Started by Becca Peter
Sep 26, 2021

My children are too young to be vaccinated and I would like to avoid being in stores when the anti-maskers are staging their group shopping events.

Comment by Nathan Donnelly
Sep 29, 2021

This is not a protest against the mandates. As l.b. already mentioned, law enforcement is already not enforcing them so what's her problem. This is a protest against business owners by people who are indignant about being asked to consider anyone other than themselves.
If I did own one of those businesses I would be implemen ... Read All

Comment by Heike And Terry
Sep 27, 2021

Uncanny how the writing style and sentiments of the post match that of an anti-masker whose name also starts with an L and who tried to organize an anti-masking rally in the village a few months ago.

The About statement is odd too (“seen the Islands change from a more conservative farming and fish ... Read All

Comment by Jean Behnke
Sep 26, 2021

Thanks Mike for your articulate, informed post.

To clarify, my sarcasm was to “thank” Lori Boyd for making her/this lunatic fringe public.

Yes I do appreciate Becca for posting this. ... Read All

Comment by Mike Colyar
Sep 26, 2021

Jean, et. all,

Two things. One small and one large.

The first being that in your second paragraph, the one in parenthesis, it sounds like you are crediting some Lori Boyd person with bri ... Read All

Comment by Steve Snowden
Sep 26, 2021

The San Juans have gone from 185 Covid-19 cases on July first to 300 cases today. As a group we've taken our eye off the ball, but mostly it is due to a selfish minority who prefer to believe ignorant self-interested politicians and random people on Youtube rather than scientists who have spent their entire professional careers studying infection disea ... Read All

Comment by Jean Behnke
Sep 26, 2021

This private FB site "A Place for the Rest of Us" is overtly and openly divisive to our island community, as is the post by this person promoting actions against local and state mask mandates. We are a community of unique people but this is the language of sore losers and separatists.

(she ... Read All

Comment by Becca Peter
Sep 26, 2021

This was posted in a private Facebook group called "A Place For The Rest Of Us Islanders"

Comment by Mike Colyar
Sep 26, 2021

Becca,

Where did you read this stuff from Lori Boyd? Is this a Lopez thing? I, too, would rather avoid gatherings of lunatics.

Mike