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March 16, 2023
3:30 pm
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – The Lake Shore
Hospital Authority’s hospital, Shands at
Lake Shore, has been vacated, closed, and
out of business since October 2020. The
Authority is run by an illegally constituted
Board appointed by Florida Governor
DeSantis. It has spent an average of $81,495
monthly, keeping the vacated hospital from
falling in on itself. The Authority client
base is up two from its all-time low last
month.
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March 8, 2023
10:20 pm
LAKE CITY, FL – Mayor Stephen Witt once was a
model for presiding over open and respectful
meetings. Those are now bygone days. Mayor Witt
has allowed the City’s once-model meetings to
deteriorate into free-for-alls and vile
exchanges between the City Council and community
activist Sylvester Warren.
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March 6, 2023
12:30 pm
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Controversial Lake City
City Manager Paul Dyal appeared before the
County 5 (Commission) last Thursday morning to
do damage control after unilaterally canceling
an interlocal agreement between the City and
County without legal authority.
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March 5, 2023
02:00 pm
LAKE CITY, FL – Lake City’s religious leaders
have finally awoken from the dead. Shootings –
Crime – Drugs, an inept City Council, and a
Mayor who has turned his back on Lake City
dysfunction have made Lake City one of the most
dangerous cities in America, with a reputation
that has spread from Florida to Alaska.
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Dumbing It
Down – Post Secondary Education – What’s That?
February 13, 2023
08:59 am
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – The infamous Columbia
County 5 (County Commission or "The 5")
demonstrated its lack of regard for higher
education during its last meeting when it
unanimously removed the requirement of a
bachelor’s degree of any kind for the position
of County Economic Development Director.
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Manager Williams to interview
(poll?) the Board for members opinions.
February 8, 2023
7:15 pm
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – After over
two-and-a-half years of foot-dragging,
excuses, dead-ends, propaganda, special
meetings, and fear-mongering, the vacated
Lake Shore Hospital Authority hospital,
Shands at Lake Shore may finally have an
occupier.
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January 31, 2023
12:45 pm
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – This evening, after
over two years of foot-dragging by the Lake
Shore Hospital Authority Board and its Part
Time Manager Dale Williams, a concrete plan
for the vacated Shands at Lake Shore
Hospital will again be presented by Meridian
Behavioral Services. The Authority workshop
begins at 6 pm and is being held at the
School Board Administrative complex on US
90.
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January 24, 2023
03:39 am
LAKE CITY, FL – Last Tuesday evening, January
17, one of the biggest sweetheart deals in the
history of Florida went down in Lake City City
Hall. Negotiations between Lake City and HAECO
(Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company), which
began approximately 18 months ago, ended with
all but one of the City Council clueless about
the fair market value of its airport.
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A college degree: Now you see it -
now you don't.
January 19, 2023
3:15 pm
LAKE CITY, FL – The unraveling of Lake City
continued at the tail end of Tuesday's
drama-filled City Council meeting. Buried at the
bottom of the agenda was the undated rewrite of
the Assistant City Manager job description.
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Posted Jan. 16,
2023 9:00 am
Originally Posted Jan 17, 2011, in a more
civilized time for LC
LAKE CITY, FL – In 2011, the MLK day
celebrations were a celebration of a life well
lived. Today, Lake City is a City with the
"Scarlet Letter." It has gone backwards in time.
Had the Columbia County/Lake City community
heeded the words of Reverend Joy L. Gallmon,
Reverend J. T. "Billy" Simon, and Dr. King, Lake
City/Columbia County would not be where it is
today.
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