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Senator Paul Bettencourt: District 7
 
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 21, 2020
Contact: Cristie Strake
(512) 463-0107
Cristie.Strake@senate.texas.gov
Senator Bettencourt Calls Judge Hidalgo’s Exec Order “Invisible Ink” as Its Still Not Published 8 Hours Later
Judge Hidalgo said in her own words at the press conference, “the complete guidelines can be found at ReadyHarris.Org”

UPDATE: Exec Order Finally Posted at 3:38am Nearly 15 hours After Judge Hidalgo’s Press Conference
What would happen if Governor Abbott was posting orders hours after his announcements?

  • Yet again, Judge Hidalgo has not published her written COVID-19 Executive Order sowing confusion in the public for 8 hours from 12:30pm to 8:30pm and counting after her press conference!
  • How can the public possibly comply with her stunning lack of preparedness as the elected official in charge of emergency orders in Harris County? Her unpublished order is overreaching at a minimum because it goes a week past Governor Abbott’s order through June 3rd. It still hasn’t been posted at ReadyHarris.Org.
  • I believe there will be calls to overturn this unpublished “invisible ink” order by Judge Hidalgo, but we have to wait for the “ink” to appear so that it can be read by the citizens of Harris County.
 

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