Proposed charter amendments won’t eliminate supra-majority votes

BRADENTON BEACH – Registered voters will see five charter amendment questions on their city ballots this fall. Two proposed charter amendments pertain to filling vacant...

Vacation rental owner responds to public nuisance declaration

ANNA MARIA – Property owner Mukesh Patel feels that city officials are overreaching in their efforts to declare his vacation rental home at 313...

Speed tables produce compliments, complaints

ANNA MARIA – City officials want to reevaluate three speed tables recently installed in the 500, 600 and 800 blocks of South Bay Boulevard...

Hunters Point developer sues Cortez Village Marina

CORTEZ – Hunters Point Resort & Marina has sued the neighboring Cortez Village Marina to keep it from using a canal where Cortez Village...

Anna Maria taking vacation rental owners to court

ANNA MARIA – The city plans to file a lawsuit against the owners of a vacation rental home cited for five noise ordinance violations...

Joe Hendricks

Correspondent Joe Hendricks covers Anna Maria and Bradenton Beach. Email