Floridians who criticize their public officials should not have to fear armed state agents knocking at their front door.

But that’s what happened to a Tampa Bay couple who sent a postcard to the state’s chief financial officer. Their three-word message to CFO Blaise Ingoglia was pointed but not threatening. It said: “You lack values” and was signed by James O’Gara, who is active in progressive political causes with his wife, Cathy.

What followed is a chilling example of the growing climate of political intimidation in this state.

A few weeks later, as the Orlando Sentinel’s Jeffrey Schweers reported , two men with guns strapped to their hips knocked on the O’Garas’ door the morning of Oct. 1.

They were wearing bulletproof vests with POLICE stenciled on them, but no agency name was vi

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