Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas [2019 file photo].
From Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas:
Mayor Quinton Lucas
Throughout the pandemic, I have been regularly tested for COVID-19 due to my frequent interaction with the public. While results earlier this week were negative, last night I tested positive for COVID-19. I am fully vaccinated and have received my booster dose, and because of that, I am experiencing few symptoms.
I thank all of our healthcare workers who continue their work to serve our community. Let’s help them—and each other—by encouraging all in our lives who are not yet vaccinated or boosted to make it a priority today and to use caution as we ring in the New Year.
Immediate notice. That’s how transparency from a public official is supposed to work.
Get vaccinated if you haven’t already done so. Get a booster when you’re eleigible if you haven’t already done so. Wash your hands. Avoid crowds in closed rooms. Wear a mask when around others.
– Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s (r) anti-mask public school complaint email address: illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov
On December 9, 2021 we asked the office of Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (r) via a RSMo § 610 (Missouri Sunshine Law) request for the submitted contents of the illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov email address set up by the Attorney General to solicit complaints about mask wearing in Missouri public schools.
Our original request:
[….] Under RSMo § 610 I am requesting the following from your office:
All emails and attachments submitted to the email address – illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov [….]
The response from the office of Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (r), on December 14, 2021:
[….] Due to the dates and the volume of records to be searched, the earliest we expect responsive records, if any, to be available is December 23, 2021. In the event they are available earlier, we will provide them as soon as they are available. [….]
We gave it another week. Yesterday, we asked for an update:
December 9, 2021 – Missouri Sunshine Law Request
Michael Bersin [….] Thu, Dec 30, 2021 at 1:25 PM
To: [….]@ago.mo.gov
[….]
This is to inquire about the status of my Missouri Sunshine Law Request submitted to your office on December 9, 2021. Please advise.
Michael Bersin
[….]
We’re still waiting.
Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].
So far the absence of alacrity from the office of Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (r) to our RSMo § 610 (Missouri Sunshine Law) request is…disturbing.
Press Release
DECEMBER 30, 2021
JEFFERSON CITY Today, Governor Mike Parson announced that Missouri’s COVID-19 related State of Emergency will expire and not be renewed on December 31, 2021. Governor Parson first issued an Executive Order (EO) declaring a State of Emergency existed due to COVID-19 on March 13, 2020.
“Thanks to the effectiveness of the vaccine, widespread efforts to mitigate the virus, and our committed health care professionals, past needs to continue the state of emergency are no longer present,” Governor Parson said. “Over the last 22 months, we have coordinated with local, state, and private partners to mitigate COVID-19 and work towards returning to normalcy. We all now know how to best fight and prevent serious illness from this virus. The State stands ready to provide assistance and response, but there is no longer a need for a state of emergency.”
Governor Parson extended the COVID-19 related State of Emergency five times before issuing a final targeted executive order for health care needs in August 2021. Currently, only three of Missouri’s border states and 20 other states in the nation have state of emergencies related to COVID-19 in place.
At one time, nearly 600 statutory and regulatory waivers were approved across Missouri state government. Since that peak, waivers have reduced by nearly 80 percent. All remaining COVID-19 related waivers authorized under EO 21-09 will terminate on December 31, 2021.
Agencies, boards, commissions, and departments are able to pursue rulemaking if permanent changes to regulations are needed after December 31 to improve long-term outcomes for Missourians, health care facilitates, and businesses. The General Assembly can also make any needed policy changes when they return for the 2022 legislative session on January 5.
The state has communicated to its health care partners that there will be flexibility during a transitional period to fully resume pre-pandemic operations.
With the expiration of EO 21-09, the Missouri National Guard will no longer be activated for COVID-19 related missions.
“In Missouri, we never had mandates or forced lockdowns,” Governor Parson said. “The main focus of our state of emergency was to provide regulatory flexibility to support and assist Missourians, health care facilities, and businesses and coordinate a COVID-19 response that saved lives and livelihoods. We encourage all Missourians to consider COVID-19 vaccination and to stay diligent, but we can work together to fight COVID-19 while living our normal lives. It is time to take this final step and move forward as a state.”
The best method to prevent serious illness from COVID-19 is vaccination, and more and more Missourians continue choosing to get primary and booster vaccinations. In the month of December alone, more than 565,000 doses of vaccine were administered and 42 percent were part of a primary vaccine series.
Nearly 94 percent of Missourians 65 and older, the most vulnerable, have received at least one dose. More than 73 percent of Missourians 18 and older and over 62 percent of all Missourians have chosen to initiate vaccination.
From the Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services (DHSS):
53.7%. And only 1,078,450 booster doses administered in Missouri.
What could possibly go wrong?
Can you get a COVID-19 home test or PCR test right now? Are you thinking it might not be a good time in Missouri to suffer a stroke or heart attack, or get injured in an accident?
“…ivermectin tablets and hydroxychloroquine tablets shall be available to the public through over-the-counter purchase in this state without a prescription…”
Darwin.
A bill, prefiled yesterday:
HB 2111
Creates provisions relating to over-the-counter medications
Sponsor: Sander, Chris (033)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2022
LR Number: 4929H.01I
Last Action: 12/29/2021 – Prefiled (H)
Bill String: HB 2111
Next House Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SANDER.
4929H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 195, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the over-thecounter purchase of certain medications.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 195, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 195.1000, to read as follows:
195.1000. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, ivermectin tablets and hydroxychloroquine tablets shall be available to the public through over-the-counter purchase in this state without a prescription or consultation with a pharmacist or other health care professional.
“…or expresses or intends to express any viewpoint or ideology that can be found in any major American political party platform…”
What could possibly go wrong?
A bill, prefiled today:
HB 2105
Establishes the Missouri Censorship Prohibition Act to protect the rights of speakers on campuses of public institutions of higher education
Sponsor: Schnelting, Adam (104)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2022
LR Number: 4464H.01I
Last Action: 12/29/2021 – Prefiled (H)
Bill String: HB 2105
Next House Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar
[….]
8. (1) This subsection shall be known and may be cited as the “Missouri Censorship Prohibition Act”.
(2) As used in this subsection, the following terms mean:
(a) “Censor”, the act of barring, banning, cancelling, prohibiting, or rescinding an invitation to a speaker;
(b) “Political party”, the same definition as in section 115.013;
(c) “Speaker”, a person invited to appear on the campus of a public institution of higher education as a public speaker, lecturer, or presenter.
(3) No public institution of higher education that receives state moneys shall censor a speaker based solely on the fact that such speaker espouses a particular political persuasion, holds a particular party affiliation, or expresses or intends to express any viewpoint or ideology that can be found in any major American political party platform.
(4) In addition to the causes of action allowed under subsections 5 to 7 of this section, any speaker censored by a public institution of higher education that receives state moneys may bring a civil action for defamation against such institution for violations of this subsection.
HB 1993
Designates the “Donald J Trump Highway” in Jefferson County
Sponsor: Coleman, Mary Elizabeth (097)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2022
LR Number: 3695H.01I
Last Action: 12/16/2021 – Prefiled (H)
Bill String: HB 1993
Next House Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: Bill currently not on a House calendar
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE COLEMAN (97).
3695H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 227, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the designation of a highway.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 227, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 227.487, to read as follows:
227.487. The portion of Interstate 55 from State Highway 141 continuing south to Richardson Road in Jefferson County shall be designated the “Donald J Trump Highway”. The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such highway, with the costs to be paid by private donations.
It’ll be located in between the Benito Mussolini and Francisco Franco segments of the highway.
Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…
Once they put in toll booths the former guy’s take from the skim should be fairly lucrative.
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