I wrote something but didn’t like it when I reread it so I decided to take the day off. I will leave you with one quick thought. I read something in the paper this morning that might cause me to fire off another letter to the Bozeman Chronicle.
This morning there was an article regarding the current state of COVID in Montana (not good!). The author had a brief interview with Governor Gianforte in which he defended his administration’s policies toward the pandemic, which have included signing into law the nation’s only prohibition on private businesses requiring vaccines in the workplace, and several measures that limited the power of the local health departments to implement measures to curb the virus’ spread. In this interview, Gianforte states, “The government’s role is to educate, to communicate – it’s not to mandate.” Think about that last statement for just a minute – “the government’s role is to educate, to communicate – it’s not to mandate.”
This is the same Governor who signed into laws mandating restrictions on abortion rights, voting, and the ability of local governments to deal with their own issues, i.e. housing, COVID spread, etc. So I guess a ‘government mandate’ is OK if its issued by Gianforte and is something he personally believes, but is not OK if it is issued by some other entity or is something with which he personally disagrees or finds politically inconvenient. Once again, the hypocrisy is deafening!
Hope to be back tomorrow after a little brain rest.