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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

Reporter covering Scientology/Clearwater/Pinellas County for @TB_Times | Brooklyn born | Florida raised | Georgia newspaper roots | tips: [email protected] tampabay.com/author/tracey-… Clearwater, FL Joined June 2011
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The middle finger remains a real workman, clean and to the point, a smooth and efficient means of communication. It is fast, readily available to anyone in possession of the necessary digit. tampabay.com/opinion/2024/0…

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

3 weeks ago

Two landowners have sold an office tower and seven other properties to companies managed by developer Moises Agami in a deal that broadens control of the city’s downtown by Church of Scientology members. tampabay.com/news/clearwate…

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

4 weeks ago

After his time as Clearwater mayor ended on Monday and he gaveled a work session into recess, Brian Aungst Sr. turned to a man in the audience who was giving him the “one finger salute.” Aungst returned the gesture. tampabay.com/news/clearwate…

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

4 weeks ago

Dozens of trees in Clearwater have been cut or marked to be removed for what Duke Energy calls critical maintenance to prevent outages. The work has confused residents who say the company has in the past trimmed instead or left trees alone for decades. tampabay.com/news/clearwate…

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

a month ago

The lifelong Pinellas County educator was the first Black woman on the Clearwater City Commission and became an icon of community service in her North Greenwood neighborhood and throughout Pinellas. Mayme Hodges died this month at 94. tampabay.com/news/clearwate…

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

a month ago

Significant conservative turnout in Tuesday’s election helped GOP-backed candidates unseat two City Council members in Clearwater’s nonpartisan races. Bruce Rector defeated council member Kathleen Beckman and Ryan Cotton defeated council member Mark Bunker tampabay.com/news/clearwate…

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

2 months ago

As lawyer Bruce Rector gets help from an outside political committee that has sent attack mailers about his opponent in the Clearwater mayoral race, council member Kathleen Beckman has self funded much of her campaign. tampabay.com/news/clearwate…

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

2 months ago

Clearwater Police arrested a man during a City Council meeting Thursday night for refusing to leave after Mayor Brian Aungst Sr. said he violated the city’s rules of conduct. Full story here: tampabay.com/news/clearwate…

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Prem Thakker @prem_thakker

2 months ago

Look at this clip: Romeo, a 67-year-old manatee aimlessly swimming in circles in a small, filthy tank he was confined in. These are the kinds of conditions that animals have been subjected to at the Miami Seaquarium. Read our story:

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2 months ago

Look at this clip: Romeo, a 67-year-old manatee aimlessly swimming in circles in a small, filthy tank he was confined in. These are the kinds of conditions that animals have been subjected to at the Miami Seaquarium. Read our story: https://t.co/Cy1gpbEMRl

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

2 months ago

ICYMI Before a pilot crashed Feb. 1, killing three, he reported not being able to find Clearwater Airpark It’s the only local, public airport without a rotating beacon that has night flights in a dense, residential area where the margin for error is small tampabay.com/news/clearwate…

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

2 months ago

Before a pilot crashed Feb. 1, killing three, he reported not being able to find Clearwater Airpark. It’s the only local, public airport without a rotating beacon that has night flights in a dense, residential area where the margin for error is small. tampabay.com/news/clearwate…

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

2 months ago

Tarpon Springs Commissioners almost deadlocked in their attempt to fill a vacancy on the dais. But facing the rule requiring the governor to fill a seat left vacant after 60 days, the Commission agreed to appoint former Mayor Frank DiDonato. tampabay.com/news/pinellas/…

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

2 months ago

A new state study of a proposed lane reconfiguration on Drew Street shows the changes would decrease crashes and not cause congestion in Clearwater. But candidates in the March 19 election opposed to the project are skeptical of the preliminary findings. tampabay.com/news/clearwate…

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

2 months ago

Dozens of city officials across Florida resigned before Jan. 1 when a new law requiring a more extensive financial disclosure took effect. Now 26 cities are suing, alleging the law is "highly intrusive" and unconstitutional. tampabay.com/news/florida-p…

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

2 months ago

All candidates in the race for Clearwater Council Seat 3 say their priorities go beyond downtown. But incumbent Mark Bunker’s focus on Scientology in his first term has made the topic a point of debate in his race with Ryan Cotton and Mike Mastruserio. tampabay.com/news/clearwate…

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

2 months ago

Should Clearwater be run by council members backed by business interests and longtime political influencers in the “establishment,” or by those advocating for neighborhood needs? That's a theme in the race for Seat 3 in the March 19 election. tampabay.com/news/clearwate…

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

3 months ago

The race for Clearwater mayor is heated. And while there are only two candidates running, there is a third person in the middle of the race. tampabay.com/news/clearwate…

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

3 months ago

Bruce Rector is framing the March 19 election as a choice between his vision for government efficiency and Kathleen Beckman being “out of touch.” She calls the efforts “disgraceful campaign tactics” and an attack on her promise to empower residents tampabay.com/news/clearwate…

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Tracey McManus @TroMcManus

3 months ago

To get to a fiery plane crash in a mobile home park Thursday, Clearwater Fire had to drive south against northbound traffic on US 19's frontage road. The route had to do with the configuration of U.S. 19's exit ramps and spacing of fire stations. tampabay.com/news/clearwate…

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3 months ago

Very proud of this deeply reported, thoroughly original @DaytonRMartind story that reframes the prevailing narrative about a "shortage" of lab monkeys into something luminous and humane vox.com/future-perfect…

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