Mayor's race makes it chilly at City Hall

Mayor Marianne Barnebey.
It rolls off the tongue easily enough, but whether the title comes to fruition we’ll have to wait until Election Day.
That the 55-year-old Bradenton City Council member announced Thursday she’s running against Mayor Wayne Poston should make an interesting race.
To put it mildly.
You thought their relationship was chilly before?
Imagine how this affects the room temperature on the second-floor wing of City Hall that houses Bradenton’s semi-esteemed elected leaders.
Now that Barnebey is openly campaigning for Poston’s nice big office down the hall from her own, it’s bound to get a whole lot frostier.

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