Anderson
CHRIS ANDERSON OF THE SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE STATES WHAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN WITH DeSANTIS PICK TO SUCEED MANATEE COUNTY COMMISSIONER VANESSA BAUGH
"To those who think an open-minded person who asks observant, well-researched questions, is representative of all in the county, no matter socio-economic status, and will be attuned to the major problems we face, such as overdevelopment, outdated infrastructure, clogged roads, and a bloated budget, and presents logical and creative solutions to said problems, it's not going to happen." Chris Anderson.
DeSantis' political fosill Neal
WHO DOES ANDERSON THINK DeSANTIS WILL PICK?
"Most likely this will be the call of uber-developer Pat Neal, and why not? Neal once served on DeSantis' transition team and gave $25,000 to a DeSantis PAC."
Anderson continues, "If you remember, it was DeSantis who asked Neal if he could coordinate the distribution of 3,000 doses of COVID vaccine, which led to Baugh bypassing the county's lottery system and arranging for those in her district to receive it instead, at the exclusion of the less-wealthy in Manatee County.
If you notice, in the latest state budget approved by DeSantis, $9 million was approved for expansion on Moccasin Wallow Road, which, ironically enough, is where Neal is building a new development. Now, for the eight-billionth time: Manatee. County. Can’t. Handle. Any. More. Growth."
Beruff
Anderson failed to mention, Neal's fellow "Pay to Play" ganster developer Carlos Bruff, who hanpicked the present seven Manatee County Commissioners stuffed in his pockets. If Anderson doesn't think Beruff and his political operative from Ybor City in Tampa, Anthony Pedicini won't have in hand in getting a kiss from DeSantis to appoint another Beruff/Pedicin flunky, think again.
Pedicin--Beruff's "hit man"
Starting in 2020, multi-million dollar “Pay to Play” establishment developers Beruff and Neal have funneled in over $300,000 in dark PAC and LLC money into Pedicini's PAC and LLC, not to mention a reported half a million-dollar retainer Beruff has with Pedicini.
That $300,000 Beruff and Neal money to Pedicini is part of over a $million dollars in campaign contributions from Neal and Beruff's cronies to their handpicked Manatee County Commission candidates. That is real cheap for the $millions Beruff and his cronies are making turning Manatee County into Paradise Lost
Rainford
DeSANTIS WILL PICK THE SAME TYPE OF NEAL/BERUFF FLUNKY STUFFED IN NEAL AND BERUFF'S POCKETS HE DID TO PICK NEAL FLUNKY RAINFORD TO SUCEED SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONER NANCY DETERT
ANDERSON FAILED TO MENTION DeSANTIS KISS TO NEAL TO WIDEN LAUREL ROAD IN VENICE
Anderson failed to mention one of numerous other DeSantis kisses to Neal and his fellow gangsters, which is a $8 million kiss to Neal for an extension of Laurel Road in Venice to go along with the $9 million kiss for expansion on Moccasin Wallow Road where Neal is building a new development.
The $8 million kiss is to pay for the widening of Laurel Road between Knights Trail Road and Jacaranda Boulevard. That $8 million dollar kiss from DeSantis will be matched by another $8 million or kiss from Neal’s flunkies on the Sarasota County Commission.
Grigic with former Sarasota City Commissiner Hagen Brody
Those $16 million dollar kisses according to Neal’s representative, Maryanne Grigic is the missing link connecting Knights Trail Road in Venice in the south to Lorraine Road north in Manatee County. Grgic doesn't mention that missing link is not just to provide north-south roads to the grid system east of I-75, but $millions to Neal and and developers to open up acres of pristine land to development--THAT IS THE MAIN REASON.
That $18 million dollar taxpayer money will be increased with more $millions$ before that “missing link” is completed. That "missing link” will produce opening up thousands of acres of pristine Florida land to numerous developments east and west of the “missinglink”, which will continuing to make DeSantis' Free State of Florida into what folks left California and New York to avoid.
Gruters
Grgic credited both state Sen. Joe Gruters and state Rep. James Buchanan with guiding the funding through the budget process of that $8 million kiss from DeSantis. That Joe Gruters is same Joe Gruters, who blasted DeSantis for vetoing $millions for other projects in Sarasota. Not a word from Senator Lavender Gruters about DeSantis kiss to Neal.
Those campaign contribution from Neal and his cronies, especially that $50,000 kiss from Neal to the Friends of Joe Gruters PAC must have sealed Lavender ‘s mouth.
HOPEFULLY ANDERSON AND THE SHT WILL NOW STOP CHASING PROUD BOYS AND START CHASING NEAL AND BERUFF WHO HAVE BEEN STUFFING LOCAL POLITICIANS IN THEIR POCKETS FOR YEARS
Jon Susce
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