Flagler Commission Meeting Illegally Starts With Christian Prayer
The county administrator’s proximity to legal counsel on commission procedures is not as close as it appears. (© FlaglerLive) For at least the last four or five decades meetings of the Flagler County Commission began either with the pledge to the flag or with the pledge and a moment of silence. The days of sectarian piety had given way to more respectful deference to our rich diversity of beliefs, doubts and disbeliefs, and to the law: if the First Amendment is to mean anything, Government doesn’t get to choose one over the other. A year ago Dave Sullivan, newly named chairman, broke t...