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Opinion
from the publisher
By Stew Lilker
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Posted November 25, 2013 06:20 am | Commentary
The Lake City Reporter sees itself as the
hometown newspaper of Columbia County/Lake City.
The recent reporting and editorializing by the
paper of the proposed Lake City, City Manager's
photo ban misled the public; blasted City
Manager Wendell Johnson for something the City
Council has so far rubber stamped with barely a
word; and for years has totally ignored even
worse actions by the Lake Shore Hospital
Authority's Jack Berry, and its past chairman
and board member, Representative Elizabeth
Porter's Chief of Staff, Koby Adams.
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Lake City Reporter Disrespects Public. Gives
Lake Shore Hosp Authority Another Free Pass
Posted July 1, 2013 05:55 am | Commentary
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – The Governor signed the
bi-partisan Senate Bill 50 into law last week.
It gives the public the right to be heard at
public meetings. Sunday's Lake City Reporter,
the perennial mouth piece of Columbia County's
infamous good ole' boys, made mention of the
event by insulting the general public, stating,
"That right is not absolute... you still won't
be able to rant at will."
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Lake
City Reporter:
Shamed to speak up by former Marine, editorial is half
baked and uninformed
Posted May 2, 2013 01:59 pm | From the Publisher (1
comment)
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – For years Columbia
County's newspaper of record, the Lake City
Reporter (LCR), has turned a blind eye on the
constant abuse of Columbia County citizens by
its infamous good ole boy County Commission.
Known throughout the years as the Lake City
Distorter, the Lake City Repeater, and the
mullet wrapper, an insult to the mullet, the LCR
president, Dink NeSmith, was recently contacted
by County resident and former Marine, L.J.
Johnson. Mr. Johnson finally had enough of
watching Columbia County residents being shut
out of the decision making process and picked up
the phone and called the Lake City Reporter’s
boss.
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Columbia County, FL (Posted May 11, 2011 06:59 am)
| Editorial from the publisher
To those of
you who have written regarding Commissioner Jody
DuPree's death trap pool, Florida's inaction
regarding this and the only real coverage of
Columbia County's Good Ol' Boys, thank you. Your
interest and support have not gone unnoticed. To
those of you who have written that the good ol'
boy buck stops with State Attorney Skip Jarvis,
I couldn't agree more. There is no chance that
State Attorney, Skip Jarvis, doesn't know about
Mr. DuPree's pool. The whole world knows. (4
comments)
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Karl Burkhardt, rudely shooting off his flash in ...
Columbia County, FL (Posted Nov
23, 2010 09:38 am)
Columbia County,
long thought by many to be one of the most
corrupt counties in Florida, has found a
faithful ally in Lake City Journal publisher,
Karl Burkhardt, who earlier this year
accepted a free news gathering junket to
North Carolina at county expense. Mr.
Burkhardt's most recent claim to fame was
mysteriously being on the scene to photograph
Columbia County's
Court House Cow Dung display shortly after
its construction.
Karl Burkhardt
has proven once again that he is neither a
William Safire, nor a
Frank Rich and that when it comes to getting
his facts straight, he is just the good old
boys' water boy. (Go
to article to hear sound clip)
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Columbia County, FL
(Posted October 23, 2010 07:00 pm)
The Columbia County
Ellisville Utility Boondoggle continues to spread like
the plague. In the early 2000’s, Columbia County's good
old boys thought the county’s water and sewer pipes were
filled with gold. Any five year old could have told them
that sewer pipes are filled with... In 2007, the good
old boys, with the taste of OPM, pronounced "opium," the
acronym for "other people's money," on their minds, went
after the county's private utilities... after enacting
the ordinance, they forgot to tell anybody and then went
into good old boy amnesia and forgot about the ordinance
themselves...
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Columbia County, FL (posted
December 9, 2009)
By Stew Lilker
Commissioner Williams, you have taken an Oath
to uphold the Constitution and the Laws. I hope
that you will think twice, act once and honor
your oath as a servant to the Constitution and
to the people of Columbia County.
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Date: 5/21/2009
Dear Dale (County Manager• Columbia County FL)
I hope the following responses to your 5/19 remarks
will be helpful.
Columbia County is now playing
musical chairs on the deck of the Titanic with the money
of the working families of Columbia County.
Money, which in these trying times, could very well be
spent on something else. It is impossible for any
rational human being to discern your continued purpose
in this incredible financial irresponsibility.
It appears that Columbia County is the first county
in the history of America to withdraw from a work force
region. Florida Crown is a top
performing region and winner of many awards.
Instead of carrying on with this nonsense and illegally
hiring attorneys, you should be inquiring about the
procedure to get yourself back into the Region -7
Consortium, so that Columbia County has a voice.
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Columbia County, FL (posted May
14, 2009)
By Stew Lilker
From the desk of the
publisher to Lisa Roberts, Columbia County Assistant
Manager
Dear Ms. Roberts,
It is always nice speaking with you.
Yesterday afternoon we spoke about
notice
requirements for meetings of the County Commission,
particularly special or emergency meetings and I am very
disappointed.
... it is certainly
advisable to give notice at such time and in such a
manner as will enable the press and other interested
members of the public to attend
any
meeting of the authority.
FL
Attorney General
You explained that you notified folks of emergency
meetings of the Columbia County Commission by putting a
notice in the Lake City Reporter mailbox, which is
located in the county commission office. You also
explained that this was followed up by a phone call to
the LCR office. You said this is the county's only
notification. There are about 70,000 people in Columbia
County.
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Commentary
by Craig Womer
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UNF's Banner Center For Creative - Industries Glitz and
glamour or real value?
Posted January 10, 2012
06:55 am
When I see the Banner
Center I immediately remember the Logistics Program at
Gateway College ... I question merits of the Banner
Center's New Media TV and Film program ... Who benefits
the most -- the educators with the revenue stream they
create for themselves, or the students seeking
educational value that will enhance their earning power?
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The City Manager's proposed 3% pay raise is out of line
Columbia County, FL
(Posted June 20, 2011, 02:15 pm)
Anytime you single out
a group or class of people and treat them differently
than the the entire group or class of people, you have
created a Discriminatory Act. ¶ If any City employee or
elected official is unhappy about the mandated 3%
contribution into the Florida Retirement System and the
consequential 3% reduction in take home pay, I urge that
they tender their resignation immediately...
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Columbia
County, FL (Posted March 11, 2011 06:43 am)
After reviewing the Director - Economic
Development job description from Columbia
County's County Manager, Dale Williams, I'm
appalled. ¶ After watching the economic
underdevelopment game in Columbia County for the
past eleven years, I suspect that this job
description is primarily the handy work
IDA Executive Director, Jim Poole, who has
been...
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Columbia County, FL (Posted March 10, 2011 06:10
am)
It is my understanding that the current IDA Executive
Director, who has been dysfunctional for over eighteen
years, will be involved in the hiring of his
replacement. Does this mean Columbia County tax-payers
are destined for more incompetence in Economic
Development?
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