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A Useless Second Open Letter To Texas Governor Greg Abbott
The Most Dangerous Man in Texas
Back in May I wrote an open letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott detailing why his decision to end enhanced unemployment benefits two months early was both stupid and an example of callousness not seen since Charles Dickens invented Scrooge. As expected, he did not reply; he was obviously busy either drowning puppies or shining Donald Trump’s shoes.
While I knew our governor would continue to infuriate me between then and the time he is hopefully defeated next year (please God, Matthew McConaughey, run in 2022), I did not expect to waste any more time and ink on him. I was wrong.
Yesterday, in the wake of spiking COVID-19 cases nationwide and immediately after the CDC recommended a return to mask wearing in indoor public spaces even for vaccinated people, Abbott sprang into action with an Executive Order that said, among other things:
“No governmental entity, including a county, city, school district, and public health authority, and no governmental…
