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February 2, 2023 6:35 pm

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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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January 12, 2023
4:30 pm
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – After two years
plus of foot-dragging since the abandonment
of Shands at Lake Shore Hospital, and over a
year after Meridian Behavioral Healthcare
offered to occupy the vacated Authority
hospital, part-time Authority Manager Dale
Williams and Governor’s board member Brandon
Beil are finally taking a tour of Meridian’s
Gainesville campus.
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January 10, 2023
7:23 pm
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Monday night,
Governor Ron DeSantis’s illegally
constituted Lake Shore Hospital Authority
Board blew through the evening’s agenda in
eighteen minutes.
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January 6, 2022
01:59 pm
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Yesterday morning, the
County 5 reached an all-time new low in agenda
preparation and a new high in ways to disrespect
and mug the public. Richardson Community Center,
a bellwether of the Black community and a
historical marker of Columbia County, fell
victim to the chopping block of the infamous
Columbia County 5.
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January 5, 2023
09:50 am
LAKE CITY, FL – Tuesday evening in City Hall,
there was only one lone voice asking questions
and looking for answers in the final stampede to
hire former City Utility Director Paul Dyal as
Lake City’s permanent City Manager: Councilman
Todd Sampson.
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January 3, 2023
2:10 pm
LAKE CITY, FL – Controversial City Manager
Paul Dyal and his contract, now three of them,
is once again front and center on tonight’s City
Council agenda. Newly installed Councilman Ricky
Jernigan has negotiated the final version.
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January 25, 2023 7 pm

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10:05 am

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06:00 am

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