I can’t help it: I reflexively despise anyone “working” for the State.
But sometimes, when a heroine like Paula Copenhaver comes along, it’s tough to maintain my contempt.
Ms. Copenhaver is the clerk of Indiana’s rural Fountain County; she and “her poll workers … [are] overseeing early balloting” at the county courthouse.
And why am I wasting your time on this?
Because Ms. Copenhaver refuses to don a muzzle or force others to do so.
Even better, she’s principled about it:
“There are exemptions to the governor’s mandate,” Copenhaver said Friday. “If someone qualifies for an exemption, it is none of my business.” … She’s part of the government, the clerk said, “but I’m not going to be part of the government overreach.”
Whoa! And this despite the immense pressure from Indiana’s Secretary of State to fall in line with the COVIDCon as well as infuriating propaganda mask-erading as news coverage from the local rag.
It’s almost enough to convince me to vote!
2:58 pm on October 17, 2020
