As we reported yesterday, Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp had the guts many governors are lacking: to stand up against media and mayors who want to keep the economy shutdown forever (or at least until November 3rd) and want to force medically counterproductive masks on every citizen.
After Kemp recently issued an executive order, barring cities from mandating face masks or shutting down the economy again, Atlanta mayor Keisha Bottoms defied the governor’s orders and mandated both face masks in Atlanta and ordered bars, restaurants and various other businesses to close again. She also reverted the city back to “phase one” of her reopening plan, thus effectively choking the fledgeling economy and likely destroying countless businesses (and thus jobs) that barely survived the first shutdown.
Now Governor Kemp stood up for residents and businesses in Atlanta by filing a lawsuit against mayor Bottoms to prevent the enforcement of her restrictions. Under Georgia law, the governor’s order takes precedence over a mayor’s conflicting one.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6990281-Georgia-mask-mandate-lawsuit.html