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College ideology survey is “frightening,” “devastating”
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last month signed into law a bill that would require state universities to conduct an annual assessment of “viewpoint diversity” by surveying students and faculty.
Ray Arusenault, emeritus professor of American history and civil rights at USF St. Pete and chair of the Pinellas Chapter of the ACLU, calls that bill and a state Department of Education policy banning the teaching of critical race theory “frightening.”
“I’m hopeful that the courts at some point hopefully sooner rather than later will strike the new law down,” he said during an interview on MidPoint on July 7. “It seems to me it’s clear violation of the First Amendment.”
By Mitch Perry Tampa
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. The St. Petersburg Charter Review Commission will be submitting its proposed amendments to the city’s charter and that accompanying ballot language by the end of July.
What You Need To Know
The Commission meets once a decade
Advocates say that changing to district-wide city council elections would enhance direct democracy
The change would permit St. Pete voters for only vote on one representative in the general election
The nine-member group, one appointed by the mayor and the others each appointed by one of the city’s eight-member city council, gathers once a decade to decide on what proposals should go before the voters to change the city’s Charter, which is considered the city’s constitution. Among the items that the board has been discussing in recent months are an independent citizens commission to draw up council di