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Williston City Councilor Norm Fugate did not create a hostile work environment as alleged by Nan Mack, city clerk.
The conclusion came Jan. 5 from independent investigator Mary Li Creasy, an attorney with expertise in labor law, to the Williston City Council.
The investigator’s findings were concluded because Mack did not allege that she is being subjected to harassment or a hostile environment based on any protected minority characteristic (race, religion, color, national origin, handicap or disability, age or marital status).

By Tom Ten Broeck

Mark Twain may have said it best when he was attributed with saying, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”

For the past few weeks, readers of the Tri-County Bulletin, Chiefland Citizen, Williston Pioneer Sun News have expressed concern over the lateness that these products have been arriving in their hands. Do not worry, these fine products are not going anywhere.

In fact, they are all alive and doing well.

Mike holds three graduate degrees and today operates a successful farm.
Anna comes from a loving family, has traveled extensively and is self-employed.
Margo led a privileged life as the daughter of an Air Force colonel. Articulate and charismatic, she is currently disabled.
The three are different personalities, all with different life experiences and stories to share.
Truth be told because of their varied interests and lives, the odds of the trio forging friendships might be rare, but today they are.

Five high school students got a lesson in how government works when the Levy County Commission roundly rejected their proposed resolution “intended to discourage the placement, sale, and delivery of candy flavored tobacco products to persons under the age of eighteen (18).”
Four of the five commissioners said they wanted the resolution rewritten because they did not think government should be telling retailers what to sell or not and that parents should be responsible for educating their children to stay away from such products.