Proud Boys’ Conviction Important for All Sarasota

Statement by Sarasota County Democratic Party Chair Daniel Kuether Yesterday’s conviction by a federal court jury of four Proud Boys on charges of seditious conspiracy in the attack on the…
Ziegler Attempting to Impose Rightwing Consultant on Public Schools

The Sarasota County Democratic Party (SCDP) expressed deep concern today over School Board Chairwoman Bridget Ziegler’s plan to hire a three-month-old rightwing consultant with ties to conservative Christian Hillsdale College…
Again, Ziegler Permits Homophobic Slurs to be Thrown at a Fellow School Board Member

Only two weeks after Melissa Bakondy was permitted to imply that Sarasota School Board member Tom Edwards was a threat to the safety of children, citing his sexual orientation. The…
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