City commissioners today took up a variety of issues from maintaining the fuel charge on electric bills at current levels to expanding Oakbridge to upgrading pay for some city employees. Here’s a chronological look at activity as seen through Twitter:
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Barry Friedman founded Lkldnow.com in 2015 as the culmination of a career in print and digital journalism. Since 1982, he has used the tools of reporting, editing and content curation to help people in Lakeland understand their community better.
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First Person Who Asked City to Move Monument Has New Requests
City commissioners did not respond today when Lakeland resident Jo Ann Holmes asked them to move the Confederate monument someplace other than Veterans Park and that they spend city funds on the move rather than rely on donations. It’s not the first time she has asked to speak about the monument. A previous group of […]
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Annie Pfeiffer Chapel Named to Most Beautiful List
Florida Southern College’s iconic Annie Pfeiffer Chapel is a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, it was newly named to Southern Living’s list of “The South’s Most Beautiful Chapels.” (The designation is so new that it doesn’t appear to be on the magazine’s website yet.) On the other hand, the 1941 structure presents expensive […]
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CULTURAL HISTORY: City Commissioner Phillip Walker’s idea for an African American cultural history center in Lakeland morphed into a center representing multiple cultural histories once his fellow commissioners discussed it Friday. Justin Troller’s motion to have the city staff explore locations for a center representing multiple ethnicities passed 4-2, with Walker and Stephanie Madden dissenting. […]
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Tweets Set Combee Campaign Atwitter
Somebody took over the @neilcombee Twitter account that Neil Combee used when he was a state representative and uses it to parody the conservative politician. After Combee, who is running for Congress, complained to Twitter, a disclaimer was added and the title of the account was changed to “Fake Real Neil Combee.” The Tampa Bay […]
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HOSPITAL: Lakeland Regional Health holds an open house at its new eight-story Carol Jenkins Barnett Pavilion for Women and Children today from 9 a.m. until noon as its foundation kicks off the $5 million public potion of its fund-raising drive for the facility. | Photo gallery LPD: Police said they didn’t know a child was in […]
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Doyel vs. Stargel Race Highlights Education Funding
Democrat Robert Doyel, a retired circuit judge, is attacking Republican incumbent Kelli Stargel in the Florida Senate District 22 race on education funding, but Stargel maintains the Legislature’s moves have been adequate. Source: Florida Politics
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Candidate Harper Touts Business Skill, Outsider Status
Lakeland contractor Sean Harper is branding himself as a conservative outsider in his bid against five others for the Republican nomination in the race to succeed Dennis Ross at the U.S. House member representing Florida’s 15th District. Source: Florida Politics
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Live Music in Lakeland This Weekend
Assuming the rain holds off on Saturday — and it looks like it will — I’ll be roaming around doing family things that don’t include live music. However, I could make a strong case for a day full of live sounds in Lakeland, starting with listening to Russ Brode at the downtown market, followed by […]
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ICYMI, We’re Setting Rainfall Records This Month
With steady rain today and more expected tomorrow, Lakeland has likely passed the May rainfall record of 16.03 inches set in 1979. Source: The Ledger