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Jeb Bush Snub, well deserved

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Gabriel Lopez-Bernal
on April 13, 2007
in Education, Florida Gators, Jeb Bush and UF
. 4 Comments
I was featured again today by the Independent Florida Alligator’s Opinion column in response to an article written by the newspaper on Wednesday. As some of you may recall, a few weeks ago, Jeb Bush was snubbed by the UF Faculty senate for an honorary alumni status. Now, Representative David Rivera, R-Miami, is pushing a plan through the Florida State Senate to name the UF college of Education after the former governor.

I, naturally have issues with this. I think we need to stop rewarding people for doing average jobs, doing what they were elected or hired to do. Roosevelt Bradley touted how he purchased so many buses for MDT under his tenure, but then again, that’s what we expected him to do when we passed the PTP. Under Jeb Bush, Florida’s education system suffered. We’re ranked 47th among the 50 states and our high school graduation rates, teacher pay, and standards are deplorable. Jeb was a strong advocate for the student school voucher program, which was a considerable dis to the Florida Public education system. Naming the UF College of Education after a governor who failed to accomplish any educational advancement would be a disgrace to our Public Education system, UF, and the Faculty Senate who was in the right to snub him in the first place…

To read my reply, click here…

Some other noteworthy editorials: Gordon Van Owen, Lee Dykxhoorn

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Ohio State, So easy a Caveman could beat em….

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Gabriel Lopez-Bernal
on April 3, 2007
in Florida Gators, Gainesville, Gators, March Madness and NCAA
. 1 Comment

Ok, nothing to do with Transit, but here are some Florida (titletown) celebration shots for all my Gator Fans:Technorati Tags: , , , , , ,

Florida Vs. Ohio, Take 2

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Gabriel Lopez-Bernal
on April 2, 2007
in Basketball, Florida Gators, Gainesville, Gators, March Madness and NCAA
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It’s amazing that in the life span of this blog (1 year), I’ve had the opportunity to root my Gators on in three championship appearances. Tonight, my beloved Florida Gators Basketball team will once again devour the Ohio State Buckeyes. Last time the Basketball teams met, in December, we decimated them by 26 points…Odds are I’ll be out late tonight, but, I’ll be back at some point tomorrow…Go Gators!

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