It's Official. Denton, Tx just passed the mask mandate in defiance of Abbott's overreach.

[sheshe2]

Link to tweet

It is official, with 8 ICU beds left in the county and ZERO pediatric ICU beds left in all of North Texas,
@cityofdentontx
just passed the mask mandate in defiance of Abbott’s overreach.

Denton City Council Passes Mask Mandate During Emergency Meeting

In a 5-2 vote, the Denton city council passed a mask mandate during an emergency meeting Thursday night.

The mandate goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 13 and continues through 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 30, 2021.

Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m., the city of Denton held an emergency meeting regarding the city's options when it comes to face-covering requirements.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/coronavirus/city-of-denton-holds-emergency-meeting-to-discuss-options-regarding-face-masks/2717184/

[Hekate]

1. Maybe the death-tide of insanity is turning

[sheshe2]

4. Let us hope so, Hekate.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Good for the city of Denton! Very intelligent move on their part. n/t

[sheshe2]

6. Poster just told me that Denton is red.

amazing indeed.

[dalton99a]

3. Denton County is red

[sheshe2]

5. Now that is saying a lot.

Hm.

It was 5-2 vote. Do you know the break down, D/R?

Thanks Dalton.

[Lithos]

8. The city is blue

Not red, University of North Texas is there. The mayor's dad was a noted civil rights activist

[Major Nikon]

22. Most cities in Texas are decidedly blue

Still I wouldn’t have expected Denton to be a trailblazer on this issue. I live pretty close.

[rdking647]

23. TFG won denton in 2020

53-45
https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/TX/Denton/105530/web.264614/#/summary

cornyn won relection there by 15 points

[Lithos]

24. Please do not conflate the city with the county

The City of Denton is within Denton County. However, Denton County also has many other suburb towns including Lewisville, Flower Mound, and parts of Carrollton, Frisco, and Plano. These cities, along with the many townships in the County are very red as a general rule as they represent exurbs who escaped Dallas and Fort Worth in order to be more homogeneous.

Or TL;DR - The City of Denton is a blue oasis in the middle of a very hostile red (intellectual) desert full of people whose cities started growing when they fled school desegregation.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

9. Is this the Denton that's The Home of Happiness? (nt)

[sheshe2]

10. They are a red community.

I find happiness in their vote.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

11. Given what a couple squares Brad and Janet are, I'd have guessed ...

[orleans]

17. no, that was denton ohio (in reference to rhps)

janet is reading the newspaper the plain dealer which is published in cleveland ohio

and no one has a texan "drawl"

[Hugh_Lebowski]

18. correct! :)

but I can't let Denton ref go by w/o a RHPS reference

[Historic NY]

12. SCOTUS turned down a 2nd Indiana appeal by 8 students...

over vaccines mandate, It could very well be the signal that they will not uphold the Governors in Texas & Florida and others on masking as a medical necessity/


[link:https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/us/supreme-court-indiana-university-covid-vaccine-mandate.html|]

The Supreme Court allowed Indiana University on Thursday to require students to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Eight students had sued the university, saying the requirement violated their constitutional rights to “bodily integrity, autonomy and medical choice.” But they conceded that exemptions to the requirement — for religious, ethical and medical reasons — “virtually guaranteed” that anyone who sought an exemption would be granted one.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who oversees the federal appeals court in question, turned down the students’ request for emergency relief without comment, which is the court’s custom in ruling on emergency applications. She acted on her own, without referring the application to the full court, and she did not ask the university for a response. Both of those moves were indications that the application was not on solid legal footing.

[Moebym]

13. Excellent.

More of this, please.

[monkeyman1]

14. I use to live rite up the road from DENTON . proud of ya's ! Abbott is brain dead !!

[sheshe2]

15. !!!!

[monkeyman1]

16. crap , got caught up in the moment.

[Dopers_Greed]

19. I live in Denton

A majority of the people that live in town, around the college, are more left-leaning.

But there are still plenty of wingnuts in the surrounding burbs.

It's definitely a red area.

[sheshe2]

20. Thanks for the info, Dopers.

Denton did good.

[flying_wahini]

21. I live in Ft Worth. So glad I don't have little kids in school. I would rather stay home

Another year than send my kids to school without masks.
Dallas Masks. Denton masks.

Not here.

[czarjak]

25. Beacon of Free Dumb

[argyl]

26. Denton passed a law banning fracking in the city limits several years ago.

The Texas Lege promptly overturned it. The nerve of a city of 125,000 being concerned about their drinking water and pollution. This was the city only.
The City also declared itself a sanctuary city. And now they're defying Abbott's "freedom to make your neighbors sick" edict. I lived there for almost 30 years.
They're not afraid of doing the right thing.