Creal Won’t Be Chief After All as Flagler Beach Fire Department’s Troubles Mount
Within 24 hours of being named Acting Fire Chief of the very troubled Flagler Beach Fire Department, Robbie Creal said he declined the post because of health, while City Manager Bruce Campbell said...
View ArticleTwo Ex-Firefighters Sue Flagler Beach, Charging Their Firing Was Retaliatory
Shane Wood and Jacob Bissonnette say their firing by City Manager Bruce Campbell last February, over an allegation they stored home-made alcohol at the fire station, was retaliation for their role in...
View ArticleNine Interviewed for Revamped Top Cop Post in Flagler Beach as Dan Cody Era Ends
The nine men (possibly 10) being interviewed by a four-man board in Flagler Beach are ex-cops, but they'll be hired as captain of the police department, as City Manager Bruce Campbell has eliminated...
View ArticleFlagler Beach Police “Captain”: Last Three Candidates Make Their Pitch to the...
Steve Clair, Matthew Doughney and Joe Sisti appeared in a semi-formal setting before some 35 people, including the whole membership of the Flagler Beach City Commission, who gathered at city hall to...
View ArticleIn Flagler Beach, Muted Interest in Last Two Candidates Looking to Head Fire...
Thursday evening's town hall-style meeting with Bobby Pace and Brandon Seymour, the two candidates looking to be Flagler Beach's Fire Captain (that is, chief), drew hardly an audience, possibly because...
View ArticleFlagler Beach Police Launch Initiatives to Protect Residents and Property,...
Though the initiatives are very well-meaning, participating residents who want their house watched while they're away or who live alone and need a daily check-in must fill out detailed applications...
View ArticleFlagler Beach Fire Department Makes Pitch For $600,000 Fire Truck, Igniting...
City Commission Chairman Kim Carney has predicted last year that the fire department would soon be asking for a new fire truck, and is raising questions about its proposed financing, including taking...
View ArticleGet Ready For Moonlight Fishing On the Flagler Beach Pier, Starting in September
The Flagler Beach pier's balance sheet is struggling this year, with a $23,000 deficit the city government--which administers the pier--is trying to close before the end of the year. One idea: starting...
View ArticleFar From Settled, Whistleblower Case Against Flagler Beach Fire Department...
Flagler Beach Fire Captain Bobby Pace's truthfulness on his job application and his handling of a probationer's work hours at the station were the focus of a deposition in which Pace repeatedly invoked...
View Article650 Names, or 13% of Flagler Beach Population, On Petition Opposing $600,000...
The 65-page petition, published here in full for public examination, has not been authenticated by the city, but would, if verified, pose a serious challenge to a majority of commissioners still intent...
View ArticleThe End of Flagler Beach’s Blue Restaurant: A Loss Beyond Mahi Mahi Almondine
In her first interview since the announcement of the closure of Blue at the Topaz, Kelli O'Reilly describes the financial and other difficulties of keeping the business going, and many others reacted...
View ArticleSettle Wants Carney Out as Commission Chair in Flagler Beach, Underscoring...
In an unprecedented move in the city's history, Flagler Beach City Commissioner Steve Settled will seek to have Kim Carney removed from the commission chairmanship next week, and replaced with Marshall...
View ArticleBruce Campbell Resigns As Flagler Beach City Manager
Flagler Beach City Manager Bruce Campbell on Friday told his staff he was resigning after three years on the job. He did not give any reasons. The post Bruce Campbell Resigns As Flagler Beach City...
View ArticleFlagler Beach Settles With Ex-Flagler Beach Firefighters, Retracting Firing...
Ex-Flagler Beach firefighters Jake Bissonnette and Shane Wood wrote resignation letters to replace their firing orders, but they will not be returning to work for the fire department. The post Flagler...
View ArticleTo Replace Manager Bruce Campbell, Flagler Beach Returns to Old Playbook:...
Like his predecessor, who was an interim manager of Flagler Beach for five years before he decisively quit, Bruce Campbell is finding it difficult to walk away from the job, and the city commission is...
View Article662 Spaces Would Convert to Paid Parking in Flagler Beach in Panel’s Vast,...
Flagler Beach's Ad Hoc Parking Committee, at work two years, will submit its recommendations Thursday to a special meeting of the city commission, with a focus on two options that call for paid parking...
View ArticleFlagler Beach Doesn’t Have a Parking Problem. It Has a Big Government Problem.
If Flagler Beach adopts paid parking, it'll invite a problem as onerous as Palm Coast's red-light cameras, damaging its reputation, needlessly hurting its businesses and alienating its closest and most...
View ArticleOrdering Them to “Get On With It,” Flagler Beach City Manager Tells His...
Addressing his five bosses more bluntly than he has at any point in his four years as city manager, Cambpell told them he's not interested in another contract and that he's quitting in September. The...
View ArticleFlagler Beach Will Seek In-House City Manager Before Putting Out Broader Call
As it replaces Bruce Campbell, who's leaving in september, the city will give preference to an internal applicant, then possibly advertise more broadly later this month if internal applicants don't...
View ArticleIn Flagler Beach’s On-Again, Off-Again Relationship With Manager Campbell,...
The commission doesn’t want to have an interim manager, fearing a return to the years when it employed one—Bernie Murphy—for five years. The post In Flagler Beach’s On-Again, Off-Again Relationship...
View ArticleThree Companies Tee Up Proposals to Run Flagler Beach’s Fallow 9-Hole Golf...
The 34 acres of the old Ocean Palm Golf Club will be in play this evening at 5:30 p.m. as a committee hears proposals to rejuvenate the grounds profitably through a lease. The post Three Companies Tee...
View ArticleFlagler Beach Manager’s Short-List Gets Shorter as 3 Withdraw, Leaving Only 2
Flagler Beach is having trouble attracting candidates for its city manager's job, with just 23 applying and most of those making the short-list deciding to take jobs elsewhere. The commission...
View ArticleFlagler Beach and Manager Newsome Agree To Open-Ended Contract at $88,000 a Year
City commissioners had only minor quibbles, such as the elimination of a $200-a-month car allowance and evaluation matters, before they adopted the contract with the long-time Escambia County...
View ArticleEx-Flagler Beach City Manager Applies for Unemployment, Though He Resigned...
Ex-city manager Bruce Campbell ad made clear to the Flagler Beach City Commission that it was his choice not to have his contract renewed, which would make him ineligible for unemployment as the...
View ArticleDog Bite at Ex-Flagler Beach Manager Campbell’s Property Sends Mail Carrier...
Mail carrier Jennifer Benson, 49, was treated for eight stitches after a dog at ex-Flagler Beach City Manager Bruce Campbell's house attacked her when Campbell opened the door to pick up a package. The...
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