{"id":21089,"date":"2025-12-08T20:22:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T01:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=21089"},"modified":"2025-12-08T20:41:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T01:41:05","slug":"bob-lotane-remembered","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/bob-lotane-remembered\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Lotane remembered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday brought the unexpected death of Tallahassee civic and community activist Bob Lotane. Among those who remembered his many contributions to the community was Leon County Commissioner &#8211; and onetime Lotane political opponent &#8211; Rick Minor. Both he and Lotane had run for the Tallahassee City Commission several years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He really cared about this community very deeply. And we didn&#8217;t always agree on everything, but you knew he was coming out of a position from a good place. And we need more people like that in Leon County. So we&#8217;re really gonna miss Bob.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite a 2014 West Nile Virus infection that led to quadriplegia, Lotane remained active. His engagement included board membership at Goodwood Museum and Gardens and Refuge House. That organization&#8217;s Executive Director Emily Mitchem treasured the memories of working with Lotane.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We deal with some pretty heavy-duty stuff. It&#8217;s a stressful job and often a thankless one. And right at the right times, he&#8217;d just pop some weird, corny joke or something and it would just lighten the load and just seeing his smile coming across the room was something I&#8217;ll just remember and miss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lotane died suddenly on Friday at the age of 67 after a brief hospital stay following a stroke. 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