More Sound and Fury than Substance in Flagler Beach Commissioner Belhumeur’s Election-Eve Attack on City Manager

More Sound and Fury than Substance in Flagler Beach Commissioner Belhumeur’s Election-Eve Attack on City Manager

Flagler Beach Commissioner Rick Belhumeur and his son Benjamin blindsided City Manager Dale Martin with a litany of anonymous allegations during a tense commission meeting. The claims, ranging from procurement fraud to hiring improprieties, were dismissed by fellow commissioners as decontextualized "minutiae." With an election looming, the maneuver appears to be a calculated political stunt rather than substantive administrative oversight. The p…