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NEW in Jax Mayor's race: First results are in and everything is still too close to call. Democrat Donna Deegan is up by 14 points against Daniel Davis, but these are the heavily Democratic-leaning early votes & mail votes. #jaxpol 
Daniel Davis needs 59% of the remaining votes from Election Day to win.
Republicans made up 58% of the two-party Democratic & Republican voter turnout on Election Day, so this is a close race.
As #Flapol parents, students, teachers & staff contact @DuvalSchools & other @FLSchoolBoards about #COVID masking policies for the start of the next school year, this thread contains some thoughts related to the recent executive order (see flgov.com/wp-content/upl…). #Jaxpol (1/12)
First, please remember that each of us has the most important title in democracy: Citizen. We can use our citizenship skills to impact gov’t decisions about #COVID masking. You can contact your local board members using this @FLSchoolBoards link. (2/12) fsba.org/membership/sch…
@FLSchoolBoards Ambassador Adlai Stevenson said it well: "As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers & the ruled, the law-givers & the law-abiding, the beginning & the end.” Art. 1, Sec. 1 of the #FlaPol Constitution says the same: “All political power is inherent in the people.” (3/12)
.@DuvalSchools & other #FlaPol school districts should see these comments from Ron Meyer, "one of Florida’s leading education policy attorneys" who "questioned the governor’s authority" to issue the masking order. cc: @FLSchoolBoards @PublicSchoolSup (1/4) miamiherald.com/news/local/edu…
"The state no longer is under a state of emergency, Meyer noted, meaning the local boards have the constitutional power to operate, control and supervise schools in their districts. 'I don’t know how Article IX of the Constitution could be more clear,' he said." (2/4)
"Meyer further added that the governor’s definition of freedom of choice appeared situational. The state bans indoor smoking, for instance, he said, because of the effects secondhand smoke has on the people around you, regardless of your desire to smoke, he noted." (3/4)
