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It is easy to grow tired of listening to the Democrats and their local media outlets lament about the shortcomings of the Trump administration. They are loath to give Trump any credit for the positive changes in our country. Jim Geraghty recently opined in National Review about some of the major issues that have been…
Since the dawn of the 21st century, the Supervisor of Elections in Manatee County has always delivered primary election results by 8:30pm on election night. Gone were the days of hand counts that were announced at midnight. Scott Farrington should have dressed election poll workers in tie-dye T-shirts as he took our election returns back…
When you question why many Republicans don’t trust federal employees, read the Homeland Security Department’s Inspector General report on the actions of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) crews working after the hurricanes of 2024. The FEMA crews in question were going door-to-door in the Lake Placid area of central Florida. This outreach was to help…
The political tidal wave that the social media junkies were attempting to recreate to take over the Republican party in Manatee county turned out to be a faucet leak. McClash and his commentators tried tirelessly to manipulate the voters into believing that defeating Ballard, Rahn, Poulton and Connerly would create “Nirvana” in Manatee county. The…
Despite the backroom shenanigans of the social media fringe groups in Manatee county, Melton Little went down to defeat in his quest to be nominated for the State Representative position vacated by Will Robinson. Little, a slip and fall attorney, had spent decades pushing a leftist Democrat agenda. Little worked hard with the trial lawyers…
The voters of Manatee County District 4 ignored the Bradenton Times endorsement of Glen Gibellina and returned Mike Rahn to the Manatee County Commission. Rahn’s business expertise and common sense approach to governing has benefited our county. Gibellina may have overcome his dark past, but his claim to fame is commenting on multiple items at…
Eddie Spier, the perennial pursuer of a government job, failed to fool the voters of Florida’s 16th congressional district. The taxpayers of the 16th district have been ably represented in Washington by such successful entrepreneurs as Dan Miller and Vern Buchanan. These men had the gravitas to accomplish their duty of representing the citizens of…
The voters in Los Angeles who wanted change in their city have been the victims of lying politicians. The Democrats in LA have wasted nearly a billion dollars on the homeless issue by giving taxpayer money to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) who pretend to solve the homeless issue. During the recent Mayoral election, current Mayor Karen…
Mark Stanoch is a retired business executive who is running for the Manatee County Commission District 1 seat. Stanoch founded start-up companies and also held executive positions with IBM Global Services and Dell Computers. This blend of small and large business experience would be beneficial to Manatee County as we face important financial challenges that…
