Sarasota became the first Republican-leaning county in Florida to impose a school mask mandate in violation of a ban on such measures adopted by the administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. Hours prior to the vote in Sarasota, Florida’s education commissioner moved forward with punitive measures against two Democratic-leaning counties who likewise ran afoul of the ban with mandates of their own. Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran warned Alachua and Broward counties that if they didn’t rescind their school mask mandates in 48 hours, the state would proceed to gradually withhold the dollar amount equal to the salaries of the officials who voted for the mandates. The Sarasota County school board voted 3-2 to impose the school mask mandate, according to Politico. The board’s website did not yet feature the minutes for the meeting as of 11 p.m. on Friday. The Epoch Times contacted the board for confirmation. A large …