1A SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2013 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM New laws mean WTC workers SUNDAY EDITION bigger tax refund scrawl graffiti of checks likely. 1C defiance, hope. 1D HOME INVASION ROBBERY THWARTED A world without ‘Get out, in the work? Many mid-pay jobs could be eliminated name of Jesus!’ by smart machines. By BERNARD CONDON and PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writers WASHINGTON — They seem right out of a Hollywood fantasy, and they are: Cars that drive themselves have appeared in movies like “I, Robot” and the television show “Knight Rider.” Now, three years after Google invented one, auto- mated cars could be on their way to a freeway near you. In the U.S., California and other states are rewriting the rules of the road to make way for driverless cars. Just one prob- lem: What happens to the mil- lions of people who make a liv- ing driving cars and trucks — jobs that always have seemed sheltered from the onslaught of technology? “All those jobs are going to disappear in the next 25 years,” predicts Moshe Vardi, a computer scientist at Rice University in Houston. “Driving by people will look quaint; it will look like a horse and buggy.” If automation can unseat bus drivers, urban delivery- men, long-haul truckers, even cabbies, is any job safe? Vardi poses an equally scary question: “Are we prepared for an economy in which 50 percent of people aren’t work- JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter ing?” Jacquie Hagler (from left), Dianne Cooper, Gwen Adams and Sharron Ballance survived a home invasion and attempted armed robbery -- all through An Associated Press analy- the power of Christ, they said. Hagler, who hosted a jewelry party at her home Friday night, stood up amongst a group of 18 women, pointed to armed sis of employment data from robbery suspect Derick Jeremy Lee and shouted ‘Get out in the name of Jesus!’ 20 countries found that mil- lions of mid-skill, mid-pay jobs already have disappeared over the past five years, and they are the jobs that form the Women repel armed man with ‘holy boldness’ backbone of the middle class in developed countries. When confronted, Hagler said 18 women were they had just showed us that there was bullets That experience has left a at her Lake View Avenue home been asked to in there and then he pushed it growing number of technolo- would-be robber Friday around 7:40 p.m. get their purses. back and he said ‘I’m fixin’ to gists and economists wonder- turned and ran. The show was just starting and “It was like it shoot somebody,’” said Dianne ing what lies ahead. Will mid- the women were asked to get was a bad joke,” Copper, who was only a few feet dle-class jobs return when the By DEREK GILLIAM their purses and put them in their Ballance said. away from the gunman. global economy recovers, or [email protected] laps. Then the man The man, dressed in dark are they lost forever because A masked gunman with a semi- Lee put the gun to clothing with a dark knit cap of the advance of technology? When Jacquie Hagler hosted automatic pistol then slipped into Ballance’s head. over his head and a blue and The answer may not be known a jewelry party at her home, she the house and demanded their Ballance said she pushed the white bandana over his face, put for years, perhaps decades. never expected to shout down a money. Sharron Ballance said at gun away, and told him it was a black duffel bag on the table Experts argue among them- gunman while invoking the name first she thought the gunman was only a water pistol. selves whether the job market of Jesus Christ. part of the presentation because “He pulled the slide back and INTRUDER continued on 3A will recover, muddle along or get much worse. To understand their argu- ments, it helps to understand the past. Every time a transformative ‘Buck is passed’ invention took hold over the past two centuries — whether the steamboat in the 1820s or at Chamber of the locomotive in the 1850s or the telegraph or the tele- phone — businesses would Commerce ball disappear and workers would lose jobs. But new businesses would emerge that employed By DEREK GILLIAM 2012 and looked forward to a even more. [email protected] new year. The combustion engine Before “The Passing of the decimated makers of horse- The buck was passed to Buck,” outgoing president of drawn carriages, saddles, Joel Foreman at the Lake City- the chamber of commerce Todd buggy whips and other occu- Columbia County Chamber of Wilson spoke about the suc- pations that depended on the Commerce Chamber Ball as he cess of 2012. He noted 98 per- horse trade. But it also result- became the new president of cent of chamber memberships ed in huge auto plants that the chamber Saturday night. were retained, which beats the employed hundreds of thou- The chamber held its annual national average of 80 percent, sands of workers, who were ball at the Columbia County and thanked all those that made JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter paid enough to help create a Fairgrounds where nearly 400 2012 a success. Todd Wilson (right), the outgoing 2012 Lake City-Columbia County Chamber prosperous middle class. community and business lead- of Commerce president, passes the buck to incoming 2013 president Joel ers celebrated the successes of CHAMBER continued on 3A Foreman Saturday during the Chamber Ball. 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Hail Rick Scott!” wrote the equal wrongdoer Florida Attorney General A high priest wearing defense is invalid because Pam Bondi says that goat horns and four “min- the Legislature intended Floridians who lost their ions” dressed in black, to disadvantage unlicensed homes to foreclosure still hooded robes were joined contractors. have a chance to get a by a spokesman, sound share of a large national technician and camera settlement. crew. Marion Co. seeks The initial deadline for The devil, though, was in alligator trappers people to file for a claim the details. payment was Jan. 18, but The spokesman, Lucien OCALA — Marion state officials say claims Greaves of Cambridge, County is looking to hire filed afterwards are likely Mass., earlier this month nuisance alligator trappers. to be accepted. Those eli- had been listed on the The Florida Fish and gible could receive at least Actors Access website as Wildlife Conservation $840. the casting director in an ad Commission is accepting The settlement applies seeking unpaid, nonunion applications for contracted to loans serviced by Bank actors in Tallahassee. They trappers. Applicants must live in the county, have of America, Wells Fargo, were wanted to perform in an email address, a clean JP Morgan Chase, Citi or a “mockumentary” titled criminal history and no GMAC/Ally. Payments “The Satanic Temple.” will go to people who lost wildlife law violations. their home to foreclosure Applications must be between 2008 and 2011. Murder case jury received by Jan. 31. For an Florida has been one of application visit MyFWC. the states hit hardest by unable to agree com/Alligator. the foreclosure crisis. MIAMI — A South So far only about half Florida jury said it ASSOCIATED PRESS of the estimated 150,000 remained deadlocked State Democrats elect new chair Child death leads people in Florida eligible Friday on the murder to policy review for claim payments have charge against a woman Former Florida Democratic Party Chairman Rod Smith of Alachua hands the gavel to newly CLEARWATER — The responded to mail notices accused of killing 4-year- elected Chairwoman Allison Tant at the state party organizational meeting at Lake Mary on or phone calls. old foster child Rilya Pinellas County Sheriff’s Saturday. Tant, a Tallahassee fundraiser active in President Barack Obama’s campaign, Office will review its inter- Wilson more than 12 years beat Hillsborough County State Committeeman Alan Clendenin 587-448 to win the top spot. ago. nal policies after a 5-year- ‘Satanists’ praise Jurors said they still had Clendenin was unanimously proclaimed first vice chairman of the party. old girl died in foster care Gov. Scott not resolved their 11-1 split charge. says defendants in con- Inc., an unlicensed subcon- about a week after investi- on that count against 67- Graham is accused of tracting cases cannot claim tractor, sued each other gators removed her from TALLAHASSEE — A year-old Geralyn Graham. killing Rilya in late 2000 plaintiffs are equal wrong- for breach of contract in her home. group of self-proclaimed Circuit Judge Marisa and disposing of her doers as a common law connection with a parking Sheriff Bob Gualtieri Satanists on Friday praised Tinkler Mendez urged remains. The girl’s body defense.