While 4-3 votes have become commonplace during Manatee County Commission meetings, commissioners Bob McCann, Carol Felts and Jason Bearden are usually on the losing side of the vote.
Commissioner Amanda Ballard changed the tide at the Dec. 4 land use meeting by voting with McCann, Felts and Bearden to deny a commercial development on the north side of State Road 64 across from Uihlein road.
The applicants, Albatros 64 Partners and Casto Net Lease Properties, asked to rezone 15 acres of a 37-acre property from agricultural to planned development commercial…