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VOL 23 No. 6
November 16, 2022
Anna Maria mayor, commissioners sworn in
Honoring veterans JOE HENDRICKS | SUN
Veterans, community celebrate Veterans Day in Anna Maria. Page 5.
New Holmes Beach commissioners sworn in
Anna Maria Mayor Dan Murphy and city commissioners Deanie Sebring and Mark Short have been sworn in to their next terms in JOE HENDRICKS | SUN office. All three Dan Murphy was sworn in to serve incumbent city another term as Anna Maria’s mayor. officials earned additional two-year terms after running unopposed in the recently concluded general election. Led by City Clerk LeAnne Addy, the swearing-in ceremony took place during the commission’s Nov. 10 organizational meeting. After the ceremony, the commission majority selected Short to serve as chair for the next year, with Commissioner Robert Kingan serving as vice chair. Longtime commission Chair Carol Carter did not seek reappointment to the chair’s position because she and her husband, Bob, are soon moving to Sarasota County and her final commission meeting will be on Thursday, Dec. 15. The commission will then need to appoint someone to serve the remaining 10-11 months of Carter’s current two-year term that expires in November 2023.
Bradenton Beach voters eliminate term limits
BY KRISTIN SWAIN
BY JOE HENDRICKS
SUN STAFF WRITER | kswain@amisun.com
SUN CORRESPONDENT | jhendricks@amisun.com
HOLMES BEACH - The election is over and two new city commissioners are taking the dais in Anna Maria Island's largest city. Just hours after the polls closed in Manatee County, Holmes Beach staff and elected officials were joined by friends, family and community members at city hall on Nov. 9 to swear in new commissioners Dan Diggins and Greg Kerchner. Both will be serving their first two-year terms as commissioners. Mayor Judy Titsworth was also sworn in for her third term as mayor. Commissioner Pat Morton welcomed both commissioners to the dais and said he hopes that the city's elected officials will be able to work together in a positive manner going forward. Commissioner Terry Schaefer echoed Morton's congratulations and added that he finds it encouraging
BRADENTON BEACH – City voters have eliminated the term limits that previously applied to the city’s mayor and city commissioners. During the general election that JOE HENDRICKS | SUN concluded on Nov. 8, Bradenton Beach voters supported Bradenton Beach’s charter amendment 4, eliminating registered voters term limits for elected officials. supported three other amendments to the
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The new Holmes Beach commission takes the dais for the first time together on Nov. 9. that there are still residents in the city who are willing to run for office. "Holmes Beach, unlike our two sister cities, has been blessed with people who have concerted and concerned interest in our city government and welfare," he said. "I'm happy to have you both." SEE HOLMES BEACH, PAGE 17
SEE BRADENTON BEACH, PAGE 35
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