Commissioner Kruse only scratches the surface here. Their 6-1 majority has already taken over the County Administration. Using the Code Enforcement and Development Services Departments to break and bend rules for personal benefit. Our County is corrupt. All of us, red, blue, and independent must do whatever we can to make our friends and neighbors aware of what is at stake. It’s our tax money. It is our government. It is our duty.
They have no shame in gaslighting the public. They must be sent packing on election day. If they did behavior in the real work world they wouldn't last a day.
Thank you, George! We have watched this corrupt super-majority waste almost 7 million taxpayer dollars just in the past 6 months. The stupidity of their actions will doom not only current residents but any future residents because these corrupt commissioners are in the process of frivolously spending our reserves. If Manatee County citizens do not do their due diligence before voting in August, most current residents will no longer be able to afford to live in Manatee County.
For those citizens watching in District 3, we know that this developer buy in started with Jonnson in 2016 – and it hit an all-time low with Van Ostenbridge. None of the decisions have been made with the citizens’ quality of life in mind. The corrupt super-majority has pushed out and replaced almost every good hard-working employee at an increased cost to taxpayers, with more corruption. This corruption starts with Bishop and goes right down through every department. Those department heads are continuing to push out any good employee left. They will discredit any employee or citizen who calls them out on their corruption. Code Enforcement needs a total overhaul top to bottom.
Sorry I can't vote.... I left Bradenton 40 years ago and have seen the city and county turn into the developmental sprawl that now makes it unrecognizable from the Friendly City of the past. If I were living there today and the developers should win the current election, I would seriously move out to an area not beholden to developer money. Even if the developers lose this time, most of the damage is already done. As Tom Wolfe said, "You can't go home again," but then why would I want to?
Commissioner Kruse only scratches the surface here. Their 6-1 majority has already taken over the County Administration. Using the Code Enforcement and Development Services Departments to break and bend rules for personal benefit. Our County is corrupt. All of us, red, blue, and independent must do whatever we can to make our friends and neighbors aware of what is at stake. It’s our tax money. It is our government. It is our duty.
They have no shame in gaslighting the public. They must be sent packing on election day. If they did behavior in the real work world they wouldn't last a day.
Bad politics make for bad morals.
Joseph Brodsky
Thank you, George! We have watched this corrupt super-majority waste almost 7 million taxpayer dollars just in the past 6 months. The stupidity of their actions will doom not only current residents but any future residents because these corrupt commissioners are in the process of frivolously spending our reserves. If Manatee County citizens do not do their due diligence before voting in August, most current residents will no longer be able to afford to live in Manatee County.
For those citizens watching in District 3, we know that this developer buy in started with Jonnson in 2016 – and it hit an all-time low with Van Ostenbridge. None of the decisions have been made with the citizens’ quality of life in mind. The corrupt super-majority has pushed out and replaced almost every good hard-working employee at an increased cost to taxpayers, with more corruption. This corruption starts with Bishop and goes right down through every department. Those department heads are continuing to push out any good employee left. They will discredit any employee or citizen who calls them out on their corruption. Code Enforcement needs a total overhaul top to bottom.
Sorry I can't vote.... I left Bradenton 40 years ago and have seen the city and county turn into the developmental sprawl that now makes it unrecognizable from the Friendly City of the past. If I were living there today and the developers should win the current election, I would seriously move out to an area not beholden to developer money. Even if the developers lose this time, most of the damage is already done. As Tom Wolfe said, "You can't go home again," but then why would I want to?