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Lake Wales City Commissioner Al Goldstein wants a return to in-person commission meetings sooner rather than later. He says while technology is improving he laments the loss of citizen participation since the commission started online meetings.

Goldstein said through a Florida League of Cities conference call he found out some other cities, including Auburndale, have restarted in-person public meetings, but with precautions.

"I feel Lake Wales can also take the lead on this very safely," Goldstein said. "I think it's time to go back to doing city business in public."

He suggested moving co...