- July 12, 2025
Dear Editor:
Leave the city's paint ordinance as it is. While individual artistic tastes should be sanctified and protected inside a home, neighbors should not be required to accept and often endure them.
If that "colorful" house in Bunnell popped up next to any council member's home, I doubt repeal of local paint standards would be so important. Also, [Annamaria] Long's statement that house paintings in Flagler Beach have not affected property values is simply false. Flagler's overall value comes from its beachfront location and great restaurants, without which those cute but mostly unattractive houses would surely reduce values of neighboring properties.
Hint to council, move on to an important issue. Buy a used dredging machine for $60,000 and scoop out the canals just as you did so efficiently with the storm drainage swales. Don't waste $25 million with an outside contractor who expects to come back in 10 years. Finally, we, the vast majority of Palm Coast citizens do not need a YMCA. Put that issue on an election ballot and it will fail 90-10. Note: The best cities in America are run as a business, not a charity.
JW Garfield
Palm Coast
