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October 25, 2023
07:45 am | 2 min read
FSU's Project Manager Eliza Chase and
Goodwill Ambasador Sabrina Viteri are
planners looking to hear from Columbia
County and High Springs residents. |
Columbia County Observer photo & graphic
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Oct. 22, 2023
09:15 pm | 2 min read
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Florida Gateway College
President Larry Barrett, Ph.D., decided this
afternoon (Sunday) that the College would
neither record nor broadcast the legislative
delegation meeting scheduled for tomorrow
morning at 9:00 am.
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Oct. 21, 2023
6:45 am | 1 min read
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – This Monday, October
23, 9-11 am, the Columbia County Legislative
Delegation will be meeting in the Florida
Gateway College Board Room. This year, the
Delegation is chaired by Sen. Jennifer Bradley,
with Representative Chuck Brannan serving as
vice chair. Legislative delegation meetings are public
meetings that happen before the start of a new
legislative session. This year's legislative
session begins on January 8, 2024, and runs for
60 days.
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Oct. 20, 2023
7:25 pm | 4 min read
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Last night's
Columbia County 5 (the County
Commission) meeting was going silky
smooth. After the meeting was gaveled to
order, The 5 approved the agenda with
one addition. During the proceedings,
Chairman Rocky Ford recognized those who
wanted to participate, and the speakers
were not interrupted by Commission
members. Then, 45 minutes into the
meeting, Chairman Ford threw The 5's
approved Rules of Procedure out of the
window.
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Oct. 17, 2023
5:15 pm | 2 min read
FORT WHITE, FL –
Last night, the Fort White Town Council,
acting as the Planning & Zoning Board
(P&Z), had only one item on its agenda:
the approval of the preliminary plans of
the Gwynn Farms subdivision. Gwynn Farms
is a 104-unit (117-acre) residential
subdivision being developed by County
Commissioner Rocky Ford.
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October 9,
2023 10:45 pm | 4 min read
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL –
The North Florida Regional Water Supply
Plan (the east side of the Suwannee
River Water Management District and the
top half of the St. Johns River Water
Management District) is being updated.
The Plan focuses on the sustainability
of resources. It is just a plan, and
water users "are not required to
implement" any options identified in the
Plan.
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October 3, 2023
5:45 am | 2 min read
LAKE
CITY, FL – Last night in City Hall, it
took 26 seconds for the City Council to
accept City Manager Paul Dyal's
resignation. While Mr. Dyal's
resignation should have become effective
30 days from his resignation letter
(September 19, 2023).
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Sept. 26, 2023
12:45 pm | 6 min read
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Last night at Lake
Shore Hospital Authority headquarters, after
three years of foot-dragging and three
million dollars, the governor's Authority
Board finally agreed to deed the vacated
Shands at Lake Shore Hospital to Meridian –
the only folks that were willing to take the
hospital and save it from the wrecking ball.
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Sept. 23, 2023
11:55 am | 4 min read
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – This past Thursday
evening, the Suwannee River Water Management
District (SRWMD), or at least one member of the
governor’s Board and the District’s PR guy,
showed up at a County Commission meeting to
discuss FEMA flood maps. It would have been nice
if folks knew they were coming and why.
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September 22, 2023
6:40 pm | 2.5 min read
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Columbia County was hit
hard by Hurricane Idalia. There wasn't a lot of
rain, but the high winds made fast work of
treetops, limbs, and branches. Last Friday,
September 15, FEMA's boots on the ground in the
south end of the County, Robert and Sterling,
after seeing all Idalia's debris, told you
reporter that they were going to recommend
extending the debris pickup deadline.
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Sept. 20, 2023
5:55 pm | 3 min read
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – Last Thursday, the
Florida Gateway College Women's Flag
Football team – the Timberwolves – came face
to face with the governor’s FGC College
Board of Trustees. In just its second year
of competition, FGC’s Timberwolves Flag
Football team became the first-ever National
Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)
champions.
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Sept. 19, 2023
8:40 pm | 1 min read
LAKE CITY, FL – Lake City City Manager Paul
Dyal notified the City today: "Based on my
contract terms, I am offering one (1) month
notice of my separation." Mr. Dyal was appointed
City Manager on January 3, 2023.
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September 11, 2023
3:50 pm
LAKE CITY, FL – Forward thinking by the
County 5 enabled it to arrange for
FEMA help in the
post-hurricane Idalia cleanup. Follow-up action
by Columbia County management will allow for
Lake City to be included in the FEMA
reimbursement plan. However, there is a caveat.
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Sept. 8, 2023
7:30 am | 6 min read
LAKE CITY, FL – It was a rough Tuesday
evening in City Hall as, once again, Mayor
Stephen Witt lost control of a City Council
meeting, allowing outbursts from the audience,
folk just walking up to the microphone to speak,
and racist name-calling.
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Sept. 5, 2023
2:30 pm | 2 min read
COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL – It was announced during
a County 5 Emergency Meeting at 10:00 am this
morning that FEMA will be paying for 75% of
Columbia County debris pickup from Hurricane
Idalia. Florida will pick up 12.5%, and the
County will be responsible for the last 12.5%.
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Florida Gateway College President Nixes
Legislative Delegation Broadcast & Recording
