Editorial NACS dustup reminder of election consequences It was an odd remark, delivered amid unnecessary and ultimately fruitless debate over wearing masks at Northwest Allen County Schools. Board member Steve Bartkus, siding with parents who believe mask-wearing should be optional inside school district buildings, presented analogies he thought fit the situation. “I think most of these people that are here are not demanding that we take off masks, but they are demanding or asking, 'Do we have a choice?' ” he said during a meeting last week. “Women have a choice to have abortions these days, right? People have a choice to be gay or straight these days, right?”