Tracey McManus
@tromcmanus
Reporter covering Scientology/Clearwater/Pinellas County for @TB_Times | Brooklyn born | Florida raised | Georgia newspaper roots | tips: [email protected]
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https://www.tampabay.com/author/tracey-mcmanus/ 30-06-2011 18:34:39
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Solitary, concrete cages have kept #Florida's Suncoast Primate Sanctuary from qualifying as a real sanctuary or shaking its reputation as a rundown roadside zoo. tampabay.com/news/clearwate… via Tracey McManus
Tropical Storm Debby caused so much sewage to bubble from manholes in Clearwater that workers ran out of vacuum trucks. They had to use sandbags to hold off polluted water until they could suck it up. Important reporting by Emily L. Mahoney Max Chesnes tampabay.com/hurricane/2024…
2020 election deniers vie for control of #Florida’s ballot box tampabay.com/news/florida-p… via Lawrence Mower, Romy Ellenbogen & Tracey McManus
Former Clearwater police officer Nicolas Paloma was recently acquitted in one rape case but three more women told police that Paloma also pressured them into sex acts in exchange for leniency, according to records obtained by Brandon Kingdollar tampabay.com/news/clearwate…
Boy Scouts in talks to sell 50-acre slice of #Florida reservation -- despite the explicit instructions of the man who donated the land tampabay.com/news/hernando/… via Tracey McManus & Barbara Behrendt
“It takes more than a noun and a verb and preposterous claims of voter fraud to win an election in Pinellas County" -- Supervisor of Elections Julie Marcus on her victory over activist Chris Gleason, who accused her of fraud. w Justin Garcia tampabay.com/news/florida-p…
The insurer mentioned, Heritage, is a major donor to Florida politicians — they were a sponsor of DeSantis' reelection inauguration. Its lobbyist is close to Jimmy Patronis, whose office investigated this alleged fraud. Patronis was also against the state fining Heritage $1m.
Today is my first day with The Dallas Morning News as the Dallas County government accountability reporter. Please send any tips to: [email protected] I loved my 9 years at the Tampa Bay Times, but now I’m looking forward to digging into Texas journalism.