METEOROLOGIST SENT TO YOUR SMARTPHONE OR TABLET JUST TYPE IN WJXT IN THE APP STORE OF
YOUR MOBILE DEVICE. TONIGHT,
GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS STOPPED
IN FOR IS EDUCATION TO WHERE
THE GOVERNOR IS INDOORS. 29
SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES ACROSS
THE STATE INCLUDING CANDIDATES
HERE IN NORTHEAST FLORIDA. HE
HIGHLIGHTED KEY POINTS IN HIS
EDUCATION AGENDA AND URGED
PEOPLE TO VOTE IN TODAY’S
ELECTION NEWS. JAX REPORTER
MARILYN PARKER JOINS US LIVE
FROM THE PRIME OSBORN
CONVENTION CENTER, MARYLAND.
>> AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF
THOSE KEY POINTS IN THIS
EDUCATION PLAN INCLUDE KEEPING
SCHOOLS OPEN, REJECTING THOSE
LOCKDOWNS. HE ALSO WANTS TO
INCREASE TEACHER PAY AS WELL
AS GIVE PARENTS RIGHTS. THOSE
CANDIDATES WHO HE’S ENDORSING
IN OUR AREA. THEY ALL STAND
WITH HIM. TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR
SCREEN. THESE ARE THE FOLKS IN
OUR VIEWING AREA WHO ARE
RUNNING FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
YOU SEE KRISTY CHONG AND JILL
WOOLBRIGHT FOR FLAGLER COUNTY
AARON SKIPPER FOR CLAY COUNTY,
PHIL LEARY FOR PUTNAM COUNTY,
MILDRED RUSSELL FOR ALACHUA
COUNTY AND APRIL CARNEY IN
CHARLOTTE, JOYCE, FOR DUVAL
NOW, AARON SKIPPER, CHARLOTTE,
JOYCE, IN APRIL, CARTY SPOKE
TONIGHT BEFORE THE GOVERNOR.
HERE ARE SOME PIECES. WHAT
SOME OF THEM HAD TO SAY.
>> NO BOARD, NO SCHOOL AND NO
GOVERNMENT SHOULD EVER AND
FRIENDS ON YOUR RIGHTS.
>> AS A PARENT, IT TAKES TO
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL RHETORIC
OUT OF EDUCATION. IT GIVES OUR
TEACHERS THE RIGHT TO JUST
TEACH. IT GIVES THE POWER BACK
TO THE PARENTS.
>> NOW YOU LAST HEARD FROM
APRIL CARNEY THERE SHE WAS
TALKING ABOUT GOVERNOR
DESANTIS IS PARENTAL RIGHTS IN
EDUCATION BILL AND ONE OF HER
OPPONENTS IS ELIZABETH
ANDERSON. WE REACHED OUT TO
HER OFFICE. MEN STILL WAITING
TO HEAR BACK. BUT ON
ANDERSEN’S WEBSITE, SHE TALKS
ABOUT CREATING A PUBLIC
EDUCATION SYSTEM BASED ON
VALUES THAT WORK FOR ALL
STUDENTS ARE BRIEFS UP BECAUSE
GOVERNOR DESANTIS TONIGHT
DIDN’T SAY ANDERSON’S NAME.
HOWEVER, HE REFERRED TO SOME
COMMENTS THAT SHE MADE DURING
A CANDIDATE FORUM IN THE
SPRING, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT 2
PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE CROWD.
SO YOU’RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM
GOVERNOR DESANTIS AND THOSE 2
PEOPLE RIGHT NOW.
>> THE SCHOOL BOARD RACES,
THEY WILL REVERBERATE IN
SIGNIFICANCE I USED TO NOT
THINK IS MUCH OF A MILE. IT
MEANT. I MEAN, I WOULD
RESEARCH THE CANDIDATES, BUT
IT WASN’T ANYTHING I WOULD
HAVE NEVER ENDORSED OVER OR
GIVEN MONEY. AND, YOU KNOW,
WE’VE GIVEN MONEY TO
CANDIDATES AND DONE A LOT TO
TRY TO HELP GOOD PEOPLE. BUT
WE NOW KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT
IS TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. AND
YOU HAVE ICE ON THE AND
REPORT. YOU HAVE A LEFT THIS
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER THAT WAS
DENIGRATING. ONE OF OUR FOLKS
IS BEING A TOKEN. HOW
DISRESPECTFUL IS THAT? IS THAT
THE KIND OF PERSON YOU WANT ON
THE SCHOOL BOARD, SOMEONE
THAT’S DEROGATORY AND IS
CONTROLLED BY THE UNION. GIVE
ME A BREAK, BUT I’M SPEAKING
UP FOR THE RIGHTS OF MY SON
AND I FEEL LIKE IT’S
RETALIATION BECAUSE WE WERE
ONE OF THE PARENTS WHO SPOKE
UP AGAINST THE MASKING
MANDATE. IT GOES BEYOND
POLITICS FOR US. IF WE’RE NOT
LOOKING AT LEFT TO RIGHT,
WE’RE LOOKING AT WHAT IS MY
CHILD GOING TO LEARN WHEN THEY
ARE IN SCHOOL?
>> AND WHEN YOU HEARD THERE
FROM TIA BEST, THE WOMAN WHO
SPOKE FIRST, SHE WAS REFERRING
TO HER CHILD WHO HAS AUTISM.
AND SO THERE WAS A SITUATION
THERE WHERE SHE DID NOT WANT
HIM TO WEAR A MASK IN SCHOOL.
NOW, WE ALSO TRIED TO REACH
OUT TO ANDERSON, LIKE WE SAID,
WE DIDN’T HEAR FROM HER. WE
REACH OUT TO THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY. WE SPOKE WITH THE
CHAIR. TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT
HE SAID ABOUT THE SANTOS’S
COMMENTS TONIGHT.
>> I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT
EXAMPLE OF THE GOVERNOR TAKING
WORDS OUT OF CONTEXT FOR
POLITICAL GAIN. WHAT I BELIEVE
SCHOOL MEMBER ANDERSON WAS
SPEAKING TO AND I CAN SPEAK
FOR MANY ORGANIZED
ORGANIZATION, PROPELLED BY
DESANTIS GOING TO SCHOOL
BOARDS AND SPREADING
MISINFORMATION REGARDING MASK
MANDATES OR INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIAL THERE OUT IN SCHOOLS.
>> COMING UP TONIGHT ON NEWS,
4 JAX AT 11, THE DUVAL DEMS.
THEY GO AFTER APRIL CARNEY AND
SOME OF THE ALLEGATIONS
AGAINST HER. WE WERE ABLE TO
CATCH UP WITH APRIL CARNEY
HERE IN THE PARKING LOT. JUST
A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE EVENT
HERE AT PRIME OSBORN ENDED.
AND THEN WE ALSO GET INTO THE
CONVERSATION OF THE SCHOOL
BOARD. RACE IS BECOMING
POLITICAL. WHERE’S THE DUVAL
DEMS BELIEVE GOVERNOR DESANTIS
IS USING THIS FOR HIS VIEWS.
SO WE’RE GOING TO HAVE ALL OF
THAT COMING UP TONIGHT ON
NEWS. 4 JAX AT 11 REPORTING