Bridget Ziegler is being urged by the School Board to resign after the sex scandal involving her and her husband, and a woman he allegedly raped. It's unclear if she'll go willingly or not, however. A 2000 signature citizens' petition and this vote might not be enough to get her to leave.

Source: Miami Herald

The Sarasota County School Board formally called on Bridget Ziegler to resign on Tuesday as she grapples with the fallout of an ongoing sex scandal involving her and her husband, Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler.

In a 4-to-1 vote, the school board signed off on a resolution requesting that Bridget Ziegler voluntarily step down from the post that she’s held for nearly a decade. Board Chairwoman Karen Rose, who has long been aligned politically with Ziegler, called the Tuesday vote. Ziegler was the only member to oppose the measure.

The resolution is non-binding – as Ziegler was quick to note on Tuesday – meaning the board cannot force her from her position.

So what's next?

Under Florida law, the only way a school board member can be removed from the position is through voluntary resignation or by first being suspended by the governor and then voted out by the state Senate.

And what does Bridget Ziegler think of all this "brouhaha"? Not much it seems.

“I am disappointed,” Ziegler said. “As people may know, I serve on another public board and this issue did not come up, and we were able to forge ahead with the business of the board.”

Some of the Speakers (in fact, all of them) were not fans of Bridget Ziegler.

Another speaker, Paulina Testerman, was even more scathing in her remarks, saying that she would relish the downfall of “politicians like [Ziegler] who use our children as a stepping stone in their quest for power and political relevance.”

Exactly.

So now it's just wait and see if she'll leave. As with her husband, doing the right thing just does not seem to be in their vocabulary.

I believe this would be Paula Testerman.