Last Monday, over 40 public safety leaders, including local police chiefs and three sheriffs, gathered at the Tampa Firefighters Museum to urge voters to reject Amendment 3. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister, an elected official who leads the area’s largest law enforcement agency, was noticeably absent.
“Amendment 3 slashes and cuts and burns,” said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. “It does not give government a haircut with appropriate tools and scissors; it gives us a haircut with a weed eater. As a result, you’re going to be left with bloody results.”
Florida is less than a week away from Election Day, and unlike his counterparts, Chronister has yet to make a single public statement, press appearance or social media post regarding the statewide referendum that critics say could have devastating impacts on funding for first responder services…