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Oct 4 at 6 pm at the Coleman-Bush Building<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1104 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue<\/a>
Lakeland, FL 33805<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NAACP is Sponsoring the event<\/p>\n\n\n\n

List of questions the for the candidates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. WHO ARE YOU, AND WHY ARE YOU THE BEST PERSON FOR THE INTERIM CITY COMMISSIONER SEAT FOR NORTHWEST LAKELAND?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING NORTHWEST LAKELAND?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING THE CITY OF LAKELAND?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. IF YOU COULD ASK COMMISSIONER WALKER ONE QUESTION ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE ON THE CITY COMMISSION, WHAT WOULD IT BE?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. DO YOU HAVE ONE PERSON, ALIVE OR DEAD, THAT SERVES AS A PUBLIC SERVICE ROLE MODEL FOR YOU? WHO AND WHY?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. AS A CITY COMMISSIONER YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF MANY DEDICATED CITY EMPLOYEES TO DO RESEARCH FOR YOU. HOW WOULD YOU EXPLAIN TO CONSTITUENTS THE POSITIVES OF A PROJECT THAT SOME CITY RESIDENTS MAY BE AGAINST? THE CITY STAFF SAYS THE PROJECT IS A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HANDLING THE POPULATION GROWTH OF THE CITY?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS, OF ANY OF THE BONNET SPRINGS PARK IN THE NORTHWEST DISTRICT OF LAKELAND?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. IF YOU WERE SELECTED TO GO ON A BUSINESS RECRUITING TRIP FOR THE CITY TO CONVINCE A TECH COMPANY TO BUILD A NEW PLANT IN THE METRO LAKELAND AREA, WHAT WOULD YOUR PITCH BE?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. WHAT\u2019S YOUR BEST SKILL, TALENT, OR ABILITY THAT WOULD MAKE YOU A POSITIVE ADDITION TO THE CITY COMMISSION?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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