Flagler County's Beach-Saving Plan All But Killed by Opposition to Sales Tax Increase Despite Last-Minute Switch

Flagler County's Beach-Saving Plan All But Killed by Opposition to Sales Tax Increase Despite Last-Minute Switch

Flagler County’s long-debated $114 million beach-management plan looked all but dead at the end of a contentious two-hour meeting of the County Commission Monday, with only two commissioners willing to support an increase in the half-cent sales tax to fund the plan. The commission needs four votes to enact the higher tax. At the last minute, and after at times angrily denouncing the information the administration has provided her--and not provid…