Robust competition for Pinellas-Pasco state attorney benefits us all | Letters Hereâs what readers are saying in Thursdayâs letters to the editor. Â Published Apr. 29 Will Pinellas-Pasco voters pick a prosecutor? | April 11 I too read the article about whether voters in Pinellas and Pasco counties will have a choice for prosecutor in 2022. Early in my legal career, I served in the state attorneyâs office with Bruce Bartlett, who was appointed to the job after the death of Bernie McCabe, and with Fred Zinober, who wrote fervently in a letter to the editor on Mr. Bartlettâs behalf after the story was published.