For the first half hour Dan continues his topic on a city fee for outdoor dining setup at North End restaurants, then dives into his 2nd topic of the evening:

While Massachusetts lifted their state-wide mask mandate in public schools back on Feb. 28th, some cities, and towns such as Northampton, MA have elected to keep up their mask mandate until further notice. Meanwhile schools on Cape Cod ditched their mask mandate and surprisingly saw a decline in their Covid-19 rate. With Covid cases trending downward in the Commonwealth, where do you come down on mask mandates?