NYC Mayor catches flack for lack of school closure decision

One of the very top U.S. mayors of the garbage heap of mayors is New York City's Bill de Blasio. Yes, de Blasio is top of the heap of garbage mayors along with Lori Lightfoot and Eric Garcetti. But the one thing you have to give de Blasio credit for is that he's tall, and that's where it ends.

Comrade de Blasio forgot to mention in his recent announcement regarding the "two-case rule" for coronavirus school closures, what his replacement plan would be.

The two-case rule required entire schools to be shut down after two unlinked cases of coronavirus are detected on the campus. Why two? No reason, but it sounds as if it was pondered over in spite of there being no science supporting that number.

Omitting an alternative to closing schools became a point of interest to parents and educators who have until Friday to decide whether to send their kids to in-person classes.

Mike Mulgrew, who heads the UFT union said in a statement, "A proclamation is not a plan. The city can't change the two-case rule without Albany's approval."

But critics such as Council Member Brad Lander pointed out the threshold forced students to learn at home even when there were no coronavirus cases in their classroom or evidence of spread within the school. This might be seen as an indication that teachers are cowards who refuse to follow "the science."

"I'm a little teapot short and stout . . . "

"Parents are every single day, every minute, asking about this," Lander told Department of Education officials at a recent hearing. Of course, he was exaggerating because to say that parents were asking about it every minute sounds a bit over the top.

De Blasio's acknowledged parents' complaints during his announcement and said they'll get two more days to opt their children into in-person learning, mostly about preferred pronouns, different genders, and why conservatives are racists.

Reporters repeatedly tried to press de Blasio on details, but he's kind of an idiot and said nothing.

"I think what folks feel — and they're right — is that the two-case rule had outlived its usefulness," he said. "So, it will be gone. There will be a new rule in place soon. What it means is schools will be open more and more consistently. That's what parents want to know."

Justin "Maynard G" Krebs, a City Council candidate from Brooklyn and a PTA member at PS 39, said de Blasio's decision lacked clarity and it appears that his brain is full.

"The city has had months to reexamine its arbitrary and disastrous 2-case rule and yet again parents, teachers, and administrators are awaiting actual details from the Mayor," he said in a statement.

De Blasio responded with resounding flatulence.

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