Disgusted by the amount of signage by the corrupt candidates at our polling location. Depressing to see citizens actually manning a tent for Culbreath. Disappointing to see and know that there are citizens who live in our community that are so out of touch with what has been happening at the hands of the developer commissioners.
I changed to the Sarasota Herald several years ago, primarily because they covered local sports and local news better than the Bradenton Herald.
Other than High School Football, that is no longer true.
Long story short, to control my BP, I never read anything in the A section, thus I missed their endorsement me of KVO.
Another nail on their coffin.
Personally, many of my neighbors, my massage therapist, and my barber have been informed, KVO AND SATCHER are BIG NO’S.
Garner and Metallo also are NO.
They all have reached out with the message!!
Hopefully, we make and impact.
Bye-Bye Pedicini and Beruff!
Surprise, surprise, all those attack ads, mailers, calls, and texts are from the same sources... the "investors" and campaign donors who own the puppet candidates elected through the manipulation by such hatchet men — so long as the voters continue to elect the puppets, more of the same... how much flooding and pollution will it take to get the voters to make the connection that who they elect will make the difference?
Well written, factual. But we keep re-electing R's like Will Robinson and Jim Boyd. These two have voted for every pre-emptive bill that has been proposed. These two consistently vote in favor of insurance companies and against consumer-based homeowners insurance reforms. These two consistently vote against transparency by adding public record exemptions year after year. These two voted to severely restrict the ability to file ethics law complaints. They voted to preempt any regulations that would require water breaks for outdoor workers like roofers, construction workers, farm workers, and landscapers. These two voted to make it harder to collect dues for some labor unions - teachers and nurses, but not other unions - police and fire. Whenever a local community comes up with a innovative initiative, on workforce housing for example, these two consistently vote to pre-empt. These two are influenced by the lobbyists that write the bills in Tallahassee. Vote accordingly.
I changed my affiliation. But the person trying to "rig" this election is Pedicini. By using the write-in loophole which closed the republican primary for SOE for half the voters in the county from voting in what is essentially a one party race and making it go to the general when you know the write-in never wins. That's "rigging". They used the write-in for District 3 and District 7 which was unnecessary because of a Democrat candidate, it closed the primary automatically. In my 30 years in Manatee County I never stressed over a primary as much as this one. Of course, I couldn't vote in the others because a Democrat. That is why I changed. We need better representatives that are independent of the developers.
Satcher is violating regulations as a candidate. You can't solicit within a certain distance from the polling place which sounds like he did by handing out a campaign letter and talking to voters inside this distance. He also is campaigning on topics that should not apply to the SOE who is supposed to be non-partisan. As a candidate he should only be inside the precinct to vote as a candidate, even though the SOE. This is one big cluster.
Thank you for your insight on our local government. This is an important conversation that the public should listen to, thankfully no one lost their life. This is the state of Manatee County Government. When was the last time that conditions of the dam even came up at a meeting? How is something as critical at the conditions of the dam not being discussed in front of the public? Sadly, we are no longer having any important conversations at BOCC meetings and haven’t in almost 2 years. There are NO presentations. There are NO real conversations. Almost EVERYTHING is on the consent agenda. Any commissioner (only Kruse) who wants to have dialog concerning issues important to citizens is immediately shut down.
People espouse the importance of home rule, but then destroy it in ways like this. These people are not able to decide how they live. Citizens united screwed us over and made it so a small percentage of the population can make decisions for the rest of us. That is not democracy.
But, I don't understand why the reduction in outflow before the storm. Isn't that the opposite of what is supposed to happen?
And the sad fact is that part of me knows that there are going to be developers looking at those people's properties with dollar signs in their eyes. In some crowds, no crisis goes to waste.
Well stated. Character, truth and integrity are critical when we choose our leaders. This is true for national, state and local offices. We MUST vote wisely. Ruth Lawler
Rick Scott is not a friend to Seniors and it boggles my mind how any senior could vote for him. However, the reality is that there is a simple answer to the Medicare medication cost issue. A little known fact is that the US government already has negotiated extremely low medication costs for the VA, Critical access hospitals, and the Federally Qualified Health Centers. This program is the 340B medication program. Florida Medicaid had mandated that pharmacies dispensing 340B medications could only charge the cost of the drug plus a regulated dispensing fee. The cost of these medications are far below the free market costs for consumers. Congress could enact legislation to allow Medicare recipients to access 340B medications if they were being genuine about helping Medicare recipients access affordable medications. In many cases these meds cost less than the Canadian meds, that many Medicare recipients have started to access. One current solution for Medicare recipients on expensive medications is to become a primary care patient of a Federally Qualified Health Center and access the pharmacy run by the Center. Manatee County currently has a Federally Qualified Health Center (Manatee County Rural Health Services, Inc.) with many locations in the County,
I watched this meeting. It was heartbreaking. Did county action cause the flooding? We need the citizens to come to public comment and put it on the record for the rest of the citizens of Manatee County.
As a citizen that believes in public service and good government, I am grateful for the Bradenton Times and the light they shine to expose what has become a corrupt County government and the greedy individuals that are pulling the strings so they continue to get wealthy at the expense of our environment and quality of life. The role of journalism and dogged reporting of facts can't be understated. Thank you!
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