I am from Lake City, FL so I will use the Lake city reporter
as my source for articles.
“Branford man a
Houston Hero”
As soon as I saw this article, I knew I had to use it,
hitting very close to home. Jason Hunter, A guy I’ve known from years of
fishing tournaments on the Suwannee and Santa Fe rivers travelled to Houston
last week to help with rescue efforts. Jason pulled his boat to use as a rescue
craft, although unfortunately the first day after rescuing quite a few people
and animals, on the way back to the survivor drop off point the boat caught a
snag and put a nice sized hole in the bottom causing everything to be
destroyed. Instead of stopping Jason stayed and helped the full week to recover
any and every surviving life. Working alongside Houston Sheriff’s department he
told the Lake City reporter they rescued over 100 people on jet skis that were
donated to the cause. Before Jason left HSD Gave Jason a commemoration medal
for helping and risking his life, boat, and truck just to help the great state
of Texas.
There are two problems presented in the story one is the
insane flood waters that overtook Houston after Hurricane Harvey. The second is
Jason Hunter’s boat being totaled out, after helping in Houston. Jason said that
the boat could be replaced but the lives that would have been lost if he wouldn’t
have helped could not have been replaced.
“Supplies running low
as local folks prep for Irma”
As Hurricane Irma keeps heading towards Florida Lake City
residents try to stock up on groceries and other supplies needed for the power
outage expected from strong winds and torrential downpours in north Florida.
Along with residents many people evacuation south Florida, stop in Lake City to
purchase gas causing a major gas shortage and the prices reflect it. Along with
gas being shorted heavily, water hasn’t been able to be purchased since Tuesday
around lunch time.
The problem is that Lake City is out of crucial supplies.
This problem Is effecting Lake City residents, and people evacuating cities
south of Lake City.
“Afghanistan: What
might victory look like?”
Presidents Bush, Trump, and Obama have all helped to defeat
key leaders in Afghanistan. President Trump plans to send more troops to try
and end the war on terror. Victory in Afghanistan was originally planned to be
to take out Osama Bin Laden to combat the 9/11 attacks. After not being able to
find Bin Laden other attacks have occurred, and more terrorist organizations
have come about. Trumps plan to send in 50% more troops than are already placed
in Afghanistan may not have to outcome he may like.
The problem presented in the article is “what does victory
in Afghanistan mean?” At the current time sending in more troops may not
effectively solve the problem with Isis. The person who has this problem is the
United States president, troops, and allies and Afghanistan.
“Chamber will not
endorse Blanche”
One of the most historic buildings in Lake City, The Blanche
Motel, is currently about to go through restoration. City Chamber members voted
not to endorse the city storm water assessment fee which plays a key role in
the water flow of downtown lake City which is where The Blanche is Located. The
rest of the project will be voted on Tuesday.
The problem presented in the article was the City voting on
key parts of the Blanche Motel project. To not endorse the storm water project
and save money but risk flooding, or to endorse the part of the project that
may be very costly but will save downtown areas from flooding. The people who
seem to have the problem, are the project workers because their budgets may be
decreased due to the decision.
“Natural Gas dispute
lands city in court”
An agreement between TN based “Americas C.N.G.” and the City
of Lake City was made for the city to sell up to 3000 Dekatherms of natural gas
per day. The city of Lake City allegedly broke the agreement and kept Americas
C.N.G.’s money from the deal. Americas C.N.G. has now filed a lawsuit against
the city.
The problem in this article is the city of Lake City
breaking their agreement to sell natural gas to another company causing them to
end up in court. Both parties of the lawsuit have problems because the city now
has to pay a lawyer to come defend them in court, and Americas C.N.G. has lost
x amount of money that the city has allegedly stolen from them.
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