Manatee commissioners are playing performance games with the voters

Officials doing all they can to distract attention from their records

With less than a month before the official qualifying period for local races in Manatee County, we are already seeing how off-topic some officials / candidates can get, all in the pursuit of votes.

County Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge is bloviating about illegal immigration — not part of the commission’s bailiwick. This week, he did shift gears and …