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Week in review | Manatee County drama: You voted for this + 'DeSantis Park' coming to Manatee + new Palmetto pool to open + COVID deaths climb + AMI banks on summer tourism

Week in review | Manatee County drama: You voted for this + 'DeSantis Park' coming to Manatee + new Palmetto pool to open + COVID deaths climb + AMI banks on summer tourism

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May 27, 2022
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Week in review | Manatee County drama: You voted for this + 'DeSantis Park' coming to Manatee + new Palmetto pool to open + COVID deaths climb + AMI banks on summer tourism
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The contentious debates at the Manatee County Commission meeting — whether it was about whether to extend Administrator Scott Hopes’ contract or to name a new dog park after Gov. Ron DeSantis — again illustrated a truism of our representative democracy: Elections matter.

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