Fire fees TENNIS CAMP UNDERWAY Oddly, acid may Johnny Young may jump teaches technique, 71 percent ease your pain game history. See Page 1B. for local See the latest hotels from Suzy Cohen. See Page 6A. See Below. WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2014 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM CODE ENFORCEMENT Questions over magistrate about the process that ranked Springfield Broadband Authority. Council wonders why less experienced Springfield as the top-ranked can- Law Firm in Wendell Johnson, city manag- candidate was picked as new code chief. didate for the position, but opted Gainesville, was er, said the position was adver- to appoint her anyway. appointed during tised on two separate occasions. By TONY BRITT for code enforcement, though Zack Paulk cast the lone dis- Monday night’s Three proposals were submit- [email protected] it didn’t happen without a few senting vote on the hiring of city council meet- ted for the position and one of hitches. Springfield as the special magis- ing. Springfield the proposals was disqualified Jennifer B. Springfield is the Three of the city’s five coun- trate for code enforcement. Paulk is also general city’s new special magistrate cil members voiced concerns Springfield, an attorney with counsel for the North Florida MAGISTRATE continued on 3A Woman coerced Candidate daughter to steal, say cops Q&A 10-year-old took $200 of merchandise from at Florida Gateway Walmart, report says. By SARAH LOFTUS [email protected] By SARAH LOFTUS [email protected] You can hear the opinions of candidates running for county attorney, school board, county commission, A Lake City woman was arrest- city council and the congressional seat for Florida’s ed Monday after she coerced her ABOVE: third district on public access television on Aug. 4 and daughter to steal Technicians 5. about $200 worth Candidates for each position will answer questions work in the of merchandise specific to their race, said Troy Roberts, Florida from Walmart TV booth Gateway College public information coordinator. on U.S. Highway in prepara- “It allows people to get a feel for local candidates,” 90, according to tion for the he said. police. While the 2012 forum. Candidates for each race will be on TV beginning Tuimala Lake City Police RIGHT: Aug. 4 at 7 p.m. Those running for school board Department was Candidates District 1 will be on at 7 p.m., and those running for investigating the theft, officers for super- school board District 3 will be on at 7:30 p.m. At 8 p.m., found the woman also possessed intendent candidates for county attorney will answer questions. crystal methamphetamine, during the At 8:30 p.m., viewers can see those running for the according to LCPD. 2012 forum. Congress in Florida’s Third District answer questions. Crystal Lee Tuimala, 46, of 188 On Aug. 5, the Q-and-A with candidates running NW Neptune Court, was charged for city council District 10 will be shown at 7 p.m. with retail theft, contributing Immediately following that, at 7:30 p.m., will be can- to the delinquency of a minor, didates for city council District 14. At 8 p.m., those possession of a controlled sub- Television Schedule running for county commission District 2 will be on stance and possession of narcot- Aug. 4 Aug. 5 TV, and at 8:30 p.m., the candidates running for coun- ics equipment, according to the 7 p.m. School Board District 1 7 p.m. City Council District 10 ty commission District 4 will be on. LCPD arrest report. 7:30 p.m. School Board District 3 7:30 p.m. City Council District 14 8 p.m. County Attorney 8 p.m. County Commission District 2 8:30 p.m. Congress District 3 8:30 p.m. County Commission District 4 FORUM continued on 3A SHOPLIFTING continued on 3A Fire assessment could jump 71% for hotels By TONY BRITT city’s fire assessment rate proposed fire assessment [email protected] for the upcoming fiscal rate changes. year. “I’m sure if the other One local hotel owner Nick Patel, who owns local hotel owners are edu- said the proposed fire the Comfort Inns and cated about on it they’ll be assessment rate highlight- Suites, Hampton Inn, happy to speak to coun- ed in a city fire services Country Inn and Suites cil,” he said. “I think it’s study could become a and Red Roof Inn, said a huge expense for the financial burden for those the proposed 71 percent hotel industry. Hotels are in his business. increase will be expensive big boxes and there is a lot The fire assessment for local hotels. of square footage ... with rate for local hotels and “I certainly feel it’s a several floors. From that motels could increase by burden for the hotels to point of view it’s going to JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter 71 percent, from $.0758 pay,” he said. get really expensive and Runaway tubes to $.1293 per square foot, Patel said he may possibly become difficult according to the recent address the city coun- A tuber manages to save two runaway tubes on the Ichetucknee River Tuesday. study to determine the cil before it votes on the RATE continued on 3A Vol. 140, No. 121 Opinion . 4A CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER LOCAL SPORTS (386) 752-1293 Health . 6A Obituaries . 5A Council recognizes Columbia Crushers SUBSCRIBE TO THE REPORTER: 94 70 Advice & Comics . 3B Love for years of advance to World Voice: 755-5445 Puzzles . 2B service, 5A. Championship, 4B. 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Dan Borislow, inventor of magicJack, dies at 52 WEST PALM BEACH company he created. “ FSU addresses campus to sexual violence complaints and is pre- an Borislow, the inventor of MagicJack, based in West Palm Beach paring to make changes. magicJack and a pioneer in and Netanya, Israel, became widely safety amid federal probe Florida State is one of 55 colleges and developing phone calls over the known through television commercials D TALLAHASSEE — Florida State universities being investigated by the U.S. Internet, died Monday, officials at the and infomercials beginning in 2008. University is hiring a Title IX director Department of Education’s Office of Civil company he founded said. He was 52. “Imagine eliminating your monthly and two sexual violence prevention coor- Rights for possible Title IX violations. A spokeswoman for MagicJack Vocaltec phone bill forever,” some of them intoned. Federal officials also have questioned Ltd., said he died of a heart attack. In a More than 10 million of the devic- dinators before the fall term starts in five weeks. whether Florida State adequately investi- statement, MagicJack CEO Gerald Vento es have been sold since, MagicJack gated allegations that Heisman Trophy- praised Borislow as a visionary. Interim President Garnett Stokes tells VocalTec says, and they remain a ubiqui- winner Jameis Winston sexually assaulted “Dan was a true telecom pioneer whose tous offering in some 25,000 stores. the Tallahassee Democrat that the uni- another student. After Tallahassee police vision, creativity, energy, passion and Vento was named president and CEO of versity is not waiting for a federal inves- and prosecutors investigated, Winston single-minded focus was the driving force MagicJack VocalTec in December 2012. tigation to conclude before addressing behind the success of magicJack,” said At the time, Borislow said it was time to campus safety and sexual assaults. was not charged. Vento. “Our continued success is dedicat- hand over the reins to someone else to Stokes says the university has formed ed to extending his vision for the great grow the business. several committees to assess its response n Associated Press George Harrison memorial tree THE WEATHER killed by beetles 23 WED 24 THU 25 FRI 26 SAT 27 SUN LOS ANGELES — A Chance Slight Chance Slight Slight of chance of chance chance tree planted in Los Angeles storms of storms of of to honor former Beatle storms storms storms George Harrison has been killed — by beetles. HI 94HI LO LO70 HI 92 HI LO LO72 HI 92HI LO LO72 HI HI92 LO LO72 HI 92HI LO LO70 Councilman Tom LaBonge says the pine grew to more than 12 feet REGIONAL FORECAST MAP for Wednesday, July 23 tall before succumbing to a Wednesday's highs/Wednesday night's low bark beetle infestation.