April Culbreath's full background not part of her political mailer

Manatee commission candidate touts herself as a "conservative cop." She omits a long record of misconduct while a sheriff's deputy. Still, developers and dark money PACs are supporting her.

As a registered Republican voter in Manatee County Commission District 3, I get all of the worst political mailers from all the worst candidates.

As of Tuesday, that includes April Culbreath, the embattled county GOP chair who last month traded places with incumbent Kevin Van Ostenbridge to run for the District 3 seat. In turn, Van Ostenbridge took Culb…