Huzzah for the city leaders in Hartford and the Washington County Sheriff.
HARTFORD — In what Mayor Tim Michalak said could be the biggest decision ever made by the Common Council, aldermen on Tuesday night unanimously agreed to have city staff create a plan to reopen city buildings and services no later than Monday and try to gradually bring them back to normal levels.
“We want the local businesses to also know the police department will not be overtly enforcing the state ‘stay at home’ order,” Michalak said. “Our department will be enforcing criminal and traffic laws.”
City officials said local businesses could reopen after that date “at their own risk and after careful consideration and consultation with their insurance agent and with customers.” The decision comes despite Gov. Tony Evers’ recent announcement to extend the Safer at Home order and other state-imposed rules to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
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“It’s time we do something. We can’t let this go on another month without opening up.”
Michalak said the city is not telling businesses to open up, but city officials are not going to kick in their door if they decide to do it and Washington County Sheriff Martin Schulteis has backed the city up in this decision.
“When it comes to the different communities he said he is going to follow ‘home rule,’ which means if they have their own Police Department he will allow that department to enforce the rules and or take action,” Michalak said. ‘We are saying we’re not going to be the boot that’s on their neck.’
The mayor said he has received numerous phone calls and emails from business owners who said they are faced with possibly closing their doors for good if the state-imposed orders are allowed to continue.
“We’re going to open the library and we’re going to open the public buildings,” Michalak said. “If we don’t do something soon to help our local
businesses we could see another depression. We need to bring freedom back to Hartford.”
“..boot that’s on their neck”.
That is an excellent example of unnecessary hyperbole.
West Bend can’t be far behind.
We should just rely on common sense and know that business owners will protect their workers.
Like here in Green Bay.
This will be on Kewaskum Village Board agenda as well.
The noted NorthWoods (which is going BK) literary critic pipes up!
It is time Liberty and Personal Responsibility come to the forefront.
It will be interesting to see what insurance companies say.
Doesn’t seem like everyone is being forced from their homes. My life, my choice?
I’m assuming the more loyal subjects will still be free to indulge their cognitive distortions and voluntarily follow their liege lords further down the path of economic ruin. Happiness for all.
Ain’t America great?
“My life, my choice”
Yes!
There goes jjf, having no faith but hoping like hell the economy collapses even further.
Just so Joe Biden wins November. No death or financial ruin of a person can stand in the way of of President Trump of being defeated. Those who die and lose everything are just taking one for the liberal team.
Faith versus science, here we go again. The virus doesn’t care about your faith. Apparently, there are plenty of meat processing plant owners around the country who don’t care if you get it, either.
Don’t worry about Trump. His ratings are great! Maybe he’ll tell you about that again today in the virus update. Not even any thoughts and prayers for the sick and the dead – he’s doing great! But no one will take care of him.
Has Owen posted about the Vos and Fitz run to the Supreme Court yet?
Actually, jjf, your science has been wrong. Very wrong.
That is why you refuse to answer basic questions but instead you deflect.
It’s not a question of faith but of facts.
The facts are not on your side.
But your politics and your hatred and your ghoulish thoughts outweigh commonsense.L
Guess we’ll have to wait for the history books to be written, Mar.
I think this whole shut down of the private sector was a great idea! Traffic deaths are down almost 50%. We could have been saving almost 20,000 lives a year just from traffic accidents if we had instituted this a few years ago. Let’s keep this going, right?
(This opinion could have been given at a Trump staff meeting from a rep of the Dept of Transportation.) Trump listening to one advisor exclusively would make really bad decisions every time. This is essentially what Fauci supporters are espousing. From just the medical point of view, it is clear we should stay closed down until we invent a vaccine. Opening ANYTIME sooner than that will cost lives due to Covid19.
I say BFD. Why is it the right of Government to decide that primarily small business owners or any workers in ‘non-essential jobs’ will fall to ruin with some dying due to suicide, starvation and depression, rather than anyone in America falling ill with some dying due to Covid19?
Suppression is a middle ground. No one suggested it was being done to avoid any loss of life. But you know that, right? If lockdown hadn’t happened, by anyone’s estimation, it would’ve run like wildfire through the population. Lockdown merely slows it down.
Right jjf, like the virus ran amok in Sweden, Iowa, South Dakota etc.
What is it like to be on the wrong side of facts time and time again, jjf?
But of course, you have said that we should not open up the private sector until we get a vaccine, which could take months, years or never.
No, Mar, everyone’s suppression-based plan – be it Trump’s or Evers’ – says lockdowns happen when infections climb, and then they get lifted. But you know that.
But jjf, you don’t support that.
And if total lockdown is so great, explain NYC.
BTW, some experts think that over than 1/4 NYC residents may have gotten the infection but didn’t display symptoms. And now they have the antibodies, meaning they are mostly immune from the virus.
Tuerqas sez: “ Traffic deaths are down almost 50%.”
Snark aside, here in WI traffic deaths, as of 4/19, are only 5 behind last year’s.
109 DEAD! OH NO!! SHUT DOWN THE INTERSTATE! THE BACK ROADS! SHUT THE (evil) GAS STATIONS!! CLOSE THE GOOD-YEAR TIRE AND AUTO REPAIR STORES! TURN OFF THE WATER AT THE CAR WASHES! G’VMENT MUST NIP THIS IN THE BUD OR HOSPITALS WILL COLLAPSE AND WE ALL GONNA DIEEEEEEEE!!!!!
Mar, I don’t support what?
“No, Mar, everyone’s suppression-based plan – be it Trump’s or Evers’ – says lockdowns happen when infections climb, and then they get lifted.”
This.
I’ve been saying that, over and over, since the beginning. If infections start to drop again, the lockdowns get lifted. If you didn’t see that, you weren’t paying attention. I’ll also add… and after that, if the infections get too bad again, regions will again be locked down again.
Oh geez jjf, now you are getting into the lying?
You have said in the past that we should not open up the economy until we come with a vaccine.
You do remember that, don’t you.
I guess, if you are a liberal, lying is in your DNA.
So, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum say, trust the medical experts.
But the third leading cause of death in the US per year are medical errors, according to John Hopkins.
Yes, let’s put all of our trust into the medical experts.
Odd you would trust Johns Hopkins now as you never did before. However:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db355.htm
Of course, Uneducated Le Roi, they don’t have a category of bad medicine.
But I will see your link and raise you this: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/study_suggests_medical_errors_now_third_leading_cause_of_death_in_the_us
That is 4 years old. Any follow-up or additional information? Why isn’t there anything more recent giving more details?
Mar, yes, the suppression cycle will continue until a vaccine emerges, or herd immunity emerges, or a treatment plan is developed. Feel free to look back at my comments however you like. It’s what I’ve said all along. And again, it’s the plan that everyone says they’re going to follow, from the Feds on down.
But feel free to lay down the insults – we just want a civil conversation! It’s in our DNA!
Sadly, jjf, you are wrong.
So, how do you propose getting the herd mentality if people cannot go outside except to the store?
And 1 more thing, when this all beginning, you ridiculed me about the herd mentality.
Le Roi, do you think its changed?
The Chinese Communist owners of Smithfield certainly do, Jiffy. Right?
How many lives will Tokin’Tony save with his little lockdown, Jiffy? Got a number? How about a good guess? Even a projection will do!
Those Commies, they’re coming to get you, Dad29.
How many lives? All of them.
How many people do you know who didn’t get polio when you were a little kid?
Herd mentality??
That is why I asked. Don’t you find it odd that there hasn’t been anything else on the subject in 4 years?
Please, don’t inject disinfectants into your body.
Dr. Birx reaction is priceless.
https://twitter.com/robertwolf32/status/1253640732902150144?s=21
This music should have been played over Dr. Birx reaction.
https://youtu.be/Ag1o3koTLWM
Perhaps mar, mjm, etal, and all the protesters should be required to get a Lysol injection to test how it works to combat corona virus.
Dud’s already strapped to an IV pump.
Le Roi, I’m sure Mar and his years of medical experience will say that it’s possible it could help, the President said it could help, and that why are you standing in the way of a cure, you must just hate Trump for the successful business man that he is.
Mar, look back to April 10, where I said:
Or April 16 (in “One Disease. Two States. Different Choices. Different Results.”) :
Mar… Or back to March 26, already erased and down the B&S memory hole, but at least Google has a cache:
And you also said we should not lift the lockdown until a vaccine is invented. We had a nice long discussion about this.
Nice revisionist history, though.
And jjf and Le Roi, I am sure you can provide a exact quote President Trump said to put dangerous disinfectants, such as bleach and Lysol type items, in your body.
I know you guys got your talking points from your liberal overlords this morning and you, acting like the good sheeple you are, baa out what they say, but please show me the exact quote.
Don’t forget to don your faux military fatigues, and pack some hardcore weaponry, for the gala Flu Cucks Klan rally today.
Be safe, Patriots.
Mar, show me. Don’t worry. I won’t call you a liar. People can change. I have high hopes for you.
Pat – Tacti-Kool!
Sure, Mar. Here’s the quote I got from Fox News web:
But best of all, there’s Birx’s reaction.
One minute! It’s like a miracle cure!
Again, where does to drink or inject a dangerous disinfectant?
Maybe you, Le Roi and other people who are mnot that smart would think of putting something dangerous in your body, or know someone dumb enough to do so.
“who are mnot that smart”
That says it all.
It’s a mystery, Mar! What did Trump mean, in the quote I provided? Injection? Spray? Is there a way? It’s a mystery! Bring it inside the body!
And this is Our President.
But at least it’s not like he’s wearing a tan suit or suggesting a fancy mustard!
How about getting a medicine that acts like a disinfectant.
Many medicines do act like a disinfectants. Antibiotics, chemo, radiation therapy and others medicines and medical procedures.
Yes, he certainly could have articulated better because he has to assume liberals will take his words out of context, so he has to speak plainly and slowly so liberals like yourself understand what he is saying.
But even then, the haters out there, like you and Le Roi will mangle his words no matter what he says.
EXACTLY as many as Trump saved by cutting off incoming disease-vectors from Communist China, twit.
Thank you!
Yah, the DNC/China Central Committee talking points are built for the low-IQ among us.
UV light was the topic, not Lysol. But LeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeRoy and Jiffy understand “Lysol” not UV light.
That’s why the Chinese Communist Central Committee does what it does, both here and abroad.
Pay attention, Dad29. All I did was quote your Orange Leader, with the words from the Fox News site. What did he say?
Are you mumbling about the sneaky Chinese again?
Dad29 – for extra credit, tell me exactly who Trump “cut off” from coming from China, and what this might’ve done for the spread of the virus.
mar:
You should listen to what William Bryan said immediately prior to trump, speaking about using disinfectants like bleach, alcohol and sunlight could kill the virus on surfaces. Your medical genius extrapolated that into his dangerous and unproven prescription of using them internally. And you highly educated devotees bought it hook line and sinker.
Believing that Trump told you to ingest disinfectant cleaning solutions is a pretty strong indication that you need to seek help from your nearest mental health professional. Tell them the same silly shit you’re posting here and they’ll surely get you into the next available appointment.
No, he said “inject”.
Nort keeps on lying III: Your medical genius extrapolated that into his dangerous and unproven prescription of using them internally.
This is getting really old.
Once again, to the contrary, he prescribed no such thing.
He merely asked a question, “And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or, or almost a cleaning?”
Comprehension is hard. Your leftist stupidity comes easy.
So now you admit he said “inject”. Bravo!
Trump Apologist Syndrome at it’s best.
Nort lies IV: So now you admit he said “inject”.
Actually, no. “by injection inside, or…” are the words actually used.
Like I said, comprehension is not your strong suit by any means. Perhaps that is because you can’t even read simple phrases. Is that “hydrochloroquine” you are taking causing it’s known side effect?
And of course, you remain unable to admit you lied yet again about Trump’s intent. Sad.
Gosh, what else does about 45% of the population get “by injection” every fall? I wonder what could that be?
Patsy babbles banality at it best: Trump Apologist Syndrome at it’s best.
You might think it was fun to argue about whether Trump said pour it in your ear or not, but the fact is, what he was saying was bat-shirt crazy. Own it. The President is an idiot.
mjm:
Yes. you are correct, my sincere apologies, but that isn’t the same as ingest.
His intent was “injection”. Of disinfectants.
“And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or, or almost a cleaning? Because you see it gets on the lungs and it does a tremendous number, so it will be interesting to check that.”
Are volunteering to be the test subject?
Nort lies V: His intent was “injection”.
It was a query (hint: “?”), not a go-do-it-right–now suggestion that you and all the rest usual lefties are claiming.
And I’ll ask again, since you appear to have ignored it: What does about 45% of the population get “by injection” every fall?
Nort offers typical leftist non-apology apology: my sincere apologies, but that isn’t the same as ingest.
As expected.
You see, MjM, besides lying, didn’t you know Le Roi is also amazing at ESP?