PUBLIC INFORMATION OR A PERSONAL PR OFFICE?

Today's Orlando Sentinel reports on the Orange County Commission's likelyhood of casting a wary eye on Sheriff Kevin Beary's request for a $16 million dollar budget increase, especially since his public information office is one of the largest in Central Florida.

With six full time public information officers on staff at an average of $70,000 a year, the Orange County Sheriff's Office has a larger PR department than Walt Disney World, twice the size of Jeb's media office, and is the second largest local media office in Florida law enforcement...after the Miami-Dade Police Department.