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With the first day of school right around the corner and COVID-19 on the rise, the League of Women Voters of Florida has asked Governor Ron DeSantis to reverse his position and allow local control when it comes to mask-wearing in public schools.
"We need to listen to our local leaders who want to take action based on these guidelines to make those decisions and set those parameters for us in a local way," said Cecile Scoon, president of the League of Women Voters of Florida. "Local people generally know what's better." ... See MoreSee Less
Florida's League of Women Voters say local leaders should decide masks in schools
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ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- With the first day of school right around the corner and COVID-19 on the rise in Florida, the League of Women Voters is asking the governor to allow local control when it come...Comment on Facebook
Local leaders should absolutely be empowered to make this decision. That’s the beauty of federalism. It’s sad when Tallahassee sues the federal government when the federal government oversteps but then Tallahassee has no problem usurping power from local leaders when DeSantis disagrees with local leaders. If DeSantis were acting in the name of public health or a state of emergency, I’d had a different take on the matter. He seems more interested in political rhetoric than public health and safety.
Ron continues to cater to the cult and not the people of Florida! As the father of three, he is a disgrace.
Today marks #BlackWomensEqualPayDay. What does that mean? Sadly, Black women are paid 63 cents for every $1 paid to their white male counterparts. The wage gap costs Black women nearly a million dollars over the course of their careers.
It's time to close the pay gap for good and ensure that Black women get the pay they have earned and deserve. ... See MoreSee Less
Black Women's Equal Pay Day: Black women work 579 days to earn what white men do in 365
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Aug. 3 marks Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, or the day Black women must work into 2021 to finally catch up to what white, non-Hispanic men earned in 2020. Author Minda Harts says companies now have a ...Comment on Facebook
Governor Ron DeSantis has made the politically motivated choice to disallow school boards to take necessary measures to protect children from the danger of COVID-19 by banning required mask-wearing in public schools. This erosion of the power of home rule is corrosive to democracy leaving local officials stripped of their authority to make decisions based on local conditions that vary tremendously across the state.
The League is urging Governor DeSantis to revert to his earlier position when he expressed that local authorities know best.
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No vaxx No masks..Disaster!!
Thank you!! But this power hungry pr!ck won’t do anything to change 😖
The Department of Education just released its “Return to School Roadmap,” a resource to lay out actionable strategies to implement the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) updated guidance for K-12 schools, so that schools can minimize transmission and sustain in-person learning. "As students return for in-person learning, CDC recommends universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status. Schools should also use multiple strategies to prevent the spread of COVID-19 based on local transmission and vaccination rates. " The parent checklist is here: sites.ed.gov/roadmap/parent-checklist/
Masks are optional! They are not banned. If you prefer your child to wear a mask, you have that choice! Thank you Gov DeSantis, for giving parents an option!
I support Governor Ron DeSantis and a parent’s right to choose!!! So thankful for our amazing Governor!!!! Stop trying to make this a socialist country! This is NOT a school safety issue. School staff and teachers have the option to vaccinate. Parents have the option to keep their medically fragile children home and use the virtual option. It’s time to return our HEALTHY children to NORMAL! IF you wish to mask, mask! It’s really SIMPLE. Worry about your own face and that of your children’s...
You can urge the Wannabe dictator all you want. It’s not happening.
But if you want a taxpayer funded voucher for a private school your kids can be protected by masks. They are using our children.
I'm in Lake county pretty sure that board will side with deathsantis. They allowed guns no matter how many teachers, students, and general public turned out. But the fight has to continue.
Urging this man to choose the lives of children over political expediency won’t work, unfortunately. He’s impervious to acting in the interests of public health.
Don't urge him or plead with him: sue him. Then have him arrested for practicing medicine without a license. Then arrest him for attempted murder. Oh would that be negligent homicide.
Parents right to choose IS a safe school environment. Everyone has choices dependent on their own household needs.
Thank you
Home Rule, Ronnie. Home Rule. The GOP pushed it years ago when the Democrats were in the majority to keep "Tallahassee" from imposing its own mandates on the counties and cities. Go back to your roots.
People should understand the word dictator- a dictator is a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force. I'm still scratching my head how Governor Desantis fits this mold? He never said you couldn't wear masks if you want to wear it and if you are that afraid STAY HOME! I think sometimes people like to be told what to do that yall have no brain and can't think for yourselves....
Hear, hear!
Is a lawsuit being considered to rule his executive order as violating the Florida constitutional right to a safe school environment? It seems to me that banning schools from choosing to follow CDC and AAP recommended safety guidelines in the middle of the worst virus outbreak Florida has ever seen should count as not meeting the safe schools requirement.
My Body, My Choice
I'm a Miami Dade Parent and I support this message
Can we do something? I can’t sit around and wait anymore- school starts in two weeks and my daughter is not going indoors around a bunch of unmasked people
I am incredibly angry and sad that the father of 3 young children ( our Florida governor DeSantis) would stop local school boards from making decisions affecting the health and safety of children in their counties!
We need to vote DeSantis out in 2022!
Thank you 💜
Communists say what?
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It’s unclear how many people were inconvenienced by the temporary closure of the online system, which is provided by vendor VR Systems.
The forms’ unavailability had “a negative impact on a lot of very busy people who may not have a great deal of time to round back and try another method,” said League of Women Voters of Florida President Cecile Scoon. ... See MoreSee Less
Online mail ballot request forms get updated to comply with new Florida law
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The form started reappearing on some county election sites Thursday.Comment on Facebook
You can request a mail-in ballot and still go to early voting. Correct? It’s a back up plan. Excerpt from article: Voters who provide personal identification information that is accurate but doesn’t match what is listed on their voter registration will receive an error while using the online mail ballot request form, Chase said. “You will have to call our office or contact us another way,” he said, adding that Pinellas voters can also update their voter registration online.
Gov. Ron DeSantis says he will sign an executive order to issue emergency rules for "protecting the rights of parents," making face masks optional across the state in schools and leaving it up to parents.
This comes after updated guidance was released earlier this week from the CDC recommending indoor masks for all teachers, staff, students and visitors to schools, regardless of vaccination status. ... See MoreSee Less
Florida Gov. DeSantis says he'll sign executive order making masks in schools optional
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As COVID cases surge in the state, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to sign an executive order to make face masks optional across the state in schools.Comment on Facebook
Douchbag
Doing what he does best. Literally Unbelievable. fb.watch/750MtsmGXq/
Can’t wait to kick this crap out the door! 🤢🤮🇺🇸 pray president Biden makes it mandatory 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
No balls DeSantis!!!!
DeathSantis strikes again putting the safety and well-being of his Trumpian presidential aspirations ahead of children.
He's a lowlife.
And this is the father of three. Go figure!
Not only is he scurrying favor he has absolutely no conscience.
Requiring masks is due to an unpresidented event, a wordwide pandemic that is raging again in Fla. If someone wants to jump off a cliff, that is their right; however choosing to not wear masks in a pandemic impacts all of us.
Trump clone
So much for protecting the rights of everyone else 🙄
He doesn’t care. His kids are young. Mask up people. You can’t trust nobody
I thought Scott was awful but this guy has surpassed him. The worse governor ever!
By this logic then I guess my child's car seat is optional? Parents' right to choose and all. Funny he doesn't think kids will wear masks. My four-year-old is better at it than a lot of adults. SMH
Donating to the Crist campaign as we speak.
What about the rights of the children? Pro-life my ass.
He only cares about optics and cares nothing for the health of children and teachers
How many really sick or dead children...and family members will he accept on his watch
He is taking away the right of children whose parents believe in science to get an in person education.
DeSantis is nothing more than a T-Rump wanna be. Limelight into what he says is truth. I am so looking for Val in the future.
Executive orders are not law...school districts can make their own mandates.
Will he do an executive order making the doctors and hospitals do elective and non life threatening surgeries. After all he does like to mess with businesses in the worst way too. Like a fascist.
Who cares what he says. Wear you mask.
Omy
What about our right to life? You are literally stripping that away from so many more.
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Democracy is not a spectator sport. It’s time to pass the For The People Act. ... See MoreSee Less
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Why are they arrested?