| ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS NOT CONTEMPLATING MANDATORYMASK WEARING ORDINANCES. I REPEAT: ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS NOT CONTEMPLATING MANDATORY MASK WEARING ORDINANCES. I REPEAT...... |
I'm suddenly getting emails urging me to NOT support MANDATORY mask wearing ordinances in Escambia County.
But so far as I know--there is NO SUCH ORDINANCE in the works. None. We're not bringing this.
So where is this push coming from anyway? Here's a flavor of what I am getting from emails to me:
"Commissioners,
It has been brought to
attention there's an effort being made in Escambia County, Florida to lock
things back down and introduce new regulations. Many understand there is
pressure being placed on you all as Commissioners to "act". The
Governor says OPEN, but individuals are saying to impose regulations and
mandate masks. MOST ARE NOT EVEN USING MASKS PROPERLY. How is wearing a CLOTH
mask on your forehead, in your car by yourself, on your chin, wearing a mask to
the beach that's floating up on shore, lifting it up and down a ton of times a
day and readjusting it constantly helping anything at all? If anything, people
are breathing in their own Co2 all day. They are doing the above then touching
their face, grocery store items, cross contaminating their vehicles, leaving
nasty gloves all over the place and whatever else. THEY ARE USING THESE MASKS
AS AN EXCUSE TO PACIFY THEMSELVES AND MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THEY'RE DOING THEIR
PART TO HELP. THIS VIRUS IS NOT GOING AWAY! There will be NO cure, only a
vaccine and there is no telling how long that will be before it happens. People
have to survive, NOT DEPEND ON THE GOVERNMENT to take care of them. Making
masks mandatory will do nothing but make people mad, make people have to
justify why they are not wearing one which means in turn officers get to
babysit. You also would be imposing fines on people who are already suffering
from the pandemic which took a toll on their livelihood. It is not right to
overstep your boundaries on citizens and attempt to force them to do things
which would be Unconstitutional. The Constitution does not say "We have
rights....Unless someone gets sick". If people are FORCED into closing
their businesses down again, you will have a mess on your hands. People are
frustrated, fed up and losing everything they've worked their entire lives for.
Suicide rates, divorces, law suits, depression, violence, theft and other many
things will be up sky high. PLEASE DO NOT OVERSTEP AND FORCE ANY OF THESE
THINGS ONTO CITIZENS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY. We all have the need as humans to feel
like things are somewhat normal. We have been through many viruses, and
sicknesses. This is NO way for anyone to live. Imposing on people is only a way
to turn law abiding citizens into what would be considered criminals just to
survive. The government is allowing inmates out of jail because of Covid and
locking good citizens up because of Covid. What sense does any of this make?
PLEASE DO NOT BE
PRESSURED! NO MANDATES, NO MANDATORY MASKS! NO CLOSING AGAIN! WE NEED TO MOVE
FORWARD!
Thank you,
XXXXXXXXXXXX"
"There
is now an organized effort being made in Escambia County Florida, to lock the
county back down and introduce new regulations concerning the Second Wave of
COVID. We are seeing pressure being put on County Commissioners to “act
because the state will not be helping”. In other words, they are saying
that the Governor says “Open” but we should close down
regardless, and impose more regulations.
I would like to remind
you that our area has in fact flattened the curve of COVID and our medical
community has NOT been overwhelmed by COVID patients.
Yes, Escambia County Florida currently does NOT require
a mask mandate, nor is it closing the county back down due to COVID. We indeed are very lucky to live in an area not
currently mandating masks, but we are aware of the opposition in the works
to do just that.
This virus is here to stay, and our area has proven that without
masks and overreaching regulations, we can live normally and remain cautious.
Escambia County does NOT need more regulation, Escambia County does NOT
need to mandate masks in public.
South Florida is setting an extremely dangerous precedent
when they mandate masks until June
