Georgia governor to drop mask lawsuit against Atlanta mayor and city

[TomCADem]

Source: Reuters

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced on Thursday that he plans to drop a lawsuit against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the city, possibly ending a months-long feud over an order for people to wear masks to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Kemp had sued Bottoms and the city of Atlanta to stop enforcement of a local mask mandate aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. The governor argued that the city lacks the authority to override his order encouraging but not requiring face coverings.

While the governor is to drop the lawsuit, filed last month, his office said it may still pursue an executive order to strike down any local mask mandates. The two sides had been in court ordered mediation.

In a statement to Reuters, the governor's office said that some agreements were made between the mayor, a Democrat, and the Republican governor, but no final agreement could be reached.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/georgia-governor-to-drop-mask-lawsuit-against-atlanta-mayor-and-city/ar-BB17VUNE?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=wispr

[C_U_L8R]

1. New polling must be out

These rightwing idiots don’t do anything without a poll.

[progree]

2. Georgia is the THE #1 state in U.S. in daily new cases per capita, 7 day moving average

https://globalepidemics.org/key-metrics-for-covid-suppression/
33.8 cases per 100,000 population, 7 day moving average

2nd: FLorida
3rd: Mississippi
4th: Alabama
5th: Idaho
6th: Louisiana
7th: Tennessee
8th: Nevada
9th: Texas

And while Georgia's cases are down a little bit since the July 29th peak, they've been trending up again since August 7 (based on 7-day moving average, so "weekend effects" aren't a factor, and day-to-day volatility is smoothed out somewhat.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/georgia-coronavirus-cases.html

Kind of would make the governor look really foolish to keep up the mask war with Mayor Bottoms (hasn't stopped him before, though)

[paleotn]

3. Yea, because he's going to lose and lose bad.

Usual Rethug bullying from the start. Nothing more.

[BigmanPigman]

4. Yet school districts are opening and closing

across his state. He is a sadist. Gee, what could go wrong this fall with flu season?!?

[ecstatic]

5. The damage is done. We are a hotspot alongside

Florida and the others. SMH. Good job, kkkemp!

[BlueIdaho]

6. When is Brian going to start attending the funerals

Of people he has killed?

[marble falls]

7. Maybe its getting harder to wash the blood off his hands. How many years left on his term ...

You'd think one of these moron GOP governors have a breakdown and come to Jesus about how their politics led then into positions that absolutely have killed and injured their own supporters.

He realized when she presented her experts and all he had was bupkis and Reverend Billy Joe Graham, as Trump has done often enough himself - skulked off quietly.