On May 6, 2025, the Lake Wales City Commission had several special events on the docket that needed their permits approved. These permits passed the committee’s consent agenda without any controversy or comment from the public.
Deputy Mayor Robin Gibson commented on the consent agenda saying, “I worry sometimes about the rubber-stamp accusation when we do these things, especially when there’s thirteen on there; and those are thirteen non-controversial issues and nobody has any questions about them, and there shouldn’t be any doubt in the constituency that we have studied them all.”
The Lake Wales Care Center will be celebrating its 40th anniversary during a block party recently approved by the City Commission. The event will take place on May 30, 2025 from 4pm to 7pm and will close Market Plaza and Park Avenue between Market Street and 1st Street from 9am to 9pm…