A3 SATURDAY/SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7-8, 2019 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $2 WEEKEND EDITION Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM >> SUNDAY + PLUS 1D A trip to the Catskills SOCCER BOCC Tigers lacked versus 1D vision TRAVEL Indians Sean of the South Opinion/4A TALES Sports/1B CCSO COUNTY COMMISSION SAYS: Medlock Rye Shaw 3A Armed bandits jailed What after daylight robbery about the tax LAMAR HIRES He trained cuts? divers that BOCC says it’s been handcuffed by looming jail bill; with that now rescued slashed, will we finally see a break? Thailand By CARL MCKINNEY
[email protected] cave-kids There was a lot of talk but no action from the county about slashing property taxes this year. Elected officials repeatedly insisted they were One of the world’s eager to look into the possi- best at underwater bility before they ultimately rescue lives here. backed down and kept the sta- tus quo, citing the impending By MICHAEL PHILIPS cost of building a brand-new
[email protected] jail as a major concern. Sticker-shocked county In July 2018, the world was commissioners killed that transfixed by the ordeal a Williams jail project after they saw the boys soccer team and their price tag could reach as high coach endured while trapped as $43.6 million and instead voted to expand in a cave in Thailand. When and renovate the existing detention facility, would they be rescued? Could a plan expected to end up in the ballpark of they be rescued? $15 million. In the wake of that decision on The team had been in the cave for about two weeks and TAXES continued on 2A monsoon rains would soon hit, ROYAL THAI NAVY via AP which would make a rescue mission all but impossible.