Collier County Commission passes mask mandate after one board member changes her mind

Collier County Commission passes mask mandate after one board member changes her mind

SANDRA RODRIGUEZ FOX 4 IN YOURCORNER.TONIGHT, THERE’S ONE MORE PLACEYOU’LL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR AMASK.

COLLIER COUNTY JUST PASSEDA COUNTY-WIDE MASK MANDATE - ANDTHE VOTE CAME DOWN TO ONE CHANGEOF HEART.FOX 4’S ROB MANCH SPOKE TO ONECOMMISSIONER WHO SAYS SHE’SWORKING TO KEEP YOU SAFE.(:31 - :36)(:48 - :53)(1:09 - 1:14)(1:21 - 1:26)KG:Penny Taylor, District 4Commissioner: "A mask isimportant, and I’m convinced ofthat now."(4s)A change of heart fromcommissioner Penny Taylor, whojust one week ago, was attendingthe board meeting without amask.But the county’s rate of newCOVID-19 cases is still over 15percent, and she says that’sjust too high.Penny Taylor, District 4Commissioner: "Our rate ishigher than Palm Beach.

Our rateis higher than Broward, and wewere worried about them.

They’regoing to be worried about uscoming over, come on."(10s)Many people who showed up tospeak agreed with Taylor.Charles Blum, For Mask Mandate:"We get infected, what happens?We go to a shutdown, andbusinesses and schools areimpacted.

Why can’t we do atemporary mandate to get usthrough this dilemma?"(11s)But after the decision was madefinal, many people voiced theiroutrage.(Nats)I caught up with several peoplewho oppose the mandate to findout why.Jonathan Gallinari, Against MaskMadate: "The biggest concernthat we have is that it’s thebeginning.

It’s the start ofsomething.

If they pass this,you don’t know what is going tohappen next."(10s)Drew Clark, Against MaskMandate: "The government has nobusiness overreaching andmandating what a human being hasto do or not do with regard totheir body, their health."(7s)But Taylor tells me she feels,in the middle of a pandemic,requiring masks is not anoverreach.Penny Taylor, District 4Commissioner: "I’m optimisticthat, that just because werequest someone to have a maskin a business, it means we aretyrannizing them, an I don’t seeit as a slippery slope."(13s)TAG:The mandate requires people towear masks in businesses untilSeptember 3rd, and it puts theresponsibility on thosebusinesses to enforce it, orthey’ll face a fine.Churches and religiousinstitutions were left out ofthe mandate, and kids under 9years old won’t be requi