It wasn’t based on “science,” but by following the lead of other states. The brain trust decided things by “consensus,” and their chief consensus was to “reduce the amount of interaction between individuals” to halt the spread of the virus.Īmong the most dire actions was the stay-at-home lockdown. Instead, he was “briefed” and consulted on “key matters.” Wolf never attended meetings of the teams, the judge writes. “Formality was not the first thing on minds,” the ruling states. The “reopening team” came up with protocols for the red-yellow-green phases (the color phases were chosen so we bitter gun clingers would be able to grasp the brain trust’s high concepts), and the “policy team” was behind the closing all “non-life-sustaining” businesses, the judge writes.īut of the hundreds, if not thousands, of meetings Wolf’s brain trusters held, none were open to the public. Wolf assembled this breezy brain trust on March 6, the same day he declared coronavirus an emergency in Pennsylvania. “The group never reduced its purpose to writing,” the brief states. Judge Stickman writes that there was never an official summary of their mission, though its stated purpose was vague. It’s a sort of secretive super legislature of Wolf and agency staff divided into two teams – the “reopening team” and the “policy team.” Stickman doesn’t reveal their names, but writes that “none … possess a medical background or are experts in infection control.” In a scoop, Judge Stickman reveals the contraption behind the misery imposed on 14 million Pennsylvanians since March. Bush told the hapless Brown, who’d resign. “Brownie, you’re doing a heckuva job,” President George W. It’s reminiscent of Michael Brown, the FEMA director under Bush II who mishandled the government response to Hurricane Katrina, in which more than 1,200 people died. But testimony from Wolf’s people is clear: they're in over their heads. Lockdown, you can make of Stickman’s opinion what you want. Judge Stickman is a Trump appointee, and if you loathe President Trump, but support Gov. “It may be that whole – you know, that whole system is replaced with just very limited restrictions,” Robinson told the court. When Robinson was asked when all COVID restrictions would lift, he “hedged.” Sam Robinson, the governor’s deputy chief of staff, testified that some form of “green phase” restrictions could be here to stay. Wolf has no intention of completely ending our long, coronavirus nightmare, either, Stickman implies. District Court Judge William Stickman uses testimony from Wolf’s staff to expose slapdash decision-making that upended lives, wrecked businesses, dissolved jobs and forced millions of Pennsylvanians to heel to Wolf’s “new normal,” now in its sixth month. Recall last spring when we were told Wolf's decisions were “data-driven” and based on “science” but Wolf wouldn’t provide reporters with either to prove it. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus lockdowns and public gathering restrictions were declared unconstitutional by a federal judge, but little’s been reported on how the ruling details the Wolf administration’s ineptitude as it bungled through the crisis. (16) His cabin bordering the Upper Buffalo River Wilderness in the Ozarks of northwest Arkansas is slapdash functional.Gov. (15) However, a few years back, I finally saw the light, and vowed to change my slapdash approach to personal finance. (14) But they have a slapdash quality that points to their function as performance pieces. (13) She frowned at the messy handwriting and slapdash clump of phrases. (12) You'll learn even more from the slapdash, poorly edited, and boring sites. (11) The 20 victory flags displayed on the plane were applied " slapdash " and they vary in size, position, attitude and alignment. (10) And paintings too, lots of them, some beautiful, some bland, some clever, some featureless, some inspiring, some slapdash, some devotional, and some so dull that even I could have painted them. (9) I want to begin by apologizing for all of the grammatical errors, slapdash reasoning, and sloppy writing in my recent posts. (8) The cut was slapdash and messy, but it was deep and had the desired effect. (7) Her comedy is at once over the top and facile - slapdash, violent, vulgar. (6) Bent nails hold the box together house-paint has been applied slapdash to its surface. (5) The approach is old-fashioned, research slapdash, scholarship negligible, the judgments inane, the characterisation childish, the tone sick-makingly patriotic. (4) This slapdash approach to the recording and construction of an album possibly could be financially related. (3) I know no poet who, even in quite slapdash poems, can provide more pleasant and provocative surprises. (2) To some he appeared disorganized, slapdash, cheerful to the point of flippancy. (1) It was also callous, slapdash and neglectful of the interests of less secure and well paid workers.
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