{"id":56529,"date":"2025-06-27T21:36:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T01:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=56529"},"modified":"2025-06-27T21:36:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T01:36:24","slug":"northeast-district-city-commissioner-announces-early-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/06\/27\/northeast-district-city-commissioner-announces-early-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"NORTHEAST DISTRICT CITY COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCES EARLY RESIGNATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FIVE COMMISSION SEATS WILL BE DECIDED ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"731\" height=\"1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bill-Read.jpg?resize=731%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2619\" style=\"width:442px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bill-Read.jpg?resize=731%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 731w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bill-Read.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bill-Read.jpg?resize=768%2C1075&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bill-Read.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;Northeast District City Commissioner Bill Read has announced his intention to step down from the Lakeland City Commission, effective December 31, 2025 \u2014 two years before the end of his current term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt has been an honor and privilege to serve alongside each of you,\u201d Read shared in his statement to fellow commissioners. \u201cI am confident that each of you will continue to lead with the same dedication and passion that I have witnessed during my time in office.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Northeast District seat will be one of several positions on the ballot in the upcoming Lakeland City election, scheduled for Tuesday, November 4, 2025. Seats up for election include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mayor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At-Large: Seat 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>District B (Northeast)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>District C (Southwest)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>District D (Southeast)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Qualifying for prospective candidates begins at Noon on September 15, 2025, and ends at Noon on September 19, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Individuals interested in running for office must be a registered voter and have resided within the Lakeland city limits\u2014and within their respective district\u2014since at least&nbsp;<strong>January 5, 2025<\/strong>. For additional information, including district maps, candidate requirements, and a helpful training video, please visit the City of Lakeland\u2019s Elections webpage at:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/lakelandgov.net\/departments\/city-clerk\/elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/lakelandgov.net\/departments\/city-clerk\/elections\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIVE COMMISSION SEATS WILL BE DECIDED ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2025 &nbsp;Northeast District City Commissioner Bill Read has announced his intention to step down from the Lakeland City Commission, effective&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"7591","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyM1wvMDlcL0NpdHktQ29tbWlzc2lvbmVyLUJpbGwtVGlnZXItUmVhZC5wbmc_Zml0PTMwMCUyQzMwMCZzc2w9MSIsInR4dCI6Ik5PUlRIRUFTVCBESVNUUklDVCBDSVRZIENPTU1JU1NJT05FUiBBTk5PVU5DRVMgRUFSTFkgUkVTSUdOQVRJT04iLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImhpZ2h3YXkiLCJibG9nX2lkIjoxNjMwNDA2NjF9.nFLypQGQ1yQmQaXJRmdxzBaYAMvE_NjNPlO3eiaXCB4MQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":36152,"url":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/City-Commissioner-Bill-Tiger-Read.png","type":"image\/png"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[7591],"tags":[11744],"class_list":["post-56529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-of-lakeland","tag-northeast-district-city-commissioner-announces-early-resignation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56529","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=56529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56530,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56529\/revisions\/56530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}