Why won't the mayors do more on sheltering? Governor won't let them.

[LiberalArkie]

Calls have been increasing for mayors and county judges to go where the governor won’t and issue stay-home orders in the coronavirus crisis. You’ve perhaps noticed some people in Arkansas haven’t taken the governor’s encouragement to heart. Also, and significantly, retailers other than grocers remain open.

Little Rock has been a particular hot spot for the sentiment that more should be done. It is in the county with the most positive tests for COVID-19, 130 at last report, and has the highest population in the state (though its density is nothing compared with, say, New York.)

The impediment, even if a mayor was inclined to go farther, is this portion of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s March 20 emergency order.



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https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2020/04/03/why-wont-the-mayors-do-more-on-sheltering-governor-wont-let-them

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Of course, the Republican majority in the state has spent years

undoing the rights of local government.