Accusations fly in Whitmore-Bearden race after incumbent commissioner admits taking yard signs

Whitmore says property owner didn't give permission for Bearden signs to be placed across the street from her home. Police say she should have left them alone.

No matter how you spin it, Manatee County Commissioner Carol Whitmore’s admission that she pulled election opponent Jason Bearden’s yard signs from a property across the street from her home on Holmes Beach is a bad look, even if she then handed the signs over to police. When in doubt, It’s probably best to just leave political signs alone, no matter ho…