Kansas City Star Denounces Johnson County Sheriff Over COVID Testing Opt Out

This headline is important if only because most of the executive staff of the KC Star actually live in Johnson County and not KC Proper.

And so, they're actually risking their biscuit just a bit by engaging in this kind of tough talk targeting law enforcement.  

Here's the www.TonysKansasCity.com link tease to content that might or might not be behind the paywall . . .

It's a dereliction of duty for Johnson County sheriff to flout COVID directive

Unvaccinated first responders don't just put their own health at risk, but pose a threat to public safety, too. That makes sense, right? Not to Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden. He announced this week that he's not requiring members of his office to comply with a county directive requiring any county worker to either provide proof of vaccination or submit to weekly COVID-19 testing.