Stacy Jessee is a local activist with a background in political science. She home-schools her family's four children who she regularly exposes to the machinery of local government. Stacy joins TBT's Mitch Maley and Dawn Kitterman to discuss what the family has learned from the experience.

This week, TBT publisher and 22-year Manatee County Commissioner Joe McClash drops by the podcast to discuss the state of local government in Manatee County and the State of Florida.

This week, TBT Editor Mitch Maley and Local Government Reporter Dawn Kitterman discuss the investigation into allegations that former Manatee County Administrator Scott Hopes "wiped" his county owned devices, potentially destroying public records, before being escorted out of the administration building, along with the county commission's responsibility to find and hire a replacement for the top job in county government.

Local government reporter Dawn Kitterman joins TBT Editor Mitch Maley for a discussion on this week in local politics, including the Manatee County Commission's war on library books.

Newly-elected Bradenton City Councilman Josh Cramer joins the podcast this week to discuss issues facing the city, his priorities for his first term, and what he's learned since being sworn into office in November.

Former Manatee County Administrator Cheri Coryea joins the podcast this week to give her first-hand account of the events surrounding Vaccinegate, for which County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh was recently publicly reprimanded, censured, and fined by the Florida Commission on Ethics, much of which contradicts the commissioner's own claims.

TBT Editor Mitch Maley and government reporter Dawn Kitterman discuss the week in Manatee County Politics, including the repeal of the ban on the retail sale of cats and dogs, Governor DeSantis's continued meddling at New College, and the vandalism of a local art installation meant to celebrate diversity.

TBT Investigative reporter Dawn Kitterman joins editor Mitch Maley to discuss this week in local politics, including Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh's ethics settlement, which was approved Friday; the latest on Commissioner George Kruse's DUI trial, and the board's decision to delay a vote on restoring the Confederate monument to the historic courthouse, which had been scheduled for Tuesday.

TBT investigative reporter Dawn Kitterman joins editor Mitch Maley to discuss updates on the legal woes of three Manatee County Commissioners: Kevin Van Ostenbridge entering a pre-trial intervention after getting caught stealing; George Kruse's effort to have body cam footage from an accident for which he is charged with DUI thrown out; and Vanessa Baugh's efforts to settle ethics violations related to "Vaccinegate."

TBT investigative reporter Dawn Kitterman returns to the podcast this week to discuss the ongoing Mitchell Teitelbaum saga, as well as the recently revealed plan to have the state preempt Holmes Beach's ordinance disallowing a parking garage at the county beach.