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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.
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The media’s rubber mallet has been bonking them over the head for a month now, but they always seem to pop back up through a different hole of deception.
All you can do is plop another token into the game of Manatee County Commission Whac-A-Mole and continue bashing. Not because it’s fun, but because it’s necessary for a democracy to exist, and through every fault of their own they now have more bumps on their heads than they can rub.
The Bradenton Herald did the residents of Manatee County a tremendous service recently by exposing that Commission Chair Vanessa Baugh indeed had a personal list of five people she wanted to be vaccinated ahead of so many others who played by the rules and signed up for the countywide lottery. Included on the list: Herself. And four of her friends. She (kind of) apologized and then blamed (of course) the media.
Florida county commissioner is investigated for organizing VIP pop-up vaccine drive-thru for residents of two affluent zip codes - and then bumping herself to top of list
The Manatee County Sheriff s Office said it has launched an investigation into County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh to determine if she broke state laws
Baugh, a Republican, organized the three-day pop-up vaccination drive at the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch last week
Governor Ron DeSantis had selected the site for the vaccine pop-up
But Baugh admitted last week she limited the rollout to seniors living in the 34202 and 34211 zip codes
Both postcodes are among the wealthiest in the entire state