Dundee, Winter Haven and Lake Wales: a local guide to District 48 issues

Florida House District 48 covers part of Polk County. Municipal boundaries and legislative districts serve different purposes, so living in a named city does not automatically place every resident in District 48. Use the Polk County Supervisor of Elections’ district maps to check your location [1].

This guide discusses neighboring communities and their local priorities; it does not claim that each city lies wholly within District 48 or that a city government endorses Alethea.

Alethea Pugh’s Dundee roots and service as a former Town Commissioner inform her people-first approach. Dundee’s Comprehensive Plan brings transportation, housing, infrastructure, recreation and public school facilities into the same growth-management framework. For neighbors, these are connected questions: how growth affects the school run, local services and neighborhood character. [2]

Winter Haven’s FY25–FY29 Strategic Plan identifies six pillars: economic sustainability, quality of life, infrastructure, environmental stewardship, community safety and responsible government. Those priorities give residents a practical starting point for questions about local budgets and services. Alethea’s published home-rule position calls for residents and local leaders to have a voice in decisions affecting their community. [3]

Lake Wales Connected is a community-based long-range plan for the historic downtown and Northwest Neighborhood. The City describes streetscapes and trails, historic preservation and adaptive reuse, connections between green spaces and neighborhoods, and infill development. These are planning priorities, not a claim that every project is complete. They connect local conversations about growth with Alethea’s published priorities for reliable infrastructure and local control. [4]

For school information, start with Polk County Public Schools [5]. For regional transportation plans, start with the Polk Transportation Planning Organization [6]. Local plans help identify priorities, but a planning document alone does not establish that a project is funded, under construction or complete.

Alethea’s published positions focus on dependable public schools, lower everyday costs, safer infrastructure and local home rule. These are her views, not statements made by the agencies cited here.

Alethea Pugh is a Dundee native, educator, U.S. Army Reserves veteran and former Dundee Town Commissioner. Her biography and sourced issue articles offer context for her community priorities [7].

Neighbors in Dundee, Winter Haven and Lake Wales can register community volunteer interest [8] or contact Alethea at 48@aletheapugh.com or (863) 254-8017. She always responds personally within 24 hours. No future candidacy, election schedule or event date is being announced.