Staff Writer, PolitiFact.com
Aaron Sharockman is staff writer for PolitiFact and has been a government and politics writer with the St. Petersburg Times since 2003. Before joining the PolitiFact team in 2009, he covered governments in St. Petersburg and Clearwater, as well as the Tampa Bay Rays' pursuit of a new baseball stadium.
The latest Truth-O-Meter items from Aaron Sharockman
St. Pete Beach's experiences are a "fair example" of what could happen if Amendment 4 passes.
Because of a local version of Amendment 4, "the taxpayers of St. Pete Beach have had to pay hundreds of thousands in legal bills."
St. Pete Beach's local version of Amendment 4 resulted in "seemingly endless lawsuits (that) decimated the city's legal budget and forced the city to raise the property tax rate."
"Crist stays in $2,000 a night luxury hotel suites where he racks up $1,300 in mini-bar charges, and doesn't pay for a dime of it himself."
Charges on the Republican Party of Florida credit card were made with "my money."
"Nearly all of the top 50 prescribers of oxycodone in the United States are in Florida."
"Florida's new fingerprint identification system is improving our rate of solving cold cases by 300 percent."
"Nobody has been talking about it (Medicaid fraud), focused on it, or paying attention to it."
"We worked together to enact ... the largest tax cut in Florida history."
"Due to ... tax cuts and lower (property) values, 2009 property taxes were almost $3 billion below 2007 property taxes."
Recent stories from Aaron Sharockman
Drilling for the truth in the oil drilling debateA leading prodrilling advocate says tourism isn't affected by offshore drilling. An opponent says offshore oil found in the gulf could head overseas.
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