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1 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2012 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM County courts aerospace firm ‘Project Spark’ could aviation corpo- lead for an aerospace/aviation Economic Development Advisory ration to the -related prospect that could Board meeting Wednesday after- bring as many as 400 area that could potentially employ 400 peo- noon, when he gave a director’s jobs to county. p o t e n t i a l l y ple and would have a capital report detailing active projects. bring hundreds investment of about $4 million,” He said he doesn’t know the By TONY BRITT of jobs ben- said Jesse Quillen, Columbia prospect, but indicated the proj- [email protected] efiting the local County Economic Development ect is referred to as “Project economy. Director. Spark” by Enterprise Florida Columbia County officials are “It’s an Quillen Quillen released the informa- trying to attract an aerospace/ Enterprise Florida-generated tion during the Columbia County JOBS continued on 6A COURTESY The task ahead Glenn Hunter, who lost the race for superintendent of schools Tuesday, was the latest target of local politi- cal hijinks. This ‘grave’ was discov- ered late Tuesday in front of the county courthouse. An old ritual that never ‘dies’ By DEREK GILLIAM [email protected] very election cycle campaigns come to an end, but in Columbia County, sometimes they get buried. This Eyear Glenn Hunter’s campaign for superintendent of schools was the centerpiece of the local tradition. A mock grave was construct- ed in front of the Columbia County Courthouse sometime before midnight Tuesday, com- ASSOCIATED PRESS plete with a grave marker and a President Barack Obama waves as he walks on stage with first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha at his election night party mound of dirt. Other campaigns Wednesday in Chicago. Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. and local politicians’ wooden headstones ringed the Hunter campaign’s final resting place. James Montgomery, 79, Obama now faces issue of ‘fiscal cliff’ remembers when he was young, and the tradition popular. Now, he said, he didn’t even think to Must address a second term, working with a The same voters who gave mandate for both parties to find status-quo Congress to address Obama four more years in office common ground and take steps impending an impending financial crisis that also elected a divided Congress, together to help our economy RITUAL continued on 6A financial crisis. economists say could send the sticking with the dynamic that grow and create jobs,” he said. country back into recession. has made it so hard for the Senate Republican Leader By NANCY BENAC and “You made your voice heard,” president to advance his agenda. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky NEDRA PICKLER Obama said in his acceptance Democrats retained control of had a more harsh assessment. Sexting Associated Press speech, signaling that he believes the Senate; Republicans kept “The voters have not endorsed the bulk of the country is behind their House majority. the failures or excesses of the WASHINGTON — President his policies. It’s a sticking point House Speaker John Boehner, president’s first term,” McConnell lands man Barack Obama faces a new for House Republicans, sure to R-Ohio, spoke of a dual mandate. urgent task now that he has balk at that. “If there is a mandate, it is a OBAMA continued on 6A in jail, say police Taking a spin Amendments From staff reports A Columbia County man, who failed on style police said thought he was sex- ting an 11-year-old child, sent and substance sexually explicit text messages to an undercover sheriff’s dep- By BILL KACZOR uty and was arrested Tuesday Associated Press afternoon. D a n i e l TALLAHASSEE — Style as well as sub- Nelson Long, stance likely played a role in the rejection 23, of 230 SW by Florida voters of eight of 11 proposed Turner Place, state constitutional amendments. was charged The Republican-dominated Florida with two counts Legislature put all 11 on Tuesday’s ballot. of obscene com- Most were designed to advance the GOP’s munications in Long conservative social and fiscal agendas. connection with The three amendments that won 60 per- the case. He was booked into cent approval, which all amendments must the Columbia County Detention get to pass, were simple and easy to under- Facility without bond. stand. They offered property tax breaks tar- According to Columbia County geted to groups difficult to oppose: disabled sheriff’s reports, in October veterans, low-income seniors and spouses Long began using a cellular of military personnel and first responders JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter phone to send sexually explicit Fort White resident David Creech takes his daughters Sarah (left), 2, and Savannah, 5, for a AMENDMENTS continued on 6A ride on the carousel while visiting the Columbia County Fair this week. JAILED continued on 6A Vol. 138, No. 202 Opinion . 4A CALL US: TODAY IN COMING (386) 752-1293 68 36 People. 2A PEOPLE FRIDAY SUBSCRIBE TO Sunny Obituaries . 5A THE REPORTER: Advice & Comics . 3B Lady Gaga gives Local news Voice: 755-5445 Fax: 752-9400 WEATHER, 2A Puzzles . 4B $1M to Red Cross. roundup. 2AWEATHER 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER DAILY BRIEFING THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2012 Page Editor: Jim Barr, 754-0424 Celebrity Birthdays Wednesday: Wednesday: n Rock musician Al is 60. 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