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Slight Increase Seen in Lakeland Business License Fees
If you do business in Lakeland, it looks like the annual fee for your city occupational license is going up — but in most cases only by a few dollars and you won’t see the higher fee for about a year.
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Commissioners’ Speak in Code Discussing Thomas’ Last Week
Source: The Ledger
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Lakeland Businesses Lack Affordable Broadband, Consultant Tells City
Lakeland is rich in the amount of ultra-high-speed fiber optics running underground, but poor in the amount of it that’s available to businesses and homes at an affordable price.
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Delgado Plans Activist Role as Interim City Manager
When Tony Delgado was appointed interim city manager today, he made it clear he doesn’t intend to be a placeholder. While acknowledging he is indebted to departing City Manager Doug Thomas, whom he called his mentor, Delgado told city commissioners he intends to take an activist role and won’t merely “hold the rudder.”
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Video: Lakeland Strong Mayor Info Session
Citizens for a Strong Lakeland held an information session last night to explain their proposal for an executive mayor system of government in Lakeland. The organizers asked the 45 people who attended for input into a revised city charter they plan to put on a future election ballot.
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Strong Mayor Group Unveils P.R. Campaign and Another Swan Logo
The group promoting a strong mayor for Lakeland has opened its p.r. campaign with a new website, Facebook page, Twitter feed and an ad in The Ledger on Sunday.
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Here’s Your Chance to Sound Off on Increased Property Tax vs. Fire Fee
Lakeland City Commissioner Justin Troller has asked his Facebook fans to comment respectfully on the current debate about whether the city should raise property taxes or invoke a fire fee that would spread funding to more residents. The conversation has been interesting — and civil. See the discussion after the jump or go directly to his […]
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Facebook Surfaces Pros and Cons of Strong-Mayor Idea
In Lakeland, the revolution might not be televised, but it will play out in social media. There’s a push to replace the city’s council-manager form of government with a strong mayor system, and the people promoting it are using Facebook as a listening post to get feedback before they even offer a formal proposal.