Good morning, again –

Today’s Texas Minute included a stray coding error that resulted in random county names being inserted in a bullet point, causing confusion. We’ve fixed the problem, but I wanted to make sure you had the correct information.

I apologize for the error and the confusion!

Copied below in full is the problematic section that has been fixed.

– Michael Quinn Sullivan 

Wednesday, August 4, 2021
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Re-Masking Texans

• Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent executive order forbidding local governments from imposing mask mandates, local officials across the state are doing just that. Jacob Asmussen has the full story.
   
• For example, the Williamson County District Court’s office, located in a suburb of Austin, announced they will require “all individuals coming to the Williamson County Justice Center, including the public and employees, … to wear face coverings and observe social distancing at all times in public spaces of the Justice Center unless otherwise noted.”
   
• Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner enacted a similar mask mandate for all city employees on city properties, and last week, Austin Mayor Steve Adler even wanted to force citizens to get injected with COVID vaccinations.
   
• All this is in direct contradiction to Gov. Abbott’s recent executive order specifically prohibiting local officials from mandating vaccines or masks on citizens.
   
• Will Gov. Abbott do something about his order being ignored?
   
• Frankly, the governor has shown himself to be all-bark, no-bite. Remember, he explicitly said he would arrest any of the quorum-busting Democrats when they returned to Texas but he didn’t do that; so it isn’t surprising that local officials aren’t taking his ‘ban’ seriously.

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