Governor signs bill that will allow Manatee County to ignore Holmes Beach law and build parking garage

Parking dispute hits another low.

Jun 23, 2023

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This June 2020 photo highlights the conflict over beach parking on Anna Maria Island. Photo by Marc R. Masferrer

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed House Bill 947, which will allow Manatee County to supersede Holmes Beach’s authority and build a parking garage at Public Beach.

He should have vetoed it.

Here’s a link to what I wrote in May.

Opinion | Governor should veto Holmes Beach parking garage bill. Only then is a real solution possible

Marc R. Masferrer

May 17, 2023

Opinion | Governor should veto Holmes Beach parking garage bill. Only then is a real solution possible

What’s most objectionable about Manatee County government’s ham-fisted effort to build a parking garage at one of the three major gateways to Anna Maria Island, is not the possible aesthetic disaster it might represent for Holmes Beach and all of AMI.

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