Dereliction of Duty by Ferguson and Jones

Ten Days Ago.

That small length of time seems like it was weeks or months ago at this point. But that day, the very day of the Governor’s proclamation of a State of Emergency, that was the day that I suggested the Maryland General Assembly adopt a budget and adjourn immediately. I even said at the time;

There is also the human factor of all of this too. Every day the General Assembly is in session, hundreds of people are still milling around the State House. Essential personnel. Police. Credentialed Media. Legislators. It only takes one person being infected in that building to create a serious problem. If legislators get infected, they take it back to their families, their homes, and their district. That’s how you wind up with the virus being spread even further.

And that says nothing of the actual legislators themselves. Let’s be honest; a lot of members of the General Assembly are older and are members of an age cohort more susceptible to serious health risks and death from this disease.

Is that price one Democrats are really willing to pay to get a tax hike?

Sometimes I hate being right. Because we learned to today that one person being infected in that building is something that actually happened:

Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones’ office alerted members of the General Assembly on Sunday afternoon that a committee staff member has tested positive for the new coronavirus.

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