HOSPITAL: The Morning Paper’s coverage of the planned leadership succession at Lakeland Regional Health (theirs | ours) is accompanied by a look at the organization’s plans to deal with increasing costs and declining revenues (previously covered here and here.) Current CEO Thompson and successor Drummond point to cost controls and physical expansion, potentially into east Polk or Hillsborough or at the hospital’s 100-acre parcel along U.S. 98 between Highland City and Bartow.

BUSES: New technology being introduced by the Citrus Connection will include a mobile payment app, a Smart Card upgrade that could save money for some passengers and a test of free on-bus wifi.

EVENTS: Boat show Friday to Sunday at RP Funding Center | Lights for Liberty vigil calling for closing of detention camps Friday evening

Source: The Ledger

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  1. If Lakeland Regional would stop spending money foolishly it would be an improvement all the way around. Yes, they needed the Women’s and Children’s wing but they did not need that huge empty, open space with the awful multi-thousands of dollars sculpture in it. Or that huge largely unused auditorium. Total waste of money.

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