UpdatedFri, Mar 5, 2021 at 11:25 am ET
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Local attorney Jennifer Hamey filed an ethics complaint against Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh for her role in a Lakewood Ranch pop-up clinic. (Shutterstock)
MANATEE COUNTY, FL — A complaint filed with the Florida Commission on Ethics targets Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh for her role in a pop-up vaccine clinic held Feb. 17-19 in Lakewood Ranch for residents of two of the county's wealthiest ZIP codes.
Baugh, the representative of District 5, which includes Lakewood Ranch, selected the ZIP codes for the state-run event, and also created a VIP list of five people to receive the vaccine at the event and told the county's Public Safety Director, Jacob Sauer, to add their names to the list of those being vaccinated at the pop-up clinic. The list included Baugh and Lakewood Ranch president and CEO Rex Jensen, though Baugh didn't receive the vaccine.