Posted on 04/07/2020 11:08:18 PM PDT by thescourged1
SPRINGFIELD, Mo From limiting the number of customers inside a store, to empty shelves, and long waits, shopping for just the essentials is the new norm around Springfield. "Grocery stores, building supply stores, personal care items, cleaning items all of those are essential items.," said Springfield Planning and Development director, Mary Smith. Springfield's Planning and Development Director, Mary Smith said they're asking stores to limit the sales of non-essential items. "The city is relying on those stores to self identify using the stay at home order what is essential and non-essential items," said Smith. For example, Walmart is not allowing customers to purchase items from their sporting goods section and furniture. A corporate spokesperson said Walmart will follow all local orders. City Hall wants 100% compliance from all retailers still open. "There's other companies that are trying to find away around it," said Smith.
Smith said the bottom line is: "To keep people at home and limit our contact with others to attempt to flatten the curve of COVID-19," said Smith.
Smith said local stores have told her that they noticed a decrease in customers since the stay-at-home order went in place. She said this will last until the stay-at-home lapses at the earliest April 24th.
Government lunacy. This is totally stupid. If you are in a store to get milk and they have other stuff besides groceries, you should be able to buy it.
We’ve already had stupid idiots ruling that buying seeds is not essential. Here it is time to plant the garden so you can have food, and they are saying no. Not to mention that sprouts are nutritious and can be provided within days.
Also, it’s already been determined at the Federal Level that guns and ammo are essential-so Walmart excluding you from the sporting section is not gonna cut it either.
In addition, guns and ammo are surely gonna be even more necessary as the stupid people let the criminals out on the street and arrest people for buying non-essentials.
Aren’t clothes essential? Try going naked to the store and see what happens. spit.
Shot count at nine so far chasing trespassers off my property.
Do you live near the city of Springfield Mo.?
What the hell. What about a kid having a birthday? And needing an Easter basket? This is outrageous? Does government want to make things more hideous?
What are essential items? What may be near critical for me may mean nothing to you to someone else.
Fascist Democrats want to micromanage everyone’s lives!
Bump
And Springfield is the most conservative relatively large city in Missouri.
Fascist bastards. Notice how quickly government officials go into full fascist mode. At the slightest crisis, they get to fulfill the real reason why they went into politics: to control and change peoples’ behavior.
The public has been trained and the threshold for fascist mode has been lowered.
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