Columbia County Observer

Legislative Delegation On Tap Today At 9 AM: Columbia County Looking for $24,392,500

November 9, 2022 11:25 am

A Living Wage: Orange County Food-Service Workers Authorize Strike, 235-0

December 1, 2022  06:00 am

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Lake City Has Two New Council Members – With the Controversies Surrounding the City, This Is a Big Deal

November 23, 2022  4:45 am

LAKE CITY, FL – Monday evening, meeting in the School District auditorium to accommodate the turnout, two newly elected City Council members took the Oath of Office. This is a big deal. What does this mean?

 

 

 

LC Mayor Witt: Did He Collude With Interim City Manager Dyal to Keep the City In the Dark About Mr. Dyal’s Trip To Alaska?

LAKE CITY, FL – LAKE CITY, FL – Lake City Interim City Manager Paul Dyal, in 2018 and again in 2022, had his heart in Alaska. Did he and Mayor Steve Witt level with the City Council and the public in the City’s search for a new City Manager?

LSHA: 13-Year Veteran Governor's Board Member Loretta Chancy Explains Her Hope Bridges Vote – Peacock Is Back In the Game

Part II: With barely an exception, a board member not voting is against the law in Florida. That includes the LSHA.

November 17, 2022  11:30 am

COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – On November 14, 2022, Chairman Brandon Beil gaveled the regularly scheduled Lake Shore Hospital Authority board meeting to order. He asked, “Are there any staff or trustee additions or deletions to the agenda or consent agenda?”

LSHA: Gov's Bd Squandering Public Funds. Pt-Time Auth Mngr Sees Nothing Wrong With Going Into Business With Defunct Business – Chaos

Part I: In the civilized world of government, silence is acquiescence.

November 17, 2022  07:25 am

COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – The Governor’s Lake Shore Hospital Board, along with Part-Time Authority Manager Dale Williams, continues to operate without benchmarks as it squanders millions of taxpayer funds keeping the illegally constituted Lake Shore Hospital Authority alive.

Columbia County Sheriff Gains Notoriety Across the Globe: Two Deputies Arrest Legally Blind Man Walking Home From Jury Duty

Jim Hodges gives the "skinny" on his arrest

November 9, 2022 11:25 am

COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – On November 1, 2022, one day after receiving the body cam footage of his detention and arrest from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, James Hodges posted the body cam footage on Facebook. It wasn’t pretty.

Today Is Election Day – Don't Forget to Vote
Columbia County School District Half-Cent Sales Tax Surcharge: Vague, Misleading, and Wrong

October 29, 2022  6:50 pm | updated November 8, 2022  06:45 am

COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Way at the end of this year's County Ballot is a “yes” or “no” vote for a half-cent sales tax surcharge for school improvements. It is ill-thought-out, lacks specific detail, and includes patently wrong and misleading statements.

LSHA: Illegally Constituted Gov’s Authority Board Refuses to Vet Main Contender for Vacated Hospital – Or Did It?

Hope Bridges’ Willie Peacock, using another LLC, Well Care, recently agreed to settle a lawsuit for $33 million.

November 1, 2022  04:23 pm

COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Tonight’s meeting of the infamous Lake Shore Hospital Authority should be a doozie. Hospital Authority Manager Dale Williams once again waited until the last minute to have the backup material available for public inspection. Absent from the backup material is any mention of the $33,000,000 Willie Peacock settlement.