The Point, Dec. 18, 2023: First Black, female mayor of Micanopy reflects on first months in office
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Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. • WUFT News: Unity and infrastructure focus of Micanopy Mayor Jiana Williams’s first months in office. “As the first Black, female mayor of Micanopy, Jiana Williams, 37, often thinks about what her late grandmother, Willie Mae Stokes who used to clean houses […]
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