With seven strong personalities comprising the Manatee County Commission, the county’s staff members can sometimes be pulled in seven different directions.
So commissioners met for a work session Dec. 3 at the Bradenton Area Convention Center to discuss a strategic plan that will better guide staff members as to the entire board’s priorities, versus individual commissioner priorities.
District 5 Commissioner Bob McCann has made it clear that his No. 1 priority is to finish widening and improving Lorraine Road, but only one other commissioner placed a gold star next to Lorraine Road, so it is not a board priority…