DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas (Talk1370.com) -- A Central Texas father not only voiced his support for mask mandates at a school board meeting Monday night, he publicly stripped his clothes in front of the crowd to make his point.
"I do not like the government, or any other entity, telling me what to do," said James Akers from Dripping Springs. "But sometimes I've got to push the envelope a little bit. And I've decided I'm not just going to talk about it, I'm going to walk the walk."
Akers began removing his jacket first, then his tie and his shirt.
"Rules exist for a reason," he told the school board as he finished removing his pants, revealing a pair of swimming trunks.
The dad also said he ran several stop signs and red lights on his way to the meeting Monday, arguing he had "every right to drive as fast as I want." And although he does not appear to be disabled, Akers said he took an ADA-accessible parking spot outside the building.
"There are too many voices out there that I think are digging in for political reasons, and absolutely just not thinking about the common sense decisions we make every day to comply with everything from driving down the road and being safe and courteous to other drivers to not parking in handicapped spots," Akers told KXAN. "All these rules that we're given every day that we follow, because they make sense."
The Dripping Springs school board did not implement a mask mandate Monday, but several Texas school districts have considered doing so.