For the last couple of years, a few Christian men and I have gotten together on Tuesday mornings for coffee. Because of the Coronavirus, our coffee shop of choice had to close its doors, so we curtailed that tradition for a while. But feeling the tug to start again, we’ve been meeting outside in the courtyard of a condo complex. Oh, the neighborhood contact-tracers needn’t be concerned, we keep a reasonable distance and limit our gathering to under ten. If he’s lucky, Roger may get his chance to attend next week, as we plan to go to a lottery system. This Coronavirus, or covid 19, is always a hot topic at these gatherings, as well as the quality of the doughnuts, but last week one of the guys shared the bottom line of a sermon he heard. “Why Christians ought not have any fear of Corona.” I moved to the …
Please see the letter (below) on the reopening Lee County that was submitted to the Lee County Commissioners on 4/21/2020. It covers areas of interest to all Cape residents. *********************************************************************** As the country incrementally begins to pivot toward a phased-step, conditioned-based reopening process, unprecedented levels of uncertainty can be expected. Many of the assumptions confidently made just a few months ago on future matters merit reconsideration. This applies universally across society and at all levels including personal, business and government. With personal responsibility to exercise social distancing the primary mitigating measure, and government leadership providing direction on any easing of related guidelines based on medical expert advice, it is likely significant economic recovery will be more gradual. Experts indicate plasma antibody harvesting and several drug treatment regimens may (hopefully) impact recovery timing as projected vaccine development could be a year away. Recovery will still take considerable time. Safe reopening of the economy as currently reported by our medical …
Respectfully submitted by State Representative Spencer Roach Last week, I was the only Republican on the Criminal Justice Subcommittee to vote no on HB 183, which permits elected officials to carry concealed weapons in public meetings over which they preside, such as city council and county commission meetings. I applaud the bill for recognizing that “gun-free zones are killing fields,” as stated by NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer during her testimony in support of the bill. Several elected officials also testified in support of the bill, stating that at times they feared for their personal safety at public meetings attended by angry constituents; some even reported receiving death threats. Having recently received a death threat myself, I believe their concerns are credible and highlight the risk of harm that exists in attending public events. But the risk is not isolated to elected officials. So how can we ask our constituents to …
