I attended the City of Lakeland budget hearing last night. Fairly uneventful, though long. Like most budget hearings, it drew sparse attendance from citizens without a vested funding interest. (Full disclosure: The Downtown...

You read about it on Twitter and Facebook, and just maybe at TBO.com: Lakeland makes blog’s ‘least educated’ cities list. If you look deeper, that wasn’t the story… In January 2009, I looked...

Former Lakeland resident, Suleima Salgado was contacted by CNN writer Elizabeth Landau regarding H1N1. While in Polk County, Salgado worked for the Polk County Health Department as a Public Information Officer. She now...

I have seen several of these ice machines, Combee has one and there are even a few in Tampa. Now one has arrived to Hwy 98/Edgewood area within the last few days. Maybe it’s malfunctioning? (Just incase you are wondering...

For a few weeks I’m volunteering for NFocus, a Lakeland company making an independent film here in town. It’s my job to handle writing for their official “behind the scenes” site, Endure. I’m...

This homemade “Kitten Found” poster caught my eye and I just had to share. Have you seen this...

I am always challenged when people ask where I am from. I moved ten times before attending college at Florida Southern. The technical answer should be Arizona since I graduated from Cactus High School in Glendale, a suburb...

I’m not sure two posts constitutes a media blitz, especially when the second primarily points to the first, but here we go… I sat down this evening to write a post about a project Lakeland Vision has undertaken....

When the Lakeland City Commission begins talks on its proposed 2008-09 budget soon, one item up for discussion will be whether to fund a study on the feasibility of switching to once-per-week garbage service. Making the...

The Lakeland SPCA will celebrate its 29th birthday on Sunday, Sept. 14, Noon to 4 p.m. and they will celebrate with a special- $29 adoption fees for cats and dogs. The deal is only good that day, so don’t drag your...

Make plans to meet with other area professionals tomorrow night. The Downtown Lakeland Partnership is hosting Downtown at Dusk, a free networking event at the Lake Mirror Tower from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. The DLP promises...

I’m heading over to a “a home dealership in Lakeland” that I understand has a lot of pretty new flags on the grounds. Evidently it also has numerous police cars and a pair of Orlando TV station vans parked...

I first read about this as a result of my new membership in the Barefoot Gardeners group, but I’ve since confirmed it: Grass Root Organic Restaurant is opening a Lakeland location in August. Grass Root is a vegan/raw...

Poor, poor CSX. It seems they just don’t undestand why citizens don’t want to be fed garbage politely with a spoon… If Floridians thought we were the only ones suffering from CSX trying to shove liability...