Instead, participants were directed to walk around the block as individuals or families
"to express their support for freedom."
Posted on 04/16/2020 1:58:45 AM PDT by abb
ST. GEORGE — About 100 Utahns gathered on Wednesday evening outside of Washington County city offices to protest Gov. Gary Herbert’s health directives as unconstitutional.
A video posted to the Facebook account of Mary Burkett, who is running for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District seat, shows dozens of individuals gathered together holding signs in protest of what they called governmental overreach.
“We’ve got a really good group of people coming,” Burkett says in the video. “It’s pretty exciting. We’ve got some more folks coming.”
According to James Wilkins, reporter for The Spectrum, hundreds of people attended the event.
Burkett told KSL.com in an email about 100 people attended and "numerous cars came by honking horns."
Various signs can be seen in the video, reading “Resist like it’s 1776” and “America will never be a socialist country.”
Attendees were asked to follow social distancing guidelines and avoid gathering in large groups. Instead, participants were directed to walk around the block as individuals or families "to express their support for freedom."
"In compliance with the Utah Stay Home, Stay Safe directive and for the safety and comfort of all involved, the Walk For Freedom will obey public safety laws and follow the guidelines of avoiding gatherings of people, maintaining six feet distancing between individuals, and encouraging participants to wear masks and/or gloves if they feel it is necessary," a statement on the Walk for Freedom Facebook group read.
The governor’s "Stay Safe, Stay Home" directive was issued on March 27 and originally set to expire on April 13. However, Herbert extended the directive through May 1 last week.
The measure came in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic as COVID-19 cases continued to rise in the state.
“We can only hope that the mayor and the governor are listening,” Burkett says in her Facebook video.
The event, organized by Larry Meyers, was intended to “demand that Utah’s state and local legal restrictions on these rights be lifted,” so Utahns can return to work with “appropriate precautions,” a news release reads.
“The government, at all levels, has overstepped its authority in their quest to ‘protect’ Americans from a virus,” Burkett said in a news release. “While well-intentioned, it’s naïve for the mayor, and others, to think shutting down our local economy will ‘protect’ families.”
As of Wednesday, there were 39 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Washington County, according to the Southwest Utah Public Health Department.
So far, 20 Utahns have died of the virus and 2,542 confirmed cases of COVID-19 had been reported by the Utah Department of Health.
The governor’s office and Washington County Sheriff’s office did not immediately return a request for comment.
Ping!
“While well-intentioned, it’s naïve for the mayor, and others, to think shutting down our local economy will ‘protect’ families.”
color me skeptical about the ‘well intentioned’ part...
Of all counties that protest, this would be one of the least likely chosen, I would think. Fifty-seven people per square mile isn’t nearly as dense as SLC...1300 per square mile. ;o]
Maybe they just want the library to reopen. I sure do!
I’m dying for the library to open so I can watch the next installments. People are THERE. They just can’t open the doors.
More book marks!!!
“I’m dying for the library to open so I can watch the next installments.”
Installments of what? Sister wives?
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43 LOUISIANA STATE LEGISLATORS ASK PRESIDENT TRUMP TO REOPEN THE AMERICAN ECONOMY BY MAY 1, 2020. Rep. Valarie Hodges wrote this letter.
It's a clumsy version of the Ransberger pivot. Attempting to take name calling out of the argument and put the parties on the same moral plane.
*spew* I have more important things to do with my time.
Like watch “Endeavor,” “DCI Banks,” “Death In Paradise,” “Waking the Dead.” You know...some masculine eye candy that the Brits like to share.
Endeavor is a favorite of mine.
I like historical stuff.
Something like 80% of the state's population already live in a thin corridor on 15 miles either side of I-15 between Spanish Fork and Logan.
I like Endeavour so much that I’m buying the series, one season at a time. I’m still trying to decide if “Mind how you go,” is a sincere wish or veiled threat.
I gotta hand it to the Brits: No matter what era they’re filming, they have the props to make you believe it was filmed at that exact time in history.
I love Endeavour. We’ve seen all the Lewises and Moses except for the last Morse. Couldn’t watch that one. If you can find Campion, Cadfael, Unforgotten, those all are excellent, too.
Gosh!
I didn't know there was an actual name for this technique!
KEEP them there!
Moab sure doesn't need any MORE moving in and driving up the cost of living!
All good ones.
A favorite oldie is Bergerac.
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