Chairman Bob Gause said the problem needed to be dealt with because it has become a distraction to the board working on other issues.
Looking to bring the problem of a $9.4 million shortfall in the Manatee County School District health care insurance fund closer to a resolution, Chairman Bob Gause asked his fellow Manatee County School Board members to discuss the issue Monday. Gause passed out a colored chart that illustrated the performance of the fund over the past 10 years, explaining that Schools Superintendent Tim McGonegal needed direction from the board on how to proceed in filling this funding gap. The school board is getting prepared to develop the budget for the next fiscal year, July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012, and Gause wanted to get a consensus from the board if it wants to follow the plan it approved last September of paying down the debt over three years or to…
The local Awake the State rally held Tuesday along Cortez Road in front of state Sen. Mike Bennett's office was one of about 30 held around Florida.
As Republican Gov. Rick Scott started his first State of the State address at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Tallahassee, a group of residents were wrapping up a three-hour rally Tuesday in Bradenton to protest the governor’s proposals to balance the budget. A coalition of political activists, retirees, teachers, union members and students waved signs and shouted slogans along Cortez Road in front of the business plaza where Sen. Mike Bennett, R-Bradenton, has his local office. “The purpose of this rally is to denounce the budget cuts Gov. Scott proposed,” said Jack Cole, one of the organizers of the local Awake the State rally. “He’s proposed the largest cut of state workers in history, while during his campaign his motto was ‘Lets Get to Work’. “That…
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