“…You’re a power hungry fascist…”

Last week we received a response from the office of Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (r) complying with our December 9th RSMo § 610 “Missouri Sunshine Law” request for the 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.

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Continuing:

[….]
Subject: Protect my children!

Hello,

I am yet another concerned parent within the Rockwood School District. We became part of the Rockwood family 1.5 years ago. We were formally with Parkway, (who have even deeper issues than I am here to get into.) I have never had a negative thing to say about Rockwood. The exceeded my expectations and my children couldn’t be happier in a tremendous staff-filled school. With that being said, It’s hard to believe I am going to this magnitude and writing you this letter.

I read on a local social media page that the children at Eureka Elementary, who decided to not wear their masks today we’ve outted from their fellow classmates, and normal learning environment to be singled out like animals we enjoy looking at through glass at the zoo.

I come to you with this message to ask for your continuous help. I worry if this continuous battle between Rockwood School District and the community will be detrimental, to not only my children’s education, but their friendships, their views on trusted adults at the school, and the future generation we are shaping into. School is the only place I cannot protect my children and their rights.

I thank you for your time and all of your help.

Hang in there,
[….]

“…We were formally with Parkway, (who have even deeper issues than I am here to get into.)…”

Really? Do tell.

“…I have never had a negative thing to say about Rockwood…”

Wait for it.

“…staff-filled school…”

WTF?

“…It’s hard to believe I am going to this magnitude…”

Apparent, absolute, Richter, or pomposity?

“…I read on a local social media page…”

Ah, the font of all truth and knowledge.

They’re kids in elementary school, they don’t just spontaneously decide to not wear their masks. What kind of parent does it take to send their elementary school age kid in to confront their teachers in this manner?

“…I come to you with this message to ask for your continuous help…”

He’s the Attorney General, not the second incarnation of Eric Greitens (r).

“…I worry if this continuous battle between…”

Too late. You should have thought of that before you started it.

[….]
Subject: Mask-mandates in schools

[….]
Good evening. As a voter, school teacher, and a parent with a child in 4th grade, I think that we should have a mandatory mask mandate for our schools. It is a crime to choose otherwise. Our students as well as the staff need to be protected. It would be a travesty as well as a tragedy. Please reconsider. [….]

[….]
Subject: We stand behind you!

Just kidding. You’re a power hungry fascist. LOL.

No, actually, you are. And that’s sad for you, and scary for me. You don’t represent me, my needs or my priorities. My taxes pay your salary, and that makes me naseous.

Your deperate, unfounded, anachronistic lust for control (guidance) is rationalized by hypocritical religious pablum. You know that, right? In your heart, you do, right. You’re not so dumb that you don’t right?

You’re building a house of cards, Eric, and it will eventually crush you.
[….]

[….]
Subject: Illegal? Hell, no!

Are you opposed to public health measures because you, in accord with your fellow travelers in the GQC, are in favor of death? In your case, that seems especially focussed on teachers and children.

Opposition to public health is not a platform. I have yet to hear you advance any positive agenda whatsoever. Nothing to offer the people of this state to improve their lives, health, or happiness. You offer nothing but death.

You need to resign and disappear. We could hardly hate you more.

[….]

“…fellow travelers…”

We see what you did there.

[….]
Subject: Mask Mandate

Dear Atty General Schmitt —

You are truly a moron – I WANT a mask mandate as I would love for my kids to be able to go to school without being afraid of dying. Go peddle your crap somewhere else.
[….]
Registered voter who votes in EVERY election BUT NOT FOR YOU.

[….]
Subject: Francis Howell School District

FHSD continues to mandate masks for students K-6th grade but makes them optional for 7-12 grade. Our youngest and most affected psychologically continue to be punished with these ridiculous mandates. Please help our kids. They also continue to quarantine students.

Thank you.
[….]

[….]
Subject: Raytown South High School

Attorney General Schmitt,

I just left a basketball game at Raytown South High School where they required masks for entry and had multiple PA announcements demanding compliance.

Sincerely,
[….]

For some reason the prison camp scene in the original Red Dawn comes to mind. Wolverines!

[….]
Subject: Wright City School District

To: Attorney General Eric Schmitt

The Wright City School District is not complying with the cease & desist letter/order. Students are being required to quarantine, miss activities, and in some cases isolated while in school for not complying.

Please help our children.

Sincerely,
[….]

This is so sad.

[….]
Subject: Cease & Desist Denial – RSD

To whom it may concern,

Additional emails need to be requested from Rockwood School District, specifically within the Uthoff Valley Elementary. I cannot provide a direct copy for fear of being made known through such an act. Email traffic from today within Uthoff valley will show acknowledgement of the cease and desist letter, but still a blatant disregard for it. Kids were still told to mask.

-Anon

Just the traffic?

[….]
Subject: Parkway mask mandates

As a Parkway employee who is occasionally responsible for filling in for bus drivers, we are still required to wear masks, the students are required to wear masks, and we are required to give out masks to any students who forgot them. If you require proof of that you can see it plain as day on the bus security feeds. As I don’t want my job put at risk, I’d appreciate being left anonymous.

Regards,
[….]

If you send your name and email address to the Attorney General it’s part of the public record. In fact, this email is published here because of a Missouri Sunshine Law request addressed to the Office of the Attorney General. They complied to the request because it was their only possible response. The Attorney General’s Office did not redact your name or email address. We did. You can thank us later.

[….]
Subject: Please

Be sure the notification that the mask mandate is dead to healthcare/fitness and sports training centers
(e.g. Club Fitness, Lifetime, Sports medicine and Training Center) and the likes.

Thanks!
[….]

Please.

[….]
Subject: Mask mandate

Please be advised that I have a student at Saint Louis University and the school continues to mandate masks be worn indoors at all times, including the library, classrooms and residential housing common areas. The mask mandate remains in place although the campus also mandates all students be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or risk removal from the university.
[….]

It’s so cute that people believe Eric Schmitt (r) would even contemplate taking on Saint Louis University.

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Subject: Rockwood Summit

Hello,
I am writing to let you know of my child [….] who was asked to leave Rockwood Summit High school today at 11:00 by [….] Please tell what my rights are at this time.
Thank you
[…]

Running in the hallway? Just a guess.

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Subject: Kearney School District

Hello. I’m not a parent of a child in the Kearney School District. However, I have friends that their children go there. They are still trying to enforce mask mandates on their students and teachers.
[….]

You have friends?

[….]
Subject: Rockwood-segregation

Hi there,

I wanted to report that Rockwood schools (specifically the ones in Eureka) are sending older children home and are segregating the younger children in the library and not allowing them to be with their class if they refuse to wear a mask.

How is segregation legal?

Thank you,
[….]

In the library? You mean that place with all the books? That would explain the pearl clutching.

[….]
Subject: Info

You are not doing what is best and safe for children! Pitting kids against their schools for your own agenda should be a crime! If I did that as a teacher, I would be fired. Grow up and protect the people of this state! We are a global pandemic and you are acting like a TODDLER!

“…There are many copies. And they have a plan…”

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Subject: Attorney general investigation

Hello. I live in Missouri. Our attorney general is blatantly lying to people about mask mandates that have been legally ordered by our ELECTED shool board. He is trying to get people to take pictures of my son and others at his middle school wearing masks. I hear he wants pictures of elementary students, also. I think that is very creepy/suspicious and that someone should investigate this. Is that something you guys can do? Please let me know.

Thanks,
[….]

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s (r) anti-mask public school complaint email address: illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov

Previously:

A simple request (December 9, 2021)

We get a response (December 14, 2021)

We’re still waiting… (December 31, 2021)

There’s much more to follow (January 6, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 1 (January 6, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 2 (January 7, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 3 (January 8, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – clown (January 8, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 4 (January 8, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – Get In Good Trouble (January 9, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 5 (January 9, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – One Is The Loneliest Number (January 9, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – Photo Evidence (January 10, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 6 (January 10, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 7 (January 11, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – Generations (January 12, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – Pets (January 12, 2022)

“…Inviting stressed parents to tattle to the AG’s office is not the way to go…”

Last week we received a response from the office of Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (r) complying with our December 9th RSMo § 610 “Missouri Sunshine Law” request for the 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.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s (r) anti-mask public school complaint email address: illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov

One voice, of a generation:

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Subject: your efforts re: COVID-19

Dear AG Schmitt,

I am the great-grandmother of five children currently attending Missouri schools. Thet are doing OK, so far, but your attempts to make mask-wearing optional in our schools worry me. Two of them have been diagnosed with asthma, which according to reliable sources makes them more susceptible to the Covid virus. One of them lives with a parent who has sever asthma. All of these children could contract the virus from other, unmasked children in their schools. Our public schools are tasked with providing a safe environment for education. If this cannot be done in the school buildings, they will have to go back to online distance learning, and we are already seeing signs that many, if not most, children lost ground last year, in spite of the valiant attempts of teachers to revise and manage this new learning medium. A safe, in-school environment is the necessary basis for children to learn well.

Last week we learned that state-rquested review of the data showed that mask mandates do indeed reduce incidence of infection and hospitalization. The Governor may choose to ignore this study, but you, in your position of responsibility, may not ethically do so.

As infection and hospitalization rates are rising with the onset of winter and the growing prevalence of the delta variant and potentially also the omicron variant, it is obvious that the cause of public health requires strong measures to protect the well-being of the whole population. We know from history that such strong measures (as in the 1919 influenza, the 1950’s poliomyelitis, etc.) can bring a pandemic to an earlier end. While many people may be inconvenienced and discommoded by such measures, when the pandemic is ended the people are grateful.

We have had too many deaths, and too many people disabled by ‘long Covid.’ We have had too many children lose ground in their education by the disruptions already resorted to. It is time to move on to a more practical and ethical approach. Inviting stressed parents to tattle to the AG’s office is not the way to go.

Sincerely,
[….]

And another:

[….]
Subject: tired of mask mandates

My name is [….] I live in [….] I am sending this email because these schools think they know more than I do about my children, well my great grand children.
I have had these children most of their life..one evr since birth. My complaint is involving the Washington School which is District 200 and the other one is with the Heasstart school through Missouri Valley community Action Agency. of Sedalia. they just started a mask mandate on Dec. 6th 2021. Enough is enough the headstart are putting the mask on as young as 2 years old…no these kids dont need this they go through enough just getting prepared for the classes.
Please help get these muzzles off our kids.

Oh yes just so you know the kids are being suspended and or sent home for standing up and showing the schools a copy of your letter…[….]stated you are not his boss and you will not tell him how to run his schools.
thank you for hearing me out…I just pray you will help these kids…
God Bless and thank you
[….]

The contrast is jarring.

“…Inviting stressed parents to tattle to the AG’s office is not the way to go…”

That’s on you, Eric Schmitt (r).

Eric Schmitt (r) [2021 file photo].

Previously:

A simple request (December 9, 2021)

We get a response (December 14, 2021)

We’re still waiting… (December 31, 2021)

There’s much more to follow (January 6, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 1 (January 6, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 2 (January 7, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 3 (January 8, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – clown (January 8, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 4 (January 8, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – Get In Good Trouble (January 9, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 5 (January 9, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – One Is The Loneliest Number (January 9, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – Photo Evidence (January 10, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 6 (January 10, 2022)

illegalmandates@ago.mo.gov – RSMo § 610 – Missouri Sunshine Law – email submissions – part 7 (January 11, 2022)