ABC and ADH quit enforcing masks

Per the attached email from DFA spokesman Scott Hardin, ABC has stopped ALL Covid-related inspections. Feel free to print this email and use it as your maskless entry ticket at any ABC licensed establishment (most stores and restaurants).

The second email is from ADH Deputy General Counsel Reginald Rogers, acknowledging that no restaurant or salon was fined in February.

Rutledge response to SC filing

Below is the AG’s office response to our Supreme Court filing. It is full of baseless and nonsensical arguments, specifically that (1) Asa has unlimited executive power, and (2) that Romero has full authority over the people of Arkansas as long as the virus persists. While we work toward a proper legislative solution, our arguments remain strong; the AG’s response does not put a dent into our legal case. We will file a vigorous response quickly.

URGENT CALL TO ACTION:

Following Asa’s Thursday night address, it has become urgent that we contact our legislators. The legislature could be meeting as early as mid-week to affirm Asa’s “directives.” We need to insist that our legislators vote to END THE EMERGENCY. In the event they are not willing to end the emergency completely, then they should debate each directive separately, in an effort to pick off as many as possible.

  • Call and e-mail the republican legislators. Their contact info is posted below.
  • Please call your own senator and representative if they are on the list, but email each one on the list (in a separate email).
  • Use this template:

Senator / Representative _____________:

I understand that the legislature will be meeting imminently as a committee of the whole to consider the governor’s Covid state of emergency. I implore you to vote to end the emergency. While there may be a few worthwhile facets of the emergency, those can be considered by legislation in January. The “directives,” which are really illegal “rules,” are not necessary and should not be imposed upon a free society. It is important, instead of rubber-stamping the governor’s directives (even for a temporary time period), that you debate each directive independently and vote up or down on the merits of each. Under no circumstance should you support or extend the governor’s unilateral powers usurped from the legislature for the past nine months.

We want our freedom back and our rights restored to the February normal. You will find some key facts related to Covid, along with a comprehensive research paper at https://staging.reopenarkansas.org/legislators. I urge you to read and consider these points with an open mind. Your constituents are watching and expecting you to stand on the side of freedom and fulfill your oath of office by supporting and defending the state constitution and the constitutionally protected rights of Arkansans.

Respectfully,

(signed)

Research for legislators

Please view and widely distribute our latest presentation to legislators. When the legislature meets starting January 11, it is crucial that our legislators vote to:

– end the governor’s unilateral power under the state of emergency;

– end the unconstitutional and unnecessary mask mandates;

– fully restore the rights and freedoms of Arkansans back to the February normal.

Contact us with any questions: mail@staging.reopenarkansas.org

Asa show highlights 11/17/20: “postpone Thanksgiving”

  • Romero says to postpone Thanksgiving – see video attached. https://youtu.be/RVIKP9VObS8
  • Asa calling up 30 National Guard troops to investigate Covid cases.
  • Major spread is coming from household gatherings of fewer than 10 people. (Remember how last week singing in church caused the spread?)
  • ABC is stepping up enforcement of mask mandate in restaurants. Currently 93% of restaurants are in compliance. (Please list the 7% so we know where to eat!)
  • Asa is waiting on recommendations from his winter task force as to new restrictions to be announced soon.
  • Asa’s Thanksgiving will consist of a party with 7 people wearing masks, and he will have the windows open.