Fired attorney says she walked in boss's steps

Reported by: Ilyssa Trussel
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LAKE CITY, Fla. -- State Attorney Skip Jarvis remembers when he was assistant state attorney.
As the chariman of hte Suwannee County Democratic Executive Party, he was involved in politics
and spoke at a political event. "I spoke to Democrats, Republicans, Independents, everybody in
that room on unity because I started saying, look to your left, look to your right, everybody in this
room is an American." When he beacme state attorney one of his assistants also got involved
in public speaking.

But he says what KrisAnne Hall did went too far. He says the assistant state attorney,
who spoke on the radio and at Tea Party events, spoke out against the government.

The position that I have seen her advocate in some of her speeches is 'we the people
think differently and only we the people think like me' and that is very divisive," said Jarvis.

Hall said she isn't against the government. She says she speaks to everyone trying to
teach the constitution. "He was the leader of a political organization. I am not.
He spoke on behalf of a particular political party, I did not.
My advocacy was for the constitution which is what unified our country in 1789," said Hall.

Jarvis says he gave Hall a choice to be a speaker or be an assistant state attorney.
Hall chose to give up her badge and now she plans to sue, something that surprises
the man who hired her in the first place. "This is very sad that this has gone to this
extent because a lot of people have become extremely polarized over something that
is very sad that has divided the community," said Jarvis.

The First Coast Tea Party stands behind Hall in trying to get her job back.
The local group plans to rally in front of Jarvis's office next week.

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