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Letters to the editor & Op Ed
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 Raised
to respect the law - A crowd about to riot?
Columbia County, FL (Posted September 23, 2011 06:15 am)
I am not, nor ever have been a law enforcement
officer. Having watched the videos posted on
your site as well as several others on YouTube,
as a layperson I didn't see anything that I
would deem excessive. What I saw was a group of
LEOs surrounded by what looked to me like a
crowd about to riot. (Read the article:
Lake City Florida:
Police harking back to a bygone era - When will it change?)
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Columbia County, FL (Posted August 3, 2011 06:15 am)
Waste Pro committed to Columbia County that we
would exceed your expectations, if we were
permitted to be your solid waste collection
company. You trusted our commitment and we lived
up to our words... Gone also is the opportunity
for further job creation that may have resulted
from this contract continuing to be locally
held.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Posted July 16, 2011 01:45
pm)
On Friday, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio)
spoke on the House floor about the decades long
transfer of wealth from everyday American people
into the hands of the few... He called it the
theft of Main Street by Wall Street. The result
has left millions out of work, underemployed and
in fear of their Social Security in order to pay
for continued tax cuts for the rich.
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(Posted July 14, 2011 08:20 am)
By
Marc Ferrulo | Exec Dir
Progress Florida
Gov. Rick Scott has a
plan for the health care of Florida’s children, seniors,
and disabled, and it’s not good. His plan is nothing
less than a corporate takeover of Medicaid, with HMOs
managing the care of our state’s most vulnerable. The
Legislature passed Gov. Scott’s plan, but it requires a
number of rules to be waived by the Obama Administration
(through the...
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(Posted April 4, 2011 04:45
am)
After
reading,
Columbia County Commissioner's pool remains a
death trap - State turns deaf ear, this
article it has really opened up my eyes. While I
was considering moving to northern Florida and
after reading what goes on in Columbia County, I
can honestly say Columbia County is not on my
lists of best places to live, but rather sounds
like a County to stay away from. ¶ ...you just
may be saving an innocent person from a tragedy
down the road.
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(Posted March 28, 2011 12:30 pm)
By KrisAnne Hall
This past week there was a media frenzy sparking
fear across the nation with headlines like,
“Florida Judge Orders Use of Sharia Law!” ¶ I am
not willing to trade liberty for any fear.
I am not willing to trade the ability for my
church to govern according to the dictates of my
conscience due to a fear of foreign Islamic
invasion. If we allow fear to dictate, the
enemies of Liberty have succeeded and tyranny is
already established.
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Columbia County, FL (Posted March 21, 2011 04:55
am)
I just read your Thursday, March 17th article:
County Commissioner DuPree's Pool-A back yard
death trap. I have friends, who had a fenced
yard, with "Private Property-No Trespassing"
signs properly placed and a locked gate. While
they were on vacation in 2006, their five year
old neighbor, who could not swim, climbed the
fence, got in the pool, could not get out and
drowned. Very tragic!
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Columbia County, FL (Posted March 11, 2011 01:05
am)
By "A Life In Lake City"
Excellent
commentary by Mr. Womer, who is objective about
Columbia County's economic realities. Only
those who have lived outside Lake City-Columbia
County area can see the true reality of life in
this community. This area has potential,
however... What is the next disaster?
Will it be emergency medical services?
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Special to the Observer (Posted Feb 07, 2011 06:50 am)
By Eben Fodor
The
“conventional wisdom” that growth generates
economic and employment benefits was not
supported by the data. The study found that
those metro areas that have fared the best had
the lowest growth rates. Even metro areas with
stable or declining populations tended to fare
better than fast-growing areas in terms of basic
measures of economic well-being.
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Columbia County, FL (Posted
Feb 03,
2011 07:45 am)
By Barbara Jeffords Lemley
The world is
reading about Lake City, as can be plainly seen
in the media and on the web. The feedback is not
positive. Time is of the essence to improve the
image. (2 comments)
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Columbia County, FL (Posted Jan 13, 2011 07:45 am)
By "A Life In Lake City"
People regardless of their age, race, sex, economic
status or occupation have choices they can make in their
daily routine... This situation did not occur over night
and it will take time to resolve. If you have concerns
make your voice known. Nothing will happen if you
remain quiet - there is strength in numbers.
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Columbia County, FL (Posted Oct 23, 2010 09:15 am)
By Judy Thacker
Cap and Trade is coming to Florida if we don’t stop
it! You are likely to be sending one of the men
who made that possible to our United State Senate seat.
Yes, I am talking about Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist..
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Columbia County, FL (Posted
August 5,
2010 03:55 am)
By Ever Vigilant
In Columbia County we see a
microcosm of this cancer... Closed meetings,
lack of transparency, the imposition of mandatory water
hookup, character assassination, back door
deals and the Good Old Boys that have thumbed
their noses at the voters of Columbia County for
the past 50 years are causing people, who have
never been involved in politics, to cry out for
change. (click title to read more)
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Columbia County, FL (Posted
July 26,
2010 04:00 am)
By Ron Buchner
In the tough economic times, you would
think the City of Lake City would at least attempt to
make their large purchases in the local area... This is
one time the city should take lessons from the county.
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City Manager
Wendell Johnson
I appreciate
your concerns and it amazes me how citizens will take
the "word on the street" and run with it...
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Columbia County, FL (Posted
July 18,
2010 06:30 am)
By Terry Rauch
Florida has very large problems. Our taxes are too
high, people are unemployed, property values are in the
tank. What has Tallahassee done for these problems? Not
a thing. ¶ The answer is very simple: Shrink the
government, deregulate and lower taxes. In other words,
"use common sense."
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Columbia County, FL (Posted
July 18,
2010 • at 05:30 am)
Dear Mr. Lilker:
I grew up in what you term “The Hood”,
and I am a member of New Bethel Missionary Baptist
Church. The latest initiative by my pastor and others is
a step in the right direction. Despite all of the
unanswered questions, it is a positive step. More than
what has been done in the past... Sincerely, Patricia A. Perry
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Columbia County, FL (Posted
April 9,
2010 • at 03:55 pm)
By Ever Vigilant
The behavior of the Columbia County
Board of County Commissioners and their zany antics has
been documented repeatedly... While Florida's Sunshine
Laws demand transparency in government, the clarity of
sunshine has yet to penetrate the opaque smoke screen
that surrounds the workings of Columbia County
government... The Columbia County legacy and legend is
spreading like a field fire: failure to respond to ...
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March 16, 2010 11:55
pm - from the NY Times - orig pub date March 13, 2010
SEAN WILENTZ
Princeton, N.J.
RONALD REAGAN deserves
posterity’s honor, But
the proposal to substitute
his image for
that of Ulysses S. Grant on the $50 bill is a
travesty that would dishonor the nation’s
bedrock principles of union freedom and equality
— and damage its historical identity.
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Columbia County, FL (posted March
16, 2010 11:55pm)
Oil is a diminishing and
expensive source of energy, and coal is dirty.
Alternative energy sources,
including solar and wind power, can only provide 10% to
20% of our energy requirements.
By Donald A. Moskowitz
Londonderry, NH
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Published March 12, 2009
OP-ED CONTRIBUTER
Jessica Catherwood Natale
The County Commission has decided to withdraw
Columbia County from the interlocal agreement with
Florida Crown Workforce Board (FCWB) in favor of joining
with Region 9 Alachua/Bradford.
This is really perplexing considering their excellent
record of performance.
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Published March 16, 2009
The Columbia County Board of County Commissioner’s
recently moved to sever ties with the Florida Crown
Workforce Board (FCWB). This was the wrong thing to do.
Two of the reasons the Board cited were an unwillingness
to recognize the role of the Consortium and a lack of
communication with the BOCC. This is completely
false and inaccurate.
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Lake Shore Hospital Authority
February 22, 2009
Can anyone please explain for me why the people
of Columbia County are exclusively responsible for the
funding of a regional asset--to wit the Lake Shore
Hospital Authority and its Shands hospital?
I don't care if you own a home or property or are
just renting, you are paying directly or indirectly a
significant annual tax to fund and support this
Authority if that property is in Columbia County.
If your property is in Suwannee, Hamilton, Baker, Union
or Alachua County you have this great resource available
to you thanks exclusively to the tax dollars of the
Columbia County property tax payers.
Why are we allowing this inequity to happen?
Why is the Lake City Reporter allowing this tax-eating
kingdom-building monster to fester and grow in relative
obscurity? I guarantee it is going to get bigger
and hungrier.
Robert C. Long
Lake City, FL
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Special to the Observer
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Posted October 27, 2011 05:55 am | Special
We are experiencing something of a bubble in
education...a bubble as pernicious as the
bubbles we had in technology in the 1990s and in
housing in the 2000s. --PayPal co-founder Peter
Thiel ¶
There's an entire middle ground. You want to
provide the opportunity for people to make the
choice that's right for them. --Wharton
marketing professor Eric Bradlow
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Even for Cashiers, College Pays Off
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June 26, 2011 10:45 am | Special
ALMOST a century ago, the United States decided to make
high school nearly universal. Around the same time, much
of Europe decided that universal high school was a
waste. Not everybody, European intellectuals argued,
should go to high school.
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New
York weighs in on
Commissioner DuPree's pool
Commissioner, weighs in on the Florida Crown
controversy.