I have 2 friends that work for the IHS. I need to check on them, haven't talked to them in about a week or so. Just the lack of basic necessities even before this is devastating.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin's City Council has unanimously voted to mail every one of the city's 300,000 registered voters an absentee mail ballot application with prepaid return postage. The GOP blocked efforts to do so statewide for April's elections
Not exactly. GOP blocked proposal to send actual ballots; this sends ballot applications to registered voters. Under this proposal, voters can apply for an absentee ballot but still need to submit proof of residency and voter ID to get an actual ballot.
I have 2 friends that work for the IHS. I need to check on them, haven't talked to them in about a week or so. Just the lack of basic necessities even before this is devastating.
On some level I get that it is shocking to keep things closed through June since things could change but it is probably the right call and it allows places to make decisions with some certainty. In MA in particular you're not at the peak and NYC is showing very slow climbs down from the peak. I'd be really shocked if my DH's office opens before July.
I've had a lot of anger and grief at times at how many things have changed/canceled etc but I've largely agreed with the need to make these changes.
I'm not even shocked. Deep down, I expected it, I just find the actual announcement disheartening. I guess it's the finality of it. Personally, I find it easier to be hopeful and less depressed when the closures are extended in shorter increments. @@@ Knowing I have no daycare to use in June doesn't help me plan anything. If we had care and were going to lose it at some point, the long runway would be useful to me, but it doesn't feel that way moving in this direction.
I don't want to come off as someone who wants to hurry up and open everything, because that's definitely not the case, and it's really the virus that makes these decisions. I get that. Emotions are complicated. Logic and reason don't always allow you to control how you feel about something.
Also, if I sound argumentative, that's not my intent at all. Even if I don't feel exactly the same about it all, what you said makes sense.