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Let's connect the dots, shall we?

Let's connect the dots, shall we?

Citizens want the city to behave well, protect their interests, and manage their tax dollars responsibly - and frugally. They often chant...

Raising the limit in the Garden District

Raising the limit in the Garden District

The moniker - Garden District - doesn’t exactly conjure images of densely packed, looming towers populated by residents contending for pa...

LMNA DNA

LMNA DNA

Lakeland’s first neighborhood has lived and fared in accordance with the times, which saw some decline in quality and value as non-reside...

The time is now to engage your citizenship

The time is now to engage your citizenship

The government that affects us most is the one that lives closest to us. Whatever passion one may have for issues and actions by federal,...

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E-mail the commissioners

But one at a time, please!

For the most part, when recipients open an email that includes others they are less inclined to take it personally. Make sure your message resonates by sending it to each commissioner separately.

Scott Franklin - Stephanie Madden - Sara McCarley - Chad Mcleod

Bill Mutz - Bill Read - Phillip Walker

Each of these noble citizens represents all the rest of us. The four geographic designations - Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, and Southeast, etc. - apply only to the residency requirements for commissioners, not to their constituents. Bill Read, for instance, lives in the city's northeast quadrant and is likely to be more in tune with the businesses and neighborhoods in that area, but serves us all as our representative to the city management and staff.

It will always help to send your message to City Manager Shawn Sherouse because it's his job to implement whatever projects, resolutions, and ordinances the Commission proposes in response to our communication.

State legislators representing Lakeland

Representative Colleen Burton

Senator Kelli Stargell