My colleagues may be speaking for the very loud minority in St. Louis County that has simply had enough of the pandemic and want the freedom to live like we aren't in the middle of a global pandemic. But I'm speaking for the majority of St. Louis Countians when I say that we feel better with public health officials issuing orders that keep us safe and ensure that our healthcare infrastructure doesn't collapse under the weight of this pandemic.
By now we all know someone who has lost a loved one to Covid 19. 990 St. Louis Countians and counting have lost their lives.
Yet our Council sits week after week after week, poking and prodding at the County Executive, making up laws that don't fit in our systems of government, spreading untruths about what our system of government can and should do, all while 990 of our neighbors have lost their lives. While our hospitals are packed, and our healthcare workers risk their own lives while struggling to keep up to save lives.
And we sit fighting about power.
These questions were asked loudly and vociferously in the weeks leading up to the election, and on November 3rd, 60% of St. Louis County told us who they want in charge of this crisis. And it wasn't the politicians sitting on the Council. We have a County that will need re-imagining and rebuilding on the other side of this crisis, and all of our energy is better spent finding solutions than continuing to wage an election that was won on November 3rd. By Dr. Page. And me.
