. Johns, sold 64 Birdie Way to Daniel and Angela Castoria, of Bunnell, for $302,995. Built in 2020, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,986 square feet.

Indian Trails Renata Ayzenberg, of Brooklyn, sold 246 Bird of Paradise Drive to Michael and Alba Padilla, of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, for $274,900. Built in 2005, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,924 square feet. It sold in 2017 for $179,000.

Lehigh Woods LGI Homes Florida LLC, of The Woodlands, Texas, sold

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85 Radcliffe Drive to Kent and Knoeidia Hill, of Palm Coast, for $265,900. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,851 square feet.

to Roddy Brewer, of Bunnell, for $285,000. Built in 1962, the house is a 1/1.5 and has a swimming pool and 1,095 square feet. It sold in 2012 for $55,000.

Matanzas Woods Francisco Henriques, of Fort Pierce, sold 57 London Drive to Allen Simon and Genevieve Wilson, of Palm Coast, for $230,000. Built in 2004, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,623 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $172,500.

Ocean Song John and Jean Thompson, of Flagler Beach, sold 1728 N. Central Ave. to Walton Accommodations 55 LLC, of Monticello, for $785,000. Built in 2000, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace, dune walk and 1,856 square feet.

Not in Subdivision Maronda Homes LLC sold 79 Huntington Place to Huntington Green MHL LLC, of Ormond Beach, for $438,295.

Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,988 square feet.

Palm Harbor Marat and Marina Akbarov, of Rockville, Maryland, sold 13 Sabal Bend to Michael and Michele Charland, of Palm Coast, for $399,000. Built in 2006, the house is a 3/3 and has 2,522 square feet.

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Seminole Woods Goodwin Properties Group LLC, of Fremont, California, sold 14 Secretary Trail to Chris Polson, as trustee, for $349,900. Built in 2006, the house is a 3/2.5 and has 2,730 square feet.

Holiday Builders Inc., of Melbourne, sold 203 Underwood Trail to Ralph and Marilyn Seard, of Palm Coast, for $195,990. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,284 square feet.

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William Cryts Sr. and Janet Milne, of Palm Coast, sold 18 Pine Grove Drive to John and Barbara Kairis, of Palm Coast, for $244,900. Built in 2002, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,624 square feet.

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CBC ROOFING COMPANY

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL ROOFING

Locally Owned and Operated 20+ years

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386-328-5359

Residential Roofing Specialist • New Roofs • Replacements • Repairs • FREE Estimates • FREE Roof Inspections & Minor Repairs

SHINGLES TILE METAL

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LICENSED & INSURED LIC# CCC1331325

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386-517-3768

Trees WE SPECIALIZE IN INSURANCE CLAIMS • TILE • SHINGLE • METAL • FLAT ROOFS • RE-ROOFS • NEW ROOFS • ROOF REPAIRS • 10-YEAR LABOR WARRANTY • NO DEPOSIT • NO PRE-PAYMENTS • 5 STAR BBB-RATING

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THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICE IMMEDIATE DISPOSAL SALE OF 500 BANK VEHICLES

PAY ONLY ONE DOLLAR DOWN And Take Over Payments From

THE BANK!

2 DAYS ONLY

THIS FRIDAY & SA TURDAY

Palm Coast Ford has over 500 vehicles on their lot to dispose of immediately! All you have to do is pay one dollar down (to make it legal) and take over the payments directly from the bank. These are Brand New Ford vehicles plus over 300 Pre-Owned vehicles, brought here courtesy of the bank that Palm Coast Ford has been contracted with to sell immediately.

ONE DOLLAR DOWN IS ALL YOU PAY TO TAKE OVER THE PAYMENTS FROM THE BANK! Do you want a $129 payment with $1 down? Do you want a $150 payment with $1 down? Do you want a $199 payment with $1 down?

Pick the vehicle that fits your budget!

The bank owns these cars, trucks and vans - Palm Coast Ford is the site that have selected to sell them. Remember, THESE ARE NOT BANK REPOS! These are brand new and preowned vehicles shipped here from around the country, made possible by the bank, to dispose of immediately! Bring ONE DOLLAR for the bank and bring your trade to our store!

All prices on new or pre-owned vehicles are plus tax, tag and $899 dealer fee.

Palm Coast Ford 1150 Palm Coast Pkwy, SW Palm Coast, FL 32137 - (386) 447-3380

Visit Us Online at: PalmCoastFord.com

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