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Leesburg fire chief withheld critical information about fire-training center proposal
Troubling new information that has surfaced since an April 7 column about a Leesburg fire-training center suggests that the fire chief withheld information that there was already one in town that firefighters could use for free. Fire Chief Kevin...Tags: Public Officials, Elections, Science and Technology, Fires, Leesburg
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Leesburg city manager orders work halted on unneeded fire training center
Leesburg interim City Manager Ray Sharp has halted construction of a fire-training center and demanded that Fire Chief Kevin Bowman explain why he withheld information that a nearly identical one was nearby and available for use for free. Good for...Tags: Public Officials, Elections, Fires, Leesburg, Government
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Sinkholes on the rise in Lake, experts warn
Creeeeak! That's how it started. Just one little crack on the corner of the house in the concrete block. Larry King, who owns a property-appraisal business in Leesburg, noticed the first crack in his 30-year-old home about two years ago. Then more...Tags: Science and Technology, Leesburg, Natural Disasters, Gainesville
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Time is right to shift animal services to the Sheriff's Office
Two longtime administrators — the head of Animal Services and her boss — both resigned two weeks ago amid an investigation into whether a prominent Florida rancher underfed his cattle and should be charged with animal cruelty and neglect. In...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting
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District pressures administrators to give to Boy Scouts for dinner honoring Superintendent Susan Moxley
What do you do when your boss sends you a note saying that the top dog in your organization is being honored and you should give a donation and attend a fundraising event — where you'll be asked to pony up even more? That's the dilemma facing about...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Clubs and Associations, Social Organizations, Boy Scouts of America, Apopka
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Unimaginable grief hits after two Lake County families killed in accidents
Five children, two parents. Gone. Torn from this life in moments. No warnings. No time for goodbyes. The past several days have been an unfathomably sad experience for two Lake County families. Wilfredo "Willie" Malave, 41, and his three children died...Tags: Avaya Incorporated, Tavares, Eustis, Sunrise (Broward, Florida), Environmental Issues
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Florida sponsors NASCAR car for $175K
Did you see where the Florida Department of Transportation is sponsoring a NASCAR car this weekend at Daytona? Actually, you're the one sponsoring it, since the $175,000 being spent on Joe Nemechek's car is public money. It's all part of the state's...
Tags: John L. Mica, Rick Scott, Barack Obama, Alan Grayson, Tour Operations Industry
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Lake schools should teach about legal trailblazer Virgil Hawkins
Worshiping a hero is easier from afar. You don't have to hear snippy comments the basketball player makes about short admirers. You don't see acne scars on the supermodel. And, so it is with Virgil Hawkins, a Lake County hero. Monday marks the...
Tags: Judges, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), U.S. Supreme Court, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Students
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Miami case shows importance of ethics policy for Lake
Here's another good reason for Lake County to develop an ethics policy: payoffs. Sunday's column urged county commissioners and local elected municipal officials to use the spring of 2013 to develop rules about how public business must be conducted....Tags: Public Officials, Florida Legislature, Elections, The Miami Herald, Government
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St. Johns River Water Management District shouldn't sell Lake County conservation property
What does "forever" mean? For Florida Gov. Rick Scott, the definition likely won't be the same as yours. His idea of the "Florida Forever" land-buying conservation program is more like "Florida Until I Say Otherwise." And now he has said otherwise....
Tags: Environmental Issues, Rick Scott, Property, Water Pollution, Environmental Pollution
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Lauren Ritchie: Thanks to family's fight, young students not barred from college
Lake-Sumter Community College has been thoroughly spanked.
Two years ago, the college refused to admit as a dual-enrollment student a then-12-year-old Center Hill girl who was more than academically qualified to study at the two-year community college....Tags: Science and Technology, Concerts, Students, Lake-Sumter Community College, Music
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Businesses open wallets for 2010 political races
We're still more than a year out from next year's race for governor and other key down ballot races — such as that of House Speaker-designate Dean Cannon of Winter Park — but the region's deep corporate pockets are already putting their...Tags: Science and Technology, Scott Maddox, Winter Park, Walt Disney, Parties and Movements
Apr 17, 2013
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Apr 26, 2013
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Nov 11, 2012
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Aug 26, 2009
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