The unique perspective and provocative opinions of Joe O’Neill
Florida
“To help us provide high-quality classes, student services, extracurricular activities and athletic programs in a healthy environment, we strongly recommend that all students get vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus before arriving on campus.”—Excerpt from a letter to all students from the Florida Board of Governors.
Another day, another Trumplican box checked: Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed Florida on to the legal effort (along with 10 other GOPster governors) to overturn Roe v. Wade—with the anticipated help of a 6-3 conservative SCOTUS majority.
“Florida … ranks 43rdin per pupil funding, and it diverts an enormous amount of public money to for-profit charter schools that are not accountable and often fail to provide the full range of educational services required by law—like those with special needs and disabled students.”—U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor.
“Our view is that (masks in public schools) should absolutely not be mandated. And I know our Legislature feels strongly about it.”—Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Too bad the imperative of an apolitical abundance ofcaution to combat a public health crisis that impacts EVERYBODY can’t be mandated.
Starting Oct. 1, Leon and Orange counties will require their employees to get vaccinated—or be terminated. BTW, the Orange County mayor is Jerry Demings, who declared a local state of emergency, and is the husband of Val Demings. Yes, that will be mentioned again by certain partisans.
Face coverings are once again mandatory—indoors or on buses and trams—at Walt Disney World.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has suspended concealed carry weapons permits for 22 people involved in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol assault.
“Mask mandates are stupid. Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election.”—Rep. Matt Gaetz, during his Florida Man Freedom Tour stop in Largo.