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Kim-Marie Noble has been moonlighting as the lead singer of a cover band for the last five years. Now she hopes to use her voice differently, speaking for Lakeland residents as a candidate for Lakeland Commission District D (southeast).
Noble declared her intention to seek the seat in November’s election on Monday, filing candidate paperwork that sets up a November matchup against incumbent Mike Musick.
She said that, among other things, last November’s elections inspired her to run.
“I was at a local club meeting that I regularly attend, and I asked the other members, ‘Who is going to step up?'” she said by phone this week.
“Nobody raised their hand, so I looked in the mirror and said, ‘It will be me.’”
A Lakeland resident since 2007, Noble said she wants to use the City Commission to reach people in Lakeland concerned with high rents, and provide care for those with special needs children.
Musick confirms another run: Musick said he is not familiar with his opponent but “admires those that are willing to take the time to dig more into our city and be willing to help.”
“I am definitely running for reelection,” he said via email Wednesday. “I encourage everyone to get more involved in our great city. Running for a local election is amazingly difficult and time-consuming but is also amazingly rewarding.”
Musick took over District D in the spring of 2021, capturing a special runoff election to fill the spot vacated when Scott Franklin resigned to run for the U.S. House of Representatives.
A resident of Lakeland for more than 40 years, Musick is the owner of Musick Construction and Roofing and serves as the cross country and track coach at Lakeland Christian School, his high school alma mater.
Noble’s plan: Noble is still developing her platform and her website, which she says will dive further into her stances on issues and list public appearances she plans to make.
Until then she plans to raise money for her campaign.
She will also continue her work as a waitress at Chili’s and as a voice-over recording artist.
And she will keep singing cover songs with Proper Wednesday (named for Proper Whiskey No. 12 and the band’s Wednesday rehearsal days), which performs horn-laced hits from K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Tina Turner and others.
The band says it prides itself “on playing songs no other cover band does.”
“I look forward to the challenge,” Noble said of the election.
“Lakeland is going to show up either to vote for me or shut me up.”
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