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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2021.04.08 Public Comments - McCall City Council Regular MeetingID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Start time 3/27/2021 10:37:58 AM 3/27/2021 10:43:45 AM 4/5/2021 9:39:33 PM 4/7/2021 10:37:49 AM 4/7/2021 11:07:37 AM 4/8/2021 9:27:26 AM 4/8/2021 9:54:05 AM 4/8/2021 10:47:15 AM 4/8/2021 1:28:36 PM 4/8/2021 1:31:34 PM Completion time 3/27/2021 10:43:21 AM 3/27/2021 10:44:45 AM 4/5/2021 9:41:34 PM 4/7/2021 10:43:00 AM 4/7/2021 11:16:48 AM 4/8/2021 9:53:58 AM 4/8/2021 10:02:12 AM 4/8/2021 11:08:11 AM 4/8/2021 1:30:17 PM 4/8/2021 1:36:25 PM Email anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous anonymous Name Enter First and Last Name - A bona fide name is required in order for public comment to be communicated to council. Felicia Fifield Jared Fifield Steve Callan Julie McFarlane-Platt Jodi Weaver John Payne Amanda Payne Alexis Reuther Alexa Hersel Tiffany Dobbs Enter Complete Address 13864 nisula rd 13864 nisula rd mccall ID 83638 385 Rio Vista 53 Silver Fox Trail PO Box 1727, McCall Idaho 83638 5477 Highway 95 New Meadows, ID 83654 5477 Highway 95 New Meadows, ID 83654 309 E Avenue B Jerome Idaho 13973 Wrangler Road, McCall, ID 83638 PO Box 4044 Enter Public Comment - All Public Comments are public record I oppose continuing the mask mandate. I believe the fear of this has gotten carried away and I personally refuse to continue living in fear. The science just does not back continued use of a mask. If people want to wear it, by all means do so, but it is a personal choice. I am against continuing a mask mandate. This should be a choice not a mandate by the current. I am against the mask mandate. If people wish to wear a mask it should be their choice. Please continue the mask mandate a little longer. With the variants, and lack-luster enthusiasm of younger people to get the vaccine, it seems like a small gesture to just keep masking. Thank you for keeping our community safe! Please stop moving the goalposts: For months we have been told to follow the science. Science is a never-ending search for NEW knowledge. Literally the definition of science in Latin is KNOWLEDGE. Not wisdom, not morality, not social policy. Knowledge. We have in the past year gained the knowledge necessary to both "flatten the curve" and not overwhelm the ICU's/ER's which was repeatedly stated as our goals. We now have vaccines (available to everyone 16 and older) and therapeutics but what we don't have is our freedom to decide what is best for our own lives. Regardless of whether you think that we can or can not be trusted with our own healthcare decisions that is not for you to dictate. We elected/hired you because we trusted you to protect our individual rights and freedoms. Let the business owners determine what is right for their stores and let the people of McCall determine what is right for themselves. Please do not extend this edict/mandate/order. I am asking that you not renew the mask mandate in the city of McCall. As CDH believes a "highly advised" recommendation is sufficient and the case numbers continue to be low, I ask that you allow us as adults to make our own decisions about our personal safety and no longer assume that you know what is best for each individual. Please consider not continuing the mask mandate in the City of McCall. It has always been my opinion that you better win people over with education and asking nicely. Mandating something only breeds contempt. Those who refuse to wear a face covering will not be convinced to do so by a continued mandate. Those believing it is best for themselves and their community to wear one will continue to do so. Nothing is gained by continuing to mandate they be worn. Thank you for your consideration. Every person has an absolute right to choose or not choose a mask. This is the United States and we should have the right. It should not be dictated by the government. My body my choice correct? My husband and I have planned a trip the end of April to stay in McCall. If the mask mandate is extended we will cancel it no problem and not spend any time there this year as we had planned to do a Summer Vacation with our kids. It is one thing to encourage them, it is another to request health documents. Are we Nazi Germany now? Do we require travel documents. No we shouldn’t! That is what the ordinance requires at this point. It’s a slippery slope. I challenge every council member to dig into the Constitution. Dig into what our Founders would have wanted and re consider their idea that public has to present documents of medical history to them. It goes against the freedoms of it’s citizens. I am in favor on continuing the mask mandate. Please considering extending this mandate for McCall. Although we see progress in our COVID numbers, we are not yet out of the woods. Our mask mandates have shown effective with our numbers in McCall over the past year and we need to continue to stay diligent. Please continue to keep our mask mandate in effect to keep our schools, businesses and community open and safe. Thank you.