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Read MoreLakeland Hammer Time
Lakeland has an event going on downtown nearly every day – from food trucks to first Friday events – but did you know we have had a parachute pants dance off in our streets? My boss moved her office above Mitchell’s Coffee House and Black Swan Bazaar in September and naturally became friends with the landlord Jerry Herring. He collects art and Lakeland history. While exploring one of the...
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Read MoreMinnesota: A Man’s Home is His Castle. And an Execution Chamber, Too.
I first heard Nick Coleman at a 2010 Poynter class for non-traditional journalists. He wasn’t presenting. The 36-year veteran of dinosaur media was sitting in the back of the room wondering why in the hell he was there. He’d recently started writing for his own site, or as Poynter’s Kelly McBride explained to the class, “joined the Fifth Estate.” (I insist we’re...
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Read MoreLakeland Too Close to Call; but Obama Probably Won
Who won Lakeland in the presidential election? That’s hard to say. In and of itself, that fact illustrates of a point I’ve tried to make for a while about Lakeland, to ideological allies and foes alike. It is much more politically and culturally in tune with the urban politics of Tampa, Orlando, and most cities than the conservative stronghold of unincorporated Polk County. Even more than that, it...
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Read MoreLakeland Commissioners to Vote on New Red Light Camera Contract
This link takes you to the proposed red light camera contract the city commissioners will vote on Monday. I urge you to read it and contact your commissioner. Give them your thoughts and questions on the contract. An example question: If the city has four intersections that lose money and those cameras are fully ammorized, could the city close or move those cameras before signing a new...
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Read MoreMute Swan Protecting Her Cygnets Lands at Lake Mirror
Art is relative. The piece I find a masterpiece, you’re sure to call a waste of materials. The piece you hate today, you may grow to love. I’m hoping that’s the case for “Mute Swan Protecting Her Cygnets” or as I currently call it, “Tribute to Tchotchkes.” The statute was installed last week in Allen Kryger Overlook Park. Which, you may not know, overlooks the...
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Read MoreNow This is Important Election News
There are two men up for election and you can make a difference. They may not be household names, but Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider could use your vote. If you’re over 40 you know Hütter and Schneider. You’ve called them to mind on some endless expressway drive in the hot Florida sun. Still can’t place them? Let me help… Vor uns liegt ein weites Tal Die Sonne scheint mit...
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Read MorePhotos from the Opening of Edgewood Drive West
Looking West on Edgewood Drive West Bike Lanes on both sides of the new road CC Keith Merritt talks to City Information Director Kevin Cook before Edgewood opens. Kevin Cook, Former CC Glenn Higgins, Former Mayor Buddy Fletcher, City Manager Doug Thomas A multi-use path on the South side of the road from Hardin Blvd. to Lincoln...
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Read MoreClairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes Wrote a Love Letter
Don’t say “Amy Winehouse.” Don’t even whisper “Adele.” Clairy Browne’s voice is her own and is so 2012 it’s the 1960s. Darcy McNulty’s sax is dirty and will weave in-and-out every time you think of “Love Letter.” Watch the other vocalists — Camilla, Ruby Jones & Loretta Miller (No, they’re not just the backup singers)...
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She’s a Dude, He’s a Dude, We’re All Dudes
Last year I attended American Business Woman’s Association national professional development conference. I love conferences because I always learn something. Even if the presenters are terrible, I still learn-...
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Lakeland Hammer Time
Lakeland has an event going on downtown nearly every day – from food trucks to first Friday events – but did you know we have had a parachute pants dance off in our streets? My boss moved her office...
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Minnesota: A Man’s Home is His Castle. And an Execution Chamber, Too.
I first heard Nick Coleman at a 2010 Poynter class for non-traditional...
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Lakeland Too Close to Call; but Obama Probably Won
Who won Lakeland in the presidential election? That’s hard to say. In and...
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Lakeland Commissioners to Vote on New Red Light Camera Contract
This link takes you to the proposed red light camera contract the city...
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Mute Swan Protecting Her Cygnets Lands at Lake Mirror
Art is relative. The piece I find a masterpiece, you’re sure to call a...
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Now This is Important Election News
There are two men up for election and you can make a difference. They may...
Read MoreStill Watching the Watchers
Someone recently mentioned that closing Lakeland Local was a good thing...
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Photos from the Opening of Edgewood Drive West
Looking West on Edgewood Drive West Bike Lanes on both sides of the new...
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Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes Wrote a Love Letter
Don’t say “Amy Winehouse.” Don’t even whisper...
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