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Incumbent District 2 Commissioner Reggie Bellamy won the Democratic primary in a landslide over former County Commissioner Charles Smith. Bellamy won 63% of the vote and will now face Amanda Ballard in the general election. The victory for Bellamy was much larger than when he faced Smith in the 2018 Democratic primary. Bellamy, the sole…
The reverberations are being felt across Manatee County as Republican voters supported candidates that believed and acted like their leader Governor Ron DeSantis. Long-time commissioner Carol Whitmore was soundly defeated by newcomer Jason Bearden. Whitmore has served Manatee County since 2006 and has been instrumental in funding the Premier Sports Complex at Lakewood Ranch. Whitmore…
Who is the King of late-night TV? Stephen “I hate Republicans” Colbert? No. Jimmy “I kiss Fauci’s ass” Kimmel? No. Jimmy Fallon? No. The late-night TV King is Greg Gutfeld whose show “Gutfeld!” is on the Fox Cable News Network. In the latest ratings Gutfeld! had 2.3 million views; Colbert had 2.1 million views and…
Tales from the Mark Side The Conservative Voice in Manatee County Last chance to vote Manatee County! By Mark Young mark.young@manateeherald.com Are you feeling the effects of election exhaustion yet? Yeah, me too and at least Tuesday will mark the conclusion of one of the most intense primary seasons I’ve ever seen in Manatee County….
Manatee Herald Staff Report Bradenton man threatens mass shooting A 23-year-old Bradenton man was arrested on the morning of Aug. 15 after emailing a threat to shoot up a business that didn’t hire him as a dishwasher, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office. According to the arrest warrant, Martin Martinez applied for a dishwashing…
Tales from the Mark Side The Conservative Voice in Manatee County Afghanistan: The cold-blooded lies revealed By Mark Young mark.young@manateeherald.com It never ceases to amaze me how someone like Joe Biden can be so wrong, but believes himself to be so right. Smugly so, I might add. Time and time again through this brief disaster…
Sarasota School Board member, Tom Edwards has made a national name for himself because of his honest confession that he and other woke partisans are working quietly inside the school system to turn our neighborhood schools into incubators for liberal ideology. One does not need to be a rocket scientist to realize that teachers, in…
Merrick Garland’s actions this week confirmed that Mitch McConnell was smart to not allow Garland’s nomination for the Supreme Court to proceed back in 2016. Garland’s lack of judicial temperament allowed him to approve a search warrant that gave permission for FBI agents to search unobserved a former President’s residence. After reading the legal documents…
Tales from the Mark Side The Conservative Voice in Manatee County Manatee County Republicans show signs of unity By Mark Young mark.young@manateeherald.com Republicans can fight with one another like nobody’s business whether it’s on the national stage or even more so, locally. Those disagreements and personality conflicts have been fairly intense through this election cycle….
