The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a 5-2 decision, sided with Governor Wolf, allowing him to ignore a concurrent resolution by the general assembly which declared an end to the state’s current emergency declaration. What was the case about? On March 6th, 2020, Governor Wolf declared a state of disaster emergency in Pennsylvania using the authority […]
Erie County and City Join MeToo Movement With Emergency Declarations
Even though there are only 5 cases of COVID-19 in Erie County, all of whom are either young people recuperating at home, or one college student who tested positive after returning home to eastern New York, County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper, following the lead of Governor Wolf, issued a stay at home order for county residents. […]
End the Nationwide Safe Space, Let’s Get Back to Work
Whether it’s shelter in place, lockdown, quarantine or something that sounds less restrictive, our economy has been effectively shut down. The reaction to the COVID-19 virus has been the call for everyone, everywhere to hide in their safe space rather than expecting everyone to act like a responsible adult, follow sensible rules for personal hygiene, […]