When it comes to masking schoolchildren, as you may recall, Sun-King Sununu is all about local control. His rationale for a veto prohibiting schools from mandating masks:
“Just because we may not like a local decision, does not mean we should remove their authority,” he wrote in his veto message. “One of the state’s foremost responsibilities is to know the limits of its power.” He continued: “Big government is never the solution, and neither is a one-size-fits-all approach. The state must remain steadfast in protecting local control as decisions like this are best left to authorities closest to parents and families, where they can work with their neighbors to decide what is right for their children.”
Yet when it comes to the Gunstock Commission, the Sun-King sings a very different tune:
So … when it comes to masking children … which is useless and harmful … we “must remain steadfast in protecting local control because decisions like this are best left to authorities closest” to the situation, but when it comes to Gunstock, the Sun-King knows better than the authorities closest to the situation.
Got it? Local control is good when the Sun King agrees with the result but bad when the Sun King doesn’t.
