POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Polk County School Board member Lisa Miller told a judge Thursday she hopes political operatives take note of what happened to her.
“I am grateful that prosecutors chose to draw a line here in our community between dirty politics and petty crime. I hope others with warped ambitions and broken moral compasses pay attention to the consequences of illegal actions,” Miller told the court.
On Thursday morning, James Dunn pleaded guilty to seven counts of violating text message disclosure requirements.
Dunn, a political strategist, traveled from Texas to help elect school board candidates in Polk County in 2022.
He was introduced to candidates through the organization County Citizens Defending Freedom, now known as Citizens Defending Freedom.
Candidates Jill Sessions and Terry Clark hired him to work on their campaigns.
Documents show Dunn used his company credit card to pay two companies to send text messages from seven phone numbers to thousands of Polk County voters.