I know the "one year ago today" pandemic tweets are cliché, but this day a year ago was the crazy Primary Election Eve in Ohio — a day of mega confusion ending with @GovMikeDeWine & @OHdeptofhealth postponing the election 8 hours before polls were set to open.
What a mess.
There was so much happening all at once. Many polling sites were relocated at the last minute. 3/17 was set to be the first day that Ohio's schools were closed.
And of course, the general health fears that would've kept many people from voting
To refresh your memory...Governor DeWine & Sec of State LaRose wanted to push back Election Day, but DeWine said he didn't have unilateral power to do so.
The state went to court, but a judge rejected the request that evening to postpone the election
Here at the Ohio Statehouse, where various groups are gathering for protests. I'll be posting updates throughout the afternoon.
Security today ----> BLM rally during the summer.
Clock strikes noon, which is the time this was believed to 'start' today.' Pictured is the extent of the crowd. Ohio mobilized members of the National Guard to assist state patrol with security today.
Today is a good day to remind you "Hillbilly Elegy" is a movie about Appalachia based on a book written by a venture capitalist who is not from Appalachia
Remembering the time in early 2020 that J.D. Vance made a big splash announcing a venture capital firm that would aid underserved areas such as ... Atlanta and the Research Triangle
Also remembering this tweet, which has not gotten any less weird since the first time I read it:
After I pointed out all the times in 2020 that Ohio native Kyle Lamb (who was just hired as a Florida COVID-19 data analyst) laughed & mocked the notion of us hitting 10k cases in a day...
...Lamb blocked me and deleted all those tweets. But don't worry Kyle, I have screenshots.
Crap, better go scrub all those tweets where I spent months insulting Dr. Acton, the state health department and all the people who warned Ohio could spiral out of control without proper mitigation strategies....hopefully nobody sees these at my Florida COVID-19 office...