Terry Coney, a self-described “son of Lakeland,” has lived a lifetime of service. At 73, he’s entering electoral politics for the first time.
Coney is running for a Lakeland City Commission seat, District B, Northeast.
As of Aug. 7, Don Burns is the only other candidate for the post in the Nov. 4 city election.
Coney says city government is the purest form of representative democracy. “You’re right at ground level with the people. … They can come to a city commission meeting any day.”
“It’s tough for me to think of myself as a politician, but people in those positions have to remember that they’re voted in to represent the people,” he says of making difficult decisions as a commissioner.
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