Carl "Z" Zimmermann

Non-Partisan | Florida

Candidate Profile

Leans Liberal

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Carl "Z" Zimmermann


Party

Non-Partisan


Election Year

2022


Election

Primary


Race

Pinellas County Schools, School Board, District 3 (At-Large)


Incumbent

No


Links

Carl "Z" Zimmermann websites
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EDUCATION

SUNY College at Buffalo, Buffalo, MS ED, 1975

WORK & MILITARY

Candidate did not provide

AFFILIATIONS

Candidate did not provide

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

State Representative Florida House of Representatives, 2012-2014

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

School Board, 2018

ENDORSEMENTS

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)

Former School Board members Susan Latvala, Linda Lerner, Janet Clark

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS


LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (3)

Largo/Mid-Pinellas Progressive Political Committee (2018)

Local, County, and District Democratic Organizations (2009)

State Democratic Party Organizations (2014)

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (22)

American Association of School Administrators (2014)

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (2018)

American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (2014)

American Federation of Teachers (2014)

American Nurses Association (2008)

SELECTED FINANCIAL SOURCE DOCUMENTS

Campaign Finance Documents:

  • Campaign Finance Reports (12/1/2021 - 12/31/2021)
  • Campaign Finance Reports (1/1/2022 - 1/31/2022)
  • Campaign Finance Reports (2/1/2022 - 2/28/2022)
  • Campaign Finance Reports (3/1/2022 - 3/31/2022)
  • Campaign Finance Reports (4/1/2022 - 4/30/2022)
  • Campaign Finance Reports (5/1/2022 - 5/31/2022)
  • Campaign Finance Reports (6/1/2022 - 6/17/2022)
  • Campaign Finance Reports (6/18/2022 - 7/1/2022)
  • Please note: The following information was received by iVoterGuide after Panel Evaluations occurred and is for additional educational purposes only:
    • Campaign Finance Reports (7/2/2022 - 7/15/2022)
    • Campaign Finance Reports (7/16/2022 - 7/22/2022)
      • $200.00 contribution from Largo/Mid-Pinellas Progressive Political Committee
    • Campaign Finance Reports (7/23/2022 - 7/29/2022)
    • Campaign Finance Reports (7/30/2022 - 8/5/2022)

OTHER INFORMATION

Voter Record from the Florida Department of State indicates candidate's Political Affiliation is Democratic (as of 6/23/2022).

Election Voting History for Carl Zimmermann during time of residence in district and/or at current address:

  • Voted in 1 Primary election (2010)
  • Voted in 0 Presidential Preferential Primary elections
  • Voted in 1 General election (2020)

**Voter history is not considered during panel evaluations.**

QUESTIONNAIRE

RIGHT TO LIFE

Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not be a resource for instruction or services in the school.

Disagree

Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Disagree


RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

At school, students should be able to speak freely and civilly about matters of conscience and faith, including Christianity.

Strongly Agree

School districts should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.

Strongly Agree

Students should not be allowed to pray in school.

Strongly Disagree

I have had several students carry their Bible to read when they had free time.


ECONOMY

Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.

Strongly Agree

School districts should be able to use taxpayer money for lobbying the state legislature.

Agree

What is your position on government funding of public education from Pre-K through college?

I believe in funding K-12.


EDUCATION

What is the function of the local school board?

To prepare students to enter the American society as responsible and informed citizens and to give them skills needed to be successful.

Who should have the authority to set curriculum and determine resources used in those curricula?

The state legislature followed by the local boards.

When should parents be restricted from speaking in school board meetings?

They shouldn't be restricted other then after set agenda items and with some set time restrictions

Please list in order the following priorities in relation to the role of a K-12 public school (omitting any that do not apply): Mathematics, Information Technology, Science, Political Activism, Personal Finances, Gender Identity, Physical Fitness, American History, Critical Race Theory, Language Arts, Art & Music, Vocational Learning, Sexuality, Foreign Language, Social Emotional Learning

Vocational learning, Mathematics, Information Technology, American History, Personal Finances, Language Arts, Art & Music, Physical Fitness

American civics education should emphasize our nation's founding principles of liberty and equality.

Agree

Before students are taught courses such as Comprehensive Sex Ed (CSE) or Social Emotional Learning (SEL), they must opt-in with written parental permission.

Neutral

The loss of local control in education is too high a price to pay in exchange for federal dollars.

Disagree

I support the teaching of curricula (such as the 1619 Project, No Place for Hate, Second Step, etc.) that emphasizes slavery and racism as the foundation of American history.

Disagree

Parents are the ultimate authority in their child’s education and should be able to freely pursue whatever educational options they deem best for their child.

Agree


2ND AMENDMENT

Teachers who are licensed to carry should be allowed to carry guns at school.

Disagree

I believe in resource officers and a designated trained appointee.


OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES

Under what circumstances (if any) should schools be allowed to require vaccinations?

When the state or federal government require it.

I support mask mandates.

Disagree

I did in the beginning when we had no information, but not now.


ABOUT YOU

Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.

no

A candidate's personal moral values should not be relevant when considering a candidacy for elective office.

Disagree

When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?

Moderate

Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).

Did not answer

Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?

I follow statute. I don't go by what others perceive is the law. I read the law. I have always been a fiscal conservative, but a social moderate. I believe in truth and seek to verify things.


VALUES

Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I don't have a particular affiliation with any religion. I believe I should be a good person and I follow the Ten Commandments as my guide.

I support allowing public high school students to participate in athletic competition based on the gender with which they identify instead of biological sex.

Agree

Who is responsible for teaching sexual education to children, and what is the appropriate age when it should be taught?

I feel it should be taught as an extension biology and considering the age that so many of my former students become active, I would say 9th grade. Many become active second semester of 9th grade.

If you support the teaching of Sex Ed, please answer the following question: Sexual education should include these topics (list all that apply and add your own, if needed) -- Physical and emotional health outcomes; contraceptive methods; consent; abstinence; sexual orientation and gender identity; human anatomy/the reproductive system; abortion methods and side effects; stages of pregnancy and fetal development; sex acts and pleasures of sex

Physical and emotional health outcomes; contraceptive methods; consent; abstinence; human anatomy/the reproductive system; stages of pregnancy and fetal development. I don't feel it should leave out sexual orientation or gender identification, but instead focus on getting teens through the turbulent teen years safely and with the information they need to make informed decisions. As an adult they can choose whatever they please.

Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality that is necessary for our system of limited government.

Agree

No healthcare diagnosis or treatment, whether mental, reproductive, or otherwise, should be given to a child without first receiving written consent from the parent.

Agree

unless there is evidence of incest.

No school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, including the use of alternative names and pronouns.

Neutral

I believe no school official should be involved in the sexual transitioning of a student, but I disagree with the use of pronouns. Kids have had nicknames forever and some prefer to be referred to with alternative pronouns.


ELECTIONS AND VOTING

People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

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