+ PLUS >> Ballot measures under review, Opinion 4A. COMMUNITY LOCAL SPORTS Altrusa’s Meet your From Tiger Diva Day new best to second coming up friend lieutenant See Page 8A See Page 8A See Page 1B THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Opt out of ‘Core,’ ‘Common law’ figure tea party tells local faces felony charges Claimed to ‘indict’ state attorney, Dixie County school board. districts By ROBERT BRIDGES purporting to charge Third Circuit obstruction of justice and tamper-
[email protected] State Attorney Jeff Siegmeister, the ing with a grand jury was arrested NCFTP sends letter to Dixie County School Board as well at his Old Town home Tuesday. CROSS CITY — A Dixie County as national and international fig- Columbia, Suwannee Trussell man who filed court documents here ures with crimes including treason, TRUSSELL continued on 6A school district officials. By SARAH LOFTUS
[email protected] ON THE BALLOT: AMENDMENT 1 The North Central Florida Tea Party has sent superintendents and school board members in Columbia and Suwannee counties a letter requesting the districts opt out of state testing and reject Common Core. NCFTP said it believes the new state testing is harmful to students, par- ents, teachers and the overall education system. In the letter, the organization urged the districts to follow the lead of Lee County in southwestern Florida, which voted to opt out of Florida’s new standardized testing. However, on Tuesday, after NCFTP sent its letter, the Lee County school board rescinded its previous vote and in a 3-2 vote decided to resume testing.