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November 4th, 2009 by Cooper Levey-Baker in Editor's Desk, News, Politics, Sarasota-Manatee
Voters cast their ballots in a series of local races yesterday:
— “Voters sent a mixed message to City Hall in Tuesday’s City Council election, turning out in comparatively high numbers to easily give one seat to pro-business retired firefighter Emilio Carlesimo and the other by a slim margin to slow-growth advocate Jim Bennett.”
— “Bradenton voters who turned up at the polls Tuesday decided to maintain the status quo and elected the three incumbent city council members to new terms. Only 14.26 percent, or 4,146 of the 23,072 eligible voters showing up to vote.”
— “The voters in the three Anna Maria Island cities went to the polls Tuesday and made some changes in two of the races. Two incumbents, one in Holmes Beach and the other in the City of Anna Maria, lost their seats to political newcomers. In Bradenton Beach, voters reelected the incumbent mayor.”
And in non-election news, Rep. Vern Buchanan returns from a four-day trip to Afghanistan, convinced we need to escalate that war. Red County has the quotes, and some photos from Buchanan’s trip, one of which shows Buchanan with a Riverview High grad.
November 9th, 2009 at 8:52 am
[...] Rep. Vern Buchanan (like we found out last week) wants to escalate our involvement in Afghanistan, but he also doesn’t want President Obama [...]