The Palm Beach County Commission will discuss requiring face masks to be worn in public.
COULD ACT ON THE NEW HEALTHADVISORY.
MANY OF YOU ARETALKING ABOUT IT ON OURW-P-T-V FACEBOOK PAGE.
IN JUSTHOURS, PALM BEACH COUNTYLEADERS WILL CONSIDER APROPOSAL TO REQUIRE MASKS INPUBLIC PLACES.W-P-T-V NEWS CHANNEL 5'SKAMREL EPPINGER IS LIVE INLAKE WORTH.
KAM, A LOT OFOPINIONS ON BOTH SIDES OF THISONE.WE'RE HERE IN LAKE WORTH, ANAREA THATS CONSIDERED TO BE AHOTSPOT FOR THE VIRUS.
WE KNOWTHE VIRUS HAS ALREADY INFECTEDMORE THAN 100,THOUSAND PEOPLELIVING IN FLORIDA.
A MASKMANDATE FOR THE COUNTY HASBECOME A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUEAND ITS GETTING A LOT OFATTENTION.LAST WEEK THIS MEASURE WASBROUGHT UP BY COMMISSIONERGREG WEISS FOR FIRST TIME.
HEPROPOSED THE IDEA AS A A MEANSTO CONTAIN THE SPREAD.
TODAYCOMMISSIONERS ARE EXPECTED TOREVISIT THE ISSUE.
ACCORDINGTO THE PALM BEACH POST, AMAJORITY OF COUNTY LEADERS AREALREADY IN SUPPORT OF THEIDEA, INCLUDING COUNTY MAYORDAVE KERNER, AND COMMISSIONERSMACK BERNARD AND MELISSAMCKINLAY.
A MASK MASK MANDATEIS ALREADY IN PLACE IN SEVERALAREAS ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDAINCLUDING MIAMI DADE, BROWARDTAMPA AND ORANGE COUNTY.
ITSSTILL UNCLEAR HOW THE PROPOSALWOULD BE ENFORCED IF PASSED,THATS SOMETHING WE HOPE TOLEARN AT TODYAS MEETINGMEETING.MEANWHILE THE COUNTYCOMMISSION IS STILL WAITING ONTHE GOVERNOR TO APPROVE ITSREQUEST TO ENTER PHASE TWO OFFLORIDAS REOPENING PLAN.TODAYS MEETING IS SET FOR 9:30THIS MORNING.
WE ALSO KNOWMEANWHILE THE COUNTYCOMMISSION IS STILL WAITING ON
Several people were seen on Clematis St. Saturday night with and without masks after county leaders passed an emergency order..
Face masks are mandatory in Palm Beach County
