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Manatee sheriff investigating commissioner behind VIP vaccine event According to a complaint, Manatee Commissioner Vanessa Baugh may have violated prohibitions on misuse of public position, official misconduct and misuse of confidential information.   By Jessica De Leon Updated Feb. 25 The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether Commissioner Vanessa Baugh broke state laws when she helped organize an exclusive COVID-19 vaccine event in Lakewood Ranch and created a list of people to be vaccinated that included herself and Lakewood Ranch developer Rex Jensen. On Mond...

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Manatee County scheduled road projects 44th Avenue East Projected cost: $101,304,276 Estimated completion: Dec. 2029 Moccasin Wallow Road What: Three-segment plan to widen from two lanes to four or six, depending on the segment, from U.S. Route 301 to U.S. Route 41 Projected cost: $42,226,247 Estimated completion: Dec. 2025 What: Reconstruction of Verna Bethany Road to align with Verna Road at State Road 70 Projected cost: $2,519,682 Estimated completion: Dec. 2023 Manatee County commissioners have stated their desire to make road construction a top priority in the next year. However, they sa...

Manatee County Administrator Cheri Coryea steps down under pressure Manatee County Administrator Cheri Coryea stepped down under pressure Tuesday afternoon, offering to leave the post after weeks of criticism from a majority of commissioners who had signaled they were prepared to fire her. The vote to accept the county administrator’s separation agreement was delayed by a final attempt to keep Coryea by Commissioner Reggie Bellamy, who made a motion to discontinue discussion about a separation agreement and to give Coryea a year so that the current board can evaluate her. That motion was ...

1 month ago Share Vanessa Baugh’s handling of the pop-up vaccine clinic might just be what the Manatee County commissioners needed to get on track. Disruption is hard. Often messy. Full of strife and stress. Especially in politics. The metaphorical daggers,  snippy barbs and disrespect come out. And the new gang in charge is prone to rookie mistakes, mistakes that make the Old Guard say to voters, “See, we told you those people weren’t up to the job.” This is what Manatee County citizens have been watching ever since the November elections. A new majority took control...