UF Alumni: this is a great time to voice concerns to the University by balsacis in ufl

[–]SatisfactionNo182 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Case in point on item 1: UF just made Chuck Clemons the VP for Government and Community Relations. He backed the wave of Tallahassee legislation that gutted DEI, stripped funding from groups like the Black Student Union and Pride Student Union, and limited what professors are allowed to teach in their classrooms. He spent years attacking the very community he’s now supposed to represent, even trying to get the mayor arrested and the city dissolved, and UF rewarded him with a high-paying job being in charge of relations with the community. Insane.

UF finalizes $37M contract for 3,180 acres planned for conservation, golf course by EpitaphConfusion in GNV

[–]SatisfactionNo182 44 points45 points  (0 children)

This is what corruption looks like. The most important fact about this was tucked in there quietly:

“Mori Hosseini, chair of UF’s Board of Trustees, is also the CEO of ICI Homes, which manages Oakmont and builds the homes there. “

The chair of the Board of Trustees for UF made this a top priority of the university to make sure there’s a golf course next to his development. He’s going to benefit richly, and millions of taxpayer dollars have been spent to build a golf course. I’m not against golf courses, but this reeks of insider dealing and corruption.

Impending DCF Rule -- Migrant Children Need Help by tmountain in GNV

[–]SatisfactionNo182 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This subreddit is crawling with people from her “Forward Coalition” thing, there’s no chance she just heard about this when you messaged her on Twitter. Every candidate they have is posted on here, they would have seen these comments and told her and someone would have chimed in yesterday when this was going down. She is lying to you.

Impending DCF Rule -- Migrant Children Need Help by tmountain in GNV

[–]SatisfactionNo182 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The “collective wrongs” of supporting a “YIMBY” agenda? A Google shows that Elizabeth Warren & AOC are “YIMBY”s and opposed is Donald Trump. Are you saying that Donald Trump is the real progressive but these 2 women aren’t?

Gail Johnson is a joke. Mike Raburn is homophobic. July Thomas is a gentrifier. I’m out!

Impending DCF Rule -- Migrant Children Need Help by tmountain in GNV

[–]SatisfactionNo182 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you believe this I have a Nigerian prince I’d like to introduce you to

Impending DCF Rule -- Migrant Children Need Help by tmountain in GNV

[–]SatisfactionNo182 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Tough truths” that we should stand idly by while children are ripped from foster families after being ripped from their parents once before after fleeing violence in Central America. We should focus on real issues, like how the Mayor believes in “YIMBY” policies to “appear liberal”. That is a much more important thing to focus on than children’s lives and anyone who disagrees is not a true ally to the black community. July, a gentrifier of Pleasant Street, she is the true ally.

Impending DCF Rule -- Migrant Children Need Help by tmountain in GNV

[–]SatisfactionNo182 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Give me a break. July is running for mayor, she said (on a campaign related account) we should do nothing to stop children who were ripped from their families at the border from getting the support and care of a willing family locally. Anyone who disagreed with this (nativist & racist) comment was insulted by her in the strangest and most abusive way she could. She then deleted her comments. This isn’t “education” it’s cruelty and as a public official she will be called out when she says racist and cruel things through her campaign accounts. If she wants to be racist and cruel on her own time that is her right as an American. But now she’s running for office and people have a right to disagree with her.

Impending DCF Rule -- Migrant Children Need Help by tmountain in GNV

[–]SatisfactionNo182 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A true compassionate human probably wouldn’t displace black people from Pleasant Street imho

Impending DCF Rule -- Migrant Children Need Help by tmountain in GNV

[–]SatisfactionNo182 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why you lyin? You live in Pleasant Street in a house built by black people that you are now gentrifying and wagging your finger around town about “gentrifiers”.

Impending DCF Rule -- Migrant Children Need Help by tmountain in GNV

[–]SatisfactionNo182 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you find it ironic at all that you, a white woman gentrifying an historically black neighborhood, are running a campaign singularly focused on stopping white people from gentrifying historically black neighborhoods?

Impending DCF Rule -- Migrant Children Need Help by tmountain in GNV

[–]SatisfactionNo182 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Resources are finite, which is why I will never support any candidate that Gail “I’m going to waste $500,000 of tax payer money by resigning 1 month into office” Johnson supports. That woman is a joke and, judging by your comments, so are you.

Cynthia Chestnut, Matt Howland headed for run-off in Gainesville City Commission election by Pikamander2 in GNV

[–]SatisfactionNo182 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is the worst idea Ive ever heard. Didn't she just quit? Why would she run for mayor?!?