State governors, listen to your mayors who don’t want to reopen (via latimesopinion)
As states are looking at reopening their economies, it is vital that local municipalities have the ability to enact policies protecting the health and well-being of their residents and businesses. Communities are left vulnerable when state preemption prevents them from taking action.
In South Carolina, Gov. Henry McMaster announced that some “nonessential” businesses will begin to reopen. Mayor Stephen Benjamin of Columbia, however, is advocating that the state should follow the White House’s guidelines that states open only after two weeks of declining infections. At the land border, my temperature was checked and I was asked basic questions about my health. In Mexico City, I was given another health check before boarding my flight to Atlanta.
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