George W Kruse
@gwkruse.bsky.social
Manatee County Commissioner 🐘 • Common sense policies to improve housing 🏘️, transit 🚎 & trails 🚴♂️ • UF ‘97 🐊 • ColumbiaBSchool ‘03 🦁
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Just a reminder that my next town hall is THIS Wednesday (Jan 15) at the South Manatee Branch Library. We will get started at 6pm. As always, these are entirely open to all questions, comments and concerns. You determine the topics. I hope to see you there. 📣📚
January 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Just a reminder that my next town hall is THIS Wednesday (Jan 15) at the South Manatee Branch Library. We will get started at 6pm. As always, these are entirely open to all questions, comments and concerns. You determine the topics. I hope to see you there. 📣📚
This was in the Substack this morning but I’ll post it separately as well. Below are the confirmed dates and locations for my Library Town Halls for the first half of 2025. Note that all are on Wed at 6pm other than June, which is a Thurs. I hope to see you at one or all of them in the new year!
January 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This was in the Substack this morning but I’ll post it separately as well. Below are the confirmed dates and locations for my Library Town Halls for the first half of 2025. Note that all are on Wed at 6pm other than June, which is a Thurs. I hope to see you at one or all of them in the new year!
Welcome to 2025!
A New Year - a New Board - a New Substack
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January 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Reminder that this Wednesday is my last town hall of a very eventful 2024. 📣📚
If I don’t see you Wednesday, have a great holiday season and I’ll see all of you in 2025! 🎉
If I don’t see you Wednesday, have a great holiday season and I’ll see all of you in 2025! 🎉
December 16, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Reminder that this Wednesday is my last town hall of a very eventful 2024. 📣📚
If I don’t see you Wednesday, have a great holiday season and I’ll see all of you in 2025! 🎉
If I don’t see you Wednesday, have a great holiday season and I’ll see all of you in 2025! 🎉
Congratulations to our new #ManateeCounty Planning Commissioners Matt Bower and Alyssa Gay and to our new Historic Preservation Board members Cathy Slusser and Phillip Travis!
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Planning Commission and Historic Preservation Board Receive New Members - The Bradenton Times
Manatee County Commissioners appointed four citizens to fill vacancies on the Manatee County Planning Commission and the Historic Preservation Board. …
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December 14, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Congratulations to our new #ManateeCounty Planning Commissioners Matt Bower and Alyssa Gay and to our new Historic Preservation Board members Cathy Slusser and Phillip Travis!
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I’m looking forward to a productive 2025 in #ManateeCounty when we will collectively move new, common sense policies forward and correct old policies which were not in the best interest of the public.
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BOCC Elects Commissioner George Kruse to Serve as Board Chair - The Bradenton Times
A new chairman will lead Manatee County Commission meetings beginning in 2025. During a regular meeting on Tuesday, the newly seated board elected next year’s commission …
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December 11, 2024 at 4:00 PM
I’m looking forward to a productive 2025 in #ManateeCounty when we will collectively move new, common sense policies forward and correct old policies which were not in the best interest of the public.
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Newly elected #Florida county commissioners have voted to dismiss a legal claim for nearly $250,000 against a former official who challenged the board’s controversial rollback of local wetland protections.
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November 30, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Newly elected #Florida county commissioners have voted to dismiss a legal claim for nearly $250,000 against a former official who challenged the board’s controversial rollback of local wetland protections.
www.bradenton.com/news/politic...
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Happy Thanksgiving! Today I am thankful for everyone in #ManateeCounty coming together in 2024 to take back their government and their voice! 🦃🇺🇸
Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃
Let's all give thanks for what we've accomplished in 2024!
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November 28, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Today I am thankful for everyone in #ManateeCounty coming together in 2024 to take back their government and their voice! 🦃🇺🇸
#ManateeCounty has a new Board of County Commissioners! I’m looking forward to a productive, and publicly-focused, next four years.
Thank you to everyone who came out this morning for the swearing in. It was great seeing you all there celebrating what you worked so hard for all these past months.
Thank you to everyone who came out this morning for the swearing in. It was great seeing you all there celebrating what you worked so hard for all these past months.
November 19, 2024 at 3:41 PM
#ManateeCounty has a new Board of County Commissioners! I’m looking forward to a productive, and publicly-focused, next four years.
Thank you to everyone who came out this morning for the swearing in. It was great seeing you all there celebrating what you worked so hard for all these past months.
Thank you to everyone who came out this morning for the swearing in. It was great seeing you all there celebrating what you worked so hard for all these past months.
Friday night we had an amazing #lynrydskynyrd concert benefiting hospitality workers affected by #HurriceHelene and #HurricaneMilton out on AMI. Loved it and I loved the enthusiasm and support from our community!
#ManateeCounty #livemusic #AnnaMariaIsland #FreeBird
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#ManateeCounty #livemusic #AnnaMariaIsland #FreeBird
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Amazing #lynrydskynyrd concert benefiting hospitality workers affected by #HurriceHelene and #HurricaneMilton out on AMI. Loved it and I loved the enthusiasm and support from our community! #ManateeCo...
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November 18, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Friday night we had an amazing #lynrydskynyrd concert benefiting hospitality workers affected by #HurriceHelene and #HurricaneMilton out on AMI. Loved it and I loved the enthusiasm and support from our community!
#ManateeCounty #livemusic #AnnaMariaIsland #FreeBird
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYNUtvLf/
#ManateeCounty #livemusic #AnnaMariaIsland #FreeBird
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I’m finally contemplating moving focus to some new options. Hopefully my empty post list will begin populating soon. I’m also starting to look at:
Threads: www.threads.net/@gwkruse
tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@georgekruse
And getting back to writing on substack: open.substack.com/pub/commissi...
Threads: www.threads.net/@gwkruse
tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@georgekruse
And getting back to writing on substack: open.substack.com/pub/commissi...
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November 18, 2024 at 12:05 PM
I’m finally contemplating moving focus to some new options. Hopefully my empty post list will begin populating soon. I’m also starting to look at:
Threads: www.threads.net/@gwkruse
tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@georgekruse
And getting back to writing on substack: open.substack.com/pub/commissi...
Threads: www.threads.net/@gwkruse
tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@georgekruse
And getting back to writing on substack: open.substack.com/pub/commissi...
Live Local and many other “affordable” incentive programs in Florida are not actually targeting their intended beneficiaries. The 120% AMI threshold is simply broken right now and doesn’t put rents where they need to be for the benefits provided. That’s why I’m working to cap #ManateeCounty at 80%.
NEW: Families in Florida may struggle to 'Live Local' on average salaries for firefighters, EMTs/paramedics, educators, and law enforcement officers, according to the latest report from FPI's Cicely Hodges. www.floridapolicy.org/posts/can-fl...
Can Florida's Public Workforce Afford to 'Live Local'?
Many in the public workforce cannot afford the “workforce housing” targeted by Live Local, despite serving in critical roles within communities.
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November 16, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Live Local and many other “affordable” incentive programs in Florida are not actually targeting their intended beneficiaries. The 120% AMI threshold is simply broken right now and doesn’t put rents where they need to be for the benefits provided. That’s why I’m working to cap #ManateeCounty at 80%.