I believe that same Bill Barnett is the mayor of where I live now, Naples, FL.

It may be the same guy.
I tried to call Bill Barnett many years ago when doing research on Yenkos sold at Byrne Brothers but never got to talk to him. I was given a tip that it was the same Bill Barnett who was a mayor in FL

I did get to talk with Jerry Roberts who was the parts manager.
He was still a parts manager at a Chevy dealer in Tarrytown NY at the time.
I would go there to buy parts as it was cool to talk with him