Lebanon County elected officials tell Wolf they will move county to 'yellow' phase next week [View all]

Several elected officials in Lebanon County sent a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday afternoon stating they will move the county to the "yellow" phase of reopening, without waiting for the state's approval.

Wolf announced Friday additional counties that will move to the yellow reopening phase, but did not include Lebanon County on that list. Under the state's guidelines, Lebanon remains in the "red phase," which is the most restrictive of Wolf's three-step plan to reopening Pennsylvania.

Under the red phase, counties are under a "stay at home order" and all non-essential businesses are closed. The yellow phase loosens some restrictions on business closures, but keeps in place guidelines on social distancing and cleaning at businesses.


https://www.ldnews.com/story/news/2020/05/08/lebanon-county-pa-coronavirus-covid-19-officials-plan-move-yellow-phase/3099323001/

This is spreading, Berks County Republicans are saying the same thing. There are two sets of rules, "Rule of Law" when Republicans are in charge, and "States Rights" when Democrats are in charge.

I'll say this until I'm blue in the face, time to tug the purse strings. States and Counties should only get monies they generate internally and they still have to meet their legal obligations to maintain state infrastructure and public education. No more "Walmarting" (making government make up for artificially low wages/benefits).