AG Schmitt Stays Losing COVID Mask Fight, Mayor Q Backs Mandates

Once again . . . We're back to square one and even more bickering over the COVID dress code.

The basics . . .

The AG suffered a court block to fighting masks in STL today whilst Mayor Q doubles down on the policy and flexes on his opposition.

Here's the money line . . .

"We've primarily prevailed upon parents to be reasonable and sensible and to not put your kids in just stupid political fights for no reason at all. And I think most schools have been able to handle that fairly well," Lucas said, talking about the city's current mask mandate affecting people at K-12 schools.

That measure will likely be extended another 30 days, according to Lucas and at some point masking rules could also be expanded to more public spaces.

"We continue to evaluate that. We certainly are engaging with our lawyers regularly because we get more saber rattling from our state attorney general," Mayor Lucas said.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com news links . . .

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Important and KICK-ASS TKC READER perspective from across the pond . . .

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Because this is TKC . . . We share the only mask on which we can all agree . . .

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Sadly, just like everything else during COVID, it's out of stock.

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