County takes next step in dissolving LSHA

Special bill headed to delegation after straw-poll vote.

County Commission Chairman Tim Murphy, who previously served on the Lake Shore Hospital Authority board, said he feels the LSHA is ‘taxation without representation’ since it is a governor-appointed board. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)
County Commission Chairman Tim Murphy, who previously served on the Lake Shore Hospital Authority board, said he feels the LSHA is ‘taxation without representation’ since it is a governor-appointed board. (MORGAN MCMULLEN/Lake City Reporter)

Columbia County has begun planning its next steps in the wake of a local referendum on the Lake Shore Hospital Authority.

During its Thursday meeting, the Board of County Commissioners acknowledged the…