{"id":56780,"date":"2025-07-11T21:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T01:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=56780"},"modified":"2025-07-11T21:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T01:24:20","slug":"julie-townsend-ldda-receives-letter-from-florida-attorney-general-james-uthmeier-over-free-speech-at-the-farmers-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/07\/11\/julie-townsend-ldda-receives-letter-from-florida-attorney-general-james-uthmeier-over-free-speech-at-the-farmers-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Townsend (LDDA) receives letter from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier over Free Speech at the Farmers Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"766e7b\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #766e7b;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"156\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/images-1-2.webp?resize=324%2C156&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56783 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/images-1-2.webp?w=324&amp;ssl=1 324w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/images-1-2.webp?resize=300%2C144&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n        <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-4ccc62e08436bb92da4d0729399a6703\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content aligncenter ep-percentage-width   ep-content-protection-disabled\" data-embed-type=\"PDF\" data-embed-url=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FB_IMG_1752269149980.pdf\">\n            <div class=\"embedpress-inner-iframe emebedpress-unit-percent ep-doc-4ccc62e08436bb92da4d0729399a6703\" style=\"max-width:600%\" id=\"embedpress-pdf-1752283396292\">\n                <div >\n                    <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper\"><div class=\"position-right-wraper gutenberg-pdf-wraper\"><iframe title=\"FB_IMG_1752269149980\" class=\"embedpress-embed-document-pdf embedpress-pdf-1752283396292\" style=\"width:600%;height:600px; 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