The 941 Mixtape: Volume 1

This week, Mitch and Dawn discuss the appeal by the mother of a Palmetto man who died following a police encounter for the county to implement a program that would send social workers instead of police officers to certain calls as well as the conversation about consolidating fire districts at Tuesday's Manatee County Commission meeting.

This week, Mitch and Dawn discuss the Manatee County Commission's special meeting on "illegal aliens" and James Satcher's appointment as Manatee County Supervisor of Elections.

This week, TBT editor Mitch Maley & local government reporter Dawn Kitterman discuss a broad array of local, state, and national issues while keeping you up to date on some major area events happening this weekend.

TBT editor Mitch Maley and local government reporter Dawn Kitterman discuss the latest episode of "The Real KVO" cartoon, the Florida Supreme Court's decision to affirm a strict abortion law and also allow a referendum to enshrine abortion rights onto the ballot, and whether it and a referendum to legalize recreational cannabis will have broader election impacts.

TBT reporter Dawn Kitterman joins editor Mitch Maley to discuss the observation deck at SRQ that the Manatee County Commission recently approved funding for, the recently approved sale of airport land to New College, and a controversial social media ban signed into law by Gov. DeSantis on Monday.

TBT editor Mitch Maley and local government reporter Dawn Kitterman discuss Manatee County Government's controversial award of an HR consulting contract to a politically connected individual with highly suspect credentials, upcoming items of note for the county commission, and "the puppet's" highly anticipated episode seven.

In celebration of Sunshine Week, Mitch Maley and Dawn Kitterman discuss TBT's ongoing efforts to secure public records from the county regarding the possible misuse of staff resources, as well as Commissioner Kevin Van Ostenbridge's talk at a Manatee Patriots meeting on Tuesday.

Manatee County Commissioner George Kruse joins TBT's Mitch Maley to discuss impact fees, the wetland buffer, Veterans Monument Park, and other recent BOCC issues.

Misty Servia is a professional land use planner and former Manatee County Commissioner. She joins TBT Editor Mitch Maley in this week's episode to discuss the dismal current state of Manatee County Government and its board.

TBT Editor Mitch Maley is joined by county government reporter Dawn Kitterman to discuss the governor's impending appointment of a Manatee County Supervisor of Elections, the vaguely presented and unthinkably expensive "Veterans Monument Park" recently pushed through by the Manatee County Commission, and the board's use of an evergrowing "communications" department as a propaganda wing for elected officials.