THREAD: I asked the fmr mayor of San Juan Puerto Rico @CarmenYulinCruz to explain why food, cots, tarps & other donated items were found in storage rooms at the coliseum in San Juan. You can see the report from @jayfonsecapr & @TatianaOrtizPR & team here: ow.ly/VWmh30rwkU7
Here’s the mayors response: “Regarding the food: what was shown on the video rice and water were nor supplies for people in need. They were supplies used to prepare lunch and dinner for our employees...”
“... When it domes to other supplies there are there in case there is a need so that we may be able to respond it is called been prepared.
This administration has been in office for 40 days...”
“... They had unrestricted access to all facilities and they did not raise that issue on the transition it is high time they begin to except responsibility for their actions or perhaps they are trying to use the oldest trick in the book cause a diversion in order not to have..”
“... to press ask them how many employees have been fired since they have taken office. I know for a fact that yesterday employees were receiving termination letters and that they receive them a few weeks ago also...”
“...If this was an issue during transition They should’ve raced it as a raced other issues which turned out to be false accusations. The time for politics has passed the time to be responsible and that your job is upon them I hope that they don’t continue to waste taxpayers...”
“... time in witchcraft hunts which only show they do not know what they are doing.” (end of mayors statement)
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THREAD: Tonight my hometown Louisiana parish govt, Lafayette, considered a mask mandate.
It failed.
Lafayette is the largest city in LA. to reject a mandate. @LouisianaGov instituted a statewide mandate, but the parish president @JoshGuilloryUSA won’t allow police to enforce it.
More than 238 people have died in Lafayette.
Earlier tonight, this video, honoring victims, was posted to the Facebook page or Basin Arts which is owned by Clare Cooke. Her mom, @cooknanette, is one of the parish council members who tonight voted to reject a mask mandate.
The post on the Basin Arts Facebook page encourages people to wear a mask.
This is the kind of headline many Puerto Ricans on the island hate:
Bitcoin billionaire Brock Pierce has purchased a historic, fmr monastery turned hotel in San Juan & is transforming it into a private club. It’s located next door to the Governors mansion nypost.com/2021/02/04/cro…
The site of the buy is one of the most beautiful in Old San Juan. It was there, in 2019, that tens of thousands of people packed the narrow cobblestoned streets calling for Governor Rossello to resign. The night he did the place went wild with excitement. nypost.com/2021/02/04/cro…
In 2018, Rolling Stone profiled Pierce who went from went from “child actor to Bitcoin billionaire – now he wants to turn Puerto Rico into a Burning Man utopia”rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…
“Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry on Friday sued a reporter for The Advocate and The Times-Picayune over a public-records request she filed, asking a judge to issue a declaratory judgment denying the request and seal the proceedings.” theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…
“In my 40 years as an editor, I’ve never seen a journalist get sued for requesting a public record,” said Peter Kovacs, the newspaper’s editor. “We’re not intimidated. In fact, we’re more determined.”
“The cancellation comes a day after voting software company Smartmatic filed a $2.7 billion defamation suit against Fox News and three of its hosts — Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro...”
“...The company claims the hosts perpetuated lies and disinformation about Smartmatic’s role in the election, damaging its business and reputation.”
Here she goes again.
South Dakota’s Governor who loves to proclaim she’s a small business/rancher knocking medical advice.
She’s wrong. Masks work.
She’s playing to a base.
Masks aren’t false hope.
They’re hope for millions waiting for a vaccine.
.@govkristinoem is consistently misleading people when it comes to public health guidance. You would think that she would have stopped this nonsense after her state led the world on a per capita basis for deaths and hospitalizations. But she didn’t.
She’ll blame, as has in the past, national media for “attacking” her.
I shocked myself when I saw the clip of my @CBSThisMorning report. I didn’t realize I had a tic right before I started talking. Tics are due to Tourette’s, which I’ve been open about. I think that’s why I wasn’t embarrassed once I saw it.
No one said anything, & that’s cool.
Thanks for the love and support y’all. Here’s the report. It’s an important one. cbsnews.com/news/rural-are…
Visibility matters. From the inbox: “Hey David, I don’t use twitter that much so not sure how messaging works. Saw your clip about your tic. I have pretty mild Tourette’s but I’m VERY anxious about them. I watched the video before I read your caption and my stomach dropped...”