"Narragansett council president wants the seaside town to ignore R.I. governor’s coronavirus rules" by Amanda Milkovits Globe Staff, May 16, 2020
In the first official sign of rebellion against Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo’s coronavirus-related restrictions, the president of the town council in Narragansett wants to order police to let businesses and residents violate her orders with impunity.
Raimondo called the idea “a huge mistake,” “selfish” and “reckless.”
The president, Matthew Mannix, filed a resolution asking his fellow councilors to direct the Narragansett police not to fine or issue violations to any church, restaurant, store, or other small business that violates Raimondo’s executive orders.
I applaud the effort against tyranny and for freedom!
Councilors are scheduled to take up the matter Monday, but it’s unclear how much support Mannix, a Republican, will get. The only Democrat on the panel, Jesse Pugh, called the idea “incredibly irresponsible,” and Patrick Murray, one of Mannix’s fellow Republicans, said everyone should give the Democratic governor “the benefit of the doubt.”
NOPE!
Too late for that!
Raimondo’s orders, formulated with health officials and designed to curb the spread of the deadly virus, were eased a week ago under the first phase of a reopening plan. She lifted her stay-at-home order and allowed nonessential retail stores to open if they practiced physical distancing. On Monday, restaurants can offer outdoor dining with certain limits; however, her orders that all residents must wear masks in public if physical distancing is not possible is still in effect, houses of worship and close-contact businesses such as barber shops and nail salons must stay closed, gatherings are still limited to five people, and out-of-state visitors must quarantine for 14 days.
Is the National Guard still going door-to-door and trying to root out the New Yorkers? Guard door-to-door.
Even if the council approved Mannix’s proposal, it’s not enforceable, according to Jared Goldstein, associate dean for academic affairs at Roger Williams University School of Law. “They are showboating,” he said. “They want to adopt an order that makes a statement, like the ‘Liberate Rhode Island’ and the ‘open it up’ movement.”
I'm sick of every single expert in the pre$$ being a goddamned Jew.
The resolution is ultimately ineffective and unconstitutional, Goldstein said. “It’s a symbolic gesture,” he said, “and it’s meant to make a Trumpy point aligned with right-wing extremists -- that the governor doesn’t have power to protect us from the virus.”
Should take her ass to court instead!
The resolution represents a change of heart for Mannix, who joined with his fellow councilors two months ago to issue a local state of emergency, close the town beach, and urge residents to stay home. At the time, Mannix said Narragansett’s “resilient and hardy" residents needed to exhibit another character trait: patience, but with Memorial Day around the corner, Mannix’s patience apparently has run out. His proposal says the restrictions “have imposed substantial harm to the emotional, spiritual, and financial well-being of its residents.”
He is right about the harm the lockdown has caused, but even without traditional parades, communities can find ways to honor veterans on Memorial Day.
Mannix and Police Chief Sean Corrigan did not respond to requests for comment. Phone calls and texts sent to the other two GOP council members, Jill Lawler and Richard Lema, were not returned, but Raimondo did address the resolution during her daily media briefing Friday, calling it “a huge mistake.”
“It’s so selfish to all the people of Rhode Island who have worked so hard for so long, putting their lives on hold, their children’s education in their home, their businesses on hold, so we can all be safe,” she said. "Every expert you talk to, the experience of every country that’s done a good job with this is, if you take it slowly, you can get back to a good place.
“I get that people are frustrated, I do. I really do,” Raimondo added. “That is a reckless thing to do, and I really hope they don’t do it.”
She is drunk on the eye of the camera, like so many piece of shit governors.
So how are the T-shirt sales going?
The resolution swiftly circulated on social media, catching Narragansett residents by surprise. In the town of 15,500 residents, 28 people have tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the virus. That’s the 11th-lowest rate of the state’s 39 cities and towns, but the summer tourism season nearly doubles the town population. Some residents said they worried that opening too soon -- and in defiance of state orders -- would turn the town into a hotspot that could reverberate throughout Rhode Island.
Nah. Stay the f**k away from there then!
“I don’t think [the resolution] is reasonable,” said Jon Buser, who lives a short walk from Bonnet Shores. “I think we have to be in this together. There are great risks ahead of us, and I don’t think it’s wise to flaunt those risks. Giving a short boost to the economy could lead to serious economic consequences down the line, as well. The most important factor should be public health.”
What about the costs of neglected medical care from this hoax, f**ker!!!!????
The suicides?
The lost livelihoods?
Melissa Jenkins, who lives at Bonnet Shores, was horrified. “This endangers not just Narragansett, but the whole state,” said Jenkins, who runs the statewide Collective Action Network. “We have beautiful beaches, and everybody wants to come here -- and they will, until everybody gets sick.”
Little full of yourself for a f**king postage stamp state, aren't you?
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You won't want to set foot in Rhode Island anyway:
"Vacationing in R.I. this summer? You might need to be tested first" by Dan McGowan Globe Staff, May 14, 2020
PROVIDENCE — If you’re a tourist or second-home owner planning to visit Rhode Island this summer, you might have to start your vacation with a swab up the nose.
Do they tell you how invasive and painful it is?
As the state begins to loosen the restrictions it implemented in March to contain the coronavirus and reopen the economy, Governor Gina Raimondo said Wednesday that state officials are considering asking any person from out of state who wants to vacation in Rhode Island to be tested for the disease.
That will just about KILL any TOURI$M INDU$TRY they have!
“I want to figure out how we can enable some tourism,” Raimondo said. “A big percent of our economy is tourism, and what the commerce secretary and I are doing, with our community mitigation team, is figuring out, how do we do that? One option could be testing tourists.”
She is already the LEAST-POPULAR GOVERNOR in the country, and THIS WILL NOT HELP!
no wonder she is being such a DICK-TATOR!
Raimondo acknowledged that no decision has been made on the idea, which came as governors struggle to devise a strategy to manage the approaching vacation season amid the pandemic.
Rhode Island is part of a seven-state consortium, which includes Massachusetts and Connecticut, that is working on a regional approach to reopen the economy, and Raimondo said travel is one of the issues the leaders are discussing.
Limiting travel is UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
Hospitality industry leaders across the region were divided on whether the idea of widely expanding testing offers a road map to saving the summer tourism industry or places unfair expectations on hotels and restaurants to offer health care services that their employees aren’t qualified to deliver.
F**K OFF!
You threw in with these monsters, now live with it.
Evan Smith, the president and CEO of Discover Newport, said he doesn’t want to see “unregulated, unchecked mobility” all summer, but he questioned whether it is practical for any state to implement a testing program for all tourists. He said he’d rather see a strong marketing plan to promote safe travel.
PFFFT!
That's the problem with the a$$hole politicians: they think any problem can be solved with a $lick public-relations marketing campaign.
Raimondo initially floated the tourist testing idea in an interview on Washington Post Live Wednesday morning, but later in the day she acknowledged the state wouldn’t have the ability to make testing mandatory.
Awww, too bad.
Although Rhode Island has lifted its stay-at-home order, and restaurants and nonessential retailers are beginning to reopen, the state still limits visitors from out of state to those who are arriving to work, shop, or visit a doctor — not for recreation or leisure activities such as golf. Second-home owners who stay for an extended period of time must self-quarantine for 14 days.
Raimondo said she doesn’t want that quarantine rule for out-of-staters to continue into the summer, but she acknowledged that decision will depend on how the state handles outbreaks as the economy begins to reopen.
“I don’t know what July is going to look like," Raimondo said. "I cannot stand here today in the second week of May and say this is what I think is going to happen in July.”
That's odd because Mayor Walsh of Bo$ton does. He has closed the city for the summer.
Sharon McDonnell, a consulting epidemiologist at the Maine Medical Center, said Raimondo’s idea is worth considering. She said testing is going to be one of the tools that states need to begin reopening their economies, especially for those that depend heavily on summer tourism.
“Every idea should be given a hearing,” McDonnell said. “That is not a bad idea. I’ve heard much worse ideas. One of them is to open everything up and let the chips fall where they may.”
A$$HOLE $CIENTI$T!
While Raimondo said she isn’t ready to fully unveil her plan for the summer, industry leaders in other states said the clock is ticking for the region.
Is there one?
Mike Somers, the CEO and president of the New Hampshire Lodging & Restaurant Association, said his members are still seeking the same guidance, but he said he doesn’t see a scenario where businesses would want to have any responsibility for testing tourists.
They will just take your temperature.
In Maine, tourism organizations and businesses are begging Governor Janet Mills to rescind an order for out-of-state visitors to self-quarantine for 14 days. In an open letter to the governor, posted on the Maine Tourism Association site Tuesday, seven tourism organizations said the state's tourism economy was on the verge of collapse. They said they were working on a plan to reopen safely, if Mills would lift the quarantine order on visitors.
They need to be DEMANDING IT!
Sean Riley, who runs the Maine Course Hospitality Group, said he doesn’t envy the decisions governors across the country have had to make during the pandemic. He said he could support a regional testing program for New England states, but suggested it should involve pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens teaming up to test residents in their own states before they travel to their vacation destinations.....
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Related:
"Rhode Island State Police reported Monday that it had received “numerous reports of suspected fraud” related to unemployment benefits....."
Is Raimondo going to investigate that?
Or this:
At the Rhode Island Veterans Home, 12 residents have tested positive for the coronavirus
No?
"Thirteen more deaths, 430 more cases Saturday, as R.I. Governor Raimondo gives update on coronavirus" by Amanda Milkovits Globe Staff, April 25, 2020
PROVIDENCE — As Governor Gina M. Raimondo and Health Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott spoke Saturday about efforts to battle the spread of coronavirus and aid struggling residents and businesses, two scenes of Rhode Island emerged.
One was inside the State House, where Raimondo displayed an image created by artist Shepard Fairey, at her request, to honor first-responders and represent hope. The “R.I. Angel of Hope and Strength" shows a young woman with a red cross on her left lapel and a torch in her right hand — like a winged Rosie the Riveter, crossed with the Statue of Liberty.
An image made by artist Shepard Fairey during the coronavirus outbreak in Rhode Island (Shepard Fairey).
PFFFT!
“This is for all of Rhode Island," Raimondo said. "It’s time to be brave. It’s time to be strong.”
Time to fight for freedom!
The other scene was outside, where several health care workers in blue scrubs and masks stood on the State House steps, facing down an assembly of several dozen people, waving American flags and Trump banners, reading Bible passages while exclaiming against “tyranny,”and holding signs: “Knock it off Gina! Reopen Rhode Island."
I am bothered that the protests for freedom seem to have been coopted by Trump.
Either that, or the protesters are idiots believing in a craven image who is likely the Anti-Christ.
The “Reopen RI” rally coincided with the governor’s news conference Saturday, and the honking of horns could be heard at times as she spoke. Most attendees didn’t wear masks and some stood together on the lawn, in defiance of social distancing rules.
GOOD!
Asked about the protest, Raimondo said Rhode Island is still struggling, and violating the social distancing rules “is just selfish.”
“It’s not a time to be selfish; it’s a time to help, by following the rules,” she said. “If everybody today goes out and violates the rules, I will have to push back the date to reopen the economy.”
We are SICK of the LECTURES!
Raimondo plans to give an update Monday about the process toward reopening the economy and what will happen when her stay-at-home order expires on May 8.
To the protesters, she said, “I hear you. I want to get people back to work, but I’m not going to do it in a way that’s unsafe.”
She is NOT LISTENING!
One of Raimondo’s benchmarks for reopening the economy will be a drop in positive cases and hospitalizations. So far, there’s been no sign of that.
There were 430 more Rhode Islanders testing positive for COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by coronavirus, according to data reported Saturday by the state Department of Health.
That brings the total to 7,129, the first time Rhode Island has topped 7,000 cases, and a reflection of the increase in testing across the state. Alexander-Scott said Rhode Island has now conducted more than 50,000 tests; more walk-up sites are planned for communities in Greater Providence and other cities and towns in the coming week.
Those the simulated models numbers or.... ??
The state’s death toll rose to 215, with 13 more fatalities reported Saturday, with victims ranging in age from their 60s to one over 100 years old. Ten of the dead were nursing home residents, said Alexander-Scott.
As time goes by the numbers look worse and worse for these damn bastards who destroyed livelihoods over this hoax so they could advance their psychopathic masters plans for world domination. They should all be JAILED!
Hospitalizations remained steady at 263, with 77 people in ICUs and 52 on ventilators. Those are the numbers that health officials are watching closely, to determine when and how big the surge will be in Rhode Island. The state’s model predicted the surge could come in the first week of May.
It NEVER DID!
Alexander-Scott urged people to keep routine medical appointments and, if necessary, visit emergency rooms. “We hear from the hospital community that people are not going to emergency rooms,” she said. “They are open and safe and ready to treat people who need emergency care.”
I would rather die than access the criminal health $y$tem controlled by Big Pharma, and this is in-between all the dancing videos, right?
Related:
"When a curfew goes into effect each night for one county in Hawaii, the mayor gets bored -- and posts videos on social media, and his constituents? They’re entertained. “Our Mayor is bettah than yours!!” one woman commented, responding to Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami’s stiff but earnest version of the Renegade to the rap song “Lottery,” one of the most popular dances on social media. In other videos, posted to his personal Facebook and Instagram accounts, he creates a mask out of a T-shirt and makes ice cream. Even before Governor David Ige issued a statewide stay-at-home order to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Kawakami set a 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew for his county, which includes the islands of Kauai and Niihau. The videos, the 42-year-old mayor explains on Facebook, are meant to “break the boredom together as a community,” and they seem to have succeeded. As of Monday, a video he posted April 4 of him dancing generated more than 2,000 shares and more than 400 comments on Facebook."
What, what?
The coronavirus has closed galleries and postponed concerts and performances in a state known for its arts and cultural events, prompting Raimondo to offer ways that residents could still support and celebrate its artists.
She asked Fairey, best known for his image of former president Barack Obama with the word “Hope,” to create an image for Rhode Island. Fairey is a 1992 graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and spent eight years living in Providence, where he established his first print studio.
PFFFFFT!
“Governor Raimondo and I discussed the industrial history and working-class roots blue-collar fabric of Rhode Island, the iconic ‘Rosie the Riveter’ factory worker image, the stresses this virus has added to the lives of every Rhode Islander, and the strength and bravery displayed by health care and public safety workers,” Fairey said in a statement. "Governor Raimondo also reminded me that the R.I. state motto is ‘Hope,’ something we all need at this time. With all of those things in mind, I created this art piece, ‘R.I. Angel of Hope and Strength’ that is meant to both celebrate the courage of health care workers specifically, and generally symbolize the spirit of hope, strength, compassion, and resilience that we can all summon in ourselves and share collectively,” Fairey said.
Can you EAT HOPE?
Does it PAY a f**king MORTGAGE?
Raimondo WASTED TAX MONEY on THAT while you were PUT OUT OF WORK?
The R.I. Angel is available for free download at riarts.org. The image will be projected onto two RISD buildings through the coming week.
The new riarts.org site has been established to connect local artists with resources for support and for art lovers to get a list of performances going on virtually around Rhode Island.
The governor is also calling on all Rhode Islanders to create and share family-friendly art, by taking a photo or making a video and sharing on social media, with the tag #RIArts.
A new relief fund for Rhode Island artists established last week has raised about $15,000.....
The $timuloot and the re$t is to $ave all the in$titutions the elite eugencist want after the Great Cull.
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I see the evils of hero worship and idolatry there.
Related:
Here is a a new website, Reopening RI.:
Governor Raimondo's phased plan for reopening the state economy amid the coronavirus outbreak. (Courtesy of the State of Rhode Island)
How f**king asinine!
I'm told the ejewkhazion in Rhode Island is better than that in Mass., and they are so much more well-behaved than Mass.
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
"Several members of the Providence City Council are condemning the actions of college students seen flouting the governor’s orders aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus. Providence College officials issued an apology after video shared on social media showed students gathering in large groups and not wearing face coverings this weekend. Spokesman Steven Maurano told WPRI-TV that the gathering was the result of a parent-organized parade for graduating seniors. Majority Leader Jo-Ann Ryan said in a statement Sunday that she and her colleagues on the city council are preparing legislation requiring colleges and universities to provide a mitigation plan to keep off-campus students and neighbors safe. The Roman Catholic bishop of Providence, meanwhile, is pushing back against the closure of churches during the coronavirus pandemic, saying public worship is an essential service. “Our churches must reopen, and they will, soon. Our people are demanding it,” Bishop Thomas Tobin said on Twitter, adding that strong safety measures will be in place and that vulnerable parishioners will be instructed to stay home. The Rhode Island Department of Health on Sunday announced 240 additional people testing positive for the virus, bringing the total to 12,674. Ten more people have died, for a total of 499."
You can Zoom in on the service as Governor Raimondo tells kids the Easter Bunny is an essential worker and apologizes to high school seniors for the difficult end to the year.
