'Troubling' vaca-rental bill on governor's desk - Anna Maria Islander islander.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from islander.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
2 arrests, 1 HB assault suspect sought - Anna Maria Islander islander.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from islander.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
State funds $23M for Rattlesnake Key, passes anti-home rule bill islander.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from islander.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Near disaster prompts action from HBPD - Anna Maria Islander islander.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from islander.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wade Vose, representing the city of Anna Maria, attends a March 1 meeting via Zoom, addressing the issue of a charter county government. Islander Photo: Amy V.T. Moriarty Manatee County Commissioner George Kruse March 3 stood down his fact-finding mission to implement a county charter government. The move came two days after Kruse attended a meeting hosted by the city of Anna Maria with a city attorney, Wade Vose, via Zoom, who detailed the ramifications for the city of a charter county government. A charter county is a county with a unique set of laws that forms the legal basis of its government. Resembling state or federal constitutions, charters and amendments must be approved by 50%-plus one of county voters. According to Kruse, 80% of counties in the state are charter county governments.