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Timeflyer

(2,636 posts)
Tue Aug 16, 2022, 08:03 PM Aug 2022

Sarasota FL School Board meeting is a war zone

A manufactured astroturf "citizens group", Moms for Liberty, started by a local GOP school board member, B. Ziegler, have made school board meetings here horror shows-raucous, vitriolic, and hate-full. Tonight one "Mom" told a board member he should hurry up and die. And her team of mean girl pals clapped and cackled. Grown women? Concerned about childrens' education? They have all the GOP talking points used to demonize teacher and public schools ready at hand, and the same gang attends and insists on speaking at every board meeting.
The local school board is supposed to be nonpartisan, but an election is coming up and Gov. DeSatan coming to town two days before election day to shill for his three candidates. The GOP and their billionaire donors are taking over from the bottom of local and state politics on up. If they win, the whole school board will be his toadies. And teacher morale will continue to decline, professional educators will leave, and the privatization of all public Florida schools will eventually become reality. Which is just what DeSantis, his conservative billionaire donors and grifter politicians want.

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Sarasota FL School Board meeting is a war zone (Original Post) Timeflyer Aug 2022 OP
Horrible situation. Joinfortmill Aug 2022 #1
Floriduh. A failed state. Marcus IM Aug 2022 #2
The trumpets running are Q crazy. Our only hope is the independent FloridaBlues Aug 2022 #3
So much for FREEDOM... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2022 #4
I agree with the sentiment, but their wacko voters are going to be around Hassler Aug 2022 #5
Florida is f@#ked! 303squadron Aug 2022 #6

FloridaBlues

(4,367 posts)
3. The trumpets running are Q crazy. Our only hope is the independent
Tue Aug 16, 2022, 08:25 PM
Aug 2022

Voters change parties to Dem to vote in primary otherwise in a few years we won’t have a public education here in Florida.

ProudMNDemocrat

(19,061 posts)
4. So much for FREEDOM...
Tue Aug 16, 2022, 08:33 PM
Aug 2022

But not the FREEDOM to be, what to read, who to love, to teach correct history, or to choose.

Florida sucks and sensible people need to leave.

Let Mother Nature blow this state off the map when the next Cat 5 comes with a 30 foot storm surge. Ronnie D will have his hand out for Federal monies. If I were in charge, I would take DeSatan aside and read him the riot act as I b*tch slap his fascist ass.

Hassler

(3,684 posts)
5. I agree with the sentiment, but their wacko voters are going to be around
Tue Aug 16, 2022, 09:29 PM
Aug 2022

Until the tip over at The Villages. Until then, these jackasses need to be opposed.

303squadron

(679 posts)
6. Florida is f@#ked!
Tue Aug 16, 2022, 10:00 PM
Aug 2022

For years school board contests in Florida were more or less nonpartisan. This year, for the first time I can remember, the governor endorsed candidates in our county. One of them I went to school with.....a freaking George Wallace supporter back in the day. He's a flaming christofascist who'll now be in charge of ruling over a billion dollar plus organization. What could go wrong?

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