TYB
I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day!
Houston Fire Dept responded to more than 500 overcrowding complaints Memorial Day weekend, but no citations were issued
HOUSTON — Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner says he is still pushing compliance over punishment in getting the city's bars and clubs to follow capacity limits ordered by the state.
Houston Fire Chief Sam Peña said his investigators responded to over 500 overcrowding complaints during the Memorial Day weekend. He said all of those were handled successfully through voluntary compliance.
On Sunday, Turner vowed to enforce the state’s new 25% capacity limit on bars and clubs. He said his decision is in response to social media videos that showed blatant violations of the rules.
But just a couple days earlier, Mayor Turner had said the city would not be writing citations until they know the state supports them.
The Houston firefighters' union called it a political flip-flop and said HFD inspectors and arson investigators should not be made to be the mayor’s “political enforcers."
“If anyone is saying that the order shouldn’t be enforced— come on, that’s what we said last week, but people are violating, fragrantly violating the orders, and from a public health point of view, it’s important that we maintain control.”
Mayor Turner reiterated this is the governor’s order. He said he’s hopeful the state will support Houston in their enforcement.
https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/houston-mayor-pushing-compliance-or-punishment-as-firefighters-respond-to-hundreds-of-overcrowding-complaints/285-745bd758-e032-4f15-868d-631b1efcd1f4?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot
It's always been about control. The mayor didn't even try to hide it:
>If anyone is saying that the order shouldn’t be enforced— come on, that’s what we said last week, but people are violating, fragrantly violating the orders, and from a public health point of view, it’s important that we maintain control.”
Shills everywhere
Here is the template I used to make the tyranny meme.