The town that doesn t believe in COVID: Off-the-rails mayor of tiny Washington community keeps open its 30 businesses as locals pack bars, refuse masks and claim lockdown is utter nonsense
Mossyrock mayor Randall Sasser passed an ordinance in November refusing shutdown, citing Constitutional rights of small town America
The town, with a population of 759 in the 2010 census, says it s unfair to restrict its 30 businesses, claiming the state will not give him data on local infections
Sasser says District Three of Lewis county, which encompasses Mossyrock and has a population of around 23,000, has had around 80 cases since March .
In Lewis County as a whole, there have been 1,657 infections among its population of 80,000, including 110 hospitalizations, and 17 deaths
Business leaders, officials, citizens, sign Open Declaration (Facebook- Newstalk870)
A pair of weekend meetings at Island View Worship Center have resulted in a Declaration of Open for Benton and Franklin Counties.
The first meeting, Friday night, outlined the Declaration. It stated various points including the following: Declaration: Tri-Cities (Benton Franklin Counties) WA Are Open for Business and Worship.
It went on to list how Gov. Inslee s proclamations are hurting business, infringing upon worship and religious freedoms, hurting education as well as physical and mental helath of citizens. At least 165 people are know to have signed it, including 30 plus business owners, six local, county and state legislators and the rest were citizens.