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OPINION | 2022 off to a rough start for Manatee commissioners. Blame Vanessa Baugh

OPINION | 2022 off to a rough start for Manatee commissioners. Blame Vanessa Baugh

Of course, even with vaccinegate ethics cloud, commissioner blames everyone but herself

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OPINION | 2022 off to a rough start for Manatee commissioners. Blame Vanessa Baugh
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Updated Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, to add reporting about Baugh’s potential bid for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives.

Six days into 2021, Americans realized that maybe the turmoil of 2020 was not quite done with us, and that it had reached a new level of dangerousness.

Six days into 2022, Manatee County residents learned that maybe the divisiveness and bitterness and outright ugliness that defined the county commission for much of 2021, has barely, if at all, dissipated.

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Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh says she 'probably' will resign by end of 2022
Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh, who is facing state ethics charges related to vaccinegate, said Thursday she may resign by the end of the year…
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