By Leia IdlibyJan 25th, 2021, 11:26 am
Cobb County teacher
Patrick Key, who was vocally adamant about the importance of mask wearing, died of the coronavirus on Christmas Day yet several school board members still refused to wear masks to honor their colleague’s dying wish.
“Patrick felt passionate about wearing masks during the pandemic,” read Key’s obituary. “In lieu of flowers, please buy and wear a mask to protect others and yourself in honor of him.”
While all members honored Key with silence, and most were already wearing masks, at least three, including Superintendent
Chris Ragsdale, refused to honor Key’s last request.
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House Delivers Article of Impeachment Against Trump
For the second time in just over a year, the House delivered an article of impeachment to the Senate against former President Donald J. Trump, citing “incitement of insurrection.”
Jan. 13, 2021, resolved that Donald John Trump, president of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following article of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate. The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment and the president shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. Donald John Trump engaged in high crimes and misdemeanors by inciting violence against the government of the United States. In the months preceding the joint session, President Trump repeatedly issued false statements asserting that the presidential election results were the product of widespread
Patrick Key, 53, of Marietta, Georgia, was a Cobb County Elementary School art teacher for 23 years before he died of COVID-19 on December 25, 2020. His obituary shared his love of comic books,
Star Wars, his pets, and his many family members including Priscella, his wife of 23 years as well as one final wish: “Patrick felt passionate about wearing masks during the pandemic. In lieu of flowers, please buy and wear a mask to protect others and yourself in honor of him.”
This was apparently too big an ask for at least two members of the Board of Education in Cobb County last week. At a meeting, school district employee Jennifer Susko asked members for a moment of silence to honor Keys and begged members of the board who were not wearing masks to put them on “as a tribute to this teacher who did everything you asked of him, even teaching through a pandemic,” according to the Daily Beast. When at least two of them did not, including Superintendent Chris Ragsdale, Susko wen