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April 21, 2021 06:15 am | Op-Ed
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April 19, 2021 04:00 am
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Thursday, April 15, the
Columbia County 5 met. On its agenda was an item
called "Olustee Park." There was not a scintilla of pre-meeting backup
information outlining the evening’s discussion.
As of Wednesday evening, April 14, the County
Manager claimed there was no material to go with
the agenda item "Olustee Park." The public was
left in the dark.
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April 15, 2021 03:30 pm
LAKE CITY, COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – After over
11 years on the job, Lake City Police Chief
Argatha-Rigby Gilmore cannot say that Lake City
is safer than when she began. While the LCPD has
gotten various accreditations on her watch, many
of Lake City’s residents are afraid to call the
police.
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April 12, 2021 10:00 am
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Following
the recent unveiling of construction to
expand Lake City Medical Center, the
hospital announced that it had added
another $1.6 million in technology in
the form of a da Vinci Xi Surgical Robot
by Intuitive Surgical.
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April 7, 2021 10:59 am
LAKE CITY, COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – The Olustee
Park - Monument controversy, now in the lap of
the Columbia County 5 (the County Commission),
had Columbia County’s newest commissioner, Robby
Hollingsworth, signing up to speak at Monday’s
City Council meeting. Why? Olustee – Second
thoughts.
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Posted
April 5, 2021 07:30 am
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Thursday's April 1
meeting of the Columbia County 5 put the issue
of Lake City's downtown Olustee Park and its
namesake monument square in the County
Commission's lap. They and thirteen folks from
in and out of town shared their views on who
should keep the Park and control the fate of the
Olustee monument.
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Posted
March 31, 2021 11:59 am
LAKE CITY, COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Monday’s
emergency called City Council meeting didn’t
have to be an emergency. City Administration and
City Attorney Faux Pas have once again caused
disarray, consternation, and confusion.
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March 26, 2021 09:28 am
LAKE
CITY, COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – The North Florida Mega
Industrial Park needs a gas supply. Lake City
Utilities are the County gas experts. Yesterday,
the County and City sat down to discuss gas, a
necessity for industrial economic development.
They met in the County Economic Development
Office.
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March 24, 2021 06:30 pm | Op-Ed
Mr. Helfenberger [Joe Helfenberger, Lake
City, City Manager], It is with great regret that I must
tenure my resignation. Coming to work for
the City of Lake City, my hometown for the
past fifty years, was a great honor for me.
I was hopeful that I could do well in this
position and was looking forward to the
challenges that lay ahead. I was not aware
of pitfalls that are associated with working
for the City of Lake City.
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Posted March 24, 2021
09:00 am
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Since October 2020,
Columbia County taxpayers have been paying
almost $100,000 a month to keep the
publically owned vacant “Shands at Lake
Shore” hospital habitable. Ace Medical
will make a presentation to the Governor’s
Board at 5:15 pm this evening.
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Posted
March 22, 2021 02:00 am
LAKE CITY, FL – There is an insurrection
mounting in Lake City against City Manager Joe
Helfenberger’s latest pick for Assistant City
Manager, Daniel Sweat. Mr. Sweat began his
employment with Lake City on November 2, 2020.
Complaints against Mr. Sweat have been serious,
and until recently, have been brushed aside by
City Manager Helfenberger.
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Posted
March 18, 2021 11:55 pm
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Thursday’s March 18,
2021, meeting of the County 5 was just about
wound out when at 2 hours and 29 minutes
Commissioner Ron Williams and County Attorney
Joel Foreman both brought up the ownership of
Olustee Park.
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March 18, 2021 11:01 am
LAKE CITY, COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL –
On Monday night, March 15, 2021, during
a 12th-hour walk-on by City Manager Joel
Helfenberger, he announced that a legal
opinion solicited by the City stated
that Columbia County owns Olustee Park.
The Park is home to a Confederate
Monument.
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March 16, 2021 06:59 pm
LAKE CITY, COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – A milestone
was reached by the City Council last night when
it reconfigured its Utility Advisory Committee
to include two County commissioners and two
high-ranking County staff members, giving the
County equal footing on the committee.
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Posted March 10, 2021
01:10 am
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Sitting on a
cash stash of just under $23 mil, the
controversial Lake Shore Hospital Authority
is limping along in its search to find a
replacement to take over a vacated hospital
that needs about $12 mil in renovations.
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March 22, 2021 03:35 pm | Op-Ed
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Olustee the Monument, April
15: A Dance by Columbia County To Deny Its Real
Plan, To Wash Its Hands of the Monument
Lake City Police Chief
Argatha Gilmore Makes It Clear, She Answers to
Nobody in Lake City
Lake
City Medical Center: $1.6 Mil Investment In
Robotic Surgery
Olustee - ‘Second Thoughts’:
Commissioner Robby Hollingsworth Shows Up At
City Council, “It’s kinda’ strange, but here I
am.”
Olustee, the Monument That
Keeps on Giving, Now in the Hands of the
Columbia County 5
Lake City Utility Advisory
Committee Back on Track Again. City
Administration and Attorney Faux Pas Cause
Consternation – Confusion
Lake City – Columbia County,
Utility Progress: While They Met About Gas – The
Theme Was Cooperation
LSHA Tonight:
Jacksonville’s ACE Medical to Make a
Presentation to Your Neighbors, the Governor’s
Hospital Authority Board
Lake City’s Assistant City
Manager Under Investigation: Will he dodge the
bullet again?
Olustee Park & Monument:
County Attorney Foreman Says, “‘Give (Lake) City a
deed,’ and make them say no.”
Lake
City Legal Opinion: Olustee Park – Home of
Confederate Monument – Owned By Columbia County
Lake City & Columbia County
Finally Smoke a Utility Peace Pipe. Agree to
Cooperate
Lake Shore Hospital Authority: Foot Dragging By
Governor's Board Costing County Taxpayers $80k
Plus a Month
