Public Enemy Number 1

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Scenes from a good night for Leo Schofield, Voctave, and Lakeland, Florida
Leo Schofield makes a surprise return to the Polk Theatre, awash in the community's warm assumption of innocence. Voctave and fans also find a warm…
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Billy Townsend
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In praise of un-canceled Christmas singers, Gilbert King, and institutions actually making good trouble
When Victory Church cancelled its Christmas concert over gay singers; First United Methodist stepped up. Lakeland Now is taking a risk to bring Bone…
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Detective who wrongly accused heroic incest rape survivor deserves "death letter" from prosecutors
Failed Det. Melissa Turnage owns Polk Sheriff Grady Judd, which means she owns State Attorney Brian Haas. That's likely why Haas hasn't written a "death…
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Come see Gilbert King tell the story Polk County's powerful don't want you to hear
I'm offering two free (good) tickets to see the Pulitzer-winning journalist who has convinced everybody -- except the people for whom justice is just a…
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Peter Schorsch must have ghost-written Corcoran's "book," right?
Five takeaways from Schorsch's 16 takeaways from a "book" no human being will ever read -- but that will likely shower somebody in cultural welfare…
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See Ralph Arza's wholly-owned Polk school board members risk your tax money while their Godfather watches
William Allen, Justin Sharpless, and the dearly-departed Lori Cunningham are Big Mad that Arza's boss and J.D. Alexander actually have to compete for a…
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November 2024

MAGA elected official calls on Grady Judd to account to Taylor Cadle
Will anyone else in Polk County's weak "leadership class" match Property Appraiser Elect Neil Combee's basic moral clarity about this atrocity? Who will…
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Grady Judd must write his own public apology letter to Taylor Cadle
Judd's ongoing tolerance and fake "discipline" of Det. Melissa Turnage, after her years of multiple failures, should force his buddy Ron DeSantis to…
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LOL, Craig Foster: I'm flattered, although I have no idea who you are
The dumbest mystery in Polk County may be solved. A quintessential MAGA man, picking on a woman who is not a public figure, may have revealed himself…
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The time of living selfishly
MAGAs (they're all MAGAs now) had the far better side of the American civic/social contract they just killed. It ran on the unselfishness and sacrifice…
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At least we can all laugh at the loser Anthony Pedicini (and Jennifer Canady)
On the second Night of Trump, how do you lose (by 6 points) in 59 percent Trump-voting Jefferson County to a Democrat, even one as awesome as Allison…
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This is a farce, part 2: we lib "wolverines" did our duty honorably
Our "friends and neighbors" put us through this for reasons they cannot explain. So don't debate them; they'll just lie to you. Whatever happens is on…
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