‘I require my employees to be vaccinated’ and other top quotes of the week

“If you work for me, I require my staff to get vaccinated unless there is a medical reason they can’t be.” – Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban (Wednesday, The Dallas Morning News)

“In yet another federal overstepping case, the Biden administration is now pushing many private agencies to enact COVID-19 vaccine mandates, causing work stoppages that threaten Texas’s continued recovery from the COVID-19 disaster.” – Governor Greg Abbott, in an executive order stating that Texan companies cannot instruct workers or customers to receive the COVID vaccine, a reversal of a previous order that allowed companies to set their own vaccination rules and inconsistent to the order of the President. (Monday, Dallas Morning News)

“Just try to stick to the concepts of. to remember [House Bill] 3979… And make sure that when you have a book on the Holocaust, you have one that has an adversary that has different perspectives. ”- Gina Peddy, Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Carroll ISD in Southlake, advises teachers on the new law, which requires teachers to approach controversial issues from different perspectives. Superintendent Lane Ledbetter later apologized for the comments. (Thursday, NBC News)

“School administrators should know the difference between historical fact and fiction. Southlake just got it wrong. No legislation suggests the action this administrator promotes. ”- Senator Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills (Friday, NPR)

“Mexicans come to the US to buy cheaper, higher quality products like clothing or electronics, and right now there is a lot of deferred demand: people who have decided to wait until it reopens to buy … With Black Friday and Christmas The timing is perfect and the authorities know this reopening is part of the economic recovery of the border communities. ”- Antonio Payán, Director of the Center for the United States and Mexico at Rice University’s Baker Institute, following US reopening plans had announced the border for non-essential travel. (Thursday, Dallas Morning News)

“Message one is that I’m sorry. Not only is this absolutely horrific for our customers, but it also disrupts all sorts of plans they had, plans for family, vacation … At the end of the day, the number one thing we can do for our customers is reliable operation. “- Bob Jordan, executive vice president of Southwest Airlines, will become CEO in February after airlines canceled thousands of flights over the weekend because weather problems disrupted operations. (Monday, Dallas Morning News)

“50 percent of the natural gas that is flared in this country is flared in the Permian [Basin] now in west texas. I think this is a huge opportunity for Bitcoin because it is currently energy that is simply wasted. ” to use to generate electricity for the operation of Bitcoin. (Friday, Dallas Morning News)

“What you have given me is the most profound experience. I am so touched by what just happened. It’s extraordinary … I hope I never get out of it. ”- Star Trek actor William Shatner to Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos after returning to Earth from space travel on a Blue Origin rocket. (Wednesday, CNN)

“When exactly did I know that I was going to hell? When I caught myself walking around the yard in the petting zoo eating bacon at the State Fair. “- Dallas comedian Paul Varghese (Monday, Twitter)

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