Leaving office: Cason submits resignation; last day set for Aug. 14

  • P. DeWitt Cason, who has served as the Columbia County Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller for 32 years, stands outside the Columbia County Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon. Cason recently submitted his resignation papers to Gov. Ron DeSantis with plans to leave office 2 p.m. Aug. 14. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)
    P. DeWitt Cason, who has served as the Columbia County Clerk of Circuit Court and Comptroller for 32 years, stands outside the Columbia County Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon. Cason recently submitted his resignation papers to Gov. Ron DeSantis with plans to leave office 2 p.m. Aug. 14. (TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter)

    Much has changed since DeWitt Cason first took office.

    When Cason was first elected as the clerk of court for Columbia County in 1988, the office didn’t even have a fax machine.

    Fax machines had just be…