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    Quote Originally Posted by Samantha Chaney View Post
    Kurt Hoffman raised $45,000 in his first 24 days.

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    We'll see the amount of support Fern gets from contributors; his campaign finance report is due 9/10 at SarasotaVotes.com. See ya then . . .

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    Here are campaign facts for Kurt Hoffman's first 24 days of campaigning:
    • 33 percent of Hoffman’s contributions came from corporations
    • Half of Hoffman's contributions (111) are from corporations
    • 115 people have contributed to Hoffman's campaign

    Locations of Eric Robinson's corporate infrastructure:
    • 45 corporate contributions came from 4054 Sawyer Road
    • 15 corporate contributions came from 1651 Whitfield Ave (Manatee County)
    • 5 corporate contributions came from 14400 Covenant Way (Manatee County)
    • 5 corporate contributions came from 4343 Sawyer Road
    • 5 corporate contributions came from...

    Source:
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vsr...ew?usp=sharing
    Fun and fast facts:

    • Eric Robinson lined up continuations for Kurt Hoffman's campaign for several months, prior to Kurt's filing to run to be the next Sarasota sheriff.
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    • Kurt Hoffman has the support of Eric Robinson, Robert Waechter and [so far] the Sarasota GOP.
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    • The election is 12 months away - and a lot of strange things can happen between now and then. This is just the beginning.
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    • Why does Eric Robinson jokingly call himself the "Prince of Darkness"?

    Was Geoff Monge disqualified to be sheriff, based on his past? Geoff Monge was FIRED for political reasons from employment as a deputy at the Sarasota Sheriff's Office - and Monge subsequently worked honorably as a shoe salesman, prior to his winning the election to be the next Sarasota sheriff. Tom Knight and Kurt Hoffman have weaponized the Sarasota Sheriff's Office for personal and political gain. It will be stopped.

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    We'll see the amount of support Fern gets from contributors; his campaign finance report is due 9/10 at SarasotaVotes.com
    See ya then . . .
    Who really cares as long as we get paid. Think of it this way. The less we do our hourly rate has greater value. The more we work, not only does our risk for injury and indictment go up, but our hourly rate value diminishes. Do less and earn more is my motto.

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    We'll see the amount of support Fern gets from contributors; his campaign finance report is due 9/10 at SarasotaVotes.com
    See ya then . . .
    So wait, you are saying to be a qualified candidate for Sheriff of Sarasota County, you have to have “X” amount of dollars in bribes, i mean “donations”?

    The fact that the position of Sheriff accepts a single dollar in campaign contributions should be troubling to EVERYONE!

    Does anyone actually believe big $ donors are not essentially bribing a Sheriff? (Not pointing fingers, but any Sheriff)

    BRIBE.
    1 : money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust police officers accused of taking bribes.

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    Well, if that’s your qualifier,,,, I’m voting for the guy with the least amount of donations. That means there’s much less of a chance he will have to “bend the rules” for a “friend” down the road...

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    So wait, you are saying to be a qualified candidate for Sheriff of Sarasota County, you have to have “X” amount of dollars in bribes, i mean “donations”?

    The fact that the position of Sheriff accepts a single dollar in campaign contributions should be troubling to EVERYONE!

    Does anyone actually believe big $ donors are not essentially bribing a Sheriff? (Not pointing fingers, but any Sheriff)

    BRIBE.
    1 : money or favor given or promised in order to influence the judgment or conduct of a person in a position of trust police officers accused of taking bribes.
    "Give me control of a campaign's money supply - and then I will control the outcome of the election, along with controlling whatever politician who wins it." - Prince of Darkness

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    Quote Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
    Who really cares as long as we get paid. Think of it this way. The less we do our hourly rate has greater value. The more we work, not only does our risk for injury and indictment go up, but our hourly rate value diminishes. Do less and earn more is my motto.
    Well said, Murph

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    Do less and earn more is my motto.
    Higher pay/lighter workload? Not realistic because our firefighter bro's already have dibs on extra bennies that Sarasota will have to RAISE TAXES to pay for.

    "Florida legislature puts local governments on the hook for extra benefits for firefighters"
    https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida...hters/27378584

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    Higher pay/lighter workload? Not realistic because our firefighter bro's already have dibs on extra bennies that Sarasota will have to RAISE TAXES to pay for.

    "Florida legislature puts local governments on the hook for extra benefits for firefighters"
    https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida...hters/27378584
    Cancer is now the #2 killer in the United States for ALL people, but it will soon pass cardiovascular disease to become the #1 killer. Look at the CDC graph here to see the growth of cancer in the United States:

    https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/images/data...db254_fig1.png

    The high-risk retirement for cops & firefighters is currently 3% annually, but it needs to be reduced back to its original 2% annually, to keep the Florida Retirement System (FRS) solvent for the long-term. As a comparison, Florida's civilian government workers only get 1.8% annually.

    Florida's legislators need to look at the high-risk retirements of Georgia and Alabama, to see how to keep the FRS solvent for the long-term.

    Paying every FRS high-risk worker who gets cancer 25k is not the financial answer for long-term solvency of the FRS.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
    Cancer is now the #2 killer in the United States for ALL people, but it will soon pass cardiovascular disease to become the #1 killer. Look at the CDC graph here to see the growth of cancer in the United States:

    https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/images/data...db254_fig1.png

    The high-risk retirement for cops & firefighters is currently 3% annually, but it needs to be reduced back to its original 2% annually, to keep the Florida Retirement System (FRS) solvent for the long-term. As a comparison, Florida's civilian government workers only get 1.8% annually.

    Florida's legislators need to look at the high-risk retirements of Georgia and Alabama, to see how to keep the FRS solvent for the long-term.

    Paying every FRS high-risk worker who gets cancer 25k is not the financial answer for long-term solvency of the FRS.
    This post is obviously not from a cop or firefighter. The FRS system is solvent and will continue to be. This poster is either a politician like Pink Slip Tricky Rick Scott or a civilian employee that is pissed off that we have a better retirement than they do. The civilians are more than welcome to go an academy then risk life and limb around the clock in all types of conditions for people that will kill us, if they get the opportunity to so, to get the better percentage.

    Let us not forget that we are already paying 3% into our pension due to false facts from Pink Slip Tricky Rick. Prior to the 3% pay cut we all had to take, the politicians cried about 88% solvency (4th best in the nation at the time) when high risk employers paid 22% of our salary into the FRS. You would think that the 3% the legislature enacted for us to pay would increase that amount being contributed to 25% (22% from employer and 3% from employee)and help fund that bogus insolvency but in reality Tricky Ricky and his band of BS artists pulled a fast one and REDUCED the percentage paid by the employer to 13%. Explain that fuzzy math to me! If 22% caused FRS to be in danger of going belly up how can the 16% contribution after 2011 (13% employer and 3% employee) be better than the 22% already being deposited every paycheck? Where did that windfall savings of over 5 million dollars from the Sarasota Sheriff's budget go that year? He sure a heck didn't give it back!!

    Cops and firefighters, as well as ALL high risk employees have a dangerous job that causes lifelong illnesses above and beyond the paper cuts received by standard/civilian pension employees.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
    This poster is either a politician or a civilian employee that is pissed off that we have a better retirement than they do. Cops and firefighters have a dangerous job, above and beyond paper cuts received by civilian employees.
    It's the politicians who gave away the barn, at taxpayers expense. It's about doing the right thing (morally and financially). If Florida's taxpayers knew how much we are making -- in comparison to Georgia's and Alabama's public safety employees -- then most Florida taxpayers would be very upset. Georgia and Alabama are set-up to be solvent over the next 30 years.

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    The FRS system is solvent and will continue to be.
    As more government employees begin retiring from the FRS, over the next 20-30 years, the financial burden on taxpayers will increase significantly.

    Current Florida Retirement System Payouts:

    After 20 years:
    • 32% of pay for civilians at retirement (1.6% annually)
    • 40% of pay for prosecutors at retirement (2% annually)
    • 60% of pay for police & firefighters at retirement (3% annually)
    • 70% of pay for judges at retirement (3.5% annually)

    After 25 years:
    • 40% of pay for civilians at retirement (1.6% annually)
    • 50% of pay for prosecutors at retirement (2% annually)
    • 75% of pay for police & firefighters at retirement (3% annually)
    • 88% of pay for judges at retirement (3.5% annually)

    After 30 years:
    • 48% of pay for civilians at retirement (1.6% annually)
    • 60% of pay for prosecutors at retirement (2% annually)
    • 90% of pay for police & firefighters at retirement (3% annually)
    • 100% of pay for judges at retirement (3.5% annually)

    After 35 years:
    • 56% of pay for civilians at retirement (1.6% annually)
    • 70% of pay for prosecutors at retirement (2% annually)
    • 100% of pay for police & firefighters at retirement (3% annually)
    • 100% of pay for judges at retirement (3.5% annually)

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