Bradenton Beach
February 26, 2025
City considers allowing temporary shelters
BRADENTON BEACH – The city commission discussed a Florida law at its Feb. 20 meeting that allows hurricane-impacted homeowners to place a temporary shelter, including an RV or trailer, on their resid…
February 26, 2025
City, not FEMA, will remove condemned buildings
BRADENTON BEACH – City commissioners voted to use the city’s Code Enforcement department process rather than go through FEMA to remove buildings condemned after Hurricanes Helene and Milton if prope…
February 26, 2025
Commissioners pass resolution to protect municipal clerk privacy
BRADENTON BEACH – City commissioners have approved a resolution urging the Florida Legislature to provide a public records exemption protecting the personal information of municipal clerks and emplo…
February 24, 2025
City outlines ‘deficiencies’ in Cushing’s work
BRADENTON BEACH – Mayor John Chappie read aloud a memo at a Feb. 20 City Commission meeting addressing the job performance of former city Building Official Darin Cushing.
The memo outlined what the…
February 24, 2025
City releases audio of Cushing suspension
BRADENTON BEACH – The city has released a Jan. 22 audio recording from the meeting between Mayor John Chappie and former Building Official Darin Cushing in which Cushing was suspended from the city’…
February 24, 2025
Cosby responds to Cushing allegations
BRADENTON BEACH – Police Chief and Public Works Director John Cosby responded at a Feb. 20 commission meeting to allegations made by former Building Official Darin Cushing that he was pressured to a…
February 24, 2025
Pines residents ask commission to deny zoning change requests
BRADENTON BEACH – Pines residents asked the city on Feb. 20 to deny any future land use or zoning change requests for the Pines Trailer Park by Pines Park Investors LLC or its manager, Shawn Kaleta…
February 18, 2025
Pines homeowners offered more time in exchange for titles
BRADENTON BEACH – Pines Park homeowners may be able to extend their tenancy under conditions that include relinquishing the titles to their mobile homes to the park ownership.
In a Feb. 4 email to P…
February 17, 2025
Former building official alleges pressure to condemn properties, threats
BRADENTON BEACH – Former city Building Official Darin Cushing alleges that he saw the city attorney and a well-known developer drive around the city together looking for hurricane-damaged structures…
February 17, 2025
City approves building official, floodplain manager candidates
BRADENTON BEACH – The city has gotten one step closer to finding a full-time replacement for former Building Official Darin Cushing. Cushing, a contractual employee of M.T. Causley, was suspended by…













