Utah public hearing on schools dismissed after angry parents pack room without masks

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

Tensions flared at a public hearing in Utah over the state's mask mandate for schoolchildren after several parents defied orders by packing the room without face coverings.

The parents, some of whom carried signs condemning face masks, failed to sit in the marked seats and booed at the Utah County officials Wednesday night. The hearing was held over a letter by Utah County Commissioner Bill Lee, which asked Gov. Gary Herbert to waive his requirement kindergarten to 12th grade students wear a mask when schools reopen.

Utah County Commissioner Tanner Ainge has opposed the letter citing safety for the students and admonished the crowd for blatantly putting everyone in the hearing room at risk by not wearing masks or socially distancing.

<snip>

Some teachers and parents at the meeting, however, argued that the risks are too hard to ignore and that masks are needed to stop the spread of the virus. "Since when do we have a constitutional right to put other lives in danger? We can't smoke in public places, because it puts other people's lives in danger," Tina Cannon, a former teacher, asked one of the opponents during the hearing, according to KTVX.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/utah-public-hearing-schools-dismissed-angry-parents-pack/story?id=71825487&cid=clicksource_4380645_7_heads_posts_card_hed

---

Once again, I blame tRump. Good leadership along with good communication skills and leading by example, back in February and March, would have avoided all of this.

[applegrove]

1. It was a set up by a counsel member. He organized a demonstration outside, against

masks i think, and then they flowed into a planned meeting.

[BigmanPigman]

6. Yes, that is what the member said on the news earlier tonight.

It was a GOP rally overflow/redirected. Surprise...

[applegrove]

8. They get their cult members to march here and there to reinforce their animosity

to any thinking person and to reinforce their ties to Trump, who incidentally wore a mask a few days ago.

[BigmanPigman]

10. Not many people heard about the origins of this audience

and that is a real shame. It makes their numbers appear larger and stronger than they actually are. Whoever shows this on the news or reports about it in their paper should say at the very beginning who these idiots are and where they came from before they sat down at this meeting. It gives the story a false narrative and promotes their issues which hurts all of us.

[applegrove]

11. Absolutely. Hopefully, with people at home because of COVID, their worry will have them

watching CNN rather than Fox.

[jayfish]

2. How Is This Real?

How is any of this real?

[oregonjen]

7. Right?

[Liberty Belle]

3. They need to start arresting idiots like this for public endangerment.

Throw them all in jail together, no social distancing since they don't think that's important, and let nature take its course.

[Grokenstein]

4. Like a Tea Party Rally...only now with potentially lethal disease!

"Since when do we have a constitutional right to put other lives in danger? We can't smoke in public places, because it puts other people's lives in danger," Tina Cannon, a former teacher, asked one of the opponents during the hearing, according to KTVX.

Oh, don't worry--if they survive long enough, they'll eventually get around to demanding a return to smoking on public transportation, at gas stations, and in maternity wards.

Let's tune back in two weeks from now and see the numbers.

[msongs]

5. and here I thought their church ordered them to mask up lol nt

[Skittles]

9. such a diverse crowd

[progree]

12. CNN video of the meeting adjournment and then an interview with the commissioner