Is Closing Parks The Straw That Broke The Camel’s Back?

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Here at The Bob & Steve Show we’ve been complaining about government’s response to COVID-19 for the past three weeks on the radio show. This past week we had attorney Mike Mulligan on the show to discuss the fact he has offered to represent, pro bono, members of the clergy cited for holding services during the Lenten Season.

Back on March 16 I wrote a piece comparing swine flu to coronavirus, I wrote in part:

I am no expert, but I do know swine flu was nasty! I remember. Back then I was living with “she who shall remain nameless” and one of her kids got it, then I was infected with Swine Flu. It sucked!

Nobody gave a damn that I had swine flu, not even Bob who was chairman of the Cumberland County Republicans at the time. All he cared about was that I could still do my job. I didn’t tell anyone else and I still did my job – from home.

Some schools did close during the Swine Flu outbreak, but not nearly as many as are closing now for Coronavirus. The school that “she who shall remain nameless” kids went to didn’t close.

People were cautious but not crazy, not like today.

Now the craziest of things has happened. Governor Phil Murphy has ordered all state and county parks and forests closed indefinitely.

For the most part Gov. Murphy has been able to trample all over our civil liberties and almost no one has fought him. Anyone who dared to complain was accused of not caring about others who may come down with coronavirus.

Closing parks might be the straw that broke the camel’s back! Republican Assemblyman Parker Space took to social media to say, “I’ve about had enough!!”

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Republican candidate for Governor, former Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli posted a video urging Murphy to change his mind:

Frankly, it’s nice to see Republicans finally start to fight back against the trampling of our civil liberties.

Fighting back does not mean we take COVID 19 lightly. It doesn’t mean we don’t find it dangerous. Fighting back simply means we recognize there are other ways to fight the disease. Neither Sweden nor Taiwan are shutting down businesses and trampling on freedom, but they are taking sensible precautions.

Perhaps we could learn something from Sweden and Taiwan. Until then, thank you Parker Space and Jack Ciattarelli for making sense and fighting for us.