Local Dark Money - Flipbook - Page 126
leading donors are Benderson aûliates ($46,000),
Pat Neal aûliates ($28,000), Carlos Beruû aûliates
($20,000) Rex Jensen aûliates ($15,000)
Both Friends of Neil Rainford and Friends of Teresa
Mast have hired Anthony PediciniÕs Þrm, Simwins
LLC. Pedicini is known for hardball political
tactics. He is the political consultant who
successfully ushered in a slate of new Manatee
County Commissioners into oûce in 2020. The
new Manatee County Commission has been
criticized for reducing important wetlands
protections, Þring a competent County
Administrator and hiring a replacement who was
arrested and charged with three felonies.
