with the Florida Division of Corporations
listed Barbetta as Kenealy Events' "man-
ager," leading Lucas and others to question
Barbetta's true relationship with the com-
pany and SANCA. At that March 19 meeting,
Barbetta, in fact, recused himself from voting
on the SANCA operating agreement, telling
the board he was doing so despite receiving
"no remuneration" from Kenealy Events.
The operating agreement with SANCA was
eventually approved 4-0, without Barbetta.
Five days later, updated state paperwork
began showing Mary Kenealy as the "man-
ager" of the company, rather than Barbetta.
Lucas remains unsatisfied.
This week, she filed a formal complaint with
the state Commission on Ethics and posted
the info to her personal blog, Exile on Main
Street. In it, she charges that while Barbetta
recused himself from that March vote, he
should have done so on previous SANCA-
related votes as well. In addition, she alleges
that Barbetta has voted on economic devel-
opment grants involving companies in which
he holds stock: Venice's PGT Industries and
Lakewood Ranch's Sunovia (now known as
Evolucia). Barbetta's so-called Form 6, filed
with the Commission on Ethics, does indeed
list both companies, among others, as ones in
which he holds stock.
Florida Statute 112.3143 dictates that "no
county, municipal, or other local public offi-
cer shall vote in an official capacity upon
any measure which would inure to his or her
special private gain or loss," but the law's
Atomic Holiday Bazaar organizer Adrien Lucas (left) with past Atomic Holiday Bazaar participant
Richeal Parisi. Photo courtesy of Adrien Lucas
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