Sarasota FL school board meeting is a war zone

[Timeflyer]

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.

[TheRealNorth]

1. more GOP "civility" on full display.

Florida is becoming the new Kansas in terms of being the "laboratory" for the right wing on deconstructing Public education and the civil service., empowering the alt-right, and punishing your political enemies.

[gibraltar72]

2. Influence of Hillsdale College.

[Pacifist Patriot]

3. Add Brevard County to the list.

One of the co-founders of that batshit crazy group was a school board member for my district, Tina Descovich. Her kid graduated with one of my kids. Can't remember which one. She's a freaking loon.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Florida crass.

They will go over the top and walk themselves into a defamation lawsuit. Mark my words.

[hay rick]

5. Martin County has two Moms candidates.

One moved into the district less than a year ago. Got the DeSantis endorsement. Her qualifications include one year of community college and 6 years as an administrative assistant at a Christian daycare center that also had 40 students in grades K-3.