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1 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Water group getting its bearings Florida Leaders and have decided to set a specific mission state- with the goal of the organization “I don’t want this committee goal for the group to achieve. ment and a lack and until the organization under- to get like Washington where we Organized for Water Members of FLOW met of a strategy on stands what it wants to accom- can’t get nothing done,” said . to refocus efforts. Monday in the Columbia County how to accom- plish, its members can’t accom- “There’s a lot of different person- School Board Administrative plish the goals. plish anything. alities on (FLOW) representing a Complex at 6 p.m. and discussed F r a n k “Unless that is done, we just lot of different entities and we got By DEREK GILLIAM the difficulties of accomplishing Darabi, rep- sitting and talking,” Darabi said. to be able to come together.” [email protected] what the group was formed to do r e s e n t a t i v e District One Columbia County However, not everyone agreed -- protect the water resources of Williams for the city of Commissioner and chairman that FLOW should select a goal Florida Leaders Organized for the area. Macclenny and of FLOW Ron Williams said he and focus on it. Water recognized problems with Some board members are frus- chairman of the Science commit- agreed FLOW needs to set a spe- the structure of the organization trated with the lack of a concrete tee for FLOW, said he is confused cific goal. FLOW continued on 3A Obama won’t budge on taxes Woman stabbed, left for dead Survives multiple wounds; alleged attacker jailed. By DEREK GILLIAM [email protected] A Lake City man dragged a women into an abandoned house, stabbed her multiple times and then left her to die on Saturday around 5:38 p.m., accord- ing to a report from the Lake City Police Department. Young L o n n i e Charles Young, 50, 336 NW Marion St., lived with the victim some years ago, according to the report. He faces a charge of attempted murder. ASSOCIATED PRESS Young grabbed her “around President Barack Obama greets well-wishers after stepping off Air Force One upon his arrival at Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Detroit, the neck from behind with some Monday before going to the Daimler Detroit Diesel plant in Redford, Mich. type of cloth” and forced her into an abandoned home located at 924 NW Dixie Ave., according to the report. Young then threw the vic- In Michigan, says he ‘won’t compromise’ tim onto the ground and lay on top of her, holding her down. President insists wealthy ripping lines from his own re-election bid Republicans have long opposed Obama’s According to the report, the vic- as the nation inched closer to a perilous call for higher tax rates on the wealthy, but tim asked Young, “Why are you pay more; as cliff looms, economic cliff. He said the country couldn’t some GOP lawmakers are suggesting the some Republicans agree. afford a “manufactured” crisis and pledged party relent on taxes in order to win con- STABBED continued on 3A to cheering auto workers that he would cessions from the president on changes to By BEN FELLER fight to extend tax cuts for the middle class benefit programs such as Medicare. Still, AP White House Correspondent before they expire at year’s end. Boehner’s office indicated Monday that the “That’s a hit you can’t afford to take,” speaker wasn’t ready to take that step. Man faces REDFORD, Mich.— President Barack Obama declared. “The Republican offer made last week Obama warned Monday that he “won’t com- Obama’s campaign-style trip to Michigan remains the Republican offer,” said Brendan promise” on his demands that the wealthiest came one day after he and House Speaker Buck, a Boehner spokesman. He was refer- charges in Americans pay more in taxes, digging in on John Boehner met privately at the White ring to a GOP plan that offered $800 bil- the chief sticking point between the White House. While neither side would charac- lion in new revenue over the next decade slashing, House and Republicans as they seek a way terize the meeting, the mere fact that the through reducing or eliminating unspecified to avert the “fiscal cliff.” two leaders talked face-to-face was seen as tax breaks on upper-income earners, but not Obama brought his pressure-Congress progress in negotiations to avoid a series of by raising tax rates. shoplifting campaign to the heart of industrial America, year-end tax hikes and spending cuts. By DEREK GILLIAM [email protected] Wellborn man Govt. looking at A Wellborn man allegedly cell-app makers slashed two loss prevention killed in crash employees at the Walmart in By RICHARD LARDNER Lake City when By staff reports Associated Press they tried to stop him from WELLBORN – A Wellborn man died in WASHINGTON — The government is leaving the a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 10 in investigating whether software companies parking lot Columbia County Friday, according to the that make cellphone apps have violated the after they saw Florida Highway Patrol. privacy rights of children by quietly col- him steal a bot- Robert Allen Bowmer, 35, was pro- lecting personal information from phones tle of cologne, nounced dead at the scene of the 11:34 and sharing it with advertisers and data according to a McFatten p.m. crash, FHP said. brokers, the Federal Trade Commission Lake City Police According to reports, Bowmer was driv- said Monday. Such apps can capture a D e p a r t m e n t ing west in the inside lane when his 2004 child’s physical location, phone numbers arrest report. Ford Expedition traveled into the outside of their friends and more. Earl Alexander McFatten, lane and onto the north shoulder. The FTC described the marketplace for 49, 2975 188th in Wellborn, was Bowmer steered left, FHP said, causing mobile applications — dominated by online jailed Sunday on charges of the Expedition to spin back across both stores operated by Apple and Google — as resisting property recovery from westbound lanes and into the median. a digital danger zone with inadequate a retail merchant, retail theft and The vehicle overturned a number of oversight. In a report by the FTC’s own two felony counts of aggravated times and came to rest facing east in the ASSOCIATED PRESS experts, it said the industry has grown battery. median, FHP said. This handout provided by the Federal Trade rapidly but failed to ensure the privacy of McFatten entered the store on Bowmer, who was not wearing a seat Commission shows the cover of FTC’s “Mobile belt, was ejected, FHP said. Apps for Kids.” APPS continued on 3A THEFT continued on 3A Vol. 138, No. 225 Opinion . 4A CALL US: TODAY IN COMING (386) 752-1293 73 51 People. 2A PEOPLE WEDNESDAY SUBSCRIBE TO Chance of rain Obituaries . 5A THE REPORTER: Advice & Comics . 3B Aussie DJs Local news Voice: 755-5445 Fax: 752-9400 WEATHER, 2A Puzzles . 4B sorry for prank. roundup. 1BSPORTS Lake City Reporter Story ideas? Contact Tim Kirby Sports Editor SPORTS 754-0421 [email protected] Tuesday, December 11, 2012 www.lakecityreporter.com Section B GAMES Tagliabue bounty ruling coming today Today n Fort White High boys soccer at Gainesville Potential penalties will son, who spoke to The Associated ers and coaches have acknowledged Hargrove lied to NFL investigators High, 6 p.m. Press Monday on condition of ano- the existence of a performance to help cover up the program. n Columbia High boys be delayed a week to nymity because no rulings have pool that rewarded key defensive Vilma received full-season sus- soccer at Lincoln High, allow for judge’s ruling. been announced. plays including hard, legal tackles, pension, while Smith was docked 7 p.m. (JV-5) The NFL’s decision to delay but have denied organizing or par- four games. Hargrove initially Wednesday By BRETT MARTEL potential sanctions for four cur- ticipating in a program designed to received an eight game suspension n Columbia High girls Associated Press rent or former Saints also means intentionally injure opponents. that was later trimmed to seven soccer at Leon High, linebacker Jonathan Vilma and If Vilma, Smith, Cleveland games, but for practical purposes, 7 p.m. (JV-5) Former NFL commissioner Paul defensive end Will Smith may play linebacker Scott Fujita and free was reduced to two games because Thursday Tagliabue will rule Tuesday after- Sunday when New Orleans hosts agent defensive lineman Anthony he was given credit for five games n Columbia High girls noon on the latest round of player Tampa Bay. Hargrove get the ruling they seek, he missed as a free agent after weightlifting vs. Union appeals in the NFL’s bounty probe, If the sanctioned players find it would discredit an NFL probe — being cut by Green Bay before the County High, 3:30 p.m. and any potential punishment will Tagliabue’s decision palatable, that overseen by Commissioner Roger regular season opener. Fujita had n Columbia High boys be delayed by a week, a person could finally bring the bounty saga Goodell — which covered three his initial suspension reduced from soccer at Leon High, familiar with the decision said. to an end more than nine months seasons and gathered about 50,000 three games to one, with the league 7 p.m.