Posted on 01/08/2022 2:47:14 PM PST by cotton1706
As an early New Year’s present, New York Governor Kathy Hochul issued a renewed face mask mandate for all public schools. Numerous upstate counties with more conservative officials immediately announced that they would not be complying with the order, while New York City quickly embraced the idea. But not all of the Big Apple is quite as blue as it was prior to the last set of local elections. This week, Nassau County on Long Island also bucked the trend. Newly elected county executive Bruce Blakeman announced that schools in his county would not be subject to the mandate and each local school board would be left to decide whether the policy should be implemented or not. At this point, a majority of New York counties are simply ignoring the Governor’s order and there doesn’t seem to be anything she can do about it.
Nassau County’s newly sworn-in Republican county executive issued an order on Thursday allowing school districts to decide whether to institute mask mandates, in defiance of New York State policy.
“School boards are comprised of elected officials who make decisions based upon the unique circumstances of each district,” county executive Bruce Blakeman said at a press conference. “They are in the best position to make these decisions, not an autocracy in Albany.”
Blakeman signed three executive orders on Thursday, including one that allows the county’s school boards to get rid of mask mandates that Governor Kathy Hochul has implemented statewide. He expressed confidence that the order provides sufficient legal grounds for schools to go against Hochul’s mandate.
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And this will continue after the elections this coming November.
This is very worrisome for those that like rules and regulations to be decreed by single individuals like governor and mayors, or unelected bureaucrats, rather than LAWS passed by the people through their legislatures.
Just as an example, I live in MA. Governor Baker issued a mask advisory (a problem in itself but put that aside for a moment).
The president of the Massachusetts Senate pretty much BEGGED the governor to go beyond the "advisory" and make it a mandate. Let me repeat, the president of the Massachusetts Senate.
She apparently doesn't know that SHE IS THE HEAD OF A LEGISLATIVE BODY THAT IS EMPOWERED TO CREATE LAWS THAT THE PEOPLE ARE OBLIGATED TO OBEY.
So she can CREATE A LAW mandating masks, which will pass, given the makeup of both the MA senate and House. And they could override a governor's veto (should one happen).
But ya see, they DON'T WANT a mandate to come from the legislature through a law. They LIKE a governor (especially a governor no longer accountable to the people, since he's not running again) passing a decree, a mandate, call it what you want, to be enforced by police with guns. Because legislators DON'T LIKE to be held accountable, and they would have to VOTE for a mandate, and put themselves on the record. Much easier for a governor or bureaucrat to do it.
But back to the article and the legislative trend. SOME legislative bodies are taking charge, and telling the power-hungry executives to go screw!
That is why many mini-dictators (gubmint AND employers) want Biden to push the mandate.
Nassau County in active rebellion against the state.
China should start selling them weapons/ammo.
How long does a KN95 mask work?
According to top medical experts in the country, the best mask to protect against COVID-19 is a KN95 mask...
But the author doesn't name one. Because KN95s aren't the same as N95s, are they...
Guess which ones NYS is handing out?
Though neither will keep out CoupFlu.
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