‘History has its eyes on us’ and other quotes of the week that gave us goose bumps
Bush on transfer of power, McConnell on the mob, and Sanders’ mitten maker on seeing her art at the inauguration.
For while we have our eyes on the future, history has its eyes on us.” Los Angeles poet Amanda Gorman at President Joe Biden’s inauguration. (Wednesday,
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“Let us add our own work and prayers to the unfolding story of our nation. If we do this, then when our days are through, our children and our children’s children will say of us they gave their best. They did their duty.
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson says city will set up COVID vaccine registration sites
His announcement came hours after South Dallas activists urged elected officials to stop bickering and focus on signing up the most at-risk residents
Claudia Fowler, center, speaks during a press conference conducted by a group of Black advocates as they call for action from Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson to help improve the access to the COVID-19 vaccine for people of color, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 outside of Fair Park in Dallas.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
Updated at 8:40 p.m. Revised to reflect an announcement from the mayor about vaccine registration hubs.
Dallas Political Battles Further Complicate Fair Vaccine Distribution
Local governments are responsible for getting vaccines in people s arms. It isn t going smoothly because they don t all agree on the best path forward.
By Matt Goodman
Published in
FrontBurner
January 21, 2021
3:53 pm
If you live in Dallas and hope to get the COVID-19 vaccine soon, good luck. Bureaucracy and infighting are in far greater supply.
The mayor is at odds with the county judge and members of the City Council over how to register residents for vaccinations. The state of Texas has threatened the County Commissioners Court with pulling the Fair Park mega center’s vaccine supply, which triggered an emergency meeting to kill an order. And members of the City Council allege the mayor is making it harder to get people living in poor neighborhoods signed up for appointments. It has been a mess.