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Florida Public Schools need you!
The Florida Legislature will be in
special session from May 12 – 29 to
finalize the budget. Your state
legislators need to hear from you.
Here are some messages regarding
education funding. It is most effective
to call over several days with
one issue only per call.
– Reject funding for charter schools
in Florida.
– Stop funding the Florida Family
Empowerment Scholarship program
with funds meant for
public school districts.
– Florida teacher pay is 50th out of 50.
Our teachers deserve to be paid
a professional salary.
– Florida public schools are the
cornerstone of our democracy,
teaching civics, history, how voting
works, and the basic skills we all
learned in kindergarten. Skills some in
the Legislature would be wise to
remember. Be kind, share with others,
wait your turn, clean up your mess,
and play fair. Florida children deserve
a fully funded, reliable education budget.
– Florida public education needs
adequate funds to provide our
children with foundational cognitive
skills, foster social-emotional growth,
and boost confidence. It needs those
funds to prepare them for future
employment, promote long-term
physical health, and offer stability,
reducing risks of poverty and exploitation.
Local Florida State Senate Members:
Senator Ralph E. Massullo, Jr. (R)
District 11
(850) 487-5011, (352) 666-5707
Citrus, Hernando, and Sumter
counties and part of Pasco
Senator Darryl Ervin Rouson (D)
District 16
(850) 487-5016, (727) 822-6828
parts of Hillsborough and Pinellas
Senator Nick DiCeglie (R)
District 18
(850) 487-5018, (727) 563-1910
part of Pinellas
Senator Jim Boyd (R)
District 20
(850) 487-5020, (941) 742-6445
parts of Hillsborough and Manatee
Senator Ed Hooper (R)
District 21
(850) 487-5021, (727) 771-2102
parts of Pasco and Pinellas
Senator Joe Gruters (R)
District 22
(850) 487-5022, (941) 378-6309
Sarasota County and part of Manatee
Senator Danny Burgess (R)
District 23
(850) 487-5023, (813) 779-7059
parts of Hillsborough and Pasco
Find your Florida State Senator:
Local Florida State House Members:
Representative Adam Anderson (R)
District 57
(850) 717-5057, (727) 382-8300
Representative Kimberly Berfield (R)
District 58
(850) 717-5058, (727) 351-8820
Representative Berny Jacques (R)
District 59
(850) 717-5059, (727) 558-4230
Representative Lindsay Cross (D)
District 60
(850) 717-5060, (727) 629-6770
Representative Linda Chaney (R)
District 61
(850) 717-5061, (727) 387-8600
Representative Michele K. Rayner (D)
District 62
(850) 717-5062, (727) 629-6820
Find your Florida State Representative:
Protect the Midterms!
The best weapon we have against the
shenanigans this administration is
going to get up to in order to steal
the midterms from the American
people is an overwhelming turnout at
the polls. We all need to get involved
with our local Democratic Party and
help make sure that turnout happens.
We’re lucky in Pinellas County, to also
have Voter Action Pinellas,
a 100% volunteer-powered
organization dedicated to relational
organizing. Using personal
connections to help like-minded
voters vote. They have an amazing app
(REACH) to make the job easy. Keep
an eye out on the Pinellas page
for their Monthly Voter Action Gatherings.
But however you do it, please get involved.
Want to help save our Democracy but do not have the time? If you can spare as little as three minutes per day, you do!
Only Republican members of Congress
have the power to put a leash
on Donald Trump right now.
Join a growing list of your friends and
neighbors, and be the final straw
that convinces them to act.
Tap and Talk.
More information here
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Think the Democratic Party could do better?
Get involved and be the change you
want to see. We’re going to make that
easier by posting monthly district
meetings here on Pinellas Protests.
PLEDGE TO VOTE EARLY
The campaigns you care about spend
thousands of dollars and thousands of
volunteer hours contacting Pinellas
voters who wait until Election Day to
vote. Modern data management tells
them who these voters are. By voting
early, you can help these candidates
win by allowing them to spend their
time and money more effectively. Vote
as early as you can so your candidates
can concentrate their resources on
those who have not yet voted.
Please pledge to request a mail ballot for
every election and vote it early. Voter
Action Pinellas will make sure that you
receive all the information you need to
vote — information about every item
on the ballot for your precinct and
where and when you can
cast your mail ballot.
Take the pledge here.
Sign up for email alerts here
We are all getting way too many
emails and texts these days;
so our promise to you:
You will only ever receive an email
when there is a new event.
No reminders. No “how did you like it.”