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Search results for "Manatee County" ...
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Department thrifty despite salary growth
"The impetus for the project was Florida's budget crisis. Governments are cutting services like libraries and street sweeping to help balance the state's budget. But between 2001 and 2006, governments were overloaded with money, and we wanted to see what they spent it on. Sheriff's Offices seemed like a logical case study. Some offices were judicious in their spending; others, such as the Manatee County Sheriff's Office, bought souped-up SUVs for high ranking officers."
Tags: police; government spending; budget; salary; perks; sheriff; Florida
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BENCH: Trial judges often keep their seats without facing election. So when a Florida lawyer challenged an incumbent, he rocked the de facto merit selection system.
In Manatee County, Florida (a town near Tampa Bay), the judicial system has come under fire. According to the article, "Until recently, a judge hadn't been knocked off the bench in an election for 30 years." The article describes how difficult it is for a lawyer to compete for a bench position that's already occupied.
Tags: Manatee County; Florida; trial judges; Tampa Bay; lawyers; law; judges; bench; Matthew McMillan; Matthew E. McMillian; Sarasota County; Desoto County; scandal; election; de facto merit selection system; incumbent
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No title (id: 2699)
Bradenton Herald runs series about Seimens-Allis, a Milwaukee manufacturing company that moved its operations to Manatee County, Fla.; reporter looks at what the company does, its reputation in Milwaukee and what the new plant will mean economically and environmentally to the Florida community, Dec. 16 - 23, 1984.
Tags: FL Mason Seimens-Allis
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No title (id: 1252)
Bradenton Herald unearths evidence of federal banking violations by Manatee County Commissioner; the commissioner sold cattle that had been used to secure a bank loan without the bank's written permission; story resulted in the indictment of the commissioner, Feb. 2 - Sept. 1, 1985.
Tags: FL