This Thanksgiving, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is encouraging citizens to call the police on their neighbors who violate her latest executive order, which includes a six-person limit from two households maximum on in-home gatherings.
“Look, this is no different than what happens if there’s a party down the street and it’s keeping everyone awake. What do neighbors do? They call law enforcement because it’s too noisy,” the Democratic governor explained. “This is just like that. It’s like a violation of a noise ordinance.”
Anonymous reporting systems have been implemented across U.S. county health departments and on college campuses where students are encouraged to turn in fellow classmates who violate university COVID rules.
In April, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio urged his constituents to monitor, photograph and report each other for violating social distancing guidelines. The tip line was quickly flooded with off-color texts including photos of middle fingers and “dick pics” — so many that the city had to temporarily shut down the service.
When statewide shelter-in-place orders were handed down this spring, police departments in states like Delaware and New Jersey used drone surveillance to enforce social distancing in both public and private spaces.
Oregon’s latest health restrictions went into effect last Wednesday, and include limits on social gatherings (indoor or outdoor) to no more than six people from two households, limiting worship services to 25 people, and a maximum of 75 percent capacity for grocery and retail stores. It also requires all businesses to mandate that employees work from home when possible, closes outdoor and indoor recreational facilities, including gyms, and limits restaurants and bars to take-out service only.
People who violate Brown’s orders this Thanksgiving could face misdemeanor penalties of up to 30 days in jail, fines of up to $1,250, or both.
Oregonians who want to have a Thanksgiving celebration with their loved ones this year will have to sneak guests in through the back door, close the curtains and blinds, and hide the incriminating 25-pound turkey.
••••
The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate, and for this we are grateful and excited! But we must also be practical. For 7 years we have not asked for any donations, and have built this project with our own funds as we grew. We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent. So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit them. Nothing is too small. We thank you for all your support and your considerations … (TLB)
••••
Comment Policy: As a privately owned web site, we reserve the right to remove comments that contain spam, advertising, vulgarity, threats of violence, racism, or personal/abusive attacks on other users. This also applies to trolling, the use of more than one alias, or just intentional mischief. Enforcement of this policy is at the discretion of this websites administrators. Repeat offenders may be blocked or permanently banned without prior warning.
••••
Disclaimer: TLB websites contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available to our readers under the provisions of “fair use” in an effort to advance a better understanding of political, health, economic and social issues. The material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving it for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes other than “fair use” you must request permission from the copyright owner.
••••
Disclaimer: The information and opinions shared are for informational purposes only including, but not limited to, text, graphics, images and other material are not intended as medical advice or instruction. Nothing mentioned is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
Leave a Reply