The Sarasota County Democratic Party (SCDP) denounces the recently completed state legislative session, where a Republican supermajority failed to protect and improve the lives of Sarasota County residents. “Local representatives…
Tag: Public Education
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…
Ziegler is Silent as Sarasota Public Schools Could Be Defunded to the Tune of Around $60 Million
HB-1 is the most radical school privatization measure in Florida’s history. Although the bill is a boondoggle, which, according to the Florida Policy Institute, will cost $4 billion in the…
Sarasota Democrats Call on County’s Republican Legislators to Vote Against ‘Chilling’ Legislation
The Sarasota County Democratic Party (SCDP) today urged the county’s Republican representatives in Tallahassee to vote against legislation designed to bankrupt public school education and destroy academic freedom in public…
The Uncertain Future of Human Rights
On December 6 at 6:30 pm a special program in honor of the 74th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights will be presented by the Sarasota World Affairs…
RALLY to Oppose School Board Firing Superintendent Asplen
The Sarasota County Democratic Party calls on us to show our opposition to the Sarasota County School Board’s intent to remove School Superintendent Dr. Brennan Asplen. This is a…
SIGN WAVE AT THE SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES
JOIN US – WE’RE SIGN WAVING! If you can, please consider more than 1 shift! Your volunteer time will help decide this School Board Election! Imagine that great feeling, waking…
Democratic Women’s Club Monthly Meeting
REGISTER HERE for the August Meeting! Angela Wynn and Paulina Testerman of SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS will be our featured speakers at the August 9th meeting at the Gulf Gate Library….