A3 + PLUS >> Cafe games going to court again, Story below LOCAL NFL Girl power at Concussion payout Florida Gateway could hit $400M See Page 6A See Page 1B THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2018 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM CITY COUNCIL Tucker booted from ballot STORY 2A OPINION 4A ROBERT BRIDGES/Lake City Reporter TDC nosebleed? not quite From NRA, gives top marks away in state $74K rep race Olustee, Bienville Brannan gets an A, Vann gets one too, are top recipients. but with an asterisk. By COREY ARWOOD From staff reports [email protected] Both candidates for the Florida The county tourism coun- House District 10 race headed cil approved its 2019 budget, to the August ballot have an A giving a green light for cov- rating from the eted tourism dollars to go NRA Political to some local events while Victory Fund— putting the brakes on the one with a qual- requests of ifier. others. Republican The big Marc Vann winners, of Lake City TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter Brannan both OK’d received an AQ, Alex Waldron, a Columbia High drama club student, applies makeup meant to sim- for $15,000, meaning he is a ulate an injury to Kaleb Roberts during the Columbia High School Summer Theatre were the “pro-gun candi- Camp at the school auditorium. The students are preparing for their dinner theater Olustee date whose rat- Vann event, “Almost History: That whole space-time continuum thing,” at 6 p.m. Friday at Festival ing is based sole- The Melting Pot, 500 N. Marion Ave. Tickets are $10 for the show and dinner. in Lake City and a coun- ly on the candi- try music festival in White date’s responses Springs, Party in the Pines. to the NRA- Vann Fourteen events and PVF Candidate organizations were seek- Questionnaire and who does ing funds totaling $86,000 Cafe games going to court again not have a voting record on from the Columbia County Second Amendment issues.” Tourist Development From staff and wire reports or more-benign entertainment options for Chuck Brannan of Macclenny, Council. customers of bars and restaurants. also a Republican, received an TDC approved $74,800 of Months after Third Circuit State Attorney In a legal dispute that’s dragged on for A, meaning he is a “solidly pro- that amount. Jeff Siegmeister said he believes that a pop- more than three years and has eluded a gun candidate. A candidate who After requesting $20,000, ular style of tabletop game likely violated legislative remedy, the 1st District Court has supported NRA positions on the Party in the Pines gambling laws following a raid in Ellisville, of Appeal heard arguments Tuesday in the key votes in elective office or an appellate court is grappling with wheth- TDC continued on 6A er the games are illegal slot machines GAMES continued on 3A Siegmeister NRA continued on 2A Vol. 143, No. 339 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER Opinion . 4A (386) 752-1293 Obituaries . 5A Lady Tigers place SUBSCRIBE TO Puzzles . 2B THE REPORTER: 88 72 Top 3 in tourney, 1B. Voice: 755-5445 Storms likely Advice & Comics . 3B Fax: 752-9400 2A THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2018 D AILY BRIEFING LAKE CITY REPORTER DISTRICT 10 QUICK HITS Tucker removed from ballot; Scripture of the Day “I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.” judge questions his credibility — Psalm 119:7 (KJV) Thought for Today Signs will be posted at presented, the court finds that the candidate stayed would fall short of the city that you do not qualify as a there sporadically. But in charter’s one-year residen- Patience is the companion of wisdom. precincts saying votes resident of District 10 at 923 court, Bradley said he had cy requirement. — Saint Augustine, 354-430, Roman-born for him won’t count. Coldwater.” switched his story because Tucker told the judge theologian The legal challenge was he feared the property Bradley was mistaken about By CARL MCKINNEY brought by Glenel Bowden, a owner, who explained to the dates, saying he’d been Winning Lottery Numbers [email protected] former District 10 candidate the Lake City Reporter that staying at the property who dropped out of the race adding unauthorized ten- since February 2017 and Pick 3: (Tuesday p.m.) 0-7-6 City Council District 10 to support Tucker’s other ants violated the lease. paid rent in cash. Pick 4: (Tuesday p.m.) 5-7-2-9 candidate Clarence Tucker opponent, Vanessa George. “They put pressure on Bowden said the prop- Fantasy 5: (Tuesday) 7-12-14-22-32 was disqualified from the Bowden’s case centered me,” he told the judge. erty owner inspected the race after failing to convince on the testimony of Willie Tucker backed up that home in October and found a judge that he meets resi- James Bradley, whose sig- narrative. no traces of Tucker, citing See an error? dency requirements. nature is on the lease for “His back got up against the Lake City Reporter. The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news Tucker went before 923 Coldwater Avenue. the wall, so that’s why he “There’s nothing to indi- items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, Third Circuit Judge Andrew “He’s been saying that turned,” Tucker said. “She cate anyone lived [there] please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will Decker for an emergency than the person on the run in this space. Thanks for reading. hearing Wednesday morn- lease,” Bowden said. ing at the Columbia County Tucker is a partial owner Submissions Courthouse to determine of his mother’s home at The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption whether he satisfied the 1356 NE Washington St., information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would city charter, which requires which has a homestead like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture permanent residency to be exemption. and information to Associate Editor Steve Wilson at established in a district one After the court heard [email protected]. year before qualifying to run from City Clerk Audrey for its council seat. Tucker Sikes about ministerial told Decker he spends one matters, Columbia County Lake City Reporter or two nights a week at Supervisor of Elections Liz HOW TO REACH US BUSINESS.............. 754-0419 the address he listed on his Horne testified that it was Main number ........ (386) 752-1293 Fax number .............. 752-9400 CIRCULATION candidacy paperwork, 923 too late to strike Tucker’s Circulation ............... 755-5445 Home delivery of the Lake City Reporter Coldwater Avenue, but had name from the physical bal- Online ... www.lakecityreporter.com should be completed by 6:30 a.m. no lease with the owner, no lot, and the only thing she The Lake City Reporter, an affiliate Tuesday through Friday, and by 7:30 of Community Newspapers Inc., is a.m. on Sunday. receipts for rent payments could do would be to put published Tuesday through Friday and Please call 386-755-5445 to report any and claimed a homestead signs at all relevant polling Sunday at 180 E. Duval St., Lake City, problems with your delivery service. FL 32055. Periodical postage paid at exemption on another prop- places stating votes for him Lake City, FL, Member Audit Bureau of In Columbia County, customers should erty. The testimony from will not count. Circulation and The Associated Press. call before 10:30 a.m. to report a service error for same day re-delivery. Tucker and his supposed CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter Tucker declined to All material herein is property of the Lake City Reporter. Reproduction in After 10:30 a.m., next day re-delivery housemate also didn’t help Clarence Tucker waits for the hearing to begin Wednesday. cross-examine any witness- whole or in part is forbidden without the or service related credits will be issued. convince Decker, who said es and submitted no evi- permission of the publisher. U.S. Postal In all other counties where home delivery Service No. 310-880. the court did not find their you did not stay there,” pressured him that she dence to the court. He did is available, next day re-delivery or POSTMASTER: Send address changes service related credits will be issued. statements about the casual Bowden told Tucker. would put him out if he not object to the evidence to Lake City Reporter, P.O. Box 1709, Lake City, FL 32056. Circulation ............... 755-5445 arrangement “credible.” Bradley was a no-show in didn’t say he lied.” submitted by Bowden — ([email protected]) “It’s always regrettable the courtroom, prompting But Bradley still gave which included a receipt for Publisher Todd Wilson ..... 754-0418 ([email protected]) Home delivery rates when a court has to make a short recess as deputies conflicting testimonies — court documents received (Tuesday–Friday and Sunday) the decisions that it will secured him and brought saying at one point Tucker at the Washington Street NEWS 12 Weeks................... $26.32 make this morning to ren- him before the judge. had been staying there address and the copy of Editor Robert Bridges ..... 754-0428 24 Weeks................... $48.79 ([email protected]) 52 Weeks................... $83.46 der a person ineligible to be Bradley told the Lake off and on again for eight the lease for the Coldwater Rates include 7% sales tax. ADVERTISING ......... 752-1293 on the ballot,” Decker said City Reporter in June that months, then saying the Avenue home. ([email protected]) Mail rates as he made his ruling.