Keep Rick Staly Our Sheriff Campaign
The Keep Rick Staly Our Sheriff Campaign announced that it has donated $20,730.62 to the Flagler Sheriff's Employee Assistance Trust recently. These funds were left over from Sheriff Staly's reelection campaign fund.
Florida law requires leftover campaign funds to be used for the Office of the Sheriff, refunded to contributors, transferred to the State of Florida or donated to a qualified charity. Local campaigns are not allowed to keep leftover contributions. Each contributor was sent a letter by Sheriff Staly explaining his plan to donated leftover campaign funds to FSEAT.
The creation of FSEAT in 2017 was the vision of Sheriff Staly to support Sheriff's Office employees during an unexpected emergency in their personal life. It is funded by donations primarily from an annual Sheriff's Gala held in January of each year. The 2021 gala was cancelled because of the pandemic.