{"id":75519,"date":"2026-08-03T17:55:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=75519"},"modified":"2026-08-03T17:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T21:56:08","slug":"lakeland-commissioner-chad-mcleod-steps-down-after-two-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/08\/03\/lakeland-commissioner-chad-mcleod-steps-down-after-two-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland Commissioner Chad McLeod Steps Down After Two Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chad McLeod was elected to the Lakeland City Commission (At-Large Seat 2)<\/strong> in November 2019 and re-elected to a second term in November 2023. During his tenure on the commission, his work focused on key municipal priorities, including:<\/p>\n\n\n

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  • Economic Development & Small Business Support:<\/strong> Emphasizing growth opportunities for local enterprises and downtown revitalization initiatives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Public Safety & Infrastructure:<\/strong> Supporting investments in municipal emergency services, transportation planning, and local infrastructure improvements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Housing & Regional Governance:<\/strong> Serving on local advisory boards, including the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee and the Polk County Tourist Development Council.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    “My intention from the beginning when I first came into office in 2019 was to serve two terms, then step aside so someone else could come in with a fresh perspective,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Chad McLeod was elected to the Lakeland City Commission (At-Large Seat 2) in November 2019 and re-elected to a second term in November 2023. During his tenure on the commission,… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36164,"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":"","_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":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyM1wvMDlcL0NoYWQtTWNMZW9kLmpwZz9maXQ9MzUwJTJDNDk2JnNzbD0xIiwidHh0IjoiTGFrZWxhbmQgQ29tbWlzc2lvbmVyIENoYWQgTWNMZW9kIFN0ZXBzIERvd24gQWZ0ZXIgVHdvIFRlcm1zIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.aMfzSo0t1FAjkgWEUydHlDC1GEEs0Snt76aJDYs38FEMQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA5XC9DaGFkLU1jTGVvZC5qcGciLCJ0eHQiOiJMYWtlbGFuZCBDb21taXNzaW9uZXIgQ2hhZCBNY0xlb2QgU3RlcHMgRG93biBBZnRlciBUd28gVGVybXMiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImRvaXMiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.VZH2J_3mo73t1ea9TgEp3ZEPPAWO2E9p9DkWrM6YcvkMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[15641,15639,15642,15640,15568,15196,15543],"class_list":["post-75519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-affordable-housing","tag-chad-mcleod","tag-city-government","tag-economic-development","tag-lakeland-city-commission","tag-lakeland-fl","tag-local-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75519","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=75519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75520,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75519\/revisions\/75520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}