Affordable housing advocate builds campaign for Manatee commission

Affordable housing advocate builds campaign for Manatee commission

Bradenton’s Glen Gibellina, 74, has been an activist since the days of the Vietnam War when his brother Gary was drafted. Gibellina’s draft number was too high to be called on to serve. He was a student at Arizona State University and enrolled in the Air Force ROTC at the time.“I’d be there in my uniform at 5:30 in the morning,” Gibellina said. “About 4 in the afternoon, I had my tie dyed T-shirt on protesting at the same building.” Gibellina lo…