As part of our efforts to keep you up to date on everything Sarasota, we set out to interview all of the candidates for the upcoming city elections in March. It’s a crowded race with 8 candidates who are all vying for 2 at-large seats on the Sarasota City Commission.

Click here to learn more about the candidates for city commission

All of the interviews went smoothly until the last one. Matt Sperling showed up to our studio smelling of alcohol, started acting belligerent, and then refused to shake my hand.

After I called him out on it, he walked out of our studio before the interview even began. So instead of a full candidate interview, we released the video below. We also decided to rescind his invitation to our upcoming town hall event.