State Rep. Chris Sprowls faces heat from opponent after leaving State Attorney's Office

By Megan Reeves of the Tampa Bay Times

State Rep. Chris Sprowls, a Republican attorney running for re-election to the House District 65 seat in November, is getting heat from his Democratic opponent after resigning earlier this month from the State Attorney's Office for Pinellas and Pasco counties.

Bernie Fensterwald, a 65-year-old Dunedin Democrat running against Sprowls, said in a Wednesday statement that his resignation proves the representative has "abandoned public service" and only made the move to make it easier to climb the political ladder.

"Being with the State Attorney's Office was the one thing (Sprowls) did that I thought was good," Fensterwald told the Times. "It was the only way he was working for the public interest, but he has given up on that, so now there is no public interest."

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