School board elections are important. Many times the races are decided in August in Duval County.
NPR’s First Coast Connect invited all DCPS board candidates on the show.
Here’s the two interviews of the candidates for DCPS district 1.
The interviewer asked Nadine this question:
An organization that has endorsed Tony Ricardo has the mission statement that they believe God has created government to punish evil and protect the good. What are your opinions about that?
I wonder why the interviewer didn’t ask Tony that same question. The mission statement has a vibe of Christian Nationalism or other militant religious organization that aims to use the government to punish based on religious doctrine. Shouldn’t she have asked Tony about that since the organization endorsed him?
She asks Dr. Ebri that question after the 8 minute mark in this video:
Please notice that Dr. Ebri promotes computer literacy, not teaching DEI as Tony Ricardo claims in the below interview. Dr. Ebri alludes to some of the racist and sexist remarks that Tony has said on FB but declines to repeat them. Yasmine calls in about them, but she also declines to repeat them on the air. You can see them in the Tributary article.
The interviewer in the below interview doesn’t challenge Tony by saying, “she didn’t say on my show that she wanted DEI classes; she said she wanted more STEM classes.” The interviewer also doesn’t challenge Tony when he says he’s opposed to DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion). He says he is opposed to quotas, but that doesn’t answer the question.
Here’s the segment with Tony:
Please notice Tony’s comment about the assassination attempt where he claims that DEI is why the assassin wasn’t spotted earlier. Here’s a link to some facts to counter Tony’s claim. The article/podcast includes the proposition that the secret service is understaffed.
Tony Ricardo won the race and will represent District 1. Why do you think less than 20% of Duval registered voters voted in August? Why do some NPAs still think they can’t vote in the August school board election? I wish more people read the below article back in August. I think it would have motivated District 1 voters to get out and vote for Nadine.
The below article exposes Tony’s bigotry, but did voters read it?
Bottom right is Tony’s ad.
Please notice Chris’s below comment about a recent bizarre FB post by Tony Ricardo. Tony claims that the government created the storms.
Disasters invariably kick up a cloud of conspiracies aimed at casting doubt on government’s legitimacy. It’s sad that the recent elected Tony Ricardo believes the disinformation.
Here’s one article debunking the conspiracy:
List of more articles about it:
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