Jackson Urban Praetor Chokwe Antar Lumumba issued the following statement.
Tomorrow,
Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba will sign three executive orders in a direct
effort to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus.
The function of the executive orders will serve to do the following:
Declare a state of civil emergency in the City of Jackson
Close all non-essential city government offices and require all non-essential city employees to work remotely
Prohibit gatherings of more than 50 people and limit gatherings of fewer than 50 people in the City of Jackson
The state of civil emergency and limitations on public gatherings will take place immediately on Monday morning, March 16, 2020. Remote work for all non-essential personnel will go into effect at 1:00 pm.
Kingfish note: The Mayor will announce the Executive Orders at a press conference at 2:00 PM today.
18 comments:
Please cure this blight Shock-Way
Noone will notice the difference. I doubt the murder and mayhem will slow down an iota. It might actually increase. Coughing within 6 feet of someone might become a deadly offense.
We aint got long......
Will be interesting to see the language of the orders. Will this force employers who have more than 50 employees to send their workers home? Will this effectively close most businesses in the city?
Definitely need more toilet paper now.
Everyone's reporting that these EOs are in effect as of this morning, but I can't find them published anywhere. Official city social media hasn't been updated in a few days and the city's expensive, shitty website still has a banner w/ yesterday's news.
This kind of hide-the-ball nonsense is only going to get worse once the gov't cuts its workforce. Obviously, the intern that knows how to upload a PDF is home for the day.
In other words, everyone gets to go home, do nothing and get paid.
Well, there goes our first amendment right to "peaceably assemble"! Can we still do it BY ANY MEANS NECCESSARY!"?
This is the kind of stuff that is inciting so much panic. It creates 1) sensory overload & 2) confusion.
One political party is telling us to go out to bars while the other is a advocating a scenario pulled straight from the pages of Atlas Shrugged.
If there was a cohesive message, we might not all be on edge like we are. I’m about ready to social distance myself from all forms of media. Lord.
What's the status of the zoo ?
@12:49, high marks for the Atlas Shrugged reference. And yes, I feel as though we have been watching that fictional story become non-fiction before our eyes over the 10 years. Never let a crisis go to waste they say. I'm hoping Ragnar finds me soon.
To be frank with you, I don’t know anybody that works for the city that “works for the city”!
1:26, I wonder. I’m worried about the animals. Especially now..
@1:26 & @2:00, a good friend of mine works over at the zoo. They're going in and doing their job like always. Nothing for them changes, they've been working hard to keep the animals happy and healthy since the zoo closed and they've told me they'll keep working no matter what.
I assume the mayor will cite the authority that permits him to limit the number of people who can gather in one place, if such authority exists.
@ 4:25 - Moral Authority
Moral authority might work Hinds County's "courts", but that is a weak reed to lean on in 1st World courts
The City of Jackson declaring a State of Emergency is pretty much just another day at the office.
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