Most of the Lakeland Local contributors have moved the majority of their work to MetroI4News.com. The reason is simple: we're expanding. At Metro I4 News, we present articles and commentary for the entire Central Florida region. That doesn't mean everyone is abandoning Lakeland Local. Just the opposite, as we're concentrating coverage of Lakeland and adding a few new features over the next few months. To follow the writers at Mi4, you can add the site to your bookmarks, follow it through your feedreader, and on Twitter. Highlights this week on Mi4: Staccaco, the new column by Alex Santiago Billy Townsend on District 9, and why you'll like it Robert Pickering's guide to the Sunday editorial pages Chris Craig's latest Religion in the City column and Darby Critendon finds who makes mean martinis at Linksters
WrongTrack4Florida.com, a site concerned with the CSX ILC/Orlando Commuter Rail Project, debuted with a bang recently. Lakeland Local has a short interview with the site's publisher, Rosemary Goudreau...
The Sentinel editorial page was at it again recently, stomping feet and calling people who object to corporate giveaways and freight train disruption in their downtown cores "haters" and other such silliness. We sure are selfish over here. After all, these freight trains and this looming industrial corridor really aren't that big of a deal. Don't we understand that CSX provides a valuable frieight service, for which we should all be thankful? And, I mean, these Orlando folks have just wanted commuter rail for so long. It's been such a high priority. It's so important for mobility. And did I mention the freight traffic really isn't that big a deal? Surely, if they could, those Orlando folks would keep it because it's really a minor issue, right? Hmmm. From the Sentinel, A1, Oct. 15, 2002, Part 3 of a 4-part series called Breaking the Gridlock. Headline: Rerouting Trains Could Ease Backups; But Diverting Them From Orlando's Center Would Come At A Steep Price "Twinkies and beer, it turns out, do a remarkably good job of blocking traffic. Of course, anything packed in a mile-long freight train stops traffic. Just ask Central Florida drivers. About a dozen times a day, their trips through Winter Park, Orlando and other parts or urban Orange County are halted by engines and freight cars rumbling across the region's urban midsection.
Bio: The short line? Father, husband, writer. My online presence is primarily through as the editor, writer, and occasional photographer for the news sites, Lakeland Local, a sampling of the news, concerns, and events for Lakeland, Florida, and Metro i4 News, which covers the Interstate 4 corridor in Central Florida. Both sites feature the work of myself and other contributors. As a hobby, I manage a forum and some web sites that feature a pulp fiction series written by Lester Dent -- Doc Savage Organized, Doc Savage Info, and Flearun.