{"id":53604,"date":"2022-06-12T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=53604"},"modified":"2022-06-12T12:00:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T16:00:46","slug":"lee-county-republican-party-members-attempt-to-takeover-school-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/06\/lee-county-republican-party-members-attempt-to-takeover-school-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee County Republican Party members attempt to takeover school board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some members of the Lee County Republican Party openly admitted they\u2019re trying to take over the Lee County School Board during the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s despite the fact the races in Florida are non-partisan. If you\u2019ve seen the school board meetings over the last two years you know they\u2019ve been contentious and at times violent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that isn\u2019t stopping Republicans from trying to control the school board.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Terry Miller<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Conservative Republican Political Consultant Terry Miller pointed out that there are seven members of the school board and only three are republican in a county where every partisan race is held by a Republican.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He admits he wants to overhaul the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019m doing is bringing forward conservative leadership for a conservative community,\u201d Miller said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He didn\u2019t deny he was helping wage a culture war campaign<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are aspects of that in the culture war because of the things you see happening on the school board,\u201d Miller responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\u2019s backing Conservatives like Dan Severson.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dan Severson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m talking about gender grooming and talking about very sensitive issues that should be family based,\u201d Severson was stressing LGBTQ issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many LGBTQ students in Southwest Florida schools reported feeling under attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause they feel like victims now they have the ability to use that a leverage to get privileged treatment,\u201d Severson responded.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Jason \u201cBig Mama\u201d Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Jason \u201cBig Mama\u201d Jones said no one should be attacked or bullied in the school system no matter who they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jones is Severson\u2019s republican competitor known fondly as \u201cBig Mama\u201d on the radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m endorsed by sheriff Carmine Marceno. I\u2019m endorsed by the Hispanic vote and I\u2019m endorsed by Mayor Devin Anderson of Fort Myers,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Problems with Jason \u201cBig Mama\u201d Jones:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Has Jason \u201cBig Mama\u201d Jones violated FCC rules\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can a person convicted by a court-martial vote in Florida? Let\u2019s see Big Mama<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is Jason \u201cBig Mama\u201d Jones?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both of his endorsements are republicans which signifies a split in the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\u2019re trying to unseat incumbent Debbie Jordan who believes school board races should be non-partisan and the focus should always remain on the children and not politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is a non-partisan race but there are different ways of achieving things and for me it\u2019s following the conservative mind set,\u201d replied candidate Sam Fisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fisher is another one of Miller\u2019s candidates who is up against two other republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kathy Fanny is also running for school board and she stressed politics has no place in the school race and she wants party affiliation left out of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe curriculum is not partisan and to make it so would under serve our school population,\u201d Fanny said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of the openly republican candidates also said they support electing the next school superintendent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is an issue voters will decide on August 23, 2022. Unless a runoff is needed then voters will decide in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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