While a 4-3 vote by Manatee County commissioners decided the fate of the intersection on University Parkway where Legacy Boulevard meets Deer Drive — it will become a roundabout — some stakeholders in the matter say they’re not done with the fight because the issue is about more than roadwork.
A group of residents in the Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club, along with Commissioners Bob McCann and Jason Bearden, have said the bigger issue is that the contract for the roundabout was brokered without the public’s input.
McCann wants to know if the deal violated the Sunshine Law, which allows citizens access to public records and requires governing bodies to conduct meetings that are open to the public…