Former County Manager Mike Herr is giving you a job opportunity, well kinda, it’s for his old job. Polk County government posted the ‘County Manager‘ position on Dec. 17 and closes this Friday, Jan. 7. And...

If you live in unincorporated Polk County there are changes for your garbage collection coming this month. According to the County website changes (for unincorporated Polk County) will include: - Single-day,...

PGTV is really getting out into the community and keeping citizens informed by having web based town halls. You don’t even have to leave your house, just have cable or internet access. Do you have questions about the...

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...

Not sure how many of you do your shopping at Publix on 33 but as of 7pm they were out of cans of pumpkin. Also the Winn-Dixie on Hwy 92 is out as of 7:25pm. Be sure to buy early for your cooking needs. One associate at...

Yes, we have the first results in of the 2008 Presidential Election. It’s Barack Obama in a landslide with 65% of the votes to 33% for John McCain. Of course, the numbers are from the mock election held this year at...

I’m going to wait until part two to have any significant response to Lorrie. But I did want to make two points: 1) I asked: “If Buddy Fletcher went to the Lakeland librarian to ask about banning books and then...

Polls to vote are open today, August 26, 2008 from 7am to 7pm. The results are typically posted on the Supervisor of Elections web site for the state and Polk...

Somehow, I have become included on the email list of a major Polk Republican kingmaker, donor and general person-about-the-county. And I’ve started receiving blast forwards of tidbits designed to rally the...

There are rumors afoot that Barack Obama is coming to Lakeland on Friday, perhaps for the First Friday gathering downtown. (I know what you’re thinking, but the source for this is not the woman I’m married to,...

Click here to view the Polk candidates. Also view the financial reports and candidate info. This year we will have a write in candidate, interesting. Go to the official website for Polk County elections for current info and...

Ever wondered how to grow blueberries? Been curious about having a Florida-friendly yard? Need a rain barrel, but don’t know how to make one? Looking for a way to teach your kids about the value of hard work and its...

Great news! Since posting about our recent experience on the Peace River, I’ve been successful in putting together an impromptu cleanup on Saturday, April 26, 2008, from 9 a.m. until Noon. We will meet at the canoe...

Chuck over at Lakeland Local published a post this week about the county’s upcoming Hazardous Waste recycling event that will be held tomorrow, April 5 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. in Lakeland. I’m adding some juicy...