Independent fact-checkers have debunked a number of Janet Presson’s Facebook posts, including this one from July, 2020. Facebook photo
One of the loudest voices against masks and vaccines during recent public comment sessions in Haywood County also serves on a nonprofit health care board that’s charged with managing more than $12 million of taxpayer money meant to support public health.
Comments made by registered nurse Janet Presson at county commission and town board meetings have not gone unnoticed letters and comments subsequently submitted to The Smoky Mountain News expressed concern that Presson continues in her role a trustee of the Haywood Health Care Foundation and have called for her removal.
Waynesville passes State of Emergency ordinance A substantial crowd waits for a Waynesville Board of Aldermen meeting to begin. Cory Vaillancourt photo
A routine update to the Town of Waynesville’s State of Emergency ordinance finally passed on Dec. 8 after being tabled for weeks due to an uproar among anti-mask citizens who embarked on a marathon series of public comment sessions in fear that the town was also planning to enact a mandatory mask-wearing edict.
Such ordinances typically outline which municipal officials can declare a State of Emergency, and for what reasons. When that does happen, local governments can exercise emergency powers in an effort to let first responders address the situation.
Newly released books available at the Haywood library themountaineer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from themountaineer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.