After posting the latest entry, I realized that I had not posted anything since last October. What happened? The elections happened in November, and
our governor won a reelection. To me, that meant a lot. When people elect someone new, you may argue that they did not know, that they were fooled. However, when they have the chance to see that person lead us for four years and decide that he or she should get a second term, it is a clear message that they liked what they saw.
In the first election four years ago, Florida voters had already disregarded the fact that Scott had defrauded Medicare of millions of dollars. This time, they had his record as Governor to look at before casting their ballots. Florida voters decided that Rick Scott needed to be given four more years.
In the light of that election, I did not get angry or frustrated. I reminded myself of the fact that I am a civil servant, an employee of the State of Florida, that I took an oath to serve my country and my state. If a majority of voters likes Rick Scott's policies, who am I to contradict them? I am not arrogant enough to argue that I know what is best and that the majority of people is wrong.
Let me be very clear: even though I KNOW that by following Scott's policies of defunding public schools to benefit private institutions, we are failing a whole generation of kids who will be ill-prepared for tomorrow's challenges, I believe that I must obey the mandate given to me by their parents. They clearly indicated to me through their vote what they want for their children. Whether I agree it is a good idea or not is irrelevant. I work for this State, and they made Rick Scott my boss. If Scott told me to teach students that Ronald Reagan was our first president and that he rode a velociraptor to and from the White House, I would gladly do it. All that ancient stuff about the colonies or the Civil War is boring my kids anyway.
Please check Jason Heuser's other amazing drawings of our presidents on the Deviant Art website.
