Desantis Presser in Fort Myers, Teachers Unions & Teachers Pay, and Republican Party Divide

About this episode

The episode discusses Ron Desantis's press conference on teacher pay and union de-certification, the divide within the Republican Party, and recent events in Collier county.

HOUR THREE: Ron Desantis holds a press conference on teacher’s pay (HB 1279) and teachers union de-certification (SB 1296) on Friday at a Fort Myers high school where dozens of elected officials were in attendance. Collier county teachers experienced the highest single raise recently, over 100 of them booed and left the school board meeting after the 3% increase was approved. Plus, The party divide and how republicans are doing it all wrong with hostile internal politics. And, today's FIVE AT...

People in this episode

Host: Jason Jones

Topics covered

• teacher pay
• teachers unions
• Republican Party divide
• internal politics
• press conference

Keywords

• Ron Desantis
• teacher pay
• teachers unions
• Republican Party
• Fort Myers
• Collier county
• press conference

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Collier county, Republican Party

Books & works: HB 1279, SB 1296

Places: Fort Myers

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