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Palm Coast mayoral candidates debate issues facing the city

Early voting starts for Palm Coast mayor to lead troubled council

“I just want to encourage people to vote,” Lenhart said in a phone interview. “I know this is an off-cycle election in the middle of summer. I want to encourage people to research their candidates and make sure that their voices are heard. This is a very important election for the city of Palm Coast.” Mayoral election details Early voting takes place through July 24 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. including weekend days at three locations: The Flagler County Supervisor of Elections Office at 1769 E. Moody Blvd. Building 2, Suite 101, in Bunnell. The Flagler County Public Library at 2500 Palm Coast Parkway NW in Palm Coast.

An Alan Lowe Campaign Message: 60 Seconds, 2 Violations of Law, 3 Falsehoods, 4 Misleading or Deceptive Statements

Alan Lowe. (© FlaglerLive) On June 29, Alan Lowe, one of six candidates for Palm Coast Mayor in the July 27 special election, posted a 60-second campaign message on his Facebook page. The video bears fact-checking as an example of Lowe’s tenuous relationship with facts or truth, because in 168 words, Lowe manages to fit in at least three falsehoods, make four misleading or deceptive statements and violate the state’s campaign rules twice.  Lowe is running in a field of six candidates. One of them can be as hard to follow as the last 30 pages of “Ulysses,” a couple of others tend to speak in technocratic generalities, and none, Lowe included, have the sort of prior government experience they can fall back on to project a commanding grasp of the job ahead. But if all six are sincere–and I have no doubt Lowe is as well–only Lowe makes explicitly false statements, misleading claims, and ideologically-driven pitches that have little to no connection to Palm Coast governanc

Early Voting Begins in Election for Palm Coast Mayor, Shifting Contest's Virulence to Voters' Judgment

Palm Coast mayoral hopeful says weekly publisher told him not to run

Palm Coast Mayoral Candidate Alan Lowe is accusing the publisher of the weekly Palm Coast Observer of trying to push him out of the mayor’s race with threats of unleashing dark money against him. Lowe filmed a video he posted to YouTube last week in which he stands in front of the “Observer Plaza” sign and asserts the newspaper’s publisher tried to keep him from entering the mayor’s race because the publisher favors David Alfin. Lowe does not name the publisher, but he is John Walsh. Walsh, in an email to The News-Journal on Tuesday, denied Lowe s accusations. But Lowe insists the opposite.