{"id":56060,"date":"2025-06-04T18:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T22:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=56060"},"modified":"2025-06-04T21:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T01:42:59","slug":"what-is-wrong-with-this-polk-county-commissioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/06\/04\/what-is-wrong-with-this-polk-county-commissioners\/","title":{"rendered":"What is wrong with these Polk County Commissioners?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"7a6259\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #7a6259;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"207\" data-id=\"56062\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Becky-Troutman.webp?resize=160%2C207&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56062 not-transparent\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Troutman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"6f6060\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #6f6060;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"207\" data-id=\"56061\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Bill-Braswell.webp?resize=160%2C207&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56061 not-transparent\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Braswell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Editorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why are our elected officials acting like two-year-olds? They make the law of the land in Pok County, period. They could fix Polk County Animal Control if they wanted to. But they are so afraid of Grandy Judd, why is he just a man?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch the videos below &#8230;&#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"12c0cdb9-22e3-4809-983e-aca62f43fec8\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-9b9310670dc26417e37cf053af31b079\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-51846444fa4df813cc504c595421111e ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:340px; max-height:340px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"video leak commissioner Becky Troutman\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FSVlUYlMwKA?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=1&#038;controls=2&#038;start=true&#038;end=true&#038;fs=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;mute=1&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"What is wrong with these Polk County Commissioners?\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-Youtube aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"404f9096-1ea2-4934-b691-0ca0b64e7a22\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-0df84928d8f06116e14b6999cc918b93\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-92823b9f7ce8fb9e3eb2c55f336458f6 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:600px; max-height:600px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Polk Commissioner Braswell\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3G-a6Aj_Yc0?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=0&#038;controls=1&#038;start=&#038;end=&#038;fs=0&#038;iv_load_policy=0&#038;autoplay=0&#038;mute=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"What is wrong with these Polk County Commissioners?\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The authorities and responsibilities of the Polk County Board of County Commissioners include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Adopting ordinances and resolutions to establish public policy<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Levying authorized taxes and fees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Planning and adopting a budget each fiscal year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Appointing a chair and vice chair at the annual organizational meeting in November<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Providing county services and infrastructure, including determining the amount and sources of funding for each<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Appointing, supervising, and removing the county manager and county attorney<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Approving expenditures of county funds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entering into contracts and agreements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Appointing individuals to serve on various boards and committees established by state law, or by the Board of County Commissioners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial Why are our elected officials acting like two-year-olds? They make the law of the land in Pok County, period. 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