Posted on 04/29/2020 3:41:37 PM PDT by cotton1706
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) The mayor of a small New Mexico city promised a confrontation Monday between his small police force and State Police as he seeks to lift a COVID-19 lockdown order that shuttered nonessential businesses to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Grants Mayor Martin Modey Hicks vowed last week he would allow all small businesses to reopen in defiance of the governors order to keep them closed during the health emergency. The move comes as some rural communities across the country are pressuring their state and local officials to allow them to reopen their towns amid rising unemployment and economic turmoil.
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