Here is an article written by SFGATE.com news. Now this mask mandate is really hurting people who live here and folks who want to travel to Charleston.
Wearing a mask while outside in the City is such a violation of our rights. Keeping Charleston in a state of emergency to enforce a mask mandate is hurting businesses severly and the Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg is ok with it!
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's biggest city wrote nearly 50 tickets to people who weren't wearing masks on city sidewalks on Super Bowl Sunday.
Charleston's emergency mask ordinance requires people to wear masks outside at all times with a few exceptions, including socially distant exercise.
Police officers and officers from Charleston's Tourism and Livability department combined to patrol bars and restaurants and issued at least 47 tickets.
The tickets are $100 for a first offense and get more expensive with each additional violation.
A few weeks ago, Columbia did its own mask crackdown in one of the city's bar and restaurant areas popular with college students.From Jan. 22-23, the city issued more than 110 mask tickets, officials said. A different crackdown in November in the same area around Five Points saw more than 100 tickets issue.
PLEASE don't let the City Mayor John Tecklenburg sit back and ruin Charleston's economy. Are we really in a state of emergency?
So many people have spent their entire lives to build their businesses just to sit back and let this reckless Mayor destroy our wonderful city. Please call the mayors office ASAP (843) 577-6970 and stand up for your rights. Remember, Mayors don't make laws.
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