Sarasota Dems - Press Releases

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 higher education throughoutFlorida.“We are proud...

27 January 2024

Sarasota Democrats Attack Gruters for Supporting Bill Doubling Interest Rates For The Low Income

The Sarasota County Democratic Party (SCDP) attacked today as “appalling” state Sen. Joe Gruters’ (R-District 22) bill to double interest rates on consumer finance loans for low and middle-income borrowers.“With thousands of Floridians, particularly the low and middle in...

27 January 2024

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 in Michigan.Two draft contracts were posted f...

27 January 2024

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 Chairwoman of the School Board, Bridget Ziegler, again permitted an individual to sling ho...

27 January 2024

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 first year, it is sailing swiftly through the Florida legislature, with the House ...

27 January 2024