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Project Swan Is Dead, For Now, But Polk County Is Paying Attention when it comes to Data Centers
A proposed hyperscale data center called “Project Swan” went from concept plan submission to full community revolt to withdrawal, all in about a week
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6 Ways to Actually Influence Polk County Decisions
There are almost half a million registered voters in Polk County. we don’t have a Voter registration problem, we have a voter participation problem.
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Florida Now Requires Civics to Graduate. Most Adults Couldn’t Pass.
Florida requires every middle school and high school student to pass the Florida Civic Literacy Exam (FCLE) in order to graduate. Could you pass the test?
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Where Polk County Decisions Really Get Made (It’s Not the BOCC Meeting)
The BOCC meetings on Tuesday mornings are simply the moment when a decision gets made public. It is almost never the moment when the actual decision is made.
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It’s Almost June 1st. Do You Know Where Your Flashlights Are?
A hurricane season reality check — from one Polk County neighbor to another Every single year, somewhere around the first…
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Mindful Beauty: The Chicken or the Egg: Which Beauty Comes First?
A new haircut can change everything about how you walk into a room. But what happens when no one’s watching — and you still feel radiant? The oldest philosophical riddle has something to tell us about how we glow.
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Meet Your Polk County Board of Commissioners (May 2026)
If five commissioners make decisions for nearly a million people, you would think we’d know their names. We mostly don’t….
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The Citrus Tea website is still under construction
Please be patient as we continue to build the site’s functionality and content. We hope to have the site completed…
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Why Polk County Residents Need to Pay Attention Before Decisions Are Made
If you have ever opened your water bill and seen 12 other neighbors ranting on Facebook about the bill going…
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How Polk County Government Really Works — and Why you should pay attention before decisions are made, not after
If you have ever opened your water bill and seen 12 other neighbors ranting on Facebook about the bill going…
