CARILLON LAKES: Negotiations between an apartment developer and nearby homeowners have yielded an agreement that both sides believe will relieve traffic pressure at the Carillon Lakes Boulevard exit onto Airport Road. Developer Matcon Construction has agreed to build a right-turn lane onto Airport Road and has received a verbal go-ahead from the Florida Department of […]
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Polk Commission Rejects Combee’s Letter on Ivermectin
Polk County Commissioner Neil Combee wanted the other commissioners to sign a letter he wrote to Gov. Ron DeSantis promoting the public’s right to try unapproved COVID treatments, but they declined to go along in a 3-2 vote this morning. With only Bill Braswell, supporting the letter, Combee said he would send the letter on […]
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Court Rejects Lawsuit Over Munn Park Monument Removal
A federal appeals court rejected an attempt by a group of Southern heritage groups to have a Confederate monument returned to Munn Park, saying the groups provided no evidence that moving the statue to another park caused them “concrete injury,” Courthouse News Service reports | Judicial ruling Source: Courthouse News Service
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Confederate Monument Move Appeal Heard by Federal Judges
Lakeland’s Confederate monument was moved from Munn Park to Veterans Park more than a year ago, but the legal battle over the move is still being fought in federal court. Organizations that opposed the move went to court last year to have the 110-year-old monument returned on free-speech grounds; a federal judge dismissed the case, […]
Posted inCity Hall / Local Gov't
Monument Move Came in $40k Under Budget
The city of Lakeland tallied the cost of moving the Confederate monument from Munn Park to Veterans Park at about $185,000, which was about $40,000 less than anticipated. The largest part went to the Tampa moving contractor, whose $165k payment was $15k higher than the original estimate because they ended up engineering and constructing a […]
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Confederate Monument Dismantled
Crews started dismantling the Confederate monument in Munn Park this morning as city officials, news crews and a sparse crowd gathered to watch. A crane lifted the statue of a Confederate soldier off its supporting plinth around 10 a.m. After the jump, view photos and a video from the moments when the soldier was lifted […]
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Confederate Monument Move Set to Start March 26
The meticulous process of moving a Confederate monument from Munn Park to Veterans Park is scheduled to start March 26, a Tuesday; the statue should be in place on its pedestal by April 4, with cleaning and pressure washing finished by April 17, city officials said. ALSO IN THE MORNING PAPER: BOYS, GIRLS CLUBS: Polk’s […]
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Historic Panel Approves Moving Confederate Monument
The effort to move a 108-year-old Confederate monument from the center of Munn Park passed another benchmark today. Lakeland’s Historic Preservation Board Design Review Committee voted unanimously to approve the city’s request to move the monument.
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Auction Supporting Monument Move Awaits 25 Items
Lakeland author/artist Fred Koehler tells Bay News 9 an online auction to raise money toward moving the Confederate monument from Munn Park will commence once local creatives come up with 25 services or items to be auctioned | Facebook: About the Auction Source: Bay News 9
