Sarasota Sheriff Election on August 18
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    Exclamation Sarasota Sheriff Election on August 18

    Integrity cannot be purchased, nor
    can it be sold to the highest bidder.

    Caveat Emptor

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    Kurt Hoffman received:

    • 45 corporate campaign checks from one address at 4054 Sawyer Rd.
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    • 75 corporate campaign checks from five addresses.
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    • Etc.


    Two questions for you:

    1. Does corporate money represent your choice for the office elected sheriff of Sarasota County?
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    2. Is the office of sheriff for sale to the highest bidder?


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

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    Paul Fern is a genuinely nice man. He is down-to-earth and is not conceited. If God wills him to win, then it will be a nice change. Very nice. His experience is primarily in street-level work ---- and not politics and favors.

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    Here is an article from the way-back machine about a command staff member (Captain John Walsh) encouraging a deputy to lie under oath during an official internal investigation:

    https://news.google.com/newspapers?n...pg=2327,389314
    Sheriff Tom Knight said he promoted John Walsh as part of his “succession plan” for the Sarasota Sheriff’s Office. Knight’s “succession plan” includes the following promotions into his command staff:

    • Captain John Walsh, who lied under oath and then encouraged another deputy (Mark Macale) to lie under oath for him during an official internal investigation. The Sarasota-Herald Tribune article is scrubbed from the Tribune website, but it is still posted at the above link at news.google.com.
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    • Colonel Kurt Hoffman, who lied under oath during an official lie detector test.
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    • Lieutenant Dan Tutko, who as a supervisor, asked a subordinate deputy to lie during a K9 sniff at a traffic stop (link to memorialized article is available upon request).

    Knight’s “succession plan” comments are scrubbed from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune website. However, to see a memorialized copy of his comments, click on this link and scroll to the bottom of the page:
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xuH...ew?usp=sharing

    Here is the original Sarasota Herald-Tribune link that is scrubbed of Knight's "succession plan" comments. But beware – the H-T link has previously had vicious malware attached to it – so click on it at your own risk:
    http://crimeandcourts.blogs.heraldtr...eriffs-office/

    Knight’s “succession plan” involves promoting vetted liars who have documented records of lying. You cannot make this stuff up.

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    Exclamation Kurt Hoffman and the Hatch Act violation

    As a Sarasota County Sheriff’s employee, the Hatch Act prohibits Kurt Hoffman, from seeking public office in a partisan election (such as a Republican Primary). To be in conformance with the law, Hoffman should have asked Sheriff Tom Knight for a “leave of absence” – but he did not. As an attorney, Hoffman should have known this basic legal information.

    Here is a copy-and-paste from the Supervisor of Elections in Pinellas County (from Ms. Julie Marcus):

    • How does the “resign-to-run” law relate to the “Hatch Act?”

      The state resign-to-run law is entirely separate from the federal “Hatch Act.” The federal Hatch Act (5 U.S.C. §§ 1501- 1508) applies to executive branch state and local employees who are principally employed in connection with programs financed in whole or in part by loans or grants made by the United States or a federal agency.

      The Hatch Act prohibits executive branch state and local employees covered under its provisions from being a candidate for public office in a partisan election, i.e., an election in which any candidate represents, for example, the Republican or Democratic Party.

      For example, if an employee works for a state agency and his or her principal work is in an area which is funded in part by a federal agency, then the Hatch Act would prohibit that employee from running for a partisan office. Law enforcement officers seeking to run for public office should be aware that if their law enforcement agency receives federal funding (e.g., Department of Homeland Security grants), then their candidacy for a partisan office may be subject to the Hatch Act prohibitions. The Hatch Act would not prohibit the covered employee from being a candidate in a nonpartisan election; however, an employee’s conduct is also subject to the laws of the state and the regulations of the employing agency, so the employee should check with his or her supervisor, personnel office, or the agency’s general counsel to determine what state or local law or agency rules or policies may apply regarding political activities.

      The Hatch Act prohibits state, county and municipal employees seeking public office in a partisan election.

      Questions about the Hatch Act may be directed to:
      Hatch Act Unit
      U.S. Office of Special Counsel
      1730 M Street, N.W., Suite 218
      Washington, D.C. 20036-4505
      Tel: (800) 85-HATCH or (800) 854-2824
      (202) 254-3650
      Website: http://www.osc.gov/pages/hatchact.aspx

    Source:
    https://www.votepinellas.com/Candida...ign-to-Run-Law

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    Florida Division of Elections:

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    It is only when the covered employee’s entire salary is paid from federal funds that the employee would have to resign under the Hatch Act before becoming a candidate for partisan office.

    Look at pages 3 and 4:

    https://soe.dos.state.fl.us/pdf/DE-G...unLawFinal.pdf

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    Lightbulb Chief deputy violates Hatch Act & wins election: Issued federal warning letter

    Quote Originally Posted by “Scott Schwebke”
    OGDEN, UTAH -- The U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) determined that Terry Thompson, when he was chief deputy, violated the Hatch Act in his successful 2010 bid for Weber County Sheriff, but the office won't take action against him. OSC spokesperson Ann O'Hanlon said the OSC often issues a warning letter instead of taking enforcement action, if a Hatch Act violation is discovered after an individual has been elected to a partisan office.

    The Hatch Act includes political activities of state and local government workers if they are employed by an agency that has programs financed in whole or in part by federal loans or grants. The complaint contended that Thompson, as chief deputy and candidate for elected office, was head of the sheriff's office Enforcement Division, which received federal funding. The OSC letter states Thompson directly supervised now-Chief Deputy Klint Anderson, who was responsible for several federally funded programs. The OSC concluded that Thompson did have duties associated with federally financed activities when he became a candidate for sheriff.

    OSC Attorney Carolyn S. Martorana said Thompson was warned in a letter against future participation in prohibited political activity while employed in a Hatch Act-covered position: "OSC would consider such conduct a knowing and willful violation of the law that could result in his being prosecuted." Thompson confirmed he received the letter, but said he didn't violate the Hatch Act because the act's provisions are overly broad, adding it can be used in elections to keep law officers with supervisory experience from running for sheriff. He said, "Unfortunately, it becomes a political tool."
    Full story:
    https://www.standard.net/news/local/...a9f7dddf1.html
    Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.

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    Kurt Hoffman won the sheriffs election:

    https://results.enr.clarityelections...511/#/cid/0109

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