To the editor:

Gov. Ron DeSantis is always talking about freedom and labels his bills and projects with “freedom.” I see it only as a distraction from the freedoms he is taking away from Floridians.

No abortion, no race in history, Don’t Say Gay. NO WOKE! Watch what you say at work, or keep on your bookshelf, especially if you’re a trained teacher as hundreds of books are banned, or GO TO JAIL!

Freedom? Remove your mask!, Investigate vaccines!, even if 85,000 Floridians died from COVID.

The Governor’s “Shoot from the hip” leadership (No permit required) will also dissolve the Reedy Creek District from Disney, the largest employer in central Florida, increasing the taxes of millions of Floridians as much as 30% and possibly saddling them with over $1 billion in debt just because DeSantis didn’t like that Disney was opposed to his discriminatory Don’t Say Gay law.

DeSantis wants to bring accountability to the higher education system? He wants to ban Christian values like diversity, equality and inclusion from our education system. Real history like racism and slavery may not be “factual” according to the Governor. So, students are NOT FREE to study racism in history. Yet, it is OK for the governor to fire an elected state attorney for comments he made about bills that were not laws yet. So much for the First Amendment.

What the state needs most is accountability from the governor!

Why is he spending $10 million on election integrity when there is no evidence of election fraud? Why is he flying legal immigrants from Texas to another state with our tax dollars? ($12 million.)

DeSantis isn’t here for Florida. He’s working hard to be the “Golden Boy” for the Republican Party. Floridians haven’t the time or money to allow an elected official (unknown only a few years ago) pander to his uneducated ignorant supporters at the risk of the state of Florida’s established institutions and laws to support his political ambitions. He is a danger to the institution of democracy!

Oh! One last thing. Don’t forget to send in your teenage daughter’s menstrual information, or she can’t play sports.

FREEDOM!

Brad Turek

Cape Coral