{"id":54415,"date":"2022-08-12T20:00:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=54415"},"modified":"2022-08-12T20:00:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T00:00:35","slug":"governor-ron-desantis-never-vetted-his-endorsements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/08\/governor-ron-desantis-never-vetted-his-endorsements\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Ron DeSantis never vetted his endorsements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DESANTIS-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DESANTIS-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DESANTIS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DESANTIS-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DESANTIS.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Governor Ron DeSantis took an unusual move by giving an endorsement for the non-partisan Lee County school board race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeSantis publicly endorsed Armor Persons and Sam Fisher in July for a spot on the Lee County school board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Read about Armor Persons <a href=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/06\/lets-meet-armor-d-persons-the-school-board-candidate-father-and-family-man\/\">https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/06\/lets-meet-armor-d-persons-the-school-board-candidate-father-and-family-man\/<\/a> <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Read about Sam Fisher <a href=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/07\/sam-fisher-gets-money-from-a-democrat-big-labor-pac\/\">https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/07\/sam-fisher-gets-money-from-a-democrat-big-labor-pac\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>District five incumbent, Gwyn Gittens, is happy for her one and only competitor, Persons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can only speak for myself,\u201d said Gittens. \u201cAnd I know that the two candidates subscribe to the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Persons fall asleep during the school board meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"54416\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_20220627_213027_01-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54416\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"366\" height=\"418\" data-id=\"54417\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_20220627_213033_01.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54417\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fisher also got a gold star from the governor while in a race against three others for a district one seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fisher has other issues: <a href=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/07\/sam-fisher-gang-member-attorney\/\">https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2022\/07\/sam-fisher-gang-member-attorney\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Ron DeSantis took an unusual move by giving an endorsement for the non-partisan Lee County school board race. 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