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The American Association of University Women is hosting a forum March 14 featuring the candidates for Lake Wales City Commission.

The forum is open to the public and begins at 5:30 p.m. at the James P. Austin Center, 315 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Lake Wales.

Lake Wales voters on April 2 will elect a mayor and one city commissioner and vote on a proposed City Charter change that would extend commission terms from two years to three. The change would go into effect immediately for the Mayor, but not until the 2020 election for city commissioners.

Candidates for the Mayor (Seat 1) are i...