COVID-19 State of emergency Public Comment from Julie BaldridgeFrom:Julie D
To:Kalispell Meetings Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL] NO Declaration of State of Local Disaster Emergency due to COVID-19!!!!!!!!
Date:Monday, April 6, 2020 2:28:54 PM
Dear Kalispell city council members:
Please vote NO tonight on declaring a State of Local Disaster Emergency in the city of
Kalispell!!
This action would be an EGREGIOUS overstep of both the Montana State Constitution andthe United States Constitution.
We are ADULTS. We live in the FREE United States of America. We do not need our city
government enforcing curfews or putting any other restrictions on us.
You are quarantining HEALTHY people.
Is the City Council going to declare a state of emergency in Kalispell every time Flu Seasonhits? 60,000 people died from the flu in the 2018-2019 flu season. Why didn't you enact a
city-wide shut down then? Because it is preposterous, that's why. And so will it be if you doit tonight.
And while I'm at it -- and because I use Pulbic Works water and sewer -- the increased rates
are ridiculous. You are going to cause a lot of hardship on people whose paychecks arealready at their limits (and worsening daily because of the mandates that government keeps
piling on us). Perhaps some increase is understandable. But $13 a month for almost 20months plus more increases monthly until 2025??? COME ON!
Again, Please vote NO tonight on declaring a State of Local Disaster Emergency in the city of
Kalispell!!
Sincerely,
Julie BaldridgeKalispell