{"id":15568,"date":"2021-10-06T14:15:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T18:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=15568"},"modified":"2021-10-06T14:15:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T18:15:53","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-how-many-times-will-mayor-bill-mutz-get-caught-up-in-his-own-lies-and-bullying-cancel-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/10\/06\/letter-to-the-editor-how-many-times-will-mayor-bill-mutz-get-caught-up-in-his-own-lies-and-bullying-cancel-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the Editor&#8230; How many times will Mayor Bill Mutz get caught up in his own LIES and BULLYING CANCEL CULTURE?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How many times will Mayor Mutz get caught up in his own lies?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is very easy to answer!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mayor Bill Mutz posted on his Facebook page, October 5, 2021, a picture and a quote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_997611-473x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_997611-473x1024.jpg 473w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_997611-139x300.jpg 139w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_997611-768x1662.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_997611-710x1536.jpg 710w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_997611.jpg 828w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quote from Mayor Bill Mutz regarding Sheriff Grady Judd endorsing Saga Stevin: &#8220;Whereas my mayoral candidate inferred his endorsement in a mailer, the Sheriff does not endorse candidates and is certainly willing to clarify that he did not endorse her. Thank you, my friend!&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s walk down memory lane, Mr. Mutz.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QL4BnKiBku\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/10\/02\/lakeland-mayoral-candidate-debate\/\">Lakeland Mayoral Candidate Debate<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Lakeland Mayoral Candidate Debate&#8221; &#8212; \" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/10\/02\/lakeland-mayoral-candidate-debate\/embed\/#?secret=QL4BnKiBku\" data-secret=\"QL4BnKiBku\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I encourage EVERYONE to click on the link that the Lakeland Gazette published regarding the Mayoral Debate on October 1, 2021, at 5 pm at Believers Fellowship.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time Stamp 59:30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Question from a Lakeland Citizen to Mayoral Candidate, Saga Stevin: &#8220;It&#8217;s just a curious question because I see on your card here, you&#8217;re pictured with Howard Wiggs, and Grady Judd, and Neil Combee. Are you saying they&#8217;ve ENDORSED you or is this just a photograph?&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"822\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/signal-2021-09-25-105129-822x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/signal-2021-09-25-105129-822x1024.jpg 822w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/signal-2021-09-25-105129-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/signal-2021-09-25-105129-768x957.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/signal-2021-09-25-105129.jpg 874w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Answer from Mayoral Candidate Saga Stevin: &#8220;Yes ma&#8217;am. I am proudly endorsed by the former Mayor, Howard Wiggs. We put that with his quote on my site. Neil Combee, the same thing, but that is in quotes on my site. With Sheriff Grady, he&#8217;s like &#8216;sure you can go ahead and put this picture out there.&#8217; HE DOES NOT FORMALLY ENDORSE. I am also proudly endorsed by the Lakeland Police Department.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-saga-for-mayor wp-block-embed-saga-for-mayor\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lz7W4WFDL3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/votesaga.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8212; Saga for Mayor\" src=\"https:\/\/votesaga.com\/embed\/#?secret=lz7W4WFDL3\" data-secret=\"lz7W4WFDL3\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, well, well&#8230;&#8230;Mayoral Candidate Saga Stevin stated on October 1 that Sheriff Grady Judd DOES NOT FORMALLY ENDORSE!&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" src=\"\" alt=\"?\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" src=\"\" alt=\"?\">&nbsp;So that makes MUTZ A LIAR because he was at the debate and heard it himself! Why would he post a LIE on Fakebook on October 5&#8230;.FOUR DAYS LATER?!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ask yourselves this question Lakeland, WHY WOULD MUTZ COME OUT NOW MUDSLINGING LIKE A LYING RINO POLITICIAN?!&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" src=\"\" alt=\"?\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let&#8217;s go the Merriam-Webster dictionary to see what this behavior is called&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">cancel culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/noun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noun<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Definition of&nbsp;cancel culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">:\u00a0the practice or tendency of engaging in mass canceling (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/cancel#h1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CANCEL\u00a0entry\u00a01\u00a0sense 1e<\/a>) as a way of expressing disapproval and exerting social pressureFor those of you who aren&#8217;t aware,\u00a0cancel culture\u00a0refers to the mass withdrawal of support from public figures or celebrities who have done things that aren&#8217;t socially accepted today. This practice of &#8220;canceling&#8221; or mass shaming often occurs on social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"407\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/N9mw6Sgf-52536977.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/N9mw6Sgf-52536977.jpeg 375w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/N9mw6Sgf-52536977-276x300.jpeg 276w\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On South Florida Avenue, a Vote Saga sign has been at this location for approximately a month, give or take a week or so. On Monday, a Bill Mutz sign was placed to cover up the Vote Saga sign.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I do not think that I need to go into detail about how CANCEL CULTURE WORKS BY POLITICAL RINOS because this picture SAYS IT ALL!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merriam-Webster dictionary is such a wonderful book, full of information!\u00a0<br>liar\u00a0noun<br>li\u00b7\u200bar\u00a0|\u00a0\\\u00a0\u02c8l\u012b(-\u0259)r\u00a0\u00a0\\<br>Definition of\u00a0liar<br>:\u00a0a person who tells lies has a reputation as a\u00a0liar<br>DOES LAKELAND WANT A LYING RINO CANCEL CULTURE MAYOR FOR 4 MORE YEARS?\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" src=\"\" alt=\"?\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>VoteSaga.com for TRUTH\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaitlin Palovich <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland, Florida\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disclaimer \u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The views and opinions expressed in this online newspaper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other agency, organization, employer, company, or this newspaper \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Lakeland Gazette<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Assumptions made in the analysis are not reflective of the position of any entity other than the author(s) \u2013 and, since we are critically thinking human beings, these views are always subject to change, revision, and rethinking at any time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Lakeland Gazette and its staff are not to be held responsible for the misuse, reuse, recycled, and cited and\/or uncited copies of content within this opinion or this newspaper by others.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Our opinion articles appearing here differ from most news pieces in that they advocate a particular point of view, policy, or other non-objective opinions. They may contain assertions that are controversial or non-factual and they usually don\u2019t seek to be as unbiased and objective as true newspaper stories should \u2013 and must.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sometimes, an entire newspaper will collectively print and endorse an editorial written by a staff member or a few staff members. For example, conservatives tend to deride the<\/em>&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;because its editorials tend to espouse \u201cliberal\/progressive\u201d points of view. Conversely,<em>&nbsp;progressives make similar claims about the&nbsp;<strong>Wall Street Journal<\/strong>.&nbsp;However, the pure news content of both papers seeks to be objective.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Other times, the&nbsp;<strong>Lakeland Gazette<\/strong>&nbsp;will print editorial pieces written by a single individual who is credited with its authorship. 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Today, you can find editorials all over the Internet on various blogs and websites.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many times will Mayor Mutz get caught up in his own lies?&nbsp; This is very easy to answer!&nbsp; Mayor Bill Mutz posted on his Facebook page, October 5, 2021,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15569,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-letters"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}