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Judi Lynn

(160,601 posts)
Fri Apr 28, 2023, 04:14 AM Apr 2023

School superintendent who criticized DeSantis could lose job

Source: Associated Press

Florida officials are threatening to revoke the teaching license of a school superintendent after he criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press
April 27, 2023, 5:23 PM

Florida officials are threatening to revoke the teaching license of a school superintendent who criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis, accusing the educator of violating several statutes and DeSantis directives and allowing his “personal political views” to guide his leadership.

Such a revocation by the state Department of Education could allow DeSantis to remove Leon County Superintendent Rocky Hanna from his elected office. The Republican governor did that last year to an elected Democratic prosecutor in the Tampa Bay area who disagreed with his positions limiting abortion and medical care for transgender teens and indicated he might not enforce new laws in those areas.

Disney also sued DeSantis this week, saying he targeted its Orlando theme parks for retribution after it criticized the governor's so-called “Don't Say Gay” law that then banned the discussion of sexuality and gender in early grades, but has since been expanded.

Hanna has publicly opposed that law, once defied the governor's order that barred any mandate that students wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, and criticized a DeSantis-backed bill that recently passed that will pay for students to attend private school. The Leon County district, with about 30,000 students, covers Tallahassee, the state capital, and its suburbs.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/school-superintendent-criticized-desantis-lose-job-98921837#:~:text=3%3A23%20PM-,Florida%20officials%20are%20threatening%20to%20revoke%20the%20teaching%20license%20of,views%E2%80%9D%20to%20guide%20his%20leadership.

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School superintendent who criticized DeSantis could lose job (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2023 OP
If they fire him, he should sue the shit out of DeSantis for violating his 1st Am rights. nt SunSeeker Apr 2023 #1
that piece of shit fascist bully cannot handle ANY CRITICISM Skittles Apr 2023 #2
reminds me of T**** RussBLib Apr 2023 #12
Dictators do not allow criticism. DeSantis is a fascist snowflake. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2023 #3
Hitler reborn and he wants to take this shit show to a National level Bengus81 Apr 2023 #4
His political and faith adviser is Larry Arnn President of Christian Nationalist Hillsdale College! gibraltar72 Apr 2023 #5
"Faith" in Sadism. Cha Apr 2023 #13
The constant lying about fake christianity grows tiresome ExWhoDoesntCare May 2023 #17
He's a Hitler wannabe Dontwa Apr 2023 #6
People are wondering why educators and doctors are fleeing Florida in droves? AZLD4Candidate Apr 2023 #7
NEXT: Florida enacts bill to require all school personnel to sign loyalty oath to DeSantis dalton99a Apr 2023 #8
And, proclaim deStupid Sadist Cha Apr 2023 #14
allowing his "personal political views" to guide his leadership. SouthernDem4ever Apr 2023 #9
Floridians, are you better off now after Meatball's leadership? TeamProg Apr 2023 #10
I just don't see how a government can pass laws to undermine someone's Baitball Blogger Apr 2023 #11
DeSantis is such a snowflake Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2023 #15
And the taxpayers will be on the hook to defend Desantis for the NYC Liberal Apr 2023 #16
The Ministry of Truth. Oneironaut May 2023 #18

RussBLib

(9,034 posts)
12. reminds me of T****
Fri Apr 28, 2023, 01:22 PM
Apr 2023

dictator-wannabe, authoritarian-wannabe, just cannot take criticism. What a thin-skinned putz.

Bengus81

(6,932 posts)
4. Hitler reborn and he wants to take this shit show to a National level
Fri Apr 28, 2023, 07:07 AM
Apr 2023

Look at all his threats and actions against schools and admins well before any vaccine was available.

 

ExWhoDoesntCare

(4,741 posts)
17. The constant lying about fake christianity grows tiresome
Mon May 1, 2023, 03:57 AM
May 2023

It's not fake. Sadism is a feature of that religion, not a bug, and a feature with a very long history. Do we really need to go into how it treated the Cathars, how it's always treated Jews, or any other group or person who didn't agree with them?

The religion has always promoted sadism, because sadism forms its very core. How is it not the worst and most evil kind of sadism to want to hurt people forever for not agreeing with the religion--a thought crime? We're not talking 5 minutes of hurting people, or a week or a year. We're talking about forever. As in without cease and without end. The christian deity was all in on that one. We know this because he talked about it quite often. You do realize that...right?

People who are actually moral, loving and kind don't follow sadists or belong to any group that promotes sadism and would gladly have sadistic vengeance inflicted on people for 1 second, never mind forever. Only people who are sadists themselves would willingly belong to such a group and follow an actual sadist.

Do the math.

AZLD4Candidate

(5,747 posts)
7. People are wondering why educators and doctors are fleeing Florida in droves?
Fri Apr 28, 2023, 07:57 AM
Apr 2023

Red states are going to have massive brain drain and two tiers of states will full be established:

1: Functioning, intelligent blue states
2: Backwards, dysfunctional red states

Baitball Blogger

(46,756 posts)
11. I just don't see how a government can pass laws to undermine someone's
Fri Apr 28, 2023, 10:58 AM
Apr 2023

First Amendment. That's just basic Constitutional law.

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