This information is from the Washington Post which today published George P. Schultz’s Dec. 11, 2020 opinion piece called “The 10 most important things I’ve learned about trust over my 100 years.”
George P. Schultz. Washington Post photograph. 2015.
“George P. Schultz is a former U.S. secretary of labor, treasury and state, and was director of the Office of Management and Budget. He is a distinguished fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.”
Here is the quote that introduces his essay:
“Dec. 13 marks my turning 100 years young. I’ve learned much over that time, but looking back, I’m struck that there is one lesson I learned early and then relearned over and over. Trust is the coin of the realm. When trust was in the room, whatever room that was—-the family room, the schoolroom, the locker room, the office room, the government room or the military room—-good things happened. When trust was not in the room, good things did not happen. Everything else is details.
“There are countless examples of how that lesson was brought home to me across the past century, but here are 10 of the most important.”
Blogfinger rarely publishes complete articles from other sources, but this is special because of its insights regarding how to get along with others. Our lives in 2020 are complicated, and a few simple truths may help. —Paul Goldfinger @Blogfinger.net
JOHN RUTTER “Blow Thou Winter Wind” from his album Distant Land.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA — SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2020: Huntington Beach police patrol the beach near the pier as thousands of beach-goers enjoy a warm, sunny day amid state-mandated stay-at-home and social distancing mandates to stave off the coronavirus. April 25, 2020. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
a. There are those who are concerned about enforcement of distancing rules, going forward: Denis Prager, a columnist says, “People will argue that a temporary police state has been justified because of the allegedly unique threat to life posed by the new coronavirus. I do not believe the data will bear that out. Regardless, let us at least agree that we are closer to a police state than ever in American history.”
We need to pay attention to this emerging controversy at the local level at least. If we get into this at Blogfinger, it will concern local issues such as the actions or inactions of the OGCMA.
b. NJPen: Coronavirus update—113,856 cases, 6,442 deaths. Murphy introduces “Restart and Recovery Commission.”
“The governor also extends property tax deadlines from May 1 to June 1, and Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli says long-term care testing models in South Jersey are underway.”
c. Patch: “Gov. Phil Murphy has clarified which businesses are permitted to open –and the ways in which certain businesses may operate – under the stay-at-home order he issued at the onset of the coronavirus outbreak in March.”
d. “The first priority right now is the health and safety of everybody in town. It’s just too soon to know exactly how and when we will reopen,” Ocean City Spokesperson Doug Bergen told Patch.
Why can’t the CMA and the Neptuners adopt this attitude? The residents of OG should always be the top priority of those who have power in the Grove: elected officials, Township employees and the OGCMA.
e. Blogfinger: Speaking of Asbury-No-Park mega-events, remember Oct 3, 2020. Zombie Walk.
f. Hal Wirths. Star Ledger columnist: “Government action – not the coronavirus – is crippling our economy and destroying jobs. The only thing that will stop the destruction is decisive leadership that defines our mission. Sadly, that is not happening in New Jersey under Murphy. He has provided no definitive timeline to reopen business other than it is more likely to be weeks rather than months.”
This controversy is worth watching. Is New Jersey just following New York? We need a New Jersey plan, with, for us, particular interest in our neighborhood of Monmouth County. The Jersey Shore has its own particular issues.
g. Coaster: “The Ocean Grove Area Chamber of Commerce has cancelled all its spring events including the May 30 Giant Spring Flea Market. Also cancelled are the Spring Fling Arts and Crafts Show May 2 and the Vintage Car show May 16. Still scheduled for the fall are the Giant Fall Flea Market Sept. 12 and British Car Show.”
h. The Washington Post: “For now, officials in New Jersey say most of the state’s beaches and boardwalks will open this summer. They just aren’t sure whether the summer beach experience will include trips into crowded restaurants or whether there will be restrictions on how many people can pack onto beaches or boardwalks at the same time.”
“Anyone who tells you they know exactly where we are going to be in six weeks, in my view, really hasn’t been paying attention to what is happening with the virus,” said the Long Beach, NJ, mayor Mancini. Can we send this quote to the CMA Board?
Assuming that beaches are permitted to reopen this summer, Mancini said, “New Jersey will probably become a favored destination for those looking to escape big East Coast cities amid what is expected to be continued aversion to long-distance travel.”
“I think New Jersey will be mobbed this summer because no one wants to get in an airplane or a cruise ship,” Mancini said.
Asbury Park restaurateur Marilyn Schlossbach who owns 3 restaurants in the City transports delivery lunches for seniors in Asbury Park. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post)
“I am exhausted and tired and broke, and the season has not begun,” she said. “My heart breaks for all of us.”
i. Washington Post: “The pandemic is endangering the U.S. beef, chicken and pork supply chains, as worker infection has shut down at least 20 plants and forced those still open to slow production. Watch for shortages.
Ibis in the morning. Social distancing. Blogfinger photo. 4/27/20.
William Barr, US Attorney General:
“Attorney General William Barr on Monday directed U.S. attorneys to ‘be on the lookout’ for state and local governments violating constitutional rights of individuals during the strict COVID-19 restrictions at the state and local level.”
Bill Frist is a physician and a former senator. He is currently a member of the National Corona Virus Recovery Commission:
…” because we can’t reopen the economy until we get the virus under control, we do move from population mitigation to individual containment, instead of all 350 million people hunkering down.
“We’ll be able focus much more on individuals and we call it individual containment.
“A lot of people set up this false choice of it’s either public health, save lives, fight the virus versus re-economy of opening up our states and opening up our small businesses and getting back to a normal life. That’s a false choice.”
These quotes are from interviews with The Daily Signal. 4/28/20
NJ.com: ” Belmar Mayor Mark Walsifer has signed an emergency order declaring designated streets in the borough for residents only. The order will stay in effect until Gov. Phil Murphy lifts New Jersey’s state of emergency.
CDC recently changed its COVID-19 symptoms list (must have two of these):
Fever
Chills
Repeated shaking with chills
New loss of taste or smell
Muscle pain
Headache
Sore throat
Daily News Roundup: “Yesterday state officials reported the coronavirus has spread to a total of 111,188 cases. The virus has killed at least 6,044 people in our state.”
Patch:
Gov Phil Murphy
Gov. Murphy: If New Jersey does reopen to allow people to go to the beaches, Murphy said the state and local communities will have to have “real restrictions on capacity and social distancing.” He said, “Whether or not we’re in a better place four weeks today, I sure as heck hope we are,” Murphy said.
APP:
“A Monmouth University poll released Monday found that about half of those who planned Shore trips this summer now say the pandemic has thrown those plans into doubt. About 13% say they will definitely not and 38% say they will probably not keep their planned beach excursions.
“A similar number — 47% — say that they either definitely or probably will still take a trip down the Shore, the survey found.
“About six in 10 in New Jersey reported being very concerned that someone in their family would become seriously ill with the disease, higher than the nationwide average of 50%. The level of concern was the highest in the northern part of the state, followed by the central and then South Jersey, the poll found.”
“State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said while hospitalizations from COVID-19 overall are “flattening,” intensive care beds in Central Jersey — defined as Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, Mercer and Middlesex counties — were “totally full” by Monday evening.”
“The peak of the pandemic has migrataed from hard-hit North Jersey into the central and southern region. Five of the six hospitals in New Jersey that temporarily turned away new patients Monday, most often because of packed critical care units, were in the central region, Persichilli said.”
