{"id":14209,"date":"2018-08-23T12:32:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T16:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=14209"},"modified":"2021-11-24T12:04:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T17:04:16","slug":"from-lecturer-to-election-north-campus-professor-rick-tapia-runs-for-florida-house-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/from-lecturer-to-election-north-campus-professor-rick-tapia-runs-for-florida-house-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"From Lecturer To Election: North Campus Professor Runs For Florida House Seat"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a typical start of the week for professor Rick Tapia\u2014hot, humid and air conditioner blasting through the hallways\u2014as he teaches his American Federal Government class. This Monday morning he’s lecturing about obscenities by contrasting the common perception of what is obscene and what is legal. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe standard that was established by the Supreme Court isn\u2019t so universal,\u201d he tells his students, referencing the <\/span>Miller v. California <\/span><\/i><\/span><\/a>decision in 1973. \u201cWhat\u2019s acceptable in one place can be completely unacceptable in another.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Tapia knows what that\u2019s like. He\u2019s currently trying to bring progressive ideas to a Republican-held Florida House district. <\/span><\/p>\n

Tapia, a political science and international relations professor at North Campus<\/span><\/a>, has been running for the Democratic nomination for HD103 since June.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am a progressive. The centrist view to allow corporations to beat up the middle class is going to end,\u201d Tapia said. \u201cI\u2019m running to basically defend the working and middle class.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Tapia\u2019s campaign is based on three central issues: gun control, education and health care. He prides himself as the only Democratic candidate with a comprehensive plan on those issues<\/span>\u2014 issues he holds close to his heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas Senior High in February that left 17 people dead, Tapia watched the student survivors head to Tallahassee and demand action on gun control. But when their pleas were ignored by state lawmakers, Tapia, incredulous, saw a need for change.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI advocate in my class that my kids need to get involved,\u201d he said. \u201cI could not include myself unless I put my money where my mouth is.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That drive stems from his childhood experiences. As the son of two Cuban immigrants, Tapia often found himself living in the factories his parents worked in. His one outlet, he said, was his public education.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe public school system is what allowed me to rise up,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

That formed the basis for his career in education, where he worked as a Miami-Dade County Public Schools teacher before becoming a full-time professor at Miami Dade College. Tapia believes in free public colleges and a restoration of funds to public education, which lead to an endorsement from the United Teachers of Dade, the primary teachers\u2019 union for M-DCPS.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe understands that there has been a systematic dismantling of education nationwide,\u201d said Karla Hernandez-Mats, president of UTD. \u201cIt\u2019s the building block to a Democratic society and I know he understands that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

His educational background has also impacted his students. Krystal Lanier, an MDC graduate and a rising senior at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., says she majored in government, education inquiry and justice due to his teachings.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s seen the education system inside and out,\u201d Lanier said. \u201cHe knows what a school should look like.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Tapia\u2019s upbringing is also responsible for shaping his focus on health care, something he wasn\u2019t privy to for most of his life. He recalls once being forced out of a hospital while in critical condition because his family didn\u2019t have the money to pay. That episode helped morph his desire to expand Medicaid and has made him a supporter of Medicare for all.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe role of government is to empower an individual with social, political and economic freedoms,\u201d Tapia said. \u201cWhat that means is the government not only provides for a regulated free market, but that the government provides essential programs<\/span>\u2014<\/span>social programs and social policy to help the individual out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

These issues are rooted in Tapia\u2019s progressive image. He paints himself as the only progressive in the race, viewing his opponent, Cindy Polo, as someone who doesn\u2019t have much standing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m the true progressive,\u201d he said. \u201cBetween me and my opponent, I am the only one that has a plan.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Polo isn’t convinced.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn my party, we agree on many issues, but Mr. Tapia doesn\u2019t represent my party,\u201d Polo said in an interview. \u201cI won\u2019t give him that time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

When asked if she would support Tapia if he won the race, Polo was blunt.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I will not,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tapia is unfazed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI did two things on my 18th birthday: I enlisted in the United States Navy, something Cindy Polo never did,\u201d he said. \u201c<\/span>Never registered for military service, never registered for any community service in the community\u2014not AmeriCorps, not Peace Corps, not anything\u2014and I also registered to vote as a Democrat.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Tapia hasn\u2019t always been registered as a Democrat. According to him, he has shifted his voter registration to vote for certain \u201cprogressive Republicans\u201d in primaries when there were no Democrats in the race.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, with a month before the primary, Tapia hopes to focus on one aspect \u2014 winning the primary on Aug. 28.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cVoters are going to compare and contrast the candidates. I don\u2019t think her endorsement matters,\u201d he said. \u201cI am going to work with everybody, everybody who wants to work together for a progressive cause. I\u2019m going to work with them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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