State Senator Ronda Storms, who we know quite well from her attempts to water down evolution education, is being challenged in the Republican primary. What odds do you give her new opponent?
An attorney from Valrico is challenging state Sen. Ronda Storms in the Republican primary contest for her District 10 seat.
Paul Phillips filed papers on Monday to run for the Senate seat that Storms has held since 2006.
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Both candidates agree on fiscally conservative policies — for example, replacing property taxes with a higher sales tax. Both are also anti-abortion Christians. But Phillips has concerns, he said, about trying too hard to legislate morality.
“I think you can go too far pushing an issue that feel is really morally justified; you end up infringing on other people’s rights.”
Storms, also an attorney, has a reputation for advancing conservative, sometimes controversial legislation on social issues ranging from abortion to teaching evolution in public schools. Her outspokenness has made her a popular target of criticism from the left, dating back to her tenure on the Hillsborough County Commission from 1998 to 2006.
UPDATE: here is another story about the developing race. I like what Phillips has to say here:
Phillips also teaches a class on philosophy and ethics at St. Petersburg College, and he says speaking with his students, he’s learned that there’s a problem in our education system, in that students get intimidated by science and math in high school, and frequently opt not to pursue majors in college where those skills are needed.
Phillips says he hears kids say, â€â€™I’m dreading this math class’. That’s not good, because you know the top paying jobs are computer engineers, structural engineers, mathematicians, finance professionals, accounting professionals. What does that say,†he asks, “on how we’re preparing our kids?â€Â He then wonders how people can complain about foreign students taking over certain jobs here in the U.S.
