Opinion: Did Ron DeSantis and Vanessa Baugh break law in COVID vaccine debacle?
By attempting to ensure COVID vaccines went to colleagues and friends, Florida's governor and a Manatee County commissioner may have violated state statute.
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By attempting to ensure COVID vaccines went to colleagues and friends, Florida's governor and a Manatee County commissioner may have violated state statute.
The subpoenas request all forms of communication between each of the four commissioners and the remainder of the commission from Nov. 4 and Nov. 20.
Feb. 16—MANATEE — Residents of Lakewood Ranch and other well-off neighborhoods in East Manatee will have special access to COVID-19 vaccines, after Gov. Ron DeSantis reached out to Lakewood Ranch's developer and offered to set up an exclusive vaccination site, according to Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh. Baugh confirmed that health workers at the Premier Sports Campus site in ...
Manatee County commissioner James Satcher is part of a ministry that brings religion to strip joints. His caring for others has limitations, however.
The Manatee County Commission is in need of some spare change. They might want to check under the seats of their clown car. All they need is $25. That’s it. Just $25, and then they would have enough to cover the $10 check Commissioner James Satcher bounced for his state certification fee, which is required by law, as well as the $15 return fee, and maybe then they will qualify as an official government body representing the citizens of Manatee County who elected them. As of right now? It’s unclear what they are. To wit: Satcher submitted a $10 personal check to the Florida Department of S...