Today, there was a Letter to the Editor expounding on Martin County sheriff Robert Crowder over Allen West. It was written by Frank Messersmith. The Post noted that he was a former state representative from PB County. What they failed to tell all of its readers is--
When the Florida Sheriffs Association decided to outsource its governmental consulting in the year 2000, it was Messersmith’s law-enforcement background that selected him to represent the Sheriffs in the Legislature. As there was a conflict where he worked, he started his own firm, FSM Associates, LLC and became a lobbyist for the Sheriff's Department.
Messersmith has been a governmental consultant with FSM Associates since 2000. He served on the Florida Public Service Commission from 1990 to 1992, in the Florida House of Representatives from 1980 to 1990, and was an assistant to the Sheriff of Palm Beach County from 1968 to 1978.
Usually the PB Post does qualify the writer. This time they failed to give important details of the background of the letter writer which clearly prejudices his endorsement of a Sheriff over Allen West.
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