The Detail by Cathy Antunes
All things Sarasota/Florida politics and occasionally beyond.
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Who Are the "Friends of Mike Rahn"? (opens the original)
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Mike Rahn is an incumbent Manatee County Commissioner who is running for re-election. He chairs his political committee “Friends of Mike Rahn”, which is funding mailers and other messaging to benefit his re-election. When I ran as an independent for the Sarasota County Commission in 2010, candidates were warned not to coordinate their efforts with a political committee. Today, Florida candidates are chairing political committees which function as slush funds to get them elected. These candidate-
Who's Afraid of Flo Entler? (opens the original)
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It’s difficult to satisfy the powers that be at Selby Gardens. Apparently discontent with getting pretty much everything they want, Selby boosters are attacking longtime resident advocate and City Commission candidate Flo Entler. The vehicle for their attack is the political committee “People for Arts & Culture”. The PAC recently sent an attack postcard which promises to be the first of multiple political mailers.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fe
Happy 4th! Let's Depose the "Kingmakers" (opens the original)
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