Barbara Ford-Coates, who was first elected as Sarasota County Tax Collector in 1984, was defeated by Sarasota County ...

Ford-Coates, the last Democrat holding partisan office in Sarasota County, lost her seat Tuesday. After 40 years in office, ...

With wins ranging in races from tax collector to Charter Review Board, Republicans dominated local races on election night.

But given that Moran, who is term limiting off the board, is currently vying to become Sarasota County tax collector (against longtime incumbent Barbara Ford-Coates), I believe they are warranted ...

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The exception is and has been one of our local candidates — Democrat Barbara Ford-Coates, Sarasota County’s longtime tax collector. The tax collector is not a job for partisanship. To her ...

President-elect Donald Trump has named Susie Wiles, the Manager of his victorious campaign, as his White House Chief of Staff ...

General elections in deep red Sarasota and Manatee counties are typically much less competitive than the primaries. Nevertheless, the November election is always the belle of the ball as far as ...

It, too, is avoidable. “The easiest way to bypass paying this fee is to pay your balance in full every month,” said Molly Ford-Coates, a certified credit repair specialist at Ford Financial ...

"The first thing you want to do is gather all your debt together," said Molly Ford-Coates, an accredited financial counselor and the founder of Ford Financial Management. "It can be difficult to ...