Paul Fern runs for Sarasota sheriff

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Paul Fern (L) and Sheriff Tom Knight (R)

Retired Sarasota sheriff’s deputy Paul Fern is running for sheriff in 2020.

Fern, 53, started his law enforcement career as a corrections deputy at the Manatee Sheriff’s Office, but he moved to the Sarasota Sheriff's Office patrol division in 1997.

When the World Trade Center was attacked, he got to know Secret Service agents. “After 9/11, an agent sent me an email and said they were ramping up the air marshals,” Fern said. He then became a federal air marshal with the Department of Homeland Security.

In 2011, travel demands became greater and he chose to return to the Sarasota Sheriff's Office where he worked in patrol and as a K9 deputy until his retirement in 2018.

Fern now owns Wings and Weenies with his wife, Joann.

Fern said the need for changes at the Sheriff’s Office drew him into the race, but said he respects Hoffman and...

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Full story:
https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/2...rasota-sheriff

Sheriff candidate Paul Fern and his wife Joann Martello filed incorporation papers at Sunbiz.org for Wings and Weenies of Sarasota, Inc. She's the pres., he's the vice pres. Upon closer inspection it appears the missus doesn't believe
in paying income taxes. Internal Revenue Service says so. https://www.myfloridacounty.com/ori/index.do

Not one but two IRS TAX LIENS, 2006 and 2018.

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Who cares? If being related to someone who has had financial issues was a LEO disqualifier this agency would have about 20 people working at it.

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If that is the worst thing you could find on Paul Fern was an arrangement with IRS to pay on back business taxes then he wins the background check portion of the race already. I’ve read all the crap on Hoffman over and over again on here.

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...an arrangement with IRS.

Arrangement? Tail's on fire. IRS made a demand for unpaid taxes and the miscreant spouse-of-the-sheriff-candidate refused to pay. Bam! slapped the tax dodger with a federal tax lien.
A multi-year GOTCHA https://secure.sarasotaclerk.com/vie...num=2018156561

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Arrangement? Tail's on fire. IRS made a demand for unpaid taxes and the miscreant spouse-of-the-sheriff-candidate refused to pay. Bam! slapped the tax dodger with a federal tax lien.
A multi-year GOTCHA https://secure.sarasotaclerk.com/vie...num=2018156561

Thank you for pointing out dirt on a woman and/or on other women. However, so you have dirt on any of the candidates, such as:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VFg...ew?usp=sharing

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Paul Fern's closest live-in associate is an undesirable character

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Paul Fern's closest live-in associate is an undesirable character

Are you suggesting that Kurt Hoffman lives with Paul Fern?

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So do you have dirt on any of the candidates, such as:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VFg...ew?usp=sharing

Kurt Hoffman has admitted to stealing gas after he was sworn in as a Reserve deputy sheriff. That says it all.

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questions for sheriff candidate Paul Fern

1) Your primary gig is Wings n Weenies on Fruitville Rd so tell me how many employees you manage and how much you pay them. Since your sistah in a previous post is interested in women's issues, is it reasonable to asssume you pay them $15/hr with health and family leave benefits?
2) Your highest rank at SSO was deputy. Does that qualify you to run a multimillion dollar agency? Will you bring in your Wings n Weenies partner Joann Martello to tackle the budget?
3) Formal education: GED? plus a canine nutrition seminar?
4) Will you hire all-guns-no-brains Jug Ears (95 Bravo Protection Services, Bradenton) as your consultant?...
5) ...speaking of which, what's a "constitutional sheriff"?