KERRY SMITH'S RECORD
The votes. The decisions. The failures. Santa Rosa County residents deserve to know the truth about their commissioner.
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Commissioner Kerry Smith has served Santa Rosa County since 2022. From my perspective, his record tells a story of misplaced priorities and a pattern of putting growth, government expansion, and special interests ahead of the residents he was elected to serve. Below is my analysis of his most concerning actions in office. I encourage voters to review official public records and reach their own conclusions.
The Mugshots
These images are part of our accountability coverage and political commentary on Commissioner Kerry Smith.
Public Record
Public Record
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Mugshots from Polk County, Florida
Court records from Pinellas and Polk Counties show Smith has been arrested multiple times.
Smith was adjudicated guilty of a battery charge (received 6 months probation), and one of his ex-wives, Lisa, who was his wife at the time, sought and received a Domestic Violence injunction. Kerry also went through a pre-trial diversion program for a Domestic Violence Battery charge.
In supporting documentation, Lisa stated Kerry had ripped the phone from the wall. "There was a lot of cussing involved," she added.
"In 2003 he knocked the shit out of me. I called the police and he went to jail. He has knocked a dent in the wall from throwing me into the wall. A lot of these things he doesn't remember because he blacks out from the alcohol. He kicked my children out of the house on a Sunday…I came home from my job and he was sitting in the driveway with a bottle of Vodka. He told my kids to get the f*** out of the house and when I came home one of my children was at the neighbor's house. But my fourteen year old was corner at the subdivision (SIC), which is Spirit Lake Road. This all has been going on since a year after I met him."
In one of his mugshots, Smith was smiling.
Other charges included but were not limited to: careless driving (adjudicated guilty) and disorderly intoxication (adjudication withheld).
Those who truly care about Santa Rosa County should neither support nor vote for a candidate with such a violent criminal record, and anyone with such a record should be honest about it when asked.
Commentary Notice: The above is based on publicly available court records and constitutes political commentary protected under the First Amendment. Readers are encouraged to review court records independently.
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