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Meal planning mommies7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() DeSantis has exerted more control over the Legislature than any governor I’ve seen. Republicans are having a field day and, basically, doing whatever they want. They’re now relegated mostly to messaging, trying to work with colleagues on the other side of the aisle to tweak legislation and make what they call bad bills a little bit better.īut generally, they know they can’t do anything. And the power of the party is playing to its strengths and voter engagement and messaging.ĭemocrats seem to be frustrated in Tallahassee because they have no power to stop legislation without the numbers to prevent bills from moving forward. They now hold all statewide offices and have more registered voters than Democrats. Republicans now have a supermajority in the Legislature. By the time he won in 1998, Republicans had a legislative majority and built on that year after year after year. Even when the Republicans were elected to the governor’s office, they had a Democratic Legislature to deal with until Jeb Bush seemed to bring new life to the state Republican Party, despite losing his first election in 1994. They controlled the Legislature and the governor’s office most years. A Sarasota school board member recently walked out of a meeting after the Republican chairwoman allowed a parent to personally attack him for being gay.ĭemocrats once dominated politics in the state of Florida.įor decades, their party was in control. And it’s dividing people among ideologies. It’s put a lot more tension on the schools. DeSantis, more so than any other governor, has promoted school board races, encouraged people to run, helped candidates who share his ideology, and encouraged parents to complain to school boards. It empowers parents who - for religious or moral or whatever reasons - do not want their kids to be told about sexuality, particularly gender transition or about other gay students.Īnd those parents who welcome these policies with open arms are becoming more engaged in school boards. It divides people of different ideologies and empowers people who agree with him to speak out more. It’s almost symbolic of a lot of what DeSantis has put forward. ![]() But parents who welcome this discussion feel like, “What about us? What happened to our right to have our children taught about these things?” Parents with LGBTQ+ children feel they’re being denied access to health care, and subsequently their children will be put at risk for depression or suicide. It empowers parents who agree with DeSantis’ philosophy and ideology on education. ![]()
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