is running for a Lakeland City Commission seat,<\/a>\u00a0District B, Northeast.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nAs of Aug. 7, Don Burns is the only other candidate for the post in the Nov. 4 city election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coney says city government is the purest form of representative democracy. \u201cYou\u2019re right at ground level with the people. \u2026 They can come to a city commission meeting any day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s tough for me to think of myself as a politician, but people in those positions have to remember that they\u2019re voted in to represent the people,\u201d he says of making difficult decisions as a commissioner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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