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Manatee County Commissioner James Satcher said he submitted a $25 payment Friday to cover the $10 state certification fee he was required to pay during his candidacy and a $15 return fee. Satcher said he was in the process of switching bank accounts when he wrote the original $10 check. By the time the state was ready to process it, his old account had closed, resulting in a bounced payment. Satcher received notification his payment was not accepted in December. He admitted he then forgot to submit payment for the original fee and return fee. Satcher said he spoke with Manatee County Attorney...

Whew, thank goodness the pandemic is over and we can return to things that really matter. Like the Super Bowl. Go Bucs! No one can claim the seven Manatee County commissioners are not in the spirit. Wearing Tampa Bay T-shirts, jerseys and hats, they huddled behind a Bucs flag on Tuesday and in a video proclaimed their undying devotion to the mighty men in red, orange and pewter who will soon make us all proud: “From your neighbors across the Skyway, we’re the Manatee County Commission and the Manatee County Port Authority and we want to say, ‘Go Bucs!’”

What they said “Are you telling me you're going to put this commercial property outside the front gates of our subdivision, and we're going to have to pay for the road maintenance? How’s that going to work? I certainly wasn’t told that. That’s a big burden on residents.” – Savanna's Michelle Rowe “We're talking about 450 cars per hour traveling on State Road 64 that may be using our front entrance all the time. … The residents of Savanna are being robbed of 5.2 acres that were promised to its residents for passive recreational use only.” – Savanna's Anna Gonnella Manatee C...

Southwest Florida played a big role in President Donald Trump carrying Florida in 2016, and heading into 2020, the region was viewed as key to another Trump win. But there were questions about whether Trump would be as strong in places such as Sarasota and Manatee counties as he was four years ago after the turmoil of a tumultuous presidency and months of the coronavirus ravaging the state. The election proved that Southwest Florida still is very much Trump country. Trump won Sarasota County by 28,260 votes and Manatee County by 34,821. He carried the two-county region by nearly 5,793 more vo...

Newly elected local officials tend to overestimate their ability to make big changes in government and underestimate their potential to create a bigger mess. Just look at the three newbies on the Manatee County Commission who, along with an incumbent commissioner, formed a Gang of Four that engaged in a failed effort to abruptly – and without cause – fire the county administrator. The plot was dumb and became dumber as the backstory was revealed. It didn’t achieve its goal and generated chaos. Last month, only days after they were seated on the County Commission, George Kruse, James S...