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'I know how vindictive you are.' Whitmore email lists complaints about Manatee County Administrator Hopes

'I know how vindictive you are.' Whitmore email lists complaints about Manatee County Administrator Hopes

In email, Whitmore says Hopes is acting like he is the '8th commissioner'

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'I know how vindictive you are.' Whitmore email lists complaints about Manatee County Administrator Hopes
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Carol Whitmore will leave the Manatee County Commission in November, after her loss to Jason Bearden in the Republican primary last month.

Whitmore, who was first elected to the commission in 2006, is not leaving quietly.

Scott Hopes and Carol Whitmore

After the Bradenton Times reported earlier this week about text messages between County Administrator and…

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