Posted on 11/24/2020 5:49:16 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Maryland is ramping up enforcement of coronavirus restrictions ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday as the pandemic surges just as people usually gather with family and socialize in bars, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday.
In addition to family gatherings on the holiday itself, the night before Thanksgiving has become one of the biggest bar-hopping nights of the year as people return to their hometowns and catch up with old friends over drinks.
“I cannot emphasize how reckless that behavior would be this year,” the Republican governor said during a news conference in the State House rotunda in Annapolis.
Health officials already have advised people to celebrate Thanksgiving with their immediate households only, and Maryland’s bars and restaurants have a state-mandated 10 p.m. closing time.
“These important safety measures and public health orders are only effective if they are being followed and enforced,” Hogan said.
To that end, the Maryland State Police will send out “high visibility compliance units” to Bel Air, Towson, Salisbury, Silver Spring, Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood and Allegany County, which has experienced the worst infection rate in the state in recent weeks.
Extra state troopers also will be assigned to work with local police and health officials on education and enforcement of the pandemic restrictions, which also include capacity limits, physical distancing requirements and rules that patrons must be seated in order to be served. They will focus on all venues that host gatherings, such as bars, restaurants and banquet halls. The state also is expanding its 24-hour hotline for reporting violations, which can be reached via 833-979-2266 or Prevent.Covid@maryland.gov.
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I did find the architecture interesting, thnx.
Is this what these cops dreamed of, when they were training to become police officers? They must be so proud of themselves.
I’m not in favor of defunding the police, but crap like this makes me willing to consider it.
For those of us old enough to remember the communist control techniques in the 1930’s, 1940’s, and 1950’s in Germany, the Soviet Union, and China all over again...
The Soviet United States soon takes it place as the planet’s most powerful communist nation...
He’s a fat slob horses ***.
So is my governor in Colorado. Fat, selfish slob.
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