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[00:00:04]

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

IF YOU ALL WOULD PLEASE KEEP IT DOWN.

WE'RE GOING TO RESTART OUR MEETING.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP YET, WE HAVE SIGN UP SHEET UP HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE REGULAR TOWN COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, JULY 26TH, 2021.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE

[1. MOMENT OF SILENCE]

JOIN US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU.

[2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

NOW, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, LIVE OUT COUNSELING NATION.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

.

THANK YOU.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IN, UH, A LITTLE SOMETHING ALL SCHEDULE HERE AND, UM, LET, UH, COUNCILMAN MAYS, UM, MAKE A STATEMENT.

MAYOR HOLLOWAY, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND CITIZENS OF FRONT ROYAL.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A FEW MINUTES BEFORE TONIGHT'S MEETING TO ADDRESS EVERYBODY FRONT ROYAL IS MY HOME.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT'LL ALWAYS BE SPECIAL TO ME.

I FIRST FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS TOWN WHILE ATTENDING COLLEGE HERE 20 YEARS AGO.

AND AFTER COMPLETING MY EDUCATION IN KANSAS, I CHOSE TO RETURN TO FRONT ROYAL FOR ITS BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR ITS EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE AND WHOLESOME COMMUNITY, THIS IS A PERFECT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, PLAY, AND RAISE A FAMILY.

IT REFLECTS THE VALUES OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY, FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY.

I FELT THE CALLING TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY SO THAT I COULD HELP RETAIN THE FABRIC AND VALUES OF FRONT ROYAL FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

IT WAS WITH THAT IN MIND THAT I ACCEPTED COUNSEL'S APPOINTMENT IN JANUARY.

AND WHILE MY CURRENT, ONE OF MY CURRENT TERM ON COUNCIL LYNN SOON, I FEEL THE NEED TO RESIGN MY POSITION AND CONTINUE MY COMMITMENT AND SERVICE TO FRONT ROYAL AND ITS CITIZENS THROUGH OTHER WAYS.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'M A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND A FATHER OF FIVE BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN.

AND MY FAMILY COMES FIRST.

THEY HAVE BEEN MY BIGGEST FANS AND I HAVE PROUDLY GIVEN UP THEIR TIME WITH ME EVERY MONDAY NIGHT FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS, FOR THE SAKE OF THE COMMUNITY.

THEY LOVE.

I ALSO WORK FOR VALLEY HEALTH, ONE OF THE FRONT FRONT ROYAL'S LARGEST EMPLOYERS AND THE PLACE OF THE PLACE THAT MOST OF US GO WHEN IN NEED OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES, I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF AND THE WAY VALLEY HEALTH HAS SERVED AND SUPPORTED THE PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE SEVERAL ISSUES REGARDING VALLEY HEALTH THAT WILL SOON COME BEFORE COUNCIL, WHICH WILL CONTINUALLY PLACE ME IN A DIFFICULT POSITION, EITHER DIRECTLY AS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR INDIRECTLY MANAGING THROUGH THE PERCEPTIONS.

THEREFORE I'M ENDING MY SERVICE ON THE TOWN COUNCIL EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE I HAVE FAITH IN ELECTED GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS LEADERS WHO CONTINUE TO WORK HARD AND SERVE AND PROMOTE FRONT ROYAL.

I WANT TO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR TOWN STAFF FOR THEIR TIRELESS WORK.

I APPRECIATE ALL THEIR SERVICE.

THANK YOU.

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MS. PRESLEY, CAN WE

[3. ROLL CALL]

HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? MAYOR HOLLOWAY, VICE MAYOR.

COCKREL HERE.

THANKS GILLESPIE.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN LLOYD HERE.

COUNCILMAN MCFADDEN HERE.

COUNCILMAN THOMPSON PRESENT.

THANK YOU.

[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – Regular Meeting minutes of June 28, 2021]

NEXT APPROVAL OF MINUTES, REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF JUNE 28TH, 2021.

MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE REGULAR MEETING.

THE MINUTES OF JUNE THE 28TH, 2021.

THAT'S PRESENTED THERE A SECOND.

SECOND, HAVE A SECOND.

DO WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? VICE MAYOR.

COCKREL YES.

COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE.

YES.

COUNCILMAN LLOYD.

YES.

COUNCILMAN MCFADDEN.

YES.

COUNCILMAN THOMPSON.

THANK YOU.

[6. RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS/REPORTS– - Recognition of Government Finance Officers Association Award to the Town’s Finance Department - Report from Brandon Davis of Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission – 10 minutes]

NEXT RECOGNITION, AWARDS AND REPORTS.

UM, RECOGNITION OF GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AWARD TO THE TOWN FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

STEVEN, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITIZENS, UH, LIKE DJ WILSON, IF YOU DON'T MIND, LET'S COME OUT.

SO A MARIN COUNCIL EACH YEAR, THE, UH, GOVERNMENT OF FINANCIAL, UH, OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION, UH, THEY RECOGNIZE, UH, LOCALITIES THAT DO PRETTY DARN GOOD WORK WITH FINANCE, UH, EXCELLENT COMMUNITY.

SO THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION UNITED STATES HAS AWARDED THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND FINANCIAL REPORTING TO THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL FOR ITS COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2020.

THE REPORT HAS BEEN JUDGED BY IMPARTIAL PANEL TO MEET THE HIGH STANDARDS OF THE PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES DEMONSTRATING A CONSTRUCTIVE SPIRIT OF FULL DISCLOSURE TRANSPARENCY, AND TO CLEARLY COMMUNICATE ITS FINANCIAL STORY AND MOTIVATE POTENTIAL USERS AND USER GROUPS TO READ THE REPORT.

THIS ACHIEVEMENT IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF RECOGNITION IN THE AREA OF GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING.

AND ITS ATTAINMENT REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT BY A GOVERNMENT AND ITS GOVERNMENT BODY, THEREFORE BJ WILSON ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN MANAGER, OFFICE AND COUNCIL.

UH, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

HOW MANY YEARS HAS THIS BEEN SINCE YOU'VE, UM, I'VE BEEN WITH THE TOWN FOR 13 YEARS AND WE'VE OBTAINED IT EVERY YEAR, BUT THIS IS THE 34TH YEAR FOR THE TALENT SIDE.

YEAH.

AND SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IT'S A TRUE REFLECTION.

I ONLY OF A BOT HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING OUR BUDGET, BUT ALSO HOW THE GOVERNING BODY AND STAFF MANAGED THEIR PHONES.

SO BJ AGAIN, GREAT JOB.

BUT IF YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS BY ALL MEANS, UH, A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THIS GOES OUT TO MY STAFF.

I HAVE A TREMENDOUS STAFF THAT HELPS US OBTAIN THIS EVERY YEAR.

IT'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON, NOT JUST MYSELF, BUT, UH, THE STAFFS AND MY, UM, UH, MY APPRECIATION SURELY GOES OUT TO THEM AND ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK.

MARY, YOU WANT TO JOIN ME IN TO GIVE THIS CERTIFICATE? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

THE NEXT REPORT FROM BRANDON DAVIS, NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY, REGIONAL BRANDON.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BEFORE YOU DECEIVE RUNNING AS NORMAL.

I WILL CHOOSE A TOPIC TO DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER INTO RATHER THAN TRYING TO COVER THE BROAD STROKE OF EVERYTHING THAT OUR ORGANIZATION DOES.

I AM BRANDON DAVIS, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY REGIONAL COMMISSION.

WE WERE CREATED BY THE GOVERNMENTS IN THE NORTHERN SHENANDOAH VALLEY TO HELP THEM WORK TOGETHER.

DO THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE SENSE TO DO TOGETHER OR ARE CHEAPER TO DO TOGETHER.

WE MEET, UH, MANDATES THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MET INDIVIDUALLY, BUT MAKE MORE SENSE TO MEET ON A REGIONAL BASIS OR A SMALL GOVERNMENT.

THERE'S ONLY 10 EMPLOYEES THERE, UH, FOR THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION WE'VE BEEN AROUND ABOUT 50 YEARS.

SO THIS IS AS BIG AS WE'VE EVER BEEN.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS THAT AFFECT FRONT ROYAL, BUT THERE'S ONE THAT HAS RECENTLY COME ONLINE, UH, THAT I BELIEVE WILL BE TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR NOT ONLY THE REGION, BUT FRONT ROYAL DUE IN LARGE PART TO YOUR LOCATION, UH, AT WHERE THE PROPOSED PROJECT COULD

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BEGIN.

YOU ALL HAVE, UH, PASSED A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR A PROPOSED RAIL TRAIL PROJECT TO TAKE AN INACTIVE, UH, NORFOLK SOUTHERN LINE THAT RUNS FROM FRONT ROYAL, ALL THE WAY TO BROADWAY, ALMOST 50 MILES AND ADAPT AND CREATE AN ADAPTIVE REUSE AS A MULTI-USE TRAIL, CONNECTING THOSE COMMUNITIES AND ECONOMIES THAT COME ACROSS THAT REGION.

THERE'VE BEEN 18.

OTHER RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT PASSED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UH, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND MY REGIONAL ORGANIZATION, UH, IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT AS WELL.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR STATE AND LOCAL AND FEDERAL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO TRY TO POSITION THIS PROJECT IS ONE THAT COULD BE FUNDED WITH ANY OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST NOW AND ARE COMING DOWN THE PIKE.

AND AS PART OF THAT, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DURING ITS LAST SPECIAL SESSION DIRECTED A FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS TO BE PERFORMED BY A DCR, THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND RECREATION WITH SUPPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF RAIL AND PUBLIC PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AS WELL AS VITA VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, A DCR KNOWS TRAILS, DCR KNOWS PARKS, VI KNOWS, CONSTRUCTION, VEDA KNOWS BRIDGES.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO HELP THEM COLLABORATE AND CREATE HOPEFULLY A REPORT THAT WILL BE DELIVERED BEFORE THE NEXT GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION THAT SAYS THAT THIS PROJECT IS AND IS ACTUALLY FEASIBLE.

AND WE'LL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO GET THERE, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO SEEK THE RIGHT FUNDING IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS THING WORK.

BUT I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT THUS FAR TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT.

I'M CURRENTLY THE CHAIR OF THE PARTNERSHIP THAT IS WORKING TO DEVELOP THIS ON THE LOCAL LEVEL.

UH, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR YOU NEED ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON IT OR WOULD LIKE TO GET PLUGGED IN, JUST REACH OUT TO ME, I'LL BE GLAD TO HELP YOU ALL.

SO ANY QUESTIONS I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THEM.

OTHERWISE I'LL LET YOU GET ON WITH YOUR AGENDA THIS EVENING.

ANYBODY.

OKAY.

THANKS, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS.

TAKE CARE.

THANK YOU.

NEXT,

[7. PUBLIC COMMENTS (COMMENTS NOT RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS) (Part 1 of 2)]

UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS IS PRESLEY.

DID WE HAVE ANYONE THAT MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK TONIGHT? YES, SIR.

WE HAVE 51 SIGN UP.

UM, SO I'M WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY TWO MINUTES TO SAY THEIR PIECE.

SO IF YOU WOULD, UH, AT THE END OF YOUR TWO MINUTES, IF YOU USE YOUR FULL TWO MINUTES, PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR SEAT SO EVERYONE CAN GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

FIRST UP, JOHN LUNDBERG, MAYOR HOLLOWAY AND MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JOHN LUMBERGH.

I LIVE AT 2 0 3 PEACHTREE COURT IN FRONT ROYAL.

I'M HERE TODAY TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF SCOTT LLOYD'S ORDINANCE.

WHAT CONCERNS ME MOST ABOUT THIS ISSUE IS THE HEALTHCARE CRISIS THAT HAS BEEN CREATED IN FRONT ROYAL WHEN VALLEY HEALTH, THE ORGANIZATION THAT OWNS A MONOPOLY OF HEALTHCARE IN OUR TOWN ISSUED A MANDATE REQUIRING ALL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, INFANT ROYALS, NEW HOSPITAL, AND TWO URGENT CARE FACILITIES TO BE INJECTED WITH EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS OR FACE SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THIS CRISIS.

YOU NEED ANSWERS TO SOME QUESTIONS.

FIRST AS THE TOWN COUNCIL SEEN SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT MAKES THIS DRASTIC ACTION NECESSARY TO THIS HIP VALLEY HEALTH HAVE AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF HOW MANY PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE WILL BE PUSHED OUT BY THIS MANDATE AND HOW THEY'LL BE REPLACED.

THREE VALLEY HEALTHY CEO.

MARK NANCY HAS SAID THAT FEAR AND PARANOIA ARE PREVENTING MANY OF THE EMPLOYEE OF HIS EMPLOYEES FROM BEING VACCINATED.

WHAT RESEARCH DOES HE HAVE TO SUPPORT THIS OUTRAGEOUS ASSERTIONS ABOUT PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL PEOPLE AND WILL OUR HEALTH CARE BE JEOPARDIZED BY HIS OPINION? NEXT, WHAT IMPACT WILL THIS MANDATE HAVE ON THE MORALE OF EMPLOYEES WHO ARE FORCED TO SUBMIT TO THE MANDATE FOR ECONOMIC REASONS WHO COULD BLAME THEM FOR BEING DISGRUNTLED AND HOW WILL THAT TRANSLATE AND POSSIBLY INTO PAD HEALTHCARE FOR US NEXT? IS THERE EVIDENCE THAT THE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE WILL INCREASE BECAUSE OF THE MANDATE? I'VE SEEN A LETTER FROM ONE DOCTOR WHO SAYS HE WILL DISRESPECT ASSOCIATE HIMSELF FROM VALLEY HEALTH RATHER THAN COMPLY WITH THE MANDATE, WILL OTHER PROFESSIONALS FOLLOW AND LAST HAS VALLEY HEALTH TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

THE RATIONALE OF THE CURRENT GUIDELINES, THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AMA ISSUED JUST LAST MONTH THAT RECOMMENDS AGAINST THE VACCINE MANDATE UNTIL THE VACCINE HAS RECEIVED FULL FDA APPROVAL, WHICH THE COVID SHOT DOES NOT HAVE IN CLOSING.

[00:15:01]

I WISH TO MAKE TWO POINTS.

THE FIRST IS THAT HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND I AM ONE OF THEM BELIEVE THAT VALLEY HEALTH MANDATE WILL CREATE A LASTING SCAR AND ILL WILL WITH BOTH THE PARTYING AND REMAINING EMPLOYEES AND ALSO A RIFT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY BY PASSING SCORE, SCOTT LLOYD'S ORDINANCE, WE MAY FORCE VALLEY HEALTH TO RETHINK THE KONIJN MANDATE.

THE SECOND POINT IS THE BELLY HEALTH HAS NEVER REALLY EXPLAINED IN UNDERSTANDABLE LANGUAGE.

THE REASON FOR THEIR BIZARRE MANDATE SCIENCE IS CERTAINLY NOT ON THEIR SIDE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF NOTABLE PHYSICIANS AND SCIENTISTS, ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO MANDATORY VACCINES FOR EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS.

ONE SUSPECTS.

IF WE FOLLOW THE MONEY THAT WE MAY FIND THAT VALLEY HEALTH IS DOING THIS FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.

AND THAT IS IF THAT IS THE CASE SHAME ON VALLEY HEALTH FOR PUTTING PROFITS AHEAD OF HEALTH CARE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS SCOTT LOUIS.

JORDAN IS NEXT, TOM MCFADDEN.

UH, GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ORDINARILY, I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH REASON FOR A PUBLIC AUTHORITY DIDN'T INVOLVE ITSELF IN THE PERSONNEL AFFAIRS OF A PRIVATE COMPANY, BUT A VALLEY HEALTH IS NOT A PUBLIC COMPANY.

IT'S HOSPITALS ALL HAVE FOUNDATIONS THAT SEEK DONATIONS AND PUBLIC.

SO IT'S LIKE A PUBLICLY SUPPORTED CHARITY VALLEY HEALTH WEBSITE PROMOTES ITSELF AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, IT PROMOTES ITSELF IN A KIND OF A WARM AND FUZZY WAY.

SO ALSO VALLEY HEALTH IS A MONOPOLY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA POINT.

A REALLY GREAT POINT.

JOHN JUST MADE, NOT ONLY DID THEY OWN THE HOSPITALS, BUT THEY ARE NOW MONOPOLIZING THE URGENT CARE FACILITIES BUYING UP DOCTORS PRACTICES FOR, UH, RECENTLY A DOCTOR I'VE BEEN GOING TO SHANNON TO KNOW MEDICAL ASSOCIATES FOR SIX YEARS.

I JUST REALIZED THEY WERE BOUGHT BY BY VALLEY HEALTH DOCTOR HAD TO SELL HIS PRACTICE.

UH, SO ANYHOW, UM, FOR THAT REASON ALONE, NAMELY THAT VALLEY HEALTH HAS A MONOPOLY, UM, THAT, UH, FELLA HEALTH TAKES SOME ACTIONS WHICH COULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT'S CERTAINLY THE RIGHT OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS, SUCH AS YOURSELF, REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT, TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS OF VALLEY HEALTH.

IF MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH VALLEY HEALTH EXECUTIVES REGARDING THE REASONS FOR THIS IS WHAT JOHN DESCRIBED, BIZARRE, UH, TREATMENT PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.

I MEAN, THIS IS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE 19TH CENTURY, TREATING PEOPLE THAT WAY.

AND THOSE EXECUTIVES HAVE GIVEN YOU THEIR REASONS FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

I WISH YOU'D SHARE THEM WITH US, UH, AND YOU KNOW, HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE INTERNET COMMUNITY AND YOU KNOW, WHY ARE THEY DOING IT AND SO FORTH.

BUT I HAVE A VERY BAD FEELING THAT THIS HAS TO DO WITH FEDERAL MONEY.

AND, UH, AND IF THAT'S THE REASON THAT WOULD REALLY BE A BAD, BAD REASON TO ACT, OH, THANK YOU.

I HOPE YOU'LL PURSUE OH, ROBERT, ADAM, I'M SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT ROBERT ED NICHE 9 0 1 7, STONEWALL JACKSON HIGHWAY FRONT ROYAL COUNCILMAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, FOR THE TIME THIS EVENING, UH, WE ALL HEARD, UH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT VALLEY HEALTH HERE FROM JOHN AND THE OTHER GENTLEMEN, UM, YOU KNOW, VALLEY HEALTH HAS KIND OF DONE THIS COMMUNITY OVER A FEW TIMES WITH THE, UH, LACK OF A WOMEN'S CENTER.

AND, UH, AGAIN, I'M NOT PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE IN TAXES, AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WHAMMY, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE OF FRONT ROYAL, NOT JUST FRONT ROYAL.

WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING ALL THE WAY FROM WEST VIRGINIA TO WORK HERE, RIGHT? THIS IS A, UH, THIS IS A, AN EMPLOYER OF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE.

HOWEVER, HERE IN A WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THERE'S A, I MAY BE WRONG ABOUT THIS, BUT I THINK THERE MIGHT BE MORE CONTRACTOR NURSES THAN ARE OUR ACTUAL LOCAL NURSES THAT WORK HERE, RIGHT? SO THEY CAN'T KEEP LOCAL PEOPLE HERE BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY TREAT THEIR EMPLOYEES.

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THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME ARE AFFECTED BY YOUR DECISION TONIGHT.

MY OWN MOTHER JUST LEFT VALLEY HEALTH TO GO 30 MINUTES DOWN THE ROAD TO HAYMARKET.

SHE WAS AN ICU NURSE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE PATIENTS FROM THE OLD HOSPITAL, THE NEW HOSPITAL.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH THAT OLD HOSPITAL? ANYWAY, SHE'S GOING TO BECOME AN EYESORE IN FRONT ROYAL.

WHAT RECOURSE DO THESE EMPLOYEES HAVE BEHIND ME? THEY'RE NURSES, DOCTORS, CNHS PHYSICAL THERAPISTS ASSISTANTS.

YOU NAME IT.

WHY DO THEY HAVE TO HAVE A MEDICAL OR RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION TO NOT GET A VACCINE? WHAT, WHY CAN'T PEOPLE JUST LOOK AT SOMETHING FOR THEIR SELVES AND SAY, YEAH, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA OR A BAD IDEA, YOU KNOW, FOR A REAL RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION, THEY WANT YOU TO GO BEFORE A BOARD, RIGHT? TO SEE IF YOU'RE RELIGIOUS ENOUGH TO PASS THEIR LITMUS TEST.

WELL, WHAT DOES THAT LITMUS TEST LOOK LIKE TO SAY? THE SCIENCE IN THIS SHOT, YOU KNOW, IS, IS SETTLED, IS RIDICULOUS.

THERE ARE A TON OF DOCTORS WHO ARE FOR IT.

THERE ARE A TON WHO WERE AGAINST IT, YOU KNOW, TO SEE ITS, UH, ITS EFFECTIVENESS IS TO BE SEEN YET.

SO WHY DO WE WANT TO LET PEOPLE INJECT US, INJECT OUR LOVED ONES WITH SOMETHING JUST SO THEY CAN GET A PAYCHECK.

WHAT'S THAT GOING TO DO TO OUR ECONOMY? ARE YOU GOING TO BRING IN MORE AGENCY NURSES FROM TEXAS? MY MOM'S HOUSING TO AGENCY NURSES AT HER HOUSE RIGHT NOW IN FRONT ROYAL WHO WERE WORKING AT ONE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

WE CAN STOP THIS MADNESS RIGHT HERE TONIGHT.

YOU'VE SEEN WHAT'S GOING ON IN FRANCE AND IRELAND TODAY.

I HOPE THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT HERE.

IS CORPORATE DESPOTISM AT ITS FINEST.

PLEASE VOTE FOR MR. LLOYD'S PROPOSAL.

KRISTA DANESH.

I AM MESSING THAT UP TERRIBLY.

SORRY.

CHRISTA 90 17 STONEWALL JACKSON HIGHWAY.

I'M GUESSING MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING MAINSTREAM NEWS AND KEEP HEARING THAT THESE INJECTIONS ARE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE, BUT THIS COULD NOT BE FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH.

WE ARE CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING IN THE COVID INJECTION TRIALS AS WE SPEAK AND THEY'RE FAR FROM OVER.

SO THE SCIENCE HAS NOT BEEN SETTLED.

WE'VE HEARD FROM PEOPLE IN OUR OWN GOVERNMENT, TOUTING SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.

AND I HAVE YET TO SEE A STUDY TO SUPPORT THIS CLAIM.

I DO.

HOWEVER, SEE LOTS OF DATA, WHICH MANY EPIDEMIOLOGISTS WORLD, WORLD RENOWNED DOCTORS AND VIROLOGISTS HAVE BEEN SPEAKING UP ABOUT, BUT THEY'VE BEEN CENSORED TO PLATFORMS, YOU KNOW, FOR STATING THESE FACTS THAT GO AGAINST WHAT THE MEDIA IS TELLING YOU.

YOU ARE SITTING IN YOUR CHAIR ON THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE GOD ALLOWS YOU TO THIS.

LIFE IS A TEST AND YOU'RE BEING CHALLENGED AND GRADED.

YOU HAVE A FIDUCIARY DUTY TO UPHOLD THE TENANTS OF WHAT OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED UPON.

OUR RIGHTS ARE NOT MERELY GIVEN TO US BY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT RATHER UPHELD BY THEM.

OUR RIGHTS COME FROM OUR CREATOR AND NO LAW CAN STAND IN CONTRADICTION TO WHAT GOD HAS INSTITUTED.

DESPITE THE EVER-CHANGING WINDS, WE KNOW THAT GOD DOES NOT MAKE MISTAKES.

AND HE CERTAINLY DID NOT.

WHEN HE DESIGNED OUR BODIES, DO WE REALLY THINK WE CAN IMPROVE ON HIS CREATION? THAT'S PRIDEFUL.

AND WE KNOW THAT PRIDE WILL BE STRUCK DOWN WHEN HE CREATED US.

HE SAY, HE STATED THAT THIS WAS GOOD FOUR TIMES.

SO WHEN YOU FAIL IN YOUR DUTY TO UPHOLD WHAT IS RIGHT AND JUST IN GOD'S EYES, WE HAVE A DUTY AS PEOPLE TO STAND ALONE OR UNITED IN THE TRUTH, THE TRUTH WILL NOT CHANGE AND WILL NOT BE PERVERTED TO SUIT ANY MAN OR ANY NARRATIVE.

WE ARE PEOPLE THAT STAND UPON TRUTH.

WE SEE THAT THESE INJECTIONS ARE HARMING OUR CHILDREN, OUR PARENTS, OUR GRANDPARENTS, AND OUR PATIENTS.

WE DON'T WANT TO INJECT OUR BODY WITH SOMETHING THAT WILL PERVERT IT AND CHANGE OR POLLUTE WHAT GOD HAS CREATED PERFECTLY.

AND I CAN QUOTE A BUNCH OF SCRIPTURE, BUT I'VE ONLY GOT TWO MINUTES.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT, YOU CAN SEE ME AFTER.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT GOD HAS SET OUT FOR US IN HIS PERFECT DIVINE NATURE.

AND ALSO CONSIDER THAT VACCINES CONTAIN ANIMAL BYPRODUCTS, ABORTED FETAL TISSUE, WHICH IS DEVELOPED USING CELL LINES FROM ABORTED FETUSES.

WE ARE TO REJECT THEM.

THIS IS A POLLUTION OF GOD'S CREATION.

WE ARE TEMPLES.

OUR BODY IS A TEMPLE OF GOD.

IF OUR PARENTS ASK US TO DO SOMETHING THAT THAT IS CONTRARY TO WHAT WE KNOW GOD SAYS IS WRONG.

WE HAVE, WE AS CHILDREN HAVE A DUTY TO UPHOLD THAT TRUTH.

AND WHAT IS JUST, THIS STANDS THE SAME FOR THOSE WHO ARE OUR SUPERIORS.

IF

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THEY ARE WRONG BEFORE GOD MAY WE HAVE THE COURAGE TO UPHOLD WHAT IS RIGHT? VACCINES CONTAIN INGREDIENTS THAT ARE IN ASSAULT ON GOD'S CREATION PERIOD.

WE NEED TO STOP LIVING IN FEAR AND START LIVING IN TRUTH FOR GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER AND OF LOVE AND OF SOUND MIND THAT SECOND TIMOTHY CHAPTER ONE VERSE SEVEN I HAVE IN MY HAND, MANY STUDIES THAT STATE THAT THERE IS EVIDENCE OF VACCINE INDUCED AUTO-IMMUNITY AND ADJUNCT AND INDUCED AUTO IMMUNITY THAT EXISTS IN EXPERIMENTAL MODELS.

AS WELL AS HUMAN PATIENTS.

THESE DOCUMENTS WERE OBTAINED FROM PUB MED.

I'VE GOT A TON OF THEM.

I'VE GOT SOME THAT TRIGGER, UH, THAT SAY TRIGGER ADJUVANTS ARE TRIGGERED, UM, TRIGGERING AUTO-IMMUNE AND IMPLANTED INFLAMMATORY SYNDROMES, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS ASIA ASIA SYNDROME.

UM, I'VE GOT A WHOLE LIST OF STUDIES IF YOU WANT.

I'VE GOT A WHOLE LOT OF TIME ON MY HANDS, BUT I HAVE A, A CHILD, UM, THAT WAS VACCINE INJURED.

AND I ALSO, AND I ALSO HAVE A, I HAVE I, LONG STORY SHORT, I HAVE A BABY THAT DIED AS A RESULT OF A MANDATED VACCINE.

I CAN NEVER GO BACK IN THAT MOMENT.

I CAN NEVER GET MY CHILD BACK.

AND THEN I HAVE A VACCINE INJURED CHILD AND I WILL NEVER ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN TO MY CHILDREN.

SO WHAT I DO IN THIS GENERATION, IN MY GENERATION, GOD WILLING IT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AND THIS IS A HILL I WILL DIE ON DAN OR RICO.

MY NAME IS DAN ERIKO.

I LIVE AT 1 65 PINE CREST STREET AND THE INTERESTS OF FULL DISCLOSURE I'M FULLY VACCINATED.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT I'M CONVINCED THAT THE VACCINE IS PERFECTLY SAFE AND UH, HAS HIGH EFFICACY? NO, I DO NOT.

I REALIZE IT'S AN EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE BASED ON NEW, UH, CHARACTERISTICS, UH, THAT WE'VE NEVER USED ON VACCINES BEFORE.

SO I REALIZE I'M TAKING A RISK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LEDGER.

I HAVE TWO FRIENDS, ONE A LITTLE OLDER THAN ME, ONE 20 YEARS YOUNGER WHO DIED FROM COVID.

MY MOTHER DIED FROM COVID.

SO EMBELLISH ONE CENTER RISKS AGAINST ANOTHER, AND I DECIDED TO GET THE VACCINE.

WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS TO GIVE THE EMPLOYEES THE VALLEY HEALTH, THE SAME TIME OF CHOICE.

LET THEM LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE LED VALLEY HEALTH, PROVIDE THEM WITH AS MUCH EVIDENCE AS THEY CAN, AND THEN LET THEM DECIDE.

PATIENCE FRANCIS.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS PATIENTS FRANCIS AND I LIVE AT EIGHT, 10 WEST 14TH STREET.

UM, I'M NOT A PUBLIC SPEAKER, SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ THIS.

I SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL EARLIER.

SO YOU KNOW, MY STORY, UM, I WORK AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT AT LINCARE.

I'VE BEEN THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE WHAT I DO.

I LOVE MY ELDERLY PATIENTS AND FRIENDS, THEIR FRIENDS.

UM, SO, SO YOU KNOW, MY HISTORY, I'M A US AIR FORCE VETERAN.

I'M A SINGLE MOTHER AND I WAS VACCINE INJURED AFTER A GOOD NUMBER OF VACCINES WERE MANDATORY TO JOIN THE ARMED FORCES.

I AM.

GIVE ME A MINUTE.

SO I'M NOT TAKING THIS LIGHTLY AS THIS MANDATE FROM VALLEY HEALTH TO VACCINATE MANDATORILY BY OCTOBER 1ST OR HIT THE ROAD IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

THE VACCINE IS NOT EVEN FDA APPROVED AND I CAN SHOW YOU A VIDEO AFTER VIDEO TIK, TOK, FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE, YOU NAME IT AND OTHERS THAT SHOW INJURY AFTER INJURY, SIMILAR TO WHAT I EXPERIENCED, KIND OF LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING TO MY HEART RIGHT NOW.

UM, WHEN I GET NERVOUS OR, UH, WORKED UP.

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SO I DON'T USUALLY, UM, IT'S SIMPLE.

I'M JUST ASKING FOR FREE CHOICE AND AUTONOMY FOR MYSELF, AS WELL AS ALL THE EMPLOYEES PER THEIR CONSCIENCE.

I CAN SHOW YOU VIDEOS AND YOU CAN SHOW ME VIDEOS AND STATISTICS, ET CETERA.

AND IN THE END I WILL BELIEVE MY OWN EXPERIENCE AND MY OWN DATA PROVES THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM HERE.

WE NEED INFORMED CONSENT, NOT PROPAGANDA SHOVED IN OUR FACE.

I LIVED THROUGH HELL THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF OF MY LIFE AT WORK.

AND ALL WE GET IS OUR FREEDOM, LIVELIHOOD AND PASSION JEOPARDIZED BY ONLY A FEW WHO FIND IT NECESSARY TO CAVE TO THE FEAR OF THE MACHINE PERPETUATED BY THE MEDIA.

AND THAT'S ALL MICHELLE DETERMINATION.

HEY, Y'ALL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS MICHELLE MATTHEW, 20 BLUE RIDGE, AND I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING TONIGHT, BUT MY HUSBAND BROUGHT UP A VERY INTERESTING, UM, POINT.

I WAS GOING TO COME FOR SUPPORT, BUT, UM, AS A VETERAN, HE REMINDED ME IN 1991 AND THE GULF WAR WHEN THE, UH, ARE, ARE SOME NOW VETS, BUT OUR MILITARY WAS FORCED TO TAKE A PILL CALLED PB.

UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT, BUT IT WAS PB AND IT WASN'T TO HELP FOR, UH, EXPOSURE TO SEREN GAS.

OKAY.

SO THIS IS 1991.

IT WAS NOT FDA APPROVED AT THE TIME FOR THIS.

THEY WERE REQUIRED TO TAKE IT FOR 21 DAYS JUST GOING OVER THERE.

SO, UM, I'M JUST GONNA READ WHAT I HAVE.

OKAY.

SO ABOUT 200,000 VETERANS OF THE 1991 GULF WAR CONTINUE TO SUFFER FROM GULF WAR ILLNESS, A SET OF SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING CHRONIC PAIN, FATIGUE AND MEMORY IMPAIRMENT CAUSED BY SEREN CHEMICAL WARFARE, AGENT PESTICIDES AND PYRO DOES TO GRAMEEN BROMIDE UM, IT WAS MEANT TO PROTECT SOLDIERS FROM THE NERVE GAS DEPLOYMENT DECADES.

LATER.

THESE EXPOSURES MAY ALSO BE CAUSING HIGHER RATES AND EARLIER ONSET OF CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS IN GULF WAR VETERANS THAN THEIR NON-VETERAN PEERS.

ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY COAUTHORED BY THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICINE, UH, AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.

OKAY, SO THE STUDY FOUND GULF WAR VETERANS REPORTED HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, HEART ATTACK, DIABETES, STROKE ARTHRITIS, CHRONIC BRONCHITIS, AND OTHER CHRONIC CONDITIONS AS RATE AT RATES.

NORMALLY, THANK YOU ASSOCIATED WITH PEOPLE ABOUT A DECADE OLDER VETERANS WHO REPORTED BEING EXPOSED TO CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS AND TAKING PB, UM, OKAY.

AND TAKING IT.

IT HAD, UM, HIGHER RATE, BUT THE PART I HIGHLIGHTED HERE, CAUSE I WASN'T PLANNING ON TALKING.

I SCREENSHOT VETERANS WHO REPORTED BEING EXPOSED TO THE CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS AND TAKING PV PILLS HAD ESPECIALLY HIGH RATES OF HEART ATTACK AND DIABETES.

RIGHT? OKAY.

GULF WAR VETERANS ARE SHOWING ACCELERATED AGING PATTERNS.

SO I'VE ALREADY SAID THAT, UM, THEY FOUND THAT THE MALE GOLFER AND VETERANS WERE MORE LIKELY TO REPORT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

I'M SORRY.

VETERANS WHO REPORTED TAKING THE PV ANTI NERVE AGENT PILL DURING DEPLOYMENT WERE 12 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO REPORT A HEART ATTACK THAN VETERANS WHO DID NOT TAKE THE PILLS AND WERE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE DIABETES.

WHY AM I BRINGING THIS UP? WELL, BECAUSE THIS WAS A PILL USED TO HELP THE VACCINE.

I THINK SO MANY PEOPLE REALLY THINK IT WILL HELP.

THEY REALLY WANT IT TO HELP.

BUT WHEN USED, WITHOUT KNOWING THE FULL SIDE EFFECTS, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN DECADES LATER, THESE MEN, PREDOMINANTLY MEN ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM SIDE EFFECTS THAT THEY'RE JUST NOW CAUSALLY RELATING TO THE PB PILL.

SO IN THAT WAS IN 1991 IN 2003, THE, IT WAS FINALLY FDA APPROVED, BUT IT HAD TO BE TAKEN VERY SPECIFICALLY.

IT HAD TO BE TAKEN RIGHT BEFORE YOU WERE EXPOSED, NOT FOR 21 DAYS.

SO THEY CHANGED IT BECAUSE THERE WERE STUDIES DONE BECAUSE THEY SAW THAT THERE WAS DAMAGE, BUT THERE'S JUST DECADES, DECADES OF, OF DAMAGE.

THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE.

THE NEXT EXAMPLE, AND THEN I'LL BE DONE IS, DO REMEMBER IN, WELL YOU PROBABLY DON'T, BUT YOU PROBABLY READ ABOUT THE 1960S, THE ANTI

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NAUSEA PILL FOR PREGNANT WOMEN.

OKAY.

THAT WAS DEVASTATING.

AND I WANT TO READ WHAT THEY SAID, THE ILO MOUTH DEAN Y'ALL I'M JUST FOR REAL.

OKAY.

OKAY.

FIRST ENTER THE GERMAN MARKET IN 1957 AS AN OVER-THE-COUNTER REMEDY, BASED ON THE MAKER'S SAFETY CLAIMS, THEY ADVERTISE THEIR PRODUCT AS COMPLETELY SAFE FOR ANYONE, INCLUDING MOTHER AND CHILD.

EVEN DURING PREGNANCY, AS ITS DEVELOPERS COULD NOT FIND A DOSE HIGH ENOUGH TO KILL A RAT.

JUST A FEW YEARS LATER, A DOCTOR HERE IN THE UNITED STATES DISCOVERED ALL THE MOTHERS THAT WERE TAKING THIS WERE HAVING BABIES WITH SHORTENED LIMBS AND FLIPPERS.

THEY REALIZED IT WASN'T SAFE.

THEY REALIZED IT WASN'T SAFE.

SO AT WHAT POINT DO WE SAY, SURE, LET'S JUST EXPERIMENT ON PEOPLE AND OR DO WE SAY, OR DO WE STAND UP AND SAY, WE CAN'T JUST EXPERIMENT.

WE HAVE TO HAVE STUDIES STUDIES ON VACCINES, TAKE EIGHT.

INSTEAD OF ON DRUGS, TAKE EIGHT TO 12 YEARS.

NOT ONE, NOT ONE AND A HALF, NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU GUYS ARE, THEY WANT IT TO BE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.

IT'S JUST NOT KNOWN YET.

SO I ASK, I ASK THAT WE STOP THE NONSENSE AND LET'S WE HAVE TO STAND UP FOR OUR CHILDREN AND OURSELVES.

WE HAVE TO HAVE CHOICE.

THANK YOU.

MIKE MAYER.

LORD, LORD.

I LOVE THEM.

NURSES Y'ALL ARE SO SWEET.

YOU MAKE SURE IT TASTES LIKE SOAP.

MY NAME IS MIKE MARILYN AT 1 0 8 PEBBLE LANE FROM RURAL VIRGINIA, 2 2 6 3 0.

GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL AND FELLOW LILLY, COMMONERS OF WARREN COUNTY.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE MEDICAL FREEDOM ORDINANCE PROPOSED BY COUNCILMAN LOYD, WHICH IS A GOOD FIRST STEP IN THE DIRECTION OF SECURING THE PERSONAL FREEDOMS OF WE, THE PEOPLE IN THIS NECK OF THE WOODS, IT FEELS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY, WE WERE BEING INUNDATED WITH TAILS ESPOUSING, THE VIRTUOUSNESS OF THE HEROIC MEDICAL FRONTLINE WORKER, THE DOCTOR, THE NURSE, THE GREATEST AND MOST PRAISEWORTHY AMONG US.

AND HERE WE ARE TODAY, DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT THESE HEROES CAN BE FIRED FOR MAKING A PERSONAL DECISION RELATED TO VACCINATION FOR THE COMMUNIST CHINA VIRUS LIFE SHORE DOES COME AT YOU FAST IN THIS TERRIBLE EPISODE OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE, WE CURRENTLY EXIST IN THE CONCEPT OF MANDATED VACCINATION FOR A VIRUS WITH A SURVIVABILITY RATE OF OVER 99% FOR A VAST SWATH OF THE POPULATION IS ON HIS FACE.

LAUGHING, VACCINATING PEOPLE FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT INHERENTLY DANGEROUS TO THEM TO BEGIN WITH VIOLATES ANY PRECEPTIVE, MEDICAL ETHICS, OR ADHERENCE TO THE FOLLOW THAT SCIENCE LINE WE'D BEEN CLUBBED OVER OUR HEADS WITH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, I WOULD SOONER FOLLOW A HALF STARVED ALLIGATOR.

AND DID HE EVERGLADES WHILE WEARING SWIM TRUNKS MADE OUT OF BACON, THEN FOLLOW THE SCIENCE AT THIS POINT, A GOOD RULE OF THUMB MOVING FORWARD IS THE QUESTION AND PUSHBACK VIGOROUSLY AGAINST ANY AND ALL MANDATES OF WOULD BE TYRANTS, BE THERE AT THE FEDERAL STATE OR LOCAL LEVEL OR IN THE CASE OF VALLEY HEALTH, THE PRIVATE SECTOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF HAS PROVEN BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT THAT WE, THE PEOPLE SHOULD CAST SUSPICION UPON ANYTHING FALLING OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF THE QUOTE UNQUOTE EXPERTS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, OR THEIR MEDIA SURROGATES.

TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU.

I AM OF THE OPINION THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE PROVEN THEMSELVES DESERVING, NOT OF THE PUBLIC TRUST, BUT OF SCORNED TO STAIN AND GENERAL DISRESPECT.

JUST THE OTHER DAY, THE SALT OFF JACKASS TV, MEDICAL PROPAGANDISTS SLASH TERRIBLE PITCHER SAID KIDS THREE YEARS AND OLDER SHOULD ALL BE WEARING MASKS.

THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS RELEASED NEW GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS THAT RECOMMENDS UNIVERSAL MASKING OF EVERYONE OVER THE AGE OF TWO, REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION STATUS, THESE BUREAUCRATS AND LAB COATS ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE DICTATING POLICY WHO'S QUOTE UNQUOTE EXPERT OPINION IS FOR SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.

THESE ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO TELL WE THE PEOPLE WHERE ARE WE CAN GO, WHAT WE CAN DO, WHO WE CAN ASSOCIATE WITH AND HOW WE CAN ASSOCIATE WITH THEM.

I'M ALMOST DONE.

THIS IS INSANITY, BUT LUCKY FOR US.

WARREN COUNTY IS A PLACE WHERE COMMON SENSE THINKERS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN IDEOLOGICALLY CORRUPTED TO THE POINT WHERE WE CANNOT SEE THINGS FOR EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE STILL EXIST.

AND WE CAN SEE THIS EXACTLY

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FOR WHAT IT IS A PLAY FOR MORE CONTROL OVER OUR LIVES.

AND DECISION-MAKING SAY, HELL NO.

TO VACCINATION MANDATES, SAY, HELL NO.

TO MASK MANDATES, SAY HELL NO.

TO SHUTTING DOWN REGULAR LIFE AND DRIVING OUR COMMUNITY AND TO RUIN, SAY, HELL NO.

TO MEDICAL TYRANNY IN ANY FORM, IT MAY TAKE, SAY, HELL NO.

TO ANYTHING.

EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM WOULD HAVE CONSIDERED TO BE THE STUFF OF BAD SCIENCE FICTION.

A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO.

THIS IS AMERICA.

SAY HELL NO TO ANYTHING.

OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WOULD HAVE BEEN BREAKING OUT THE MUSKETS AND BOIL AND TAR OVER BECAUSE WE I'LL TAKE THE SHIRT OFF.

I SUPPORT IT.

THE MEDICAL FREEDOM ORDINANCE IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE DIRECTION OF PERSONAL MEDICAL LIBERTY AND HOPE YOU ALL WILL AS WELL.

LET'S GO UP THE IDEA OF MY BODY, MY CHOICE, AND LET FOLKS MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS.

WHEN IT COMES TO VACCINATION.

GOD BLESS AMERICA.

GOD BLESS WARREN COUNTY.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE MY OPINION THIS EVENING.

HELLO, MELANIE SEALANT.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT SCOTT LLOYD'S ORDINANCE.

THE COVID VACCINE CONSENT FORM REQUIRED TO BE SIGNED BY ANYONE RECEIVING THE VACCINE SAYS NOT TO GET IT.

IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO ANY OF THE INGREDIENTS IN THE VACCINE, BUT THE PACKAGE INSERT IS BLANK AND THE INGREDIENTS ARE NOT DISCLOSED BY DEFINITION, ONE CANNOT GIVE INFORMED CONSENT.

IF THEY CANNOT BE INFORMED NEXT, THE CONSENT FORM STATES, THIS VACCINE IS NOT FDA APPROVED.

IT IS STILL IN STUDY PHASE.

IT STATES THAT BY SIGNING TO CONSENT TO, TO GET THIS VACCINE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS VACCINE MAY CAUSE A SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTION, INCLUDING DEATH.

THE VACCINE IS STILL BEING STUDIED IN CLINICAL TRIALS, AS STATED IN THE SAME DOCUMENT.

FOR THIS REASON, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO PREDICT ALL POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OR COMPLICATIONS, WHICH COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE VACCINE.

I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE LONG-TERM STUD THE LONG-TERM SIDE EFFECTS OR COMPLICATIONS OF THIS VACCINE ARE NOT KNOWN.

THE CONSENT FORM THEN GOES ON TO SAY THEY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HARM CAUSED BY THE VACCINE.

YOU CAN'T SUE THE MANUFACTURER.

YOU CAN'T FILE IN VACCINE INJURY COURT.

YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.

COERCION IS NOT CONSENT.

GIVING AWAY MONEY WITH A GUN HELD TO YOUR HEAD IS CALLED ROBBERY.

IF A BOSS WERE TO TELL AN EMPLOYEE TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM OR ELSE BE FIRED, THIS WOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED AS A PRIVATE BUSINESS PRACTICE BEING FREE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AS THEY WISH NO ASSAULT REFERS TO ANY PHYSICAL CONTACT THAT HAPPENS WITHOUT YOUR EXPLICIT VOLUNTARY CONSENT.

ACCORDING TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, SINCE CONSENT GIVEN UNDER COERCION, ISN'T FREELY GIVEN IT DOESN'T COUNT AS CONSENT AGREEING TO SEX UNDER COERCION IS RAPE.

SO HOW IS THIS ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT VALLEY HEALTH IS ATTEMPTING TO DO TO ITS EMPLOYEES AGREEING TO PARTICIPATE IN A HUMAN DRUG TRIAL STUDY UNDER THREAT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO FEED YOUR FAMILY IS NOT CONSENT IS A CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION.

IT IS ASSAULT.

THE NUREMBERG CODE, WHICH IS THE BASIS FOR ALL MODERN MEDICAL ETHICS STATES.

THE VOLUNTARY CONSENT OF THE HUMAN SUBJECT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.

THIS MEANS THAT THE PERSON INVOLVED SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXERCISE FREE POWER OF CHOICE WITHOUT THE INTERVENTION OF ANY ELEMENT OF FORCE FRAUD, DECEIT, DURESS, OVERREACHING, OR OTHER ULTERIOR FORM OF CONSTRAINT OR COERCION VALLEY HELPS MANDATE VIOLATES THE NUREMBERG CODE.

AND THIS SHOULD SCARE THE HELL OUT OF ANYONE CONSIDERING TO BE A THERE.

IF THEY ARE WILLING TO TRAMPLE THE INFORMED CONSENT OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, THEY WILL SURELY TRAMPLE YOUR RIGHTS AS A PATIENT.

SO REALLY THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS DOES TOWN COUNCIL FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO TRY TO STOP CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS? WHEN THEY SEE THEM VALLEY HEALTH IS NOT EXACTLY A PRIVATE BUSINESS.

SO THAT ARGUMENT DOESN'T APPLY.

THEY RECEIVE TAX

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DOLLARS, THEY RECEIVE THE BENEFIT OF TAX EXEMPTIONS AND THEY BENEFIT FROM STATE LAW, MANDATING MEDICAL MONOPOLY.

THEY GAVE UP THEIR CLAIM AND PROTECTION OF BEING A PRIVATE BUSINESS.

WHEN THEY ACCEPTED THOSE PUBLIC BENEFITS, YOU VOTED TO PROTECT YOUR OWN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FROM VACCINE MANDATES.

SO YOU REALLY OWE IT TO THE CITIZENS EMPLOYED BY VALLEY HEALTH TO PROVIDE THEM THE SAME FREEDOMS THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED YOURSELF.

MIKE SAILINGS.

HELLO MIKE SANDLANDS.

UH, THE TERM WE KEEP HEARING IN REGARDS TO THE COVID VACCINE IS HIGHLY SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.

I WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT MEETS THAT CRITERIA, BEING THAT THE STANDARDS ARE DIFFERENT AMONGST VACCINES AND OTHER PRODUCTS.

TO PREFACE THIS, I OPERATE OFF FACTS AND VERIFIED DATA.

I DO NOT LISTEN TO MEDIA AS THEY NEVER CITE SOURCES.

UM, I WORK IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AND OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE SEEN PROBABLY THE LARGEST RECALL THE INDUSTRY EVER HAD.

IT GOES ACROSS MULTIPLE MANUFACTURERS AND AFFECTS CARS GOING BACK ABOUT 20 YEARS, IT'S THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL THERE WERE ABOUT 80 MILLION AIRBAGS THAT WERE AFFECTED OR POTENTIALLY AFFECTED BY THE DEFECT.

THESE AIRBAGS HAD AN ISSUE WHERE IF THEY DEPLOYED, HAD A POSSIBILITY TO BLOW THE METAL CASING APART, SHOOTING OUT LIKE SHRAPNEL SOUNDS SCARY, RIGHT? THE AIRBAGS, WHICH WERE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE WERE THOSE IN HIGH HUMIDITY AREAS OF THE WORLD, YOU WOULD PROBABLY ASSUME THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE FOR THEM TO ISSUE A RECALL OVER 80 MILLION UNITS AND A 20 YEAR TIME SPAN.

WELL, THERE WERE 330 INJURIES AND 30 DEATHS WORLDWIDE.

KEEP IN MIND, THESE ONLY GET DEPLOYED.

IF YOUR LIFE WAS ALREADY IN DANGER, WHEN THEY DECIDED TO ISSUE THE RECALL, THERE WERE ACTUALLY ONLY NINE DEATHS.

THEY THOUGHT NINE OUT OF 80 MILLION WAS TOO MANY.

NEVERMIND THE INJURIES.

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE VACCINE THAT SOME COMPANIES LIKE VALLEY HEALTH ARE TRYING TO MANDATE.

THE VACCINE HAS BEEN OUT FOR ROUGHLY SEVEN MONTHS.

IN THAT TIMEFRAME.

THERE ARE OVER 6,000 CONFIRMED DEATHS AND OVER 425,000 ADVERSE REACTIONS.

AND THOSE ARE REPORTED TO VERUS KEEP IN MIND THAT ONLY ABOUT 1% OF ALL INCIDENTS ARE ACTUALLY REPORTED TO VARIOUS.

ACCORDING TO HARVARD, THERE'S ALSO A NEW WHISTLEBLOWER THAT CAME OUT WITH DOCUMENTS STATING THAT THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IS ACTUALLY CLOSER TO 45,000.

THIS IS JUST IN THE US, ACCORDING TO OUR WORLD IN DATA, THIS IS FROM 163 MILLION VACCINATED PEOPLE.

MY POINT HERE IS THAT AN AIRBAG MANUFACTURER PULLED THE PLUG ON THEIR AIRBAGS OVER THE COURSE OF 20 YEARS.

OVER NINE DEATHS.

TOCCATA WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF IT, BUT THEY DID THE RIGHT THING.

VACCINE MANUFACTURERS ARE IMMUNE TO ANY LIABILITY FOR THE HARM THEY MAY CAUSE.

SO THEY FIND IT PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE THAT MANY DEATHS AND INJURIES IN JUST SEVEN MONTHS.

AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE OKAY WITH THAT TOO.

IF UPS OR ANY OTHER COMPANY, EMPLOYING DRIVERS FORCE THEIR EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYEES TO RISK THEIR DRIVING AROUND WITH KNOWN POSSIBLY DEFECTIVE AIR BAGS, THEY'D BE SUED IMMEDIATELY.

SO WHY DOES IT VALLEY HEALTH GET TO PUSH THEIR EMPLOYEES INTO TAKING A VACCINE THAT'S STATISTICALLY MORE RISKY THAN DRIVING AROUND WITH A TAKATA AIRBAG? HOW IS THIS HIGHLY SAFE AND EFFECTIVE? WE SHOULDN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION OR VOTE THIS EVENING COMPANIES THAT COMPANIES SHOULD NOT AND CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO HOLD A PERSON'S LIVELIHOOD OVER THEIR HEAD AND FORCE THEM TO PUT THEIR LIFE AT RISK FOR THIS VIRUS WHEN IT HAS A 99.9 RECOVERY RATE.

AND DID I MENTION THAT THIS PAST WEEK, THE FDA AND CDC PUT AN END DATE TO THE PCR TESTS, EMERGENCY USE OF AUTHORIZATION BECAUSE THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY FALSE POSITIVES AND IT COMBINED INFLUENZA AND COVID DOCUMENTED.

SO ALL THE DATA USED TO PERMIT EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE VACCINE CAN NOW BE CALLED INTO QUESTION BECAUSE THE SCIENCE IS CLEARLY NOT SETTLED.

DO NOT LET THESE COMPANIES FORCE THIS ON PEOPLE.

LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE BRAVE VALLEY HEALTH WORKERS FOR SHOWING UP THIS EVENING.

AND I WANT TO AND I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S AN HONOR TO BE IN A ROOM FULL OF PATRIOTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU ALL.

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I JUST WANT TO SAY, I MAY MISPRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME.

SO PLEASE, I'M JUST GOING TO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE 40 MORE PEOPLE TO GO.

UM, CAROL CHRISTOPHER, I WAS CLOSE.

HI, I'M CAROL CHRISTOPHER ADDIS, MY HUSBAND AND I FAIRLY NEW TO TOWN.

WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT A YEAR, BUT WE'VE OWNED RENTAL PROPERTY HERE SINCE 2009.

AND IT WAS OUR DREAM TO RETIRE HERE.

SO HERE WE ARE.

THANK YOU.

SO, UM, REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS VACCINE BEING MANDATED.

UM, AND I WANT TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO EMOTION FILED LAST WEEK IN THE US DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, BY AMERICA'S FRONTLINE DOCTORS SEEKING IMMEDIATE AND JUMPED UP RELIEF TO STOP THE EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXPERIMENTAL COVID-19 INJECTIONS.

THIS DOCUMENT IS LOADED WITH THE CARNAGE OF ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING INJURED AND KILLED BY THIS VACCINE.

THEY TALK ABOUT THREE GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT THEY WANT TO STOP.

UM, THE VACCINES AND THAT'S THE YOUNG PEOPLE, 18 YEARS OF AGE AND UNDER CHILDREN ARE STATISTICALLY AT 0% RISK OF DEATH FROM COVID-19 BY CONTEST EXPERTS.

STUDIES SHOW THAT THE NUMBER OF KILLED BY THE VACCINE IS WELL INTO THE TENS OF THOUSANDS AND THOSE INJURED AS WELL INTO THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS, FRONTLINE DOCTORS, COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR, TARON CLARK SAID CHILDREN ARE ONE-THIRD OF OUR POPULATION.

AND ALL OF OUR FUTURE CHILDREN ARE NEVER THE EXPERIMENT GROUP TWO IS ALL THOSE WHO HAVE RECOVERED FROM COVID-19.

AND I CAN BET YOU, MOST OF THESE HEALTHCARE WORKERS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED AND HAVE RECOVERED.

IT SAYS VACCINES CAN TRIGGER A DANGEROUS HYPER IMMUNE RESPONSE AND PEOPLE WITH NATURAL IMMUNITY.

WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD WE WANT TO INJECT OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS WHO ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF US, YOUR FAMILIES, YOUR, YOUR GRANDKIDS, WHEN WE GET SICK AND HAVE THEM FALL ILL AND NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF US, THIS JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

THE OTHER GROUP IS ANY AMERICAN WHO HAS NOT RECEIVED INFORMED CONSENT.

AND AS MELANIE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE VACCINE INSERTS ARE BLANK.

SO NOBODY IS GETTING INFORMED CONSENT.

THIS CONSENT IS, IS BASED OFF OF FEAR.

THAT'S BEING DRIVEN BY THE MEDIA AND THIS PCR TEST THAT IS, IS FAKE WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY CYCLE THAT TEST.

SO MANY TIMES YOU'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF THESE FALSE POSITIVES AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING NOW.

SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ANTIBODY DEPENDENT ENHANCEMENT OR PATHOGENIC PRIMING DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN SOUNDING THE ALARM ABOUT THIS WITH THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF VACCINE SINCE VERY EARLY ON.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEIR WARNINGS HAVE BEEN SUPPRESSED BY THE POWERS THAT SHOULDN'T BE 80 OCCURS WHEN THE ANTIBODY IS CREATED BY A VACCINE CAUSE A MORE SEVERE OR LETHAL CASE OF COVID-19.

WHEN THE PERSON IS EXPOSED TO THE WILD VIRUS, MONTHS OR YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, THIS REACTION HAS BEEN SEEN IN OTHER VACCINES AND AN ANIMAL TRIALS.

ONE WELL-DOCUMENTED EXAMPLE IS WITH THE DINGHY FEVER VACCINE, WHICH RESULTED IN AVOIDABLE DEATHS.

A DINGHY VACCINE IS STILL NOT GAINING WIDESPREAD APPROVAL IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE PHENOMENON OF ADE VACCINE MANUFACTURER, SANTA FE, PHARMACEUTICAL SPENT 20 YEARS AND NEARLY 2 BILLION TO DEVELOP THE DAGGY VACCINE AND PUBLISHED THE RESULTS IN THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, WHICH WAS QUICKLY ENDORSED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.

VIGILANT SCIENTISTS CLEARLY WARNED OF THE DANGER FROM ADE, WHICH THE PHILIPPINES IGNORED.

WHAT HAD ADMINISTERED THE VACCINE TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN IN 2016 LATER, WHEN THESE CHILDREN WERE EXPOSED TO THE WILD VIRUS, MANY BECAME SEVERELY ILL AND 600 CHILDREN DIED.

DO WE WANT THIS FOR OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS? I DON'T THINK SO.

THE FORMER HEAD OF THE DME DEPARTMENT OF THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE WAS INDICTED IN 2019 BY THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR RECKLESS IMPRUDENCE RESULTING IN HOMICIDE BECAUSE HE FACILITATED WITH UNDUE, HASTE, DINGHY, VAX, HIS APPROVAL AND ITS ROLLOUT AMONG PHILIPPINE SCHOOL.

CHILDREN, ADE HAS BEEN OBSERVED IN THE CORONA VIRUS SETTING AS WELL.

THE ORIGINAL SARS COV ONE CAUSED AN EPIDEMIC IN 2003.

THIS VIRUS IS A CORONA VIRUS THAT IS REPORTED TO BE 78% SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT CARS, SARS COV TWO VIRUS THAT CAUSES THE DISEASE.

COVID-19 SCIENTISTS ATTEMPTED TO CREATE A VACCINE OF APPROXIMATELY 35 CANDIDATES.

THE BEST FOUR WERE TRIALED IN FERRETS.

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THE VACCINE APPEARED TO WORK IN THE FERRETS.

HOWEVER, WHEN THOSE VACCINATED FERRETS WE'RE CHALLENGED BY SARS COV, ONE IN THE WILD, THEY BECAME VERY ILL AND DIED DUE TO WHAT WE TERM A SUDDEN SEVERE CYTOKINE STORM, THE REPUTED JOURNALS, SCIENCE NATURE AND JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE HAVE ALL DOCUMENTED 80 RISKS IN RELATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXPERIMENTAL COVID-19 VACCINES.

THE APPLICATION FILED BY DR.

EATON WITH THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY ON DECEMBER 1ST, 2020 ALSO MENTIONS THE RISK FROM ADE ADE IS DISCOVERED DURING LONG-TERM ANIMAL STUDIES, TO WHICH THESE VACCINES HAVE NOT BEEN SUBJECTED.

MA'AM SPEED IT UP A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE.

OKAY.

UM, THE LAST ITEM I'D LIKE TO DIRECT YOU TO, AS AN INTERVIEW STU PETER'S DID WITH DR.

JANE RUBY IN THE INTERVIEW, DR.

RUBY SHOWS SHOCKING PHOTOS TAKEN BY DR.

FELIPE VAN WELDON, BERG OF BLOOD SMEARS IN HIS PATIENTS WHO ARE COMPLAINING OF FATIGUE, DIZZINESS, MENTAL CONFUSES, CONFUSION, AND VARIOUS OTHER SYMPTOMS AFTER RECEIVING THE COVID VACCINES, WHICH HE DOES NOT RECOMMEND THE PHOTOS OF THE VACCINATED BLOOD SMEARS ARE SHOWN SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH PHOTOS OF NORMAL, HEALTHY UN-VACCINATED BLOOD SMEARS.

THE COMPARISONS ARE FRIGHTENING.

THEY REVEAL SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE VACCINATED BLOOD CELLS, WHICH EXPLAIN THE PATIENT'S SYMPTOMS. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SPANISH STUDY THAT SHOWS GRAPHENE OXIDE TO BE A LARGE COMPONENT IN THESE VACCINES.

I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE ANYBODY WITH LINKS TO ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT OR THE STUDY.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE ME IN THE BACK, WE CAN EXCHANGE EMAILS AND I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ALL OF THIS.

MEGAN, ALL GIRLY Y'ALL.

I KNOW I MESSED THAT ONE UP.

HELLO.

MY NAME IS MEGAN AGUGLIARO.

I HAVE A BACHELOR'S IN NURSING AND OBTAIN ADDITIONAL SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN SEXUAL ASSAULT AND CRIMINAL ASSAULT VICTIMS. I'M CERTIFIED IN THREE DIFFERENT SPECIALTIES, INCLUDING EMERGENCY TRAUMA AND CRITICAL CARE TO START.

I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN THE KIMONO, THE COMPONENTS OF TRULY SUCCESSFUL EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE IS DESCRIBED AS INTEGRATION OF BEST MEDICAL RESEARCH EVIDENCE WITH CLINICAL EXPERTISE, PATIENT VALUES, WHERE CLINICAL EXPERTISE TRUMPS SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND WHERE PATIENT VALUES TRUMP CLINICAL EXPERTISE.

WE COLLECTIVELY AS A HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY HAVE FAILED TO PROVIDE INFORMED CONSENT TO OUR PATIENTS INQUIRING ABOUT THIS VACCINE, WHICH ALLUDES TO MY PROFESSIONAL PERSONAL DISTASTE FOR ANY VACCINE MANDATE, PARTICULARLY THIS ONE IN OCTOBER OF 2020, THE FDA RELEASED A DOCUMENT PRESENTING REGARDS POTENTIAL RISK OF THE VACCINE, WHICH I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME.

THESE RISKS WERE NOT SHARED ON THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO ANYONE THAT RECEIVED THE VACCINE UP UNTIL A RECENT UPDATE REGARDING HEART CONDITIONS.

THE LIST OF EVENTS FROM THE FDA PAPER, AND I'LL DO IT IN BREVITY SYNDROME, ACUTE DISSEMINATED, ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, TRANSVERSE MYELITIS SEIZURES, STROKE, NARCOLEPSY, CATAPLEXY, ANAPHYLAXIS, MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, OR A HEART ATTACK.

MYRA CARDITIS AND PERICARDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, DEATHS, PREGNANCY, AND BIRTH OUTCOMES, THROMBOCYTOPENIA DIC, OR BLEEDING MULTI-SYSTEM INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME IN CHILDREN AND VACCINE ENHANCED DISEASE.

WHAT'S CONCERNING ABOUT THIS IS THIS WAS PRESENTED IN OCTOBER, 2020 AS SOMETHING TO MONITOR IN REGARDS TO COVID-19 VACCINE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS.

BUT THE VACCINES WERE NOT RELEASED UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2020.

I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO ONE PATIENT FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND WHO HAS GIVEN THIS INFORMATION AS EVEN A POSSIBILITY OF SIDE EFFECTS WHEN THEY WERE ADMINISTERED THIS VACCINE.

AND AT SOME POINT DURING THESE STUDIES, THE FDA THOUGHT THAT THESE POTENTIAL ADVERSE EVENTS WERE RELEVANT.

THIS AND MANY OTHER REASONS ARE WHY CLINICAL STAFF MEMBERS OF THE RESEARCH PUBLIC AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE SIMPLY UNSURE, EVEN SCARED OF THIS INDIVIDUALS LIKE MYSELF OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AND EVEN CHILDREN LIKE MY OWN HAVE A HISTORY OF VACCINE INJURY, WHICH WARRANTS THEIR HESITATION.

BUT ALTHOUGH VACCINE INJURY IS RELEVANT, IT'S CONTROVERSIAL.

AND FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION, MY PURPOSE IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY IS NOT TO NEGATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OR PROVE THE INEFFECTIVENESS OF THE COVID-19 VACCINES IT'S TO ENCOURAGE THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THIS COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE COMPREHENSIVE RISK AND LACK OF INFORMED CONSENT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VACCINE PROGRAM AND OTHERS TO BE FRANK, THE FEAR TACTIC ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROGRAM IS HORRIFIC.

THE TRUST IN AN UNAPPROVED OR EVEN APPROVED VACCINE PROGRAM AT THIS EARLY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT IS DISHEARTENING FOR A WELL-RESEARCHED CLINICIAN

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LIKE MYSELF.

ONE OF THE HEP B VACCINE SHOWS PARK MA POST-MARKETING EVIDENCE TO OVER 25 ISSUES, INCLUDING FULL PARALYSIS, PARTIAL PARALYSIS, ASTHMA LIKE EVENTS, SKIN DISORDERS, SWELLING OF THE BRAINS SEIZURES, SHINGLES.

AND THE LIST GOES ON POST-MARKETING IS THE APPEARANCE OF CONSISTENT ADVERSE EVENTS AFTER A VACCINE HAS BEEN APPROVED AND GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THIS IS NOT CONSPIRACY INFORMATION, AS IT IS ALL BLACK AND WHITE IN THE PACKAGE INSERTS, WE HAVE NO PACKAGE INSERT PACKAGE INSERT FOR THE COVID-19 VACCINE SHOWING POST-MARKETING RESEARCH BECAUSE WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MARKETING STUDY.

POST-MARKETING EVIDENCE WON'T BE RELEASED FOR MONTHS OR EVEN YEARS AFTER THIS VACCINE IS APPROVED BASED ON THEIR RESPECTIVE WEBSITES.

ALL EMERGENCY COVID VACCINES HAVE INGREDIENTS THAT ARE EITHER KNOWN CARCINOGENS OR HAVE BEEN GROSSLY UNDER STUDIED TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH UNDER STUDY DOCUMENTS FROM PFIZER, ALL SHOWS SHOW AND OREGON DISTRIBUTION OF THE VACCINE TO VITAL ORGANS, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN THOROUGHLY STUDIED FOR ITS ADVERSE EVENTS.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A LIST OF PATIENT EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN CORRELATION WITH THE COVID VACCINE ADMINISTRATION.

AND AGAIN, I'LL SAY CORRELATION DOESN'T EQUAL CAUSATION, BUT THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT I'VE WITNESSED PERSONALLY.

AND THAT HAD BEEN PRESENTED TO ME AS FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS, CHILDREN HAVE EXPERIENCED A 64 YEAR OLD RECEIVED A MADONNA VACCINE AND DEVELOPED TRANSVERSE MYELITIS.

SHE WAS PARALYZED FROM THE CHEST DOWN AND UNABLE TO USE HER, HER UPPER EXTREMITIES, WHICH IS STILL NOT RESOLVED A 92 YEAR OLD FEMALE RECEIVED A MADRONA VACCINE AND HAS EXTENSIVE LEFT, LOWER EXTREMITY, OCCLUSIVE, DBT, OR BLOOD CLOTS, WHICH HAS NOT RESOLVED.

AND SHE HAD NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF THE SIMILAR AT 92 YEARS OLD, AN 18 YEAR OLD RECEIVED A PFIZER VACCINE AND DEVELOPED LUPUS NEPHRITIS WITH NO PREVIOUS VACCINE INJURY.

THE 20 YEAR OLD RECEIVED PFIZER VACCINE DEVELOPED SHORTNESS OF BREATH, MULTIPLE PULMONARY EMBOLISMS. IT WAS HOME OXYGEN DEPENDENT AND HAS NO HISTORY OF THE SAME OR NO HISTORY OF CONTRACEPTIVES.

AN 18 YEAR OLD RECEIVED A PFIZER VACCINE AND DEVELOPED MILD CARDITIS.

A 42 YEAR OLD RECEIVE PFIZER HAD PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED COVID AND WAS TOLD BY THE PHYSICIAN.

THE VACCINE IS CAUSING AN ENHANCED IMMUNE RESPONSE TO HER THYROID PREVIOUSLY HAD HYPOTHYROIDISM AND THE REACTION IS CAUSING A PERSISTENT THYROID STORM FOR WHICH SHE HAD TO HAVE HER THYROID REMOVED A 52 YEAR OLD RECEIVED JOHNSON AND JOHNSON HAD A HIGH FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN WITH ENCEPHALOPATHY, AND IT WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION IN THE ICU.

THE 26 YEAR OLD RECEIVED A PFIZER VACCINE HAD PREVIOUS HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH COVID AND SUFFERED A RIGHT CEREBELLAR HEMISPHERE STROKE AND LOST CONTROL OF THE LEFT SIDE OF THEIR BODY.

FINALLY, THERE HAS BEEN NO STATISTICALLY RELEVANT EVIDENCE PRESENTED TO EXPLICITLY SHOW THAT ONLY UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE OUTBREAK OR TRANSMISSION OF COVID-19 AT LOCAL ENTITIES OR OTHER RELEVANT HEALTHCARE FACILITIES.

IN CONCLUSION, I HOPE THAT THE BUSINESSES OF THIS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES CONSIDER THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND DO NOT MANDATE THIS VACCINE PROGRAM.

IF A BUSINESS CHOOSES TO WE COLLECTIVELY ASK FOR LIBERAL EXEMPTION POLICIES, NOT LIKE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN PUSHED IN FRONT OF US TO BEST SUIT THE MENTAL MEDICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND PHYSICAL NEEDS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH RESERVATIONS OF THIS VACCINE PROGRAM.

, UH, JUST REMINDER WHEN YOU DO COME TO PODIUM TO SPEAK, UM, SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU.

NEXT, TINA LINDSAY SHOEMAKER, AND PLEASE TRY TO KEEP IT TWO MINUTES OR LESS DO MY DARNEDEST.

CAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD THREE, SO I WILL WORK FAST.

MY NAME IS LINDSAY SHOEMAKER, 14, MORNINGSIDE WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA.

I AM A SIX TIME DAISY AWARD AND AN AWARD WINNER NOMINEE.

HEY, I GOT THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD BECAUSE I DID WHAT WAS RIGHT FOR MY, NOT MY PATIENT, ANOTHER STAFF MEMBERS PATIENT YEARS AGO, I MADE SURE THEY HAD INFORMED CONSENT TO BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH SOMETHING THAT THEY NEEDED A TEST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR HEART WAS OKAY, BUT SHE WAS DEAF AND WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE KNOWN OTHERWISE WHAT INFORMED CONSENT WAS FOR AT LEAST 48 HOURS TO GET AN INTERPRETER.

SO I INTERPRETED FOR HER INFORMED CONSENT FOR THE CDC REQUIRES DISCLOSURE, UNDERSTANDING FREE CHOICE AND IS NECESSARY FOR AN EMPLOYEE TO ACT INDEPENDENTLY AND MAKE CHOICES.

ACCORDING TO THEIR VALUES, GOALS AND PREFERENCES INFORMED CONSENT REQUIRES FREE CHOICE FOR AN EMPLOYEE TO ACT INDEPENDENTLY.

A MANDATE THAT HAS A PENALTY IS NOT FREE CHOICE.

IT IS NOW COERCION FOR THE BELMONT REPORT.

COERCION OCCURS WHEN AN OVERT THREAT OF HARM IS INTENTIONALLY PRESENTED BY ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER.

IN ORDER TO OBTAIN COMPLIANCE, INFORMED CONSENT

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IS NOT NEGOTIABLE.

AND WHEN AN EMPLOYER EXCERPTS ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON A PERSON'S MEDICAL ADVICE OR CHOICE THAT EMPLOYER IS ROBBING THE PATIENT AND THEIR EMPLOYEE OF THE ABILITY TO CONSENT FREELY, PLEASE UNDERSTAND ONE'S LIVELIHOOD REMOVES REMOVED.

IF NOT TAKING A VACCINE IS COERCION.

IF ONE MANDATE IS ALLOWED, WHAT IS TO STOP EMPLOYERS FROM MAKING MORE MANDATES LIKE EVERYONE MUST RECEIVE THIS VACCINE MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPROVED.

YOUNG WOMEN CAN'T GET PREGNANT WHILE THEY WORK FOR US BECAUSE WHILE WE CAN'T HAVE THEM OUT FOR 12 WEEKS, SO THEY MUST TAKE BIRTH CONTROL.

WHAT STOPS, WHERE DOES IT STOP ABOVE AND BEYOND AN EMPLOYER, OVERREACHING THEIR POSITION AS AN EMPLOYER TO TELL ME AS AN EMPLOYEE, WHAT I MUST DO TO BE EMPLOYED TO TAKE AN EUA VACCINE.

THEY WERE STRIPPING ME OF MY RIGHT TO CHOOSE MY MEDICAL CARE AS A PATIENT, AS A NURSE, AS A PATIENT, I HAVE A HIPAA POLICY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BETWEEN ME AND MY PROVIDER, NOT MY EMPLOYER.

I'M ALMOST DONE.

I STAND HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO STOP THIS MANDATE.

STOP EMPLOYERS FROM STRIPPING CITIZENS OF THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO CHOOSE STOP EMPLOYERS FROM BEING ABLE TO COERCE PEOPLE INTO MEDICAL CARE THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT WANT.

FOR WHATEVER REASON IT IS THEIR RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

I ASKED YOU TO STAND UP FOR THE RIGHTS, THE SAME EXACT RIGHTS THAT MY DAD, MY STEP-DAD FOUR OF MY SIX BROTHERS, MY HUSBAND'S GREAT-GRANDFATHERS AND HIS FATHER FOUGHT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE VALLEY HEALTH IS TRYING TO REMOVE THAT YOUR JOB, WHICH IS TO PROTECT YOUR CITIZENS AND THEIR RIGHT TO CHOOSE THEIR MEDICAL CARE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

JOHN SINE JOHNSON, 1 0 3 BLACK POWDER COURT, WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK AGAINST COVID VACCINE REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYER EMPLOYEES.

THIS IS A PERSONAL CHOICE AND EACH INDIVIDUAL SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO DECIDE WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM WITHOUT THE CONSIDERATION THAT THEIR JOB MAY HANG IN THE BALANCE FOR MANY MEN AND WOMEN IN HEALTHCARE, THIS IS NOT JUST A JOB.

IT IS A CAREER AND A PASSION.

IT IS SOMETHING FOR WHICH THEY MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS AND COMPLETED EXTENSIVE SCHOOLING.

YES, THEY SIGNED UP FOR HEALTHCARE.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY SIGNED AWAY THEIR RIGHTS FOR THEIR BODIES.

THESE COURAGEOUS CAREGIVERS HAVE SACRIFICED SO MUCH THE PAST YEAR.

EVERY BROUGHT SOME THING, SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND THERE WAS SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY, BUT THEY SHOWED UP EVERY DAY, WORKING LONG HOURS, WEARING PPE AND NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS COMING AT THEM NEXT.

THEY GAVE THEIR BEST FOR THE PEOPLE THEY WERE CARING FOR.

WE OWE THEM OUR BEST, WHICH IS TO STOP EMPLOYERS FROM REQUIRING THE VACCINE AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, BUDDY.

CAR.

UM, I'M FROM AUGUSTA WEST, VIRGINIA, MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER, BOTH WORK FOR VALLEY HEALTH.

TWO DIFFERENT FACILITIES.

MY SON UNITED STATES, AIR FORCE, NOT MANDATED TO HAVE THIS VACCINE.

I'LL SEE MY WIFE AND MY DAUGHTER BOTH PUT IN 8,000 HOURS A WEEK DURING THIS COVID DRIVE THEM IN ICE STORMS TO WORK.

PUT OUR TRUCKS IN DITCHES, SEE SIGNS.

IT SAYS THEY'RE HEROES.

AND NOW THEY'RE NOT GETTING TREATED LIKE A HERO.

I THINK YOU GUYS CAN SET A STANDARD HERE TONIGHT TO SHOW OTHER COMMUNITIES, HEY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO STAY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TREAT THESE GUYS LIKE HERE IS LIKE THEY'RE DESERVED TO BE TREATED.

YOU KNOW, THESE GIRLS COME HOME WITH SORES ON HER FACE FROM WEAR MASK AND HE'S FACE SHIELDS VALLEY HEALTH.

DIDN'T LET ALL THAT OUT.

I SEEN THESE GIRLS SUFFER THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC AND RISK AND TO BRING US HOME TO THEIR FAMILY, BUT DEDICATED TO THE RESIDENTS AND TO TAKE CARE OF THE COMMUNITY.

THEY WENT IN THERE DAY AFTER DAY.

I MEAN, I PUT MY TRUCK OVER BANKS, DRIVING THEM TO WORK BECAUSE THAT'S THE DEDICATION THAT THEY GIVE TO THE RESONANCE THAT THEY CARE FOR.

AND NOW VALLEY HEALTH SAYS, WE DON'T NEED YOU NO MORE.

IF YOU DON'T TAKE HIS VACCINE, YOU

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KNOW, WHAT'S NEXT, THEY'RE GOING TO ATTACK OUR CHURCHES.

WE AIN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE FREELY PRAISE GOD ON SUNDAYS.

CAUSE WE AIN'T GOT A VACCINE.

I MEAN MY, MY WIFE AND MY DAUGHTER, YOU KNOW, PHIL'S GOD PLACED THEM IN THERE.

AND THEY WENT THERE AND SERVE, GIVE THE 110%.

I THINK IT'S TIME WE GIVE 110% TO THEM AND YOU KNOW, PUT A STOP TO THIS.

MICHELLE.

SO HI, I'M MICHELLE SCHWEITZER OF 1452 RELIANCE ROAD.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE FRONT RAIL COMMUNITY.

AND I WASN'T PLANNING ON ATTENDING TONIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE A MEDICALLY COMPLEX CHILD AND I HAVE THREE OTHERS.

MY HUSBAND IS ALSO A FIRST RESPONDER AND HE'S WORKING TONIGHT.

I WANT TO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT COUNCILMAN LLOYD'S ORDINANCE TO PROTECT THE EMPLOYEES OF VALLEY HEALTH FROM THEIR EROGENOUS ACTS AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES ACROSS OUR TOWN.

LIKE I SAID, I'M THE MOTHER OF MEDICALLY COMPLEX CHILD.

HE'S 20 MONTHS OLD.

AND MY SON AND OUR FAMILY HAS SPENT OVER SIX MONTHS IN THE HOSPITAL.

HE'S SURVIVED THREE OPEN HEART SURGERIES, HEART FAILURE.

HIS HEART HAS STOPPED.

WE HAVE CALLED THESE NURSES, THESE DOCTORS, THESE THERAPISTS, OUR FRIENDS AND OUR FAMILY.

THEY HAVE STOOD BESIDE US THROUGH SOME OF OUR DARKEST DAYS.

THEY'VE BEEN BESIDE US ALL THROUGHOUT COVID AS ARE OUR FAMILY.

COULDN'T EVEN BE BESIDE US.

WE DEPEND ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF THESE EXPERIENCED MEDICAL WORKERS TO HELP SAVE AND PROTECT PEOPLE.

LIKE MY SON.

I TRUST THAT MANY OF THESE WISE AND EDUCATED PEOPLE HAVE SEEN ENOUGH TO KNOW AND HAVE GOOD REASON TO QUESTION THE NON FDA APPROVED COVID-19 VACCINE UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE, SHOULD THE EMPLOYER HAVE THE RIGHT TO FORCE ANY VACCINE OR MEDICAL TREATMENT TO ALL PATIENTS AND EMPLOYEES.

AND I FEAR THAT IF THEY MANDATE THIS FOR EMPLOYEES, THE NEXT THING IS THEY'LL COME AFTER THEIR PATIENTS.

WILL WE RECEIVE LESS QUALITY OF CARE FOR MY SON BECAUSE WE CHOOSE AGAINST SOMETHING THAT'S NOT APPROVED FOR HIM AND THEY'RE COMING FOR KIDS.

THEY ALREADY WANT TO GIVE IT TO HIM.

WOW.

THIS VACCINE IS MANDATED FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.

MANY SKILLED AND QUALIFIED PERSONNEL WILL BE LEAVING THEIR JOB.

PLEASE REMIND THE PEOPLE OF VALLEY HEALTH AND THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE SUPPORT PERSONAL CHOICE AND FREEDOMS FOR ALL.

AS YOU VOTE TONIGHT, YOU MAY BE PRESSURED TO THINK THAT YOU WANT TO PROTECT THE AT RISK COMMUNITY BY ALLOWING VALLEY HEALTH AND OTHER EMPLOYERS TO FORCE THIS VACCINE ON THEIR WORKERS.

BUT INSTEAD I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK OF GIDEON.

THINK OF GIDEON, THE BRAVE, A BOY WHO MANY WOULD CONSIDER TO BE IN THE AT-RISK COMMUNITY, BUT WHO'S BEAT ALL THE ODDS.

AND HE STILL CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE RIGHTS.

OUR NURSES, THERAPISTS, DOCTORS, AND MEDICAL STAFF AS HIS MOTHER AND CARETAKER, I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN FINDING THE BEST MEDICAL PROVIDERS TO CARE FOR MY VERY RARE AND COMPLEX BOY, TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO FIND THE BEST CARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IF ALL OF THESE EXPERIENCED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE LEAVE, THIS WILL BECOME IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME.

MEDICAL WORKERS WILL BE FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR CAREERS OR TAKE AN EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.

PLEASE DEVOTE TO SUPPORT COUNCILMAN LLOYD'S PROPOSAL.

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BERNARD PEGA'S.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE TALKS.

I KEPT SAYING TO MYSELF, I HOPE I'M NOT AFTER THAT ONE OR THAT ONE.

SO I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO BE A LIFT DOWN AFTER ALL THAT.

OKAY.

UM, MY NAME IS DR.

BERNARD PEGAS.

I AM A PHYSICIAN AT, UH, WARREN MEMORIAL.

I LIVE ON A VILLAGE COURT AND IN THE CITY OF FRONT ROYAL TOWN IN THE FRONT ROW.

AND I WANTED TO COME HERE AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CON COUNCILMAN LLOYD'S, UH, PROPOSAL HERE TO, BECAUSE THIS MANDATE IS GOING TO HAVE A HORRIBLE EFFECT ON VALLEY HEALTH AND ON THE COMMUNITY.

SO SINCE YOU ARE THE GUARDIANS OF OUR COMMUNITY, SO TO SPEAK, IT IS ON YOU TO TRY TO HELP PREVENT THIS FROM A HOLDING.

SO ONE, I AM SOMETHING OF A VACCINE, UH, AGNOSTIC.

YOU WANT TO GET A VACCINE? GREAT, FINE.

IF YOU DON'T FIND GREAT, COME TO ME FOR INFORMATION, I'M HAPPY TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION.

THAT'S MY JOB.

IT IS NOT MY JOB TO PROPAGANDIZE.

AND IT IS NOT MY JOB TO TRY TO CONVINCE YOU TO DO SOMETHING YOU DON'T WANT TO DO.

NOW THAT SAID I'VE HAD A TON OF VACCINES, MAN.

I LIKE VACCINES.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW, WHY AM I OPPOSED TO THIS SPECIFIC VACCINE? NOW THIS WORD THAT BETTER? WHY AM I, WHY AM I OPPOSED TO ME GETTING THIS VACCINE? YOU WANT TO GET IT GREAT, FINE.

I'M OPPOSED TO MY GETTING IT BECAUSE THE DEVELOPMENT, THE TESTING, OR THE POST-PRODUCTION TESTING OF EVERY SINGLE SORT OF ALMOST APPROVED COVID VACCINE OUT THERE WAS DONE USING TISSUE FROM ABORTIONS FROM IN THE PAST, FOR SOME PEOPLE TO GET A VACCINE IN THEIR MIND IS NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO THAT.

AND THAT'S OKAY.

THAT IS THEIR MORAL CHOICE.

THAT'S THAT'S FINE.

IT'S NOT OKAY FOR ME.

I DON'T WANT TO BE FORCED TO DO THIS MYSELF FOR ME, FOR WHAT I HOLD, DEAR.

I DO NOT WANT TO BE FORCED TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS PARTICIPATING IN SOMETHING THAT I DISAGREE WITH.

I'M NOT ON FACEBOOK.

I SNOOP OCCASIONALLY, BUT I, SO I HAD TO SNOOP LOOK AT THE VALLEY HEALTH PAGE BEFORE THIS MEETING, JUST TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, NOT MUCH ACTUALLY, BUT THERE WAS A COMMENT ON THERE THAT I, WHERE SOMEONE SAID, OH, GOOD FOR VALLEY HEALTH.

I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO A CLINIC OR HOSPITAL AND END UP WALKING OUT WITH COVID 19.

AND I READ THAT.

AND IF THE PERSON THAT WROTE THAT IS HERE, I'M SORRY, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE STUPIDEST THINGS I'VE READ IN A WHILE.

AND, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE, WELL, THEN GET THE VACCINE YOURSELF, IF YOU BELIEVE IN IT.

I MEAN, DON'T, DON'T, DON'T MAKE ME DO SOMETHING FOR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, CAUSE YOU'RE SCARED, BUT MAYBE SHE WAS OPPOSED TO IT.

WELL, THE WHY MAKE US DO IT.

SO THAT'S EXACTLY.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

SO THE REASON THAT VALLEY HEALTH HAS GIVEN FOR THIS POLICY IS BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT THE COVID VACCINE COVID INFECTIONS ARE, THERE'S A RISK OF GETTING COVID FROM HOSPITALS, FROM EMPLOYEES THAT ARE INFECTED AND DON'T KNOW IT.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE THAT THEY NOTICE, BUT WE WEAR THESE THINGS ON OUR FACES TO TRY TO HELP PREVENT THAT, YOU KNOW, MASKS AND FACE SHIELDS AND ALL THAT, THAT WHEN HOSPITALS AND VALLEY HEALTH MAY HAVE BEEN LATE TO THE PARTY, I DON'T KNOW.

BUT WHEN HOSPITALS BEGAN IMPLEMENTING THIS UNIVERSAL MASKING AND UNIVERSAL USE OF PPE, THE INCIDENTS OF COVID ACQUIRED INFECTIONS OF COVID INFECTIONS ACQUIRED IN THE HOSPITAL, BECAME ALMOST NON-EXISTENT.

SO IF YOU'RE VACCINATED AND YOU'RE WEARING PPE AND I'M DAX AND I'M NOT VACCINATED, AND I'M WEARING PPE, WE HAVE THE SAME CHANCE OF GIVING A PATIENT AN INFECTION.

AND IN FACT, IF YOU'RE VACCINATED THERE, YOU COULD BE STILL CONTAGIOUS AND JUST NOT KNOW IT BECAUSE THE VACCINE MAY LOWER YOUR SYMPTOMS. SO I MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF NOT GIVING A PATIENT AN INFECTION THAN YOU WOULD WITH YOUR VACCINE.

NOW, WHEN THEY HAVE DONE STUDIES ON HOSPITAL ACQUIRED COVID INFECTIONS, THEY TEND TO BLUR WHETHER IT'S HOSPITAL WORKERS OR WHETHER PATIENTS GOT THE INFECTION.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT TURNS OUT THAT ALMOST ALL OF THOSE INFECTIONS

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GO BACK TO SOMEBODY NOT WEARING THEIR MASK, NOT DOING THE STUFF THAT THEY NEED TO DO.

AND INTERESTINGLY AT WARREN, WHERE I WORK, THE ONLY TIME THAT I EVER SEE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE MASKS ON, THEY APOLOGETICALLY SAY, OH WELL, I'M VACCINATED.

SO, AND YET THE UNVACCINATED ARE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WEARING OUR MASKS AND EVERYTHING.

SO I THINK THIS POLICY OF MANDATING A VACCINE AND I'M GOING TO LET EVERYONE ELSE'S WORDS ABOUT THE EFFICACY, THE DANGERS, AND SO ON, NOT WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT.

THEY DID A BETTER THAN I, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO PULL OFF RIGHT NOW.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE MADE TO DO SOMETHING THAT I DON'T FEEL MORALLY COMFORTABLE DOING.

AND AS AN ASIDE, I DID A SURVEY OF THE NURSES, CNAS DOCTORS.

WE HAVE SEVEN HOSPITALISTS.

THOSE ARE THE DOCTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMISSIONS, ROUNDING ON PATIENTS AND DISCHARGING THEM OF THE SEVEN FIVE WILL NOT BE GETTING THE VACCINE.

AS OF THE LAST THAT I'VE HEARD FROM THAT, A HUGE PERCENT PERCENTAGE OF THE NURSES, THE CNAS AND THE NURSING SUPERVISORS ARE LIKEWISE NOT GOING TO BE GETTING IT.

NOW CONSIDER THIS BIG, FANCY NEW HOSPITAL UNDERSTAFFED RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ABOUT TO KICK OUT A HUGE PORTION OF THEIR STAFF.

HOW CAN THAT NOT AFFECT THE MEDICAL CARE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THIS COMMUNITY? AND AGAIN, AS GUARDIANS OF THIS COMMUNITY, I IMPLORE YOU STOP VALLEY HEALTH FROM DOING THIS, PROTECT OUR RIGHTS AND PROTECT YOUR OWN MEDICAL CARE.

LET'S SEE A HUGHES.

YOU MEAN, THANK YOU.

THIS IS LUCIA, UM, 8 41 RED HAWK, MIDDLETOWN, VIRGINIA.

UM, I'M ACTUALLY A NURSE AT WORK FOR, I WORK FOR VALLEY HEALTH AND I WORK WITH SOME PHENOMENAL NURSES, UM, THAT I KNOW MANY, UM, ARE AGAINST IT.

SO I JUST WANT TO, YOU'VE HEARD FROM SO MANY PEOPLE ALREADY SPEAK AGAINST THIS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SMART, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M JUST BEGGING YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT SCOTT LLOYD'S VACCINE RELATED, UM, ORDINANCES TONIGHT.

THANK YOU.

LEANNE COCK BOOK.

GOOD EVENING TOWN COUNCIL.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO VOICE OUR OPINIONS.

MY NAME IS LEANNE , LEANNE AND I LIVE AT 1 74 BEACH ROAD IN FRONT ROYAL, AND I'M JUST OF THE MANY PEOPLE WHO WILL COME UP HERE AND SIMPLY SAY, I WANT TO SUPPORT SCOTT LLOYD'S PROPOSAL.

AND I'M ALSO A HOMESCHOOLING MOTHER.

AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SET A PRECEDENCE THAT WE DON'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO TELL US AND OUR FAMILIES WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH OUR CHILDREN, BECAUSE THAT WILL COME.

THAT WILL COME SOON.

IT'S A MADE UP NAME ANYWAYS, MY WIFE AND I COMBINED OUR NAMES TO MAKE THAT NAME.

SO.

OKAY, GOOD EVENING.

I'M DR.

DARRYL.

WOLSKI, I'M A CHIROPRACTOR AND STEVEN CITY AND A RESIDENT OF STEPHEN CITY.

I HAVE A LOT OF CLIENTS THAT LIVE AND WORK IN THE CITY LIMITS.

I FEEL AS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK UP FOR THEM, A LOT OF UNIVERSITIES AND HOSPITALS, INCLUDING VALLEY HEALTH ARE MANDATING THE EXPERIMENTAL COVID-19 VACCINE.

THE POLICY MAKERS OF THESE MANDATES HAVE SAID THAT THESE PRODUCTS ARE SAFE.

ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF DOSES HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO AMERICANS.

LET'S NOT FORGET THAT MILLIONS OF PARENTS AND INDIVIDUALS USE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, TALCUM POWDER, AND YEARS LATER DISCOVER THAT THIS QUOTE, SAFE PRODUCT HAS ASBESTOS IN IT.

TWO DECADES AGO, DOCTORS PRESCRIBED VIOXX THINKING IT WAS A SAFE DRUG TO AGAIN, DOWN THE ROAD, FIND THAT IT KILLED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

THESE ARE JUST TWO REMINDERS THAT JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DO SOMETHING OR MEDICAL DOCTORS SAY A PRODUCT IS SAFE.

DOESN'T MEAN IT IS SAFE.

ALSO THE PEOPLE THAT WERE INJURED BY THESE UNSAFE PRODUCTS WERE AT LEAST ABLE TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST

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THESE COMPANIES, INDIVIDUALS INJURED BY THESE EXPERIMENTAL VACCINES, WHICH THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF INJURIES DOCUMENTED ON THE VACCINE.

ADVERSE EVENTS REPORTING SYSTEM CANNOT TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THESE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES.

AND THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION THAT THEY CANNOT TAKE AGAINST INSTITUTIONS THAT MANDATE THEM.

I FEEL THAT INFORMED CONSENT IS A GIVEN RIGHT TO ALL INDIVIDUALS SUPPORTED BY DOCUMENTATION.

GOING BACK TO NUREMBERG WAR CRIME TRIALS, THAT WHEN THERE IS WHEN THERE IS RISKS, NO MATTER HOW SMALL WITH THE MEDICAL PROCEDURE AND THIS EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE IS A MEDICAL PROCEDURE AND DEFINITELY COMES WITH RISK.

PEOPLE MUST HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THE CHOICE THAT IS BEST FOR THEM WITHOUT COERCION, BRIBERY OR THREAT.

YOU MIGHT SAY THAT THERE ARE MEDICAL AND RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS AVAILABLE, BUT THEY'RE NOT BEING ACCEPTED.

I HAVE A CLIENT THAT WORKS FOR VALLEY HEALTH THAT HAS A FAMILY HISTORY OF HEART DISEASE, AND HERSELF HAS DOCUMENTED HEART ISSUES.

THERE IS A LINK TO MYOCARDITIS THESE EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTS, BUT THIS LADY'S DOCTORS WILL NOT WRITE HER AN EXEMPTION, EVEN WHEN MOST REASONABLE PEOPLE THINK SHE WOULD QUALIFY.

SO FOR HER TO KEEP HER JOB, SHE MUST TAKE THE RISK OF INJURY OR EVEN DEATH.

OH, BY THE WAY, SHE'S 100% REMOTE AND HAS NO PHYSICAL INTERACTION WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE OR PATIENT.

SO WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD MANDATE, REPLACE THE WORD WITH FORCED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT INSTITUTIONS LIKE VALLEY HEALTH ARE DOING.

THERE ARE FORCING EMPLOYEES TO GET MEDICAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT PROPER INFORMED CONSENT.

I FEEL THE MAIN ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IS NOT THE PROTECT THE PUBLIC, BUT THE PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC, NOT THE RIGHTS OF THESE INSTANCES.

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE, THE PROTECT, THE RIGHTS OF FREE AND INFORMED CHOICE OF ANYONE THAT WORKS WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS.

THANK YOU.

I WANT TO TAKE A SHORT RECESS, A 10 MINUTE RECESS AND COME BACK.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

HAVE A SEAT, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

WE ARE GOING TO HOLD A PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION FOR JUST A SHORT PERIOD.

UH, TAKE CARE OF OTHER BUSINESS BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER, UH, THEIR STAFF AND OTHER CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON OTHER MATTERS.

AND THERE'S STILL 35 SPEAKERS TO GO.

SO

[8A. Rezoning Application Requesting an Amendment to the Town’s Zoning Map to Reclassify a Parcel from I-1 to R-2 on Crosby Road for Jason and Christie Sine – Chris Brock]

WE WANT TO START WITH OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, REZONING APPLICATION, REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN'S ZONING MAP, RECLASSIFIED PARCEL I ONE, TWO, OUR TWO ON CROSBY ROAD FOR JASON AND KRISTY SIGN, LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK? YES, SIR.

I BELIEVE IT'S.

THE SIGN IS CHRISTY SIGN.

PLEASE COME FORWARD.

STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS CHRISTIE SINE AND WE OWN A PROPERTY AT SEVEN 13 CROSBY ROAD.

AND THEN THE ADJACENT PARCEL NEXT TO IT.

THE SAME QUESTION.

UH, WE HAVE OWNED THAT LOT FOR NUMEROUS YEARS AND WE'VE DECIDED RECENTLY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, BUILD A DUPLEX, WHICH WAS TWO TOWNHOMES ON THE PARCEL.

UH, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BASICALLY WE JUST WANT TO HAVE A WAY TO BUILD SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND UTILIZE THE PROPERTY.

THANK YOU.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC CLEARING HEARING AND OPEN UP TO COUNCIL.

MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE AT REZONING APPLICATION REQUESTS FROM JASON AND CHRISSY SIGN, REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE TOWN ZONING MAP TO RECLASSIFY A 0.727 PARCEL LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF CROSBY ROAD, BUDDING THE RAILROAD AND NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EAST STREET AND CROSSFIT ROAD FROM ONE TO ART TWO AND CROSBY ROAD.

IT'S EAST EIGHTH STREET.

I'M SORRY.

EAST EIGHTH STREET AND CROSBY ROAD FROM I ONE TO ART TWO AND CROSBY ROAD.

SECOND.

HERE'S A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.

WE HAVE A ROLL CALL.

VICE MAYOR.

COCKREL YES.

COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE.

YES.

COUNCILMAN LOYD.

YES.

SALESMEN MCFADDEN.

YES.

COUNCILMAN THOMPSON.

YES.

FAST PASSES.

[8B. An Ordinance Amendment to the Nonconformity Sections of Town Code Chapter 175 (Zoning) to Ease Restrictions and Give Incentive to the Rehabilitation of Nonconforming Blighted Structures and Lots – C. Brock]

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NEXT UP AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE NON-CONFORMITY SECTIONS OF TOWN CODE CHAPTER 1 75 ZONING TO EASE RESTRICTIONS AND GIVES, GIVE INCENTIVE TO REHABILITATION.

NON-CONFORMING BLIGHTED STRUCTURES AND LOTS.

MS. PRESLEY.

I'M SORRY.

OPEN TO PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK? NO, SIR.

CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL.

MR. MAYOR, HOLD ON.

SORRY.

IT MOVED.

I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE AN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO THE NONCONFORMITY SECTION OF TOWN CODE CHAPTER 1 75 ZONING SPECIFICALLY SECTIONS 1 75 DASH 1 26, 1 75, HYPHEN 1 28, 1 75.

I'VE BEEN 1 38, 1 75, HYPHEN 1 31, 1 75, 5 AND 1 32 TO EASE THE RESTRICTIONS AND GIVE INCENTIVE TO THE REHABILITATION OF NON-CONFORMING BLIGHTED STRUCTURES AND ARE LOTS BEYOND THEIR 50% FAIR MARKET VALUE AS PRESENTED.

SECOND HERE'S SECOND.

HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

VICE MAYOR.

COCKREL YES.

COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE.

YES.

COUNCILMAN LOYD.

YES.

COUNCILMAN MCFADDEN.

YES.

COUNCILMAN THOMPSON.

YES.

THANK YOU.

[10. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS]

NEXT UP CONSENT SEND AGENDA ITEMS OR YOUR EMOTION, MR. BEAR.

I'VE MOVED THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AS PRESENTED SECOND HERE A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION ROLL CALL PLEASE.

VICE MAYOR.

COCKREL YES.

COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE.

YES.

COUNCILMAN LLOYD.

YES.

COUNCILMAN MCFADDEN.

YES.

COUNCILMAN THOMPSON.

YES.

[11A. Policy and Procedures for Special Events – Alisa Scott]

NEXT UP POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WERE SPECIAL EVENTS.

JUST BRIEF SUMMARY, PLEASE.

COUNCIL'S REQUESTED TO APPROVE THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS AS PRESENTED.

IF APPROVED STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE POLICY AND PROCEDURES GO INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2021 TO ALLOW STAFF TO COMPLETE THE NEW APPLICATION AND ATTACHMENTS.

AND MR. MAYOR, I HAVE SOMETHING FROM ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKERS THAT HE WOULD LIKE PASSED OUT.

OKAY.

IS THERE ANYBODY HERE TONIGHT THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE POLICY AND PROCEDURES? SPECIAL EVENTS, MR. NOVAK.

SO BEAR WITH ME.

UH, THIS IS REALLY MINOR COMPARED TO WHAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT AND GOOD LUCK MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU FOR THE FACADE GRANT PROGRAM.

IN OUR CASE, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE GRANT LEVERAGED US.

I'M SORRY, RICK NOVAK ONE 17 EAST MAIN STREET, AND I'M WITH ROYAL CINEMAS.

IN OUR CASE, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE GRANT LEVERAGED US TO DO SOMETHING MUCH MORE GRAND THAN WE MIGHT HAVE.

WE ARE HONORING THE PAST OF THE THEATER WITH A MARQUEE THAT IS INSPIRED BY THE 1930 ORIGINAL.

THAT WAS ON THE FRONT OF THE THEATER WHEN IT WAS BUILT.

I HOPE YOU'RE PLEASED WITH THE RESULT.

I KNOW WE ARE, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, IT WILL BE COMPLETED AS A REMINDER, THIS FIRST FACADE GRANT MEETING TOOK PLACE IN 2016.

SO SOMETIMES THE GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO WAIT, BUT WE'RE REALLY HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE SPECIAL EVENTS POLICY, WHICH YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING OVER.

MY OPINION ABOUT SPECIAL EVENTS ON MAIN STREET AT THE VILLAGE COMMONS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS AS A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD, WHO WAS A VOLUNTEER FOR MANY YEARS AT DAWN, MIND YOU TO HELP UP FOR THE, WHAT WAS CALLED THE MUSHROOM AND WINE FESTIVAL.

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AND NOW IT'S TRANSITIONED TO THE WINE AND CRAFT FESTIVAL.

WHEN THE SHATAKI MUSHROOM GROWERS STOPPED ATTENDING, I WAS ON THE BOARD OF THE DOWNTOWN FRONT ROYAL.

WHEN WE HOSTED AT LEAST TWO DANCING DOWNTOWNS A SUMMER, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WINE AND CRAFT RETURN.

THIS SEPTEMBER VILLAGE COMMONS AND STREET EVENTS ARE SPECIAL.

WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO TREAT THEM AS SUCH.

I ALSO COME AS A CONCERN BUSINESS ON MAIN STREET, POSSIBLY AFFECTED ADVERSELY BY ANY MISHANDLING OF STREET CLOSURES.

I'VE HAD MANY GREAT EXPERIENCES AT THESE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS, LOTS OF FUN CONVERSATION.

SO I SUPPORT THEIR EXISTENCE, BUT WE MUST BE CAREFUL ABOUT OUR POLICY.

SO FOR THAT REASON, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO SOME OF THE WORDINGS SO THAT IT IS PERFECTLY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT.

WHAT HAPPENS FOR EACH TYPE OF PERMIT APPLICATION? I HOPE COUNCIL HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED POLICY.

THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION SESSIONS HELD BY ALYSSA SCOTT AND STEVE HICKS.

THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REFER YOU TO THE VILLAGE COMMENTS REPORT, WHICH I GAVE YOU COPIES OF.

IF YOU HADN'T SEEN THEM ALREADY, THEY PREDATE SOME OF YOU.

IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT YET, IT CAN GIVE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT TO THE POLICY YOU MAY BE VOTING ON TONIGHT.

THE REPORT CAME OUT OF THREE MEETINGS THAT WERE WELL ATTENDED BY MANY MAIN STREET MERCHANTS AND INTERESTED PARTIES THAT HAPPENED BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2020.

WHILE I KNOW IT CAN BE CHALLENGING TO DRAFT DOCUMENTS, THAT ADDRESS MOST OF THE TYPES OF APPLICANTS THAT MAY APPLY.

I NEED TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO A FEW ITEMS THAT I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT.

FIRST, FIRST QUESTION EVENT, ORGANIZED ORGANIZERS ARE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS OF THE SCHEDULED EVENT.

PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE POLICIES POLICIES, SO THAT ORGANIZERS KNOW HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

SECOND QUESTION, I DON'T SEE IT ADDRESSED IN THE DOCUMENT, HOW YOU TRANSITION FROM ONE TYPE OF PERMIT SLASH CLOSURE TO ANOTHER.

WHAT ARE THE TRIGGERS? I AM MOST CONCERNED BY THE IDEA THAT A FULL STREET CLOSURE MIGHT BE CONSIDERED FOR A TOURISM EVENT OF MORE THAN 500.

SO AT 501 BASED ON THE POLICY, THE WAY I READ IT, AND MAYBE I'M MISREADING IT AT ANTICIPATED ATTENDANCE FOR THAT.

AND IF YOU PAY THE APPROPRIATE FEE OF A HUNDRED OR $150, THE WAY I READ THE POLICY, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU COULD CLOSE THE ENTIRE STREET.

IF YOU CHECK THAT BOX AND PAID THAT FEE, I BELIEVE THE POLICY SHOULD ENCOURAGE THE USE OF THE VILLAGE COMMONS AS AN INCUBATOR FOR EVENTS UNTIL THEY ESTABLISH A TRACK RECORD THAT WOULD WARRANT FULL STREET CLOSURES AND EXAMPLE OF A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT THAT DID NOT MOVE TO FULL STREET CLOSURE IS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BRUISE AND BLUES IT'S FIT NICELY THERE EVEN BEFORE THE, UH, THE NEW PAVILION AND IT'S EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.

AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ATTENDED RIGHT IN THE VILLAGE COMMONS.

TO ME, THE BENCHMARK FOR FULL STREET CLOSURE GOING FORWARD SHOULD BE EVENTS THAT ARE AT LEAST THE SIZE OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS WINE AND CRAFT FESTIVAL ATTENDANCE.

AT THOSE, DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER RANGE FROM 5,000 TO 8,000, DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THE RESULTS.

THANK YOU.

WHAT A PROMOTION.

PARDON? ON THE MATTER.

YES, SIR.

I'VE ALREADY INTRODUCED MYSELF.

SO I WON'T DO THAT AGAIN.

I WAS UNAWARE THAT THIS ISSUE WAS COMING TO A VOTE THIS EVENING.

MAYBE I WASN'T WATCHING THE RIGHT BIT PLATFORMS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT I STRONGLY AGREE WITH THE PRECEDING SPEAKER.

I THINK YOU SHOULD DELAY THE VOTE ON THIS ISSUE.

I MADE A PRESENTATION ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

I BELIEVE THE PROPOSAL DEVELOPED BY MR. HICKSON.

HIS STAFF WAS TOO AT THAT TIME WAS TOO EXPENSIVE, TOO COMPLICATED.

A ONE, ONE SIZE FITS ALL TYPE THING.

AND I THINK WAS UNCALLED FOR I AT THAT TIME SAID THAT ONE OF THE BASIC PROBLEMS AT FRONT ROYAL, THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAVE IN SOLVING PROBLEMS IS THEY HAVE NO WRITTEN VISION

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OF WHERE THEY WANT TO TAKE THE COUNCIL OR WHERE THEY WANTED TO TAKE THE TOWN.

AND I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT WE GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARDS, COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT IS FAR BETTER THAN THE ONE THAT APPEARED TO BE PRESENTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

OPEN UP THE COUNCIL, OPEN UP THE COUNCIL OR YOU GOT ONE MORE SPEAKER.

OH, SNUCK UP.

AH, HELLO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE COUNCIL, MR. MAYOR, UH, MANAGER, DAN ATTORNEY WILLIAM HUCK 4 0 9 EAST MAIN STREET FOR OUR RURAL VIRGINIA CNC FROZEN TREATS.

SO EVENTS.

THANK THE FIRST QUESTION WE NEED TO ASK IS HOW MANY DO WE WANT A YEAR? SURE.

BUSINESSES SUFFER BUSINESSES SUFFER EVERY DAY TO VINCE HAPPENED OR NOT INCUBATORS WORK.

WE'VE SHOWN THEM THAT WE INCUBATED FROM A SMALL TO IT TO A MUCH LARGER WEATHER COMES INTO PLAY WITH THE TOURISTS THAT COME IN.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMES INTO PLAY WITH THE ATTENDANCE OF, AND I BELIEVE THE, THE COORDINATORS OF THE EVENTS SHOULD GO INTO THE BUSINESSES AND SPEAK TO THE OWNERS OR THE MANAGEMENT TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE ARE HAVING.

WE DO NOT CLOSE A FULL CLOSURE OF MAIN STREET THAT OFTEN IN OUR TOWN, BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE GAZEBO AREA TO HOST COMMUNITY EVENTS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO ALL THE PROTOCOL THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT STRUCTURES, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE WANTING TO COME INTO FRONT ROYAL AND START A HUGE EVENT THAT BRINGS 5,000 TO 8,000 PEOPLE AS WAS JUST REGULAR STATED.

JUST A MOMENT AGO, THE MUSHROOM EVENT, AS IT WAS STARTED, DIDN'T BRING 5,000 PEOPLE THE FIRST YEAR THAT IT WAS INCUBATED INTO AN EVENT FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

NOW IT'S BEEN RUNNING STRONG FOR 35 YEARS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE OTHERS.

YEAH, NOT 35 YEARS WITH THE, WITH THE WINE AND CRAFT FEST THROUGH, THROUGH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BASED, THEY STARTED AS A SMALLER EVENT.

SO THE EVENT POLICY NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT INTO SOME FORM THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE UPON AND MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TOGETHER.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT DO EVENTS AND THEN THAT LIKED TO DO EVENTS, NO COMMENTS ARE TAKEN FROM THEM.

WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS IN OUR TOWN THAT ARE GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO SHAKE THEM OFF TO THE SIDE.

NOT EVERY EVENT WE DO ON MAIN STREETS BEING GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, NOT EVERY EVENT FOR EVERY COMMUNITY, THAT'S OUT THERE HAS BEEN GOOD FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.

SO WE LIVE AND WE LEARN, AND WE DO NEED TO HAVE SOME STRUCTURE.

I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT FOR A LONG TIME AND WE WILL FALL WITHIN THOSE STRUCTURES.

SO FOR THE PERM MANNING'S, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PARADE AND AN EVENT, IS THAT ONE PERMIT OR IS THAT TWO SEPARATE THAT TWO SEPARATE COSTS? HOW MANY, HOW MANY CAN AN ORGANIZATION DO? CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S FOUR WHERE WE HAD THE MEETING IN 2020, IT WAS AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT, AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOWED THE PROTOCOL AND THE PROCEDURES THAT WERE IN PLACE AT THAT POINT.

SO LET'S GET THE PROCEDURES IN PLACE.

IF WE COULD GET THEM BEFORE SEPTEMBER, THAT WOULD BE GREAT BECAUSE I'M ADVERTISING FAMILY FUND DAY, MAY 20 MAY OF 2022.

IT WILL BE MAY 7TH OF 20, 22.

AND I WANT TO START ADVERTISING IT NEXT WEEK.

THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY.

THAT BEING SAID OPEN UP THE COUNCIL.

OKAY.

UM, THE FIRST THING I JUST WANTED TO SAY, RICK, UM, THE FIRST QUESTION YOU HAD ABOUT REQUIRED, LIKE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I BROUGHT UP AT THE WORK SESSION, THE SAME THING, LIKE HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT EVERY BUSINESS AND THE RESIDENTS OR MAIN STREET ARE NOTIFIED? UM, AND ONE OF, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IS

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LIKE AN EMAIL LIST AND THAT'S KIND OF LIKE, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I'D SPOKE WITH SOMEBODY IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

WE REALLY NEED TO GET SOME EMAIL LISTS TOGETHER OF LIKE ALL THE BUSINESSES, BUT THEN BEING ABLE TO BASICALLY ZONE THEM OUT LIKE THIS IS MAIN STREET.

UM, SO THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP AGAIN WAS I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE, IT NEEDS TO BE FIRMED UP.

THIS IS WHAT'S EXPECTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW.

SO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANYTHING, BUT I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UM, I'M SURE IT'S TOWN, STAFF'S PROBABLY TIRED OF US SAYING THIS, BUT MAYBE WE NEED TO TAKE THIS BACK TO A WORK SESSION, UM, AND ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE CONCERNS, AGAIN, IT IS A, IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A HOT TOPIC, UM, ALL OF LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR.

AND, UM, THE VILLAGE COMMONS REPORTS ARE, I REMEMBER I WAS, I WAS PART OF THAT AND ATTENDED THAT.

AND SO, UM, I, IF, IF IT'S AS WILL I BE, UM, I'M WILLING TO GO BACK TO WORK SESSION UNLESS ANYBODY HAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

YES, MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS COME BACK TO A WORK SESSION TOO.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS RIGHT.

UM, I STILL HAVE, UM, SOME QUESTIONS MYSELF AND, AND TONIGHT WE'VE HAD SOME SPEAKERS THAT, THAT STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS.

UM, A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MATRIX STILL AND THE PROCEDURES.

UM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THIS RIGHT.

SO IN SIX MONTHS WE'RE NOT REVISITING THIS THING AGAIN.

SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, TAKE IT BACK TO WORK SESSION ONE MORE TIME BASED.

SO ONE WOMAN WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DO SO, MR. MAYOR, I MOVE THAT COUNCIL.

UM, TAKE THE POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, PERMITS BACK TO WORKS TO THE CLOSE, THE NEAREST WORK SESSION OR THE WORK SESSION CLOSES.

SECOND, SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST WAS GOING TO SAY, IF WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS BACK AND WE GET A DATE, UM, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO HEAR FROM EVERYBODY BEFORE THEN, BECAUSE I KNOW STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND WE KEEP TAKING THIS BACK TO WORK SESSION.

I FEEL LIKE WE, WE REALLY NEED TO SAY, WE NEED ALL THE INPUT WE CAN GET FROM EVERYBODY THAT'S CONCERNED AND HAS, UM, CONCERNS AND GET IT ALL IN ONE SPOT SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IT.

UM, RATHER THAN CONTINUING TO DRAW THIS OUT.

CAUSE I KNOW AS WILLY JUST SAID, PEOPLE WERE READY TO START PLANNING AND THEY DON'T WANT TO START PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE UNTIL THEY KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THEY NEED TO DO.

ANYONE ELSE.

YES.

SO WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE THIS BACK TO A WORK SESSION.

I KNOW THAT ALYSSA DOES HAVE A DISTRIBUTION LIST THAT GOES SPECIFICALLY TO MAIN STREET BUSINESSES AND RESIDENCES.

UM, THIS WON'T BE THE SEVENTH OR EIGHTH TIME WE TAKE THIS BACK SO WE CAN MAKE THIS THE FINAL TIME.

THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

IF ANYBODY, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY EVENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO BEFORE WE GET THIS SETTLED, UM, YOU CAN MAKE A SPECIAL REQUEST, SORRY, TINA.

UM, BUT YOU CAN MAKE A SPECIAL REQUEST BECAUSE WE STILL WANT EVENTS TO GO ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A POLICY, RIGHT? THIS MOMENT.

I DON'T WANT TO HALT TOWN LIFE, UM, FOR THIS.

SO IF WE CAN MAKE THIS THE FINAL WORK SESSION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE PINPOINTING THE NUMBERS BASED ON WRITTEN NOVAK, BRINGING BACK THE, UH, THE SESSIONS WE ATTENDED EARLIER LAST YEAR.

UM, BUT YES, GET EVERYTHING IN THAT YOU GUYS HAVE CONCERNING THIS EVENTS POLICY.

SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE THE LAST WORK SESSION WE CAN COME IN.

WE CAN VOTE ON IT AND UH, WE CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL BUSINESS.

OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE IN A ROLL CALL PLEASE? VICE MAYOR.

COCKREL YES.

COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE.

YES.

COUNCILMAN LOYD.

YES.

COUNCILMAN MCFADDEN.

YEAH.

COUNCILMAN THOMPSON.

YES.

ALL RIGHT.

BACK TO A WORK SESSION

[11B. FY22 Budget Amendment for Tourism and Contract Amendment for JLL - Alisa Scott]

NEXT F WATCH 1 22 BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR TOURISM CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOUR JLL.

DO YOU READ THE SUMMARY PLEASE? COUNCIL'S REQUESTED TO APPROVE EIGHT F Y 22 BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $74,070.

AND TO APPROVE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH JLL, INC.

CURRENTLY THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL EMPLOYEES, FIVE VISITOR CENTER STAFF ON A TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT BASIS.

THE CONTRACT WOULD ALLOW THE TOWN TO RECEIVE FUNDS FROM JLL, THAT REIMBURSES FOR THE EXPENSE OF STAFFING, THE VISITOR CENTER, THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT WOULD ALSO ALLOW FOR JLL TO PROVIDE THE TEMPORARY VISITOR CENTER STAFF WITH DIRECTION AND DESTINATION

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MARKETING ORGANIZATION, BEST PRACTICES AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

ONCE THE DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION BOARD IS ESTABLISHED, THE INTENT IS FOR THE BOARD TO EMPLOY THE TEMPORARY TOWN STAFF.

THANK YOU.

YOUR MOTION, MR. MAYOR.

UM, I MOVED THAT PROPOSED THAT COUNCIL APPROVE AN F FLAT 22 BUDGET AMENDMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $74,070 AND APPROVE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT ALLOWING J L L INC, TO PROVIDE THE VISITOR CENTER STAFF WITH DIRECTION TO RECEIVE FUNDS FROM J L L INCORPORATED, TO REIMBURSE FOR THE EXPENSE OF STAFFING TOURISM.

I HAVE A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION MS. SCOTT'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF Y'ALL NEED ME, ANYBODY.

ALL RIGHT.

HAVE A ROLL CALL.

VICE MAYOR COCK ROW, COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE.

COUNCILMAN LOYD.

YES.

COUNCILMAN MCFADDEN.

COUNCILMAN THOMPSON.

YES.

MOTION PASSES.

[11C. Joint Tourism Memorandum of Agreement with Warren County and Destination Marketing Organization Contract – Alisa Scott]

NEXT STEP JOINT TOURISM MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH WARREN COUNTY AND DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION CONTRACT TO READ A SUMMARY, THE TALENT FRONT ROYAL AND WARREN COUNTY JOINTLY ENTERED INTO A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT IN JANUARY, 2021 TO JOINTLY PROCURE THE CONSULTING SERVICES OF A DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION AND GIVE THE JOINT TOURISM COMMITTEE TOURISM AUTHORITY.

THE STATEMENT OF NEEDS WITHIN THE REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS WAS FOR THE DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION TO ASSIST THE TOWN COUNTY IN JTC AND CREATING AND ESTABLISHING THE CONTRACT BYLAWS AND ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FOR A STANDALONE JOINT TOURISM BOARD TOWN COUNCIL ALSO AUTHORIZED THE TOWN MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE COUNTY TO FINALIZE THE MOA, TO ESTABLISH A BOARD DURING THE MAY 10TH, 2021 WORK SESSION.

AS A RESULT, A MEETING WAS HELD ON MAY 18TH WHERE THE TOWN AND COUNTY AGREED TO ESTABLISH A BOARD.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED.

THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PLAN TO APPROVE THE MOA AT THEIR AUGUST 3RD, 2021 BOARD MEETING.

THEREFORE COUNSEL'S REQUESTED TO APPROVE A NEW MOA WITH THE COUNTY AND THE DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION CONTRACT THAT WILL ESTABLISH THE JOINT TOURISM BOARD.

ADDITIONALLY, COUNSEL'S REQUESTED TO GIVE THE MAYOR AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE THE MOA AND FOR THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT UPON APPROVAL OF ALL DOCUMENTS.

THE JANUARY 4TH, 2021 FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY JOINT TOURISM COMMITTEE IN MY WAY IS TO BE RESCINDED YOUR MOTION.

MR. MAYOR, MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE A NEW MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT MOA WITH WARREN COUNTY TO ESTABLISH A JOINT TOURISM BOARD AND AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE MOA AND THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION CONTRACT AND ANY RELATED DOCUMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE TOWN COUNCIL.

I FURTHER MOVED THAT COUNCIL RESCINDED THE APPROVE TO JANUARY 4TH, 2021 FRONT ROYAL WARREN COUNTY JOINT TOURISM COMMITTEE, MLA UPON APPROVAL OF ALL DOCUMENTS.

SECOND, SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? ANY ONE? WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE.

VICE MAYOR.

COCKREL SALESMEN.

GILLESPIE.

YES.

COUNCILMAN LOYD.

YES.

YES.

COUNCILMAN THOMPSON.

YES.

ALL RIGHT.

MOTION PASSES.

[7. PUBLIC COMMENTS (COMMENTS NOT RELATED TO PUBLIC HEARINGS) (Part 2 of 2)]

OKAY.

BACK UP TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WHERE DID WE LEAVE OFF INGRID CHRISTIANSEN, PLEASE REMEMBER TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND PLEASE TRY TO KEEP IT TWO MINUTES OR UNDER.

MY NAME IS NICO CHRISTIANSON.

I LIVE ON GARDEN COURT IN FRONT ROYAL AND I'M A NURSE.

I WORKED FOR VALLEY HEALTH FOR 13 YEARS AT THE LAND CARE CENTER.

AND I JUST POINTED OUT TO HIM.

I AM TOTALLY AGAINST MANDATED VACCINES.

AND IF YOU NEED A STORY TO HANG ON TO, I KIND OF WAS SLOW TO COME TO UNDERSTAND THIS BECAUSE I JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY, WHATEVER PROMOTE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HURT THEIR PATIENTS, BUT THERE WAS A DOCTOR.

IF YOU LOOK IT UP, GREGORY MICHAEL OB GYN IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, 56 YEARS OLD, TOTALLY HEALTHY, GOT A VACCINE.

THREE DAYS LATER, HE'S IN THE ER WITH BLEEDING IN HIS HANDS AND FEET ENDED UP, HE HAD NO PLATELETS LEFT ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL.

ICU WAS DEAD IN 16 DAYS.

THAT'S IN JANUARY, APRIL, THE MENTAL EXAM MEDICAL EXAMINER RULED HIS DEATH FROM NATURAL CAUSES.

I'M LIKE WHAT? YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO, IF YOU'RE HAVING DOUBTS, YOU JUST HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES BAD THINGS GET PROMOTED.

SO I'M AGAINST THE MANDATED VACCINES.

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MURRAY LUNDBERG.

I'M A REAL LUNDBERG.

I LIVE AT 2 0 3 PEACHTREE CHORD IN FRONT ROYAL.

MOST OF THE THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN STATED BY SPEAKERS AHEAD OF ME.

BUT WHEN, UH, COUNCILMAN LOYD FIRST PROPOSED THE PROPOSED THIS ORDINANCE, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE WRITTEN IN THE ROYAL EXAMINER, VERY CRITICAL OF IT.

AND, UH, THE, THE REPORTER THAT HE SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME RESEARCHING INFORMATION ABOUT THIS VACCINE OR THE SUPPOSEDLY VACCINE, AND HE COULD FIND NO NEGATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT IT, WHICH HAS HAD RATHER INTERESTING.

OBVIOUSLY ONLY LOOK AT GOOGLE OR YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN TO YOU AGAIN, THAT ON THE CDC WEBSITE IS AN, A LINK TO BEARS, WHICH MEANS VACCINE ADVERSE EVENT REPORTING SYSTEM, WHICH IS RIGHT ON THE CCD WEBSITE.

IT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED EARLIER.

SO IF YOU NEED TO FIND OUT IF THERE ARE ANY ADVERSE REACTIONS, AS OF THE 16TH OF JULY, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 10,000 DEATHS AND NEARLY 500,000 ADVERSE REACTIONS.

AND ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY HARVARD IN 2009, PROBABLY ONLY 1% OF THESE ADVERSE REACTIONS ARE ACTUALLY REPORTED TO THIS VERUS ABOUT SIDE, WHICH IS NOT VERY USER-FRIENDLY.

SO WE CAN IMAGINE A WHOLE LOT MORE PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED.

SO I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOUR VOTE TO SUPPORT COUNCILMAN LOYD, BECAUSE THIS TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO DO THIS, TO GO AGAINST THE TIDE.

THANK YOU.

CATHERINE RILEY.

HI, MY NAME IS KATHERINE RILEY.

I LIVE AT 10 35 STEWART DRIVE FROM TROY, VIRGINIA, AND I'M VIGOROUSLY OPPOSED TO MAXINE MANDATE.

JANE ELLIOTT.

MY NAME IS JANE ELLIOT.

I LIVE IN FRONT ROYAL.

UM, MY BODY, MY CHOICE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TOLD THAT'S WHAT'S DRUMMED INTO US, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT.

WHAT ABOUT DECIDING FOR OURSELVES WITH INFORMED CONSENT? WHETHER OR NOT THIS VACCINE IS THIS EXPERIMENTAL, UM, DRUG IS GOOD FOR US.

WHAT IS SO WRONG ABOUT THAT? AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A VERY DANGEROUS ROAD THAT I THINK WE CAN SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING.

UM, WHAT'S NEXT? WILL IT BE THE, UM, CCP SOCIAL CREDIT SCORE MODEL? IF, IF WE SAY SOMETHING THAT THE CHOSEN OPINION IS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE BELIEVE, WILL WE BE SILENCED? AND WHAT ELSE WILL, WILL THERE BE SOME WHERE A, UH, A CCP MODELED, ONE CHILD POLICY POSSIBILITIES ARE THERE.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER VERY CAREFULLY.

WE HAVE VOTED FOR YOU SO FAR.

IT'S BEEN UNANIMOUSLY OPPOSED.

PLEASE

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TAKE POUNCE MEN.

LLOYD'S, UM, POSITION VOTE.

YES.

ON THAT.

THANK YOU.

AMANDA WILLIAMS, AMANDA WILLIAMS. UM, I LIVE IN FRONT ROYAL.

I'M EMPLOYED IN FRONT ROYAL, BORN AND RAISED IN FRONT ROYAL, ONLY SEVEN YEARS OF MY LIFE.

HAVE I EVER BEEN OUT OF WARREN COUNTY? I CHOSE TO MOVE BACK HERE.

YOU SEE WHY YOU SEE ALL THIS? THIS IS COMMUNITY.

THIS IS WHAT WE WORK FOR.

WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER.

WE THOROUGHLY LOOK AT EACH OTHER'S OPTIONS, BELIEFS, MY BELIEF FOR MYSELF AS A SINGLE MOTHER.

UM, I CANNOT PUT THIS UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE IN MY BODY.

I CANNOT.

AND FOR ME TO COME BACK HERE WITH THIS COMMUNITY THAT I LOVE, ABSOLUTELY LOVE FOR MY CHILDREN TO BE RAISED IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT I LOVE 12 YEARS OF MY BEING IN THIS COUNTY.

I HAVE WORKED AS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MEDICAL.

NOW I SERVE MY COMMUNITY WITH PURPOSE AND FOR AN EMPLOYER TO SIT THERE AND MANDATE SOMETHING THAT IS NOT FDA APPROVED IS NOT OKAY.

IT'S NOT IN FOR THEM TO CHOOSE YOU EITHER GET THIS, OR YOU DON'T HAVE A JOB.

YOUR LIVELIHOOD IS GONE.

IT'S NOT RIGHT.

AND MR. LLOYD, I GREATLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE PUTTING ON THIS TABLE FOR US, BECAUSE THIS HAS GIVEN US HOPE TO FIGHT AND PLEASE EVERYBODY JUST PLEASE VOTE.

NO MANDATE.

THANK YOU.

KAYLEE WILLIAMS, KAYLEE WILLIAMS, FIVE 14 AND ASSES AVENUE.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO STATE MY OPINION.

I'M A HEALTHCARE WORKER FOR VALLEY HEALTH, AND I'VE WORKED HERE FOR EIGHT YEARS.

SO BASICALLY FROM HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL NOW, UM, I HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO COVID AND WAS VERY ILL AND OUT FOR A MONTH AND A HALF.

I, YES, I AM CURRENTLY VACCINATED, BUT I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MY RIGHT AND MY COLLEAGUES.

I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD COME TO A JOB VERSUS A VACCINE.

AND IF NOT DONE BY PEOPLE WILL BE TERMINATED.

AND THAT IS AGAINST OUR RIGHTS.

THIS JOB SUPPORTS OUR EVERYDAY LIFE TO FEED OUR CHILDREN AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED MAKING THIS COVID VACCINE MANDATORY.

ISN'T AFFECTING JUST US.

IT'S AFFECTING OUR CHILDREN AND OUR PATIENTS.

THANK YOU.

MARIANNE PURCELL, MARIANNE PURCELL.

ANY MARIANNE? I MIGHT HAVE YOUR NAME, LAST NAME.

WRONG.

NO.

OKAY.

UM, THE NEXT ONE'S MATT MARRAZZO.

I MOVED MY FAMILY

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UP HERE TO JACKSON PLACE, UH, MIDDLETOWN IN OCTOBER TO, UH, ESCAPE, BASICALLY COMMUNIST OCCUPIED TERRITORY ON DARE AND FAIRFAX COUNTY TO COME HERE.

UM, I'M A LITTLE SCARED, SO I WON'T BE TWO MINUTES.

UM, BUT, UH, UM, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. MAYS FOR THAT EXTRAORDINARILY TOUGH CALL.

HE MADE, HE DID THE RIGHT THING, AND THAT WAS A TOUGH CALL.

UM, AND MR. LLOYD PROPOSING THIS VERY IMPORTANT TIMELY LEGISLATION, WE REALLY NEED THIS.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S FOCUSED ON, ON, ON THE VALLEY HEALTH, BUT IT'S REALLY A WHOLE LOT BIGGER THAN THAT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE I'M KIND OF NAIVE.

I LOOK AROUND THE WORLD AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, AND I JUST CANNOT GRASP HOW THINGS HAVE GOTTEN TO BE SO CRAZY.

AND IT JUST DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THIS COULD BE REAL, BUT IT IS NOW, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE WORLD, YOU CAN SEE THAT WHAT'S COMMON.

IT'S NOT JUST VALLEY HEALTH SAYING YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE VACCINE OR YOU'RE FIRED.

THE TIME IS COMING.

WHEN YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL WITHOUT A VACCINE PASSPORT, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO, EXCUSE ME, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO, TO, TO BANK WITHOUT A VACCINE PASSPORT OR FLY WITHOUT A VACCINE PASSPORT.

YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GO TO THE STORE, SEND YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL WITHOUT A VACCINE PASSPORT.

OKAY.

VALLEY HEALTH IS KIND OF LIKE THAT BIG TANK THAT'S COMING AND YOU CAN SEE IT.

BUT BEHIND THAT IS THE INFANTRY AND THEY ARE COMING FOR ALL OF OUR RIGHTS.

YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF DECADES AGO, YOU GO, WHEN, WHEN BUILDINGS STARTED FALLING APART, THE SPEED OF GRAVITY, WE GAVE OUR RIGHTS AWAY WITH RECKLESS ABANDON IN HOPES THAT WE WOULD HAVE SAFETY AND SECURITY.

AND WE'VE GOTTEN VERY LITTLE EITHER IN MY PERSONAL OPINION IN 18 MONTHS AGO, WHEN THE WU HAN FOWCHEE VIRUS STARTED RAISING ITS HEAD LOGARITHMICALLY, THOSE THAT ACCELERATION OF THEIR LOSS OF OUR LIBERTIES, WE'VE BEEN WALKING AROUND, PEOPLE WOULD TELL US TO DO ALMOST ANYTHING AND WE'D BE WILLING TO DO IT.

CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD US TO DO REALLY IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

SO THIS IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN VALLEY HEALTH, AND IT'S SO MUCH BIGGER THAN OUR LITTLE PIECE OF THE WORLD HERE.

WE'VE GOT TO TAKE A STAND AND SAY NO MORE.

IT'S TOO MUCH.

ZACHARY WIND.

HI, GOOD EVENING.

UH, ZACHARY WENT TO SEVEN HILLVIEW STREET, FRONT ROYAL, UM, MAYOR COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

UH, MY WIFE'S A NURSE AT VALLEY HEALTH.

I DIDN'T THINK SHE WAS GONNA MAKE IT TONIGHT, BUT, UH, CAUSE SHE WAS JUST GETTING OFF HER SHIFT CAUSE SHE'S HERE NOW.

UM, I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT STAFFING.

UM, EVERYBODY MADE REALLY GOOD POINTS AND I DON'T REALLY HAVE INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME TO REPEAT, UH, ANY OF THE STATISTICS, BUT I ALREADY KNOW THAT VALLEY HEALTH HAS A STAFFING ISSUE AND THERE'S THE RATIO OF PATIENTS TO NURSES IS USUALLY MORE SO THAN NOT TOO HIGH AND NURSES AREN'T NURSES BECAUSE THEY'RE, WEAK-WILLED MY WIFE'S VERY STRONG-WILLED AND UH, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BACK DOWN IF THEY DON'T WANT TO BACK DOWN.

AND I'M SURE MOST OF THEM ARE PROBABLY GOING TO CHOOSE TO WALK AWAY AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A REAL CRISIS ON OUR HANDS.

SO I'M VERY WORRIED FOR THE PATIENTS.

UM, AND FOR VALLEY HEALTH AS A WHOLE, IF ANYBODY, IF WE LOSE MORE NURSES, WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH A CRISIS.

SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF, UH, SCOTT LLOYD'S ORDINANCE.

AND THANK YOU FOR TODAY.

JOHN PANELL, JOHN PANELL, MELISSA NICHOLSON, MY NAME'S MELISSA NICHOLSON OF 92 ROBYN LANE, FRONT ROW, VIRGINIA.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO STAND UP FOR THE RIGHTS OF ALL, BUT MAINLY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN STANDING ON THE FRONT LINE, THE ONES CALLED TO WORK TIRELESS HOURS.

WHEN

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THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC HIT THE ONE'S HANDED SOME MASS HAND SANITIZER, FACE SHIELDS AND SOME PLASTIC OR PAPER GOWNS FOR OVER A YEAR.

THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS COVID-19 VIRUS WITH LITTLE TO PRETTY MUCH NO HELP.

NOW THEY ARE BEING TOLD TO TAKE A EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE OR LOSE YOUR JOB, WHICH IS ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT.

WE ALL KNOW THE HARDSHIPS.

YOU FACE LOSING A JOB.

I'M SORRY.

I LOST MY PLACE.

I NEED THEM.

YOU NEED THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS THEM BECAUSE WHEN TIMES GOT ROUGH, DEADLY, ENTIRE THING, THEY WERE THERE.

THEY ARE SOLDIERS.

THE COVID 19 VACCINE IS A EXPERIMENTAL VACCINE.

THE FDA GRANTED EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION ONLY UNTIL THEY ARE FDA APPROVED.

THEY CANNOT BE MANDATED THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ALWAYS SHOUT MY BODY.

MY CHOICE NOW BELIEVE WE SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SAY NO TO BECOMING A GOVERNMENT LAB, BRETT, BUT THE CIRCUS DOESN'T END THERE YESTERDAY 7 25, 2021, THE FDA ANNOUNCED THEY WILL REVOKE THE EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION OF THE RT REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR, POLYMERASE REACTION FIRST INTRODUCED IN FEBRUARY OF 2020.

THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.

THEY ARE JUST NOW RECALLING THIS BECAUSE THE TEST ARE UNABLE TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COVID-19 AND INFLUENZA.

THEN TODAY THE FDA ISSUED A COMPLETE RECALL FOR COVID 19 RAPID TEST.

THEY FURTHER IDENTIFIED THIS AS A CLASS ONE RECALL THE MOST SERIOUS TYPE OF RECALL STATING USE OF THIS DEVICE MAY CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH RECALL PRODUCTIVE IN NOVA SARS, COV DASH TWO ANTIGEN RAPID CORRELATIVE TEST.

SO I ASKED YOU WHAT ABOUT ALL THE FALSE DATA THESE TESTS PRODUCED? WHAT ABOUT ALL THE FALSE POSITIVES THESE TESTS PRODUCE IN A YEAR'S TIME? WE ARE JUST NOW FINDING THIS INFORMATION OUT.

NOT ONLY DID THIS AFFECT THE U S THIS AFFECTED OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL.

THESE TESTS WERE GIVEN TO OTHER COUNTRIES YET WE ARE SUPPOSED TO ASSUME A VACCINE THEY WANT TO INJECT INTO OUR BODIES IS SAFE AND SUITABLE.

NO THANKS, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

JENNIFER BAYLESS.

HELLO.

THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

I WASN'T GOING TO SPEAK.

I WAS JUST GOING TO COME UP AND SAY, PLEASE SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL, BUT, UM, NOBODY'S TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE RELIGIOUS VIOLATION.

I'M SORRY, WHAT? OH, I LIVE IN WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA.

SO WE, UM, DO YOU NEED THE STREET ADDRESS? OKAY.

UH, WE COME HERE FOR HEALTHCARE.

SO THIS DOES AFFECT US.

UM, WE LIVE IN WINCHESTER, BUT WE COME TO FRONT ROYAL.

UM, OKAY.

YOU CAN LIKE THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, HAVE YOU HAVE YOU ALL READ VALLEY HEALTH'S, UH, APPLICATION FOR RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION? IT APPEARS TO BE A RELIGIOUS TEST.

THIS IS NOT OKAY.

ANY EMPLOYER ASKING PEOPLE TO PROVIDE THEIR RELIGIOUS LEADERS? CONTACT INFORMATION IS UNACCEPTABLE WHILE I'M SURE MANY WHO ARE HERE ARE ABLE TO PASS THIS RELIGIOUS TEST.

THE VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION HAS A PRETTY CLEAR DEFINITION OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION, AND IT IS PROTECTED FROM RELIGIOUS TESTS.

THE VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION CLEARLY DEFINES THE PARAMETERS OF SHARING AND NOT SHARING.

ONE'S DICTATES OF CONSCIENCE, WHICH I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE READ, BUT VALLEY HEALTH MAY NOT HAVE VALLEY HEALTH DEMANDING THIS RELIGIOUS TEST AS THE CONDITION, AS THE CONDITION FOR NOT TAKING A MEDICATION UNDER PENALTY OF JOB LOSS IS UNLAWFUL VALLEY.

HEALTH IS VIOLATING VALLEY HEALTH IS VIOLATING NATURAL LAW.

THEY ARE

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VIOLATING THE VIRGINIA HUMAN RIGHTS ACT AS DEFINED BY OUR VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION.

PLEASE SUPPORT COUNCILMAN SCOTT LLOYD'S PROPOSAL.

JEAN KILBY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR HOLLOWAY AND, UM, MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, I GUESS.

UH, I'M PROBABLY THE FIRST TO DISAGREE WITH SCOTT LEWITT'S PROPOSAL.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

HOW MANY OF YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN DO NOTHING AND WE CAN STOP THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS? EXACTLY.

AS FLORIDA ASKED ALABAMA, AS MOST OF THE RICH STATES, WE HAVE OVER 600,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE DEAD, ALMOST 35 MILLION CASES OF COVID.

WE HAD SOME LOW SITUATION BACK IN 1918 WITH THE PANDEMIC, WHICH WAS THE SPANISH FLU.

IF YOU PULL IT UP ON GOOGLE THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I'LL SAY PULL IT UP ON GOOGLE BECAUSE MY MOM PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR, BUT COVID AND SHE WAS BORN IN 1918.

SO THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN GET INFORMATION IS PULLING IT UP ON GOOGLE AND LOOKING IN THE DICTIONARY SPEED.

YOU GET INTERRUPTED IN OTHER SPEAKERS.

SO THE SPEED, THEN YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE.

AND IF YOU DON'T LEAVE THE EYES, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR HARTLEY.

THE 1918.

YEAH.

WHEN I LOOK AT ARLA PITCHES, WE HAD, MOST OF THE PEOPLE HAD MASKS ON.

THEY KNEW WHAT TO DO BACK THEN TO STOP THE SPIRIT.

EVEN THOUGH THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A VACCINE, BUT WE ARE SITTING HERE TODAY TALKING ABOUT, WE DON'T WANT A VACCINE AND WE DON'T WANT TO WEAR A MASK.

SO HOW DO WE STOP THE SPIRIT? WE DO NOTHING.

WE DO NOTHING.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PRETTY FULL WAR WITH ANOTHER EPIDEMIC.

AND THAT WAS THE SMALLPOX.

SMALLPOX WAS LITIGATED AND WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT.

I BELIEVE IT WAS JACOBSON VERSUS MASSACHUSETTS BECAUSE MASSACHUSETTS DID THE SAME THING THAT, THAT THE HOSPITAL IS DOING TODAY.

THEY MANDATED THE VACCINE AND WE HAD PEOPLE THAT LITIGATED.

WE DON'T WANT THE VACCINE, BUT IT'S IN THE PUBLIC'S INTERESTS.

WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING.

THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC.

WE CAN'T SIT AROUND AND LISTEN TO MYTHS.

WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE FACTS.

AND I THINK THAT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF DECEPTION HERE TONIGHT IN THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO SUPPOSE TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER, BUT THE ROOM IS FULL OF PEOPLE WITH THEIR SPECIAL INTERESTS IN MINE.

I JUST ASKED YOU TONIGHT TO DO THE RIGHT THING, DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE ENTIRE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, I THINK IT'S ILLEGAL TO MANDATE.

THIS IS NOT THE PROPER PLACE TO DEAL WITH THIS SUBJECT.

IF YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH IT, TAKE IT INTO THE COURT OF LAW.

THIS COMMUNITY HAS A HISTORY OF NOT OF GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN.

IT'S ALMOST REMINISCENT OF BACK IN THE DAY WITH THE MASSIVE RESISTANCE LAWFUL THE STATE MANDATED THAT THE SCHOOLS BE INTEGRATED, BUT BECAUSE OF GROUPS LIKE THIS,

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THEY VOTED MASSIVE RESISTANCE, WHICH WAS TOTALLY ILLEGAL.

AND THAT'S ALL I'M TELLING YOU TODAY.

EVERYTHING THAT I'VE HEARD, YES.

I FEEL THAT PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THEIR CHOICE AND ALL OF THAT, BUT YOU MUST GO BY THE RULE OF LAW AND YOU MUST LOOK AT THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

THANK YOU.

ROSE HER LIBBY.

MY NAME IS ROSE HERLIHY.

I LIVE AT 64 DALE DRIVE.

I'M A NURSE.

AND ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO ARE HERE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF FIGHTING COVID AND GOING INTO WORK EVERY DAY.

AND WE LOVE OUR JOB AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.

AND WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, DO OUR BEST TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK IT'S A VERY DISRESPECTFUL VALLEY HEALTH TO HAVE BEEN, HAVE SPENT THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF SAYING CALLING US HEALTHCARE HEROES.

AND THEN JUST AS SOON AS WE DON'T DO THEIR BIDDING, THEY THROW US UNDER THE BUS AND WE'RE FIRED AND I'M ABSOLUTELY WILLING TO BE FIRED FROM MY JOB.

I THINK I FEEL REALLY STRONGLY ABOUT EVERYBODY'S ALREADY GIVEN ALL THE REASONS WHY THEY'RE AGAINST THE VACCINE.

I'M COMPLETELY BEHIND THEM.

BUT SO I JUST WANT TO SAY LIKE HOW DARE VALLEY HEALTH LIE TO US BY CALLING US HEALTHCARE HEROES AND THEN THROW US UNDER THE BUS.

SO THANK YOU, SCOTT LLOYD FOR BRINGING UP THIS ORDINANCE AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR REPRESENTING ALL OF US.

MELISSA SCHAFER.

DEARMAN MELISSA SCHAFER.

DEARMAN FOUR, FIVE TO WESTMORELAND STEPHEN CITY.

I MOVED OUT HERE FIVE YEARS AGO AND OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OR YEAR AND A HALF, UM, I'VE TURNED MY WHOLE LIFE AROUND FOR MY FAMILY.

WE HAVE GONE INTO HOMESCHOOLING BECAUSE OF ALL THE BS THAT IS GOING ON WITH THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS. AND NOW HERE I AM THE MAIN PROVIDER FOR MY FAMILY, HOMESCHOOLING MY KIDS FROM THE AGES OF FOUR ALL THE WAY UP TO 15 AND TRYING TO INSTILL THEM THE WORD OF GOD INTO THEIR HEARTS AND TO NOT LET OTHER PEOPLE TELL THEM WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR BODIES.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, STILL RESPECT OTHERS AND THE WAY THEY FEEL.

AND NOW I AM GIVEN A CHOICE AND I KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT CHOICE I MAKE GOD WILL PROVIDE.

AND I'M OKAY WITH SHOWING MY KIDS THAT MY BODY IS TUCKER IS A TEMPLE OF GOD.

AND I'M WILLING TO LEAVE MY LIFE, MY CAREER AND THE PASSION OF MY JOB IN PATIENTS ON THE LINE TO STAND UP FOR WHAT I BELIEVE IN AND TO SIT THERE AND TELL ME THAT IT IS OKAY TO TAKE FETAL CELLS AND ONLY PULL THE VECTOR OUT OF THEM TO PUT INTO A VACCINE IS NOT OKAY.

IT IS NOT OKAY TO TELL ME THAT IT IS ALL RIGHT TO PUT SOMETHING THAT IS NOT MADE FOR MY BODY BECAUSE GOD GAVE ME AND HE PLACES A HEDGE OF PROTECTION OVER ME AND MY FAMILY DAILY.

AND I PARADE, HE PLACES ONE OVER YOU GUYS AND YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR HEARTS TONIGHT TO SHOW OUR GENERATIONS TO COME TO STAND UP FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN AND WHAT THEY NEED FOR THEMSELVES.

THANK YOU.

TRACY FAN.

I LIVE IN STEPHENS CITY.

I WORK FOR THIS COUNTY.

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I SPEND MY MONEY IN THIS COUNTY.

I DO EVERYTHING IN THIS COUNTY AND I DON'T WORK FOR THE HOSPITAL, BUT I DO WORK UNDER VALLEY HEALTH.

I WORKED FOR REHAB.

I HAVE A STORY FOR YOU AND TO THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW, WE DO WEAR OUR MASK EVERY DAY AND WE TAKE CAUTIONS EVERY DAY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE CAUTIONS.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT MASKS.

THIS IS ABOUT OUR, AS A HUMAN BEING A YEAR AGO IN MARCH.

NO APRIL RIGHT REHAB SHUT DOWN.

SO THEY SENT ME, I'M ALSO A CNA HAD BEEN A MED TECH PHLEBOTOMIST.

SO I, I HAVE AN EXTENSIVE MEDICAL BACKGROUND AND WE'RE ALL EDUCATED HERE.

SO ANYWAYS, MY STORY IS UNTIL APRIL REHAB SHUT DOWN.

THEY SENT ME TO WORK AT THE HOSPITAL TO HELP WITH THE NURSES.

WELL, THE NURSES, WE DIDN'T HAVE HOURS FOR ME BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD TO SEND ALL THE COVID TWINS, CHESTER, AND WE DID.

OKAY.

OKAY.

SO ONCE THEY COULDN'T USE ME, I WAS PUT IN THE LABOR POOL.

WELL, WHILE IN THE LABOR POOL, WINCHESTER ASKED ME, WOULD YOU GO DOWN TO THE HOTBED THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE NEWS ONE, WASHINGTON NEWS TO GO DOWN TO LURAY AND WORK AT THE NURSING HOME RIGHT NEXT TO PAIGE MEMORIAL.

I SAID, SURE.

I WORKED IN NURSING HOMES BEFORE I'VE WORKED EVERYWHERE.

I'VE WORKED WITH MERCY.

I'VE WORKED WITH SHINGLES.

I WORKED, YOU TAKE PRECAUTIONS.

COVID IS NO LIE.

I BELIEVE IN COVID.

BUT HERE'S THE THING I WENT IN THERE THE FIRST DAY I WALKED IN.

WELL, WHAT KIND OF GOWN DO YOU WANT? MY DIRECTOR TOLD ME THAT WHEN YOU GO, THEY'RE GOING TO BE QUARANTINED.

HALF OF THE CHICK, HALF OF THE, WELL, YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH THE WELL, I'LL BE LIKE, OKAY, I'LL GO.

WELL, WHAT KIND OF GALLON DO YOU WANT? WHAT KIND OF MASKS DO YOU WANT? OKAY.

THE OTHER PART, IT, THIS VALLEY HEALTH TOLD ME WE WERE SENDING YOU AS A RENTAL CONTRACT WORKER.

WE DON'T OWN THEM, BUT THEY'RE RENTING YOU FROM US, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAID BY US.

I SAID, OKAY, I DON MY OUTFIT.

IT'S THROUGH DOUBLE DOORS.

SIMILAR TO THAT.

THE AIDES TAKE ME AROUND.

AND THE HORROR THAT I SAW, THEY WERE PA THIS PLACE HAD BEEN CLOSED DOWN BY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, REOPENED.

THEY WERE LACKING GLOVES.

THEY WERE LACKING SUPPLIES.

THEY WERE NOT WIPING EQUIPMENT FROM ROOM TO ROOM TO PUT MY ISOLATION GOWN ON.

I HAD TO GO THROUGH THE BREAK ROOM TO GO TO THE BATHROOM.

IF I'M WANTING TO GO TO THE BATHROOM, I HAD TO GO VICE VERSA.

THEY HAD NO PLACE TO PUT OUR ISOLATION GOWN.

THE REASON I'M TELLING YOU THIS, BECAUSE I WORKED TWO DAYS AND IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, I SAID, I CAN'T DO THIS BECAUSE I HAVE AN ELDERLY AT HOME.

AND I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO GET SICK.

NINE DAYS LATER, I DEVELOPED COVID.

AFTER TWO DAYS OF WORKING THERE BECAUSE VALLEY HEALTH DID NOT CHECK IT OUT BEFORE FOR ME TO MAKE SURE I WAS SAFE FOR ME TO WORK FOR THEM DOWN THERE.

SO I HOLD THEM LIABLE.

NOW I TOLD MY BOSS WHO TOLD SOMEONE ELSE AND SOMEONE ELSE, BUT NO ONE ACTUALLY QUESTIONED ME.

HOW ARE YOU? I DON'T HAVE LONG-TERM THAT I KNOW OF.

AT THIS POINT, I HAVE A LITTLE HEART CONDITION.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN AFFECTED, BUT I'VE BEEN SICK.

GET THE SHOT, GET SHOT.

DO YOU KNOW THE FIRST DAY UNEMPLOYMENT? IT SAYS, GO GET THE FLU SHOT.

WE NEED THE FLU SHOT.

I'M SORRY.

WHEN'S IT END IF IT'S NOT THIS SHOT.

AND THEN NOW WE'RE GOING TO A THIRD BOOSTER.

I'M SORRY.

I DO THIS ON MORAL CONVICTIONAL LOAN.

I AM A VERY SPIRITUAL CHRISTIAN WOMAN, BUT THIS IS MORAL CONVICTION FOR ME.

AND LASTLY, I HAVE A LOT TO LOSE BESIDES MY JOB.

I HAVE A MOTHER WHO'S CURRENTLY IN YOUR SYSTEM.

LINCARE I COULDN'T SEE HER FOR A YEAR IN LOCKUP.

I ALMOST LOST HER BECAUSE OF MENTAL ANGUISH.

SHE WAS AT THE VERGE OF GIVING UP HOPE BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T SEE ANY OF US.

ALYSSA WENT THROUGH A WINDOW AND IT GOT TO A POINT.

IT WAS WINTER TIME.

NOBODY COULD, I HAD, THEY WERE CALLING US AND THEN WE WERE CALLING THEM BECAUSE WE WERE DESPERATE.

AND MY MOM IS STILL THERE.

SO I'M ASKING YOU, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN SAID BACK HERE.

AND I HA I GET IT, BUT THIS IS SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT.

AND YES, THIS IS BIGGER THAN WARREN COUNTY, BUT SOMEONE HAS TO TAKE A STAND AND SAY, HEY, LOOK, AND LOOK AT US.

SORRY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AND SAY, THANK YOU.

STEVIE HUBBARD SHOULD HAVE STAYED CLOSER TO THE FRONT, A LITTLE BRITAIN AND BACK.

ANYWAY, I CAME HERE TONIGHT.

I'M STEVIE HUBBARD.

I'M FROM 1169 ELM STREET.

I CAME HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I WAS ASKED TO BY SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON HERE TONIGHT.

NOW

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I'VE SAID MY BODY, MY CHOICE, A HUNDRED MILLION TIMES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I HAVE HERE'S THE PROBLEM WITH WHAT'S GOING ON TONIGHT.

THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN A SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT SAYS, STATES EMPLOYERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO MANDATE VACCINATION.

THERE IS NOTHING.

THERE IS NOTHING OUR TOWN COUNCIL CAN DO TO HELP YOU PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT.

THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO.

SCOTT PUTS YOU UP AS A SACRIFICIAL LAMB.

ONCE AGAIN, FOR HIS POSTURING, FOR HIS HOT CREAM, FOR THE COMMUNITY, I'M GOING TO SPEAK.

HE DID THIS TO POSTURE FOR YOU BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING FOR YOU.

DO YOU THINK WE HAVE THE MONEY TO TAKE VALLEY HEALTH ON BELLY HEALTH HAS MORE MONEY THAN OUR MUNICH MUNICIPALITY.

ARE WE GOING TO GO TO COURT WITH THEM? THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DECIDED IN THE SUPREME COURT.

I'M SPEAKING TO YOU BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT YOU.

I HAVE THINGS THAT COULD BE DOING TONIGHT.

PLEASE BELIEVE ME, BUT THE MISINFORMATION HAS TO STOP.

AND SO THEREFORE I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO THAT VERY BRIEFLY.

AND THEN I WILL GO ABOUT MY BUSINESS.

PARDON ME? I HAVE TO PULL IT BACK UP.

OKAY.

SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT I FOUND ON YOUTUBE.

THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT I HEARD ABOUT ON FACEBOOK IT'S SOURCE INFORMATION THAT CAME FROM THE VIRGINIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

OKAY.

THAT IS, THAT IS COUNTING ALL OUR CASES THAT ARE APPARENTLY YOURS, ANY MORE INTERRUPTIONS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE.

OKAY.

SO WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION PEOPLE IN VIRGINIA, OVER 4.5 MILLION OF THOSE HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

OKAY.

FULLY VACCINATED OF THOSE 4.5 MILLION 81 81 HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID AND OUT OF THOSE 81 18 HAVE DIED.

COMPARE THIS TO THE UNVACCINATED IN VIRGINIA WITH 6,900 BEING HOSPITALIZED BECAUSE OF COVID AND 2,400 OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE DIED.

THEY HAVE DIED.

THEY WON'T LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY.

THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO SAY MY BODY, MY CHOICE, ANOTHER JAG, THEY'RE DEAD.

THEY'RE GONE.

THEY'RE DEAD.

MY CAREGIVER WAS ONE OF THESE PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN FRONT ROYAL.

SHE WAS MY BABYSITTER, MY WHOLE LIFE.

AND SHE LOVED EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT.

AND SHE IS GONE.

SHE WON'T LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY.

NOW YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THIS TILL THE COWS COME HOME.

BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER THAT THIS IS LITIGATED, IT'S GONE ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT.

AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO, BUT YOU'RE SITTING THERE PROUD AS A PEACOCK WHILE YOU PUT UP YOUR, YOUR COLLEAGUES FOR THE SLAUGHTER, BECAUSE WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO SAY TO ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TONIGHT WHEN THEY CAN'T, THEY SHOULDN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE VOTE FOR THIS.

CAUSE IT'S NOT BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S NOT BEST FOR OUR TOWN, WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM A BUSINESS ASPECT OR A HEALTH ASPECT, IT'S NOT, WHAT'S GOOD FOR OUR PEOPLE, SCOTT.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, YOU ARE NATIONALLY POSTURING WITH YOUR TOWN COUNCIL SEAT.

IT'S SHAMEFUL, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE UP FOR WHAT YOU DID TO THOSE GIRLS AT THE BORDER.

YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

KRISTA SHEPHERD.

MY IS KRISTA SHEPARD.

I'M FROM MARTINSBURG, WEST, VIRGINIA.

AND I WORK WITHIN THE VALLEY HEALTH FACILITY, UM, THAT THEY, THEY TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO GET FIRED FROM MY JOB.

IF I DIDN'T CHOOSE THIS VACCINE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WAS WORRIED FOR MY FAMILY AND LIKE THE SINGLE MOM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND MY KIDS DEPEND ON ME, YOU KNOW? AND THEN I FOUND OUT THAT WE HAD TO SIGN A WAIVER.

YOU KNOW, THAT ALL YOU HELD US IN RESPONSIBLE.

YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE CARE OF MY CHILDREN AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY.

SO I DECIDED TO COME TODAY TO HELP ALL THESE PEOPLE AND STAND HERE AND FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S MY BODY, MY CHOICE.

AND IF I CHOOSE NOT TO GET THE VACCINE, THEN I'VE ACCEPTED THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT, AND THE CONSEQUENCES THAT I COULD POSSIBLY DIE.

AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.

I'M

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OKAY.

I DON'T NEED THIS VACCINE TO STAY ALIVE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE THE GOOD LORD, JESUS, AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR, AND HE IS PROTECTING ME AND HE'S PROTECTING MY FAMILY AND WE HAVE BEEN A OKAY, WITHOUT THAT VACCINE.

SO I'M HERE TODAY TO SAY STOP THE MANDATE BECAUSE EDDIE, DEARMAN EDDIE.

DEARMAN STEPHEN CITY, VIRGINIA.

THANK YOU, SCOTT.

FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE ARE AMERICANS.

WE HAVE CHOICES.

OKAY.

YOU HAVE A CHOICE.

I HAVE A CHOICE TO BE BACK.

SO I HIT HER TONIGHT.

OKAY.

IF I CHOOSE NOT TO, AND I GO TO THAT HOSPITAL OR A MEDICAL FACILITY AND I GET COVID OR IF I GO AND GIVE IT TO ONE OF THEM THAT CHOOSES NOT TO GET VACCINATED, THAT IS OUR CHOICE.

OKAY.

IT'S OUR CHOICE AS AMERICANS TO CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH OUR BODIES.

IF WE DON'T BELIEVE IN MY BODY, MY CHOICE FOR THEIR LITTLE SLOGAN THAT THEY'VE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS, BECAUSE THAT IS 100% DEATH, OKAY, THAT'S A GUARANTEED 100% DEATH.

THIS IS THE 99% CURE RATE.

EVEN IF I DO GET COVID, IT IS MY CHOICE AS AN AMERICAN AND MY FAMILY AND THESE PEOPLE BEHIND ME SHOULD NOT BE FORCED OUT OF THEIR JOB BECAUSE IT'S THEIR CHOICE.

WHEN YOU GO TO, WHEN YOU GO TO A MEDICAL FACILITY AND IT'S YOUR MOTHER OR YOUR TO HAVE Y'ALL'S FAMILY LOVED ONES, DO YOU REALLY GIVE A DAMN WHETHER IT IS FROM A NURSE THAT HAS BEEN VACCINATED? OR DO YOU WANT THE VERY BEST MEDICAL STAFF THAT YOU CAN FIND? I DON'T GIVE A DAMN, I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU.

SO ARE YOU VACCINATED, SIR, SIR.

OKAY.

I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU'RE A VACCINATED.

OKAY? CAUSE I DON'T CARE.

I CARE.

ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE CARE OF MY LOVED ONE? I ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY.

IF I WAS WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER THESE NURSES AND STUFF HAD BEEN VACCINATED, GUESS WHAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN VACCINATED TO BEGIN WITH.

SO ACCEPT THAT RESPONSIBILITY, BUT IT IS, MY CHOICE IS OUR CHOICE.

AND IT'S MOUNT TOM YAK LIKE A DAGGER I'M AMERICAN AND STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS.

STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN.

YOU SHOULD NOT BE FORCED OUT OF YOUR JOB BECAUSE RELIGIOUS BELIEF, IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN ABORTION, WHY SHOULDN'T YOU BE A FORCE TO PUT SOMETHING IN YOUR BODY IN ORDER TO KEEP YOUR JOB? YOU SHOULD.

THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT MY BACKGROUND AS USUAL, BUT ANYWAY, YOUR ADDRESS.

OH, THANK YOU.

5 41.

ERIC COURT, FRONT ROYAL.

SO IS A SLOGAN.

THAT'S FROM A LITTLE COUNTRY WHERE I CAME FROM MEANS COUNTRY AND LIFE.

OKAY.

IF ANYBODY HAS ANY DOUBTS OF ME AND HER JUST TO DISPEL ANY DOUBTS, I AM PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN, BUT I, I COME FROM A COUNTRY THAT SHARES THE SAME COLORS ON THE FLAG AND THERE'S A RED TRUCK, A RED TRIANGLE.

AND THAT RED TRIANGLE TO ME REPRESENTS INTERNAL BLOOD.

I MEAN, BLOOD BEING SPILLED ON THE STREETS RIGHT THIS MINUTE, BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING AGAINST THESE DRACONIAN MEASURES AND DICTATORSHIPS FOR 62 YEARS.

IT'S ALMOST AS OLD AS I AM 62 YEARS.

SO WHAT, WHAT DO WE HAVE? WHAT DO WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US? WE HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN LIBERTY AND FOUL CHISM.

OKAY.

OKAY.

WE HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN SO-CALLED SOCIALISM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, REALLY DOESN'T EXIST.

IT'S REALLY THE RULE BY A LITTLE OLIGARCHY THAT JUST TAKES OVER AND DECIDES WHAT'S GOOD AND WHAT'S BAD.

AND THEN SAYS THAT THE SUPREME COURT HAS DECIDED THINGS AND WE HAVE NO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.

THANK YOU, MR. LLOYD, BECAUSE WE CAN, AND THE SUPREME COURT, GUESS WHAT THE SUPREME COURT

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DECIDED BACK WAY BACK WHEN THEY DECIDED IN FAVOR OF GENOCIDE.

OKAY.

GENOCIDE OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN OF UNBORN CHILDREN WHO ARE HUMAN BEINGS.

OKAY.

SO THAT DOESN'T MAKE THEM RIGHT.

JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SUPREMES, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MAKE THEM.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

SO I COME FROM A COUNTRY OF WORMS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIBLE QUOTING FOR YOU, YOU KNOW, I CAN, I CAN, I CAN BE WHATEVER YOU WANT.

I CAN, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M AN AMERICAN.

SO THEY CALLED US WORMS BECAUSE WE OPPOSED WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

AND YOU KNOW, OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST SAID IN THE BIBLE, I AM A WORM AND NO MAN.

OKAY.

AND HE, UM, AND THAT'S THE SAME THING AS WHAT THEY SAY NOW, YOU KNOW, THE DEPLORABLES, THE, WHERE THE DEPLORABLES, BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE DON'T FOLLOW THE PARTY LINE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LONG HISTORY OF THIS.

UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE OLIGARCHY HERE THAT WANTS TO TAKE FULL CONTROL, THEY, THEY, THIS OLIGARCHY HAS BEEN FUNCTIONING FOR A LONG TIME.

SINCE THAT SUPREME COURT MEASURE, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE 1990S IN MIAMI, WE USED TO CALL CNN CASTRO NEWS NETWORK.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A REAL, UH, REASON FOR THAT.

ANYWAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, UH, SPEAKING OF 50 YEARS AGO, UH, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE BEING BEATEN UP IN THE STREET, YOU KNOW, HANDCUFFED, YOU KNOW, I SEE ALL THESE PICTURES.

I, I, I INVESTIGATE WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY HOME COUNTRY.

AND THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE FACING.

WE'RE FACING THESE, THESE MEASURES WHERE THERE'S NO PUBLIC INPUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, THE DECISION HAS BEEN MADE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

OKAY.

WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE BEING, UM, HANDCUFFED, THROWN INTO THE STREET AND THEN BEATEN UP WITH CLUBS.

OKAY.

AFTER THEY'RE HANDCUFFED AND THEY'RE IN THE STREET, YOU THINK GEORGE FLOOD WAS BLACK, WAS BAD.

IT'S PRETTY BAD, BUT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT BLACK CUBANS TO THAT HAPPENING TO THEM.

THERE IS NO DISCRIMINATION THERE.

NO, THEY BEAT UP.

WHOEVER IS WHOEVER IS, IS AGAINST THE SYSTEM.

OKAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE RIGHTFULLY UPSET USE, USE CERTAIN LANGUAGE THAT, UH, I USED TO, I USED TO HEAR, UH, BACK WHEN IN SHENANDOAH, JUNIOR HIGH, IN LITTLE HAVANA, WAY BACK, ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO, IT WAS, UM, UH, SO THEY'RE USING THIS LANGUAGE ABOUT THEIR RULER.

THEY'RE ADDING A LAST NAME TO HIM AND IT'S LIKE A CHINESE SOUNDING LAST NAME.

I USED TO HEAR IT IN THE LOCKER ROOM, BUT THAT'S THE LAST NAME THEY ADD TO THE RULER DOWN THERE.

IT SOUNDS A LITTLE BIT CHINESE, BUT I, I KINDA KNEW WHAT IT, WHAT IT, I KIND OF KNOW WHAT IT MEANS ANYWAY.

SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

ANOTHER THING, SORRY, SIR, COULD YOU SPEED IT UP A LITTLE BIT PLEASE? SURE.

ANOTHER THING I HAVE TO SAY IS YOU, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S SOMETHING, SOMETHING ELSE IN CUBA THAT IS, HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THAT THE PROTESTS ARE, ARE RARE AND RARE.

THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ADJECTIVES.

THEY USE ALL THEIR RARE, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH, UH, THE VACCINE BEING SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.

WELL, YOU KNOW, THE INDEPENDENT NEWS MEDIA HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME DOWN THERE.

AND GUESS WHAT WE HAVE NOW, WE NEED TO HAVE INDEPENDENT NEWS MEDIA HERE IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THE CASTRO NEWS NETWORK ISN'T TELLING THE TRUTH, YOU KNOW? SO, SO, AND SOME PEOPLE IN THIS ROLE THEY'LL ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN THE CASTRO NEWS NETWORK.

OKAY.

BUT THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED LIFE SITE NEWS, WHICH IS PROUDLY IN THIS, IN THIS, I DON'T, I DON'T WORK FOR THEM BY THE WAY, BUT THEY'RE PROUDLY IN THIS COMMUNITY WITH ARTICLES THAT SAY A FATHER OF THREE REFUSED KIDNEY TRANSPLANT, UNLESS HE TAKES EXPERIMENTAL CORONA VIRUS VACCINE.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING IN THE HOSPITAL.

THEY'RE THE WORKERS THERE.

NOW IT'S EXTENDING TO THE PATIENTS YOU SEE.

SO PLEASE INFORM YOURSELVES AND PLEASE UNDERSTAND WHAT EVERYBODY HERE HAS BEEN TELLING YOU, ALMOST EVERYBODY AND VOTE WITH MR. SCOTT LLOYD FOR WHAT

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IS RIGHT.

STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT.

BECAUSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW WHAT, IN THE END, IF THIS KEEPS GOING, WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE, WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE WORMS. YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT THINK YOU'RE SPECIAL BECAUSE MAYBE YOU HAVE A GOVERNMENT POST RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE WORMS. OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

I'VE BEEN INFORMED THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER RECESS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS.

THANK YOU.

NO, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

OKAY.

RIGHT.

LET'S TAKE A SEAT SO WE CAN CONTINUE.

I TRIED THAT EARLIER.

THANK YOU, MS. PRESLEY, RITA.

SARGUS.

MY NAME IS RITA STARCHES.

I LIVE AT 606 RIVER DRIVE.

UM, I'M A RETIRED TEACHER AND I'M AN OLD LADY WITH LOTS OF COMORBIDITIES AND I'M HERE TO, I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR THE ELDERLY POPULATION.

UM, IT'S A MEAN VIRUS.

IT'S SCARY, BUT, UM, LIKE FOR THE SAME REASONS THAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT, I WAS OPPOSED TO THE VACCINE.

SO WITH MY DOCTOR'S GUIDANCE AND HELP, UM, AND I EXPLORED SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES AND THESE ALTERNATIVES COULD BE AN OPTION FOR THE, UM, EMPLOYEES OF VALLEY HEALTH.

UM, IVERMECTIN WON THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR MEDICINE IN 2015 AND HAS PROVEN TO BE A HIGHLY POTENT ANTIVIRAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES IN LABORATORY STUDIES.

THERE ARE OVER A HUNDRED PUBLISHED RESEARCH TRIALS, MANY PEER REVIEWED.

I'LL PUT THIS ON THE TABLE.

IF ANYBODY WANTS TO HAVE A COPY OF IT.

UM, AND IT'S HELPING PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING, UM, TO AVOID COVID, I'M TAKING IT PROPHYLACTICALLY AND TO SUCCESSFULLY TREAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE COVID.

UM, TODAY I SPOKE WITH A RESPECTED MEDICAL DOCTOR WHO IS USING IVERMECTIN WITH HIS PATIENTS.

HE SENDS HIS REGARDS AND POINTED OUT THAT THIS DRUG IS SAFER THAN IBUPROFEN IS INEXPENSIVE.

IT'S AVAILABLE AND IT'S NOT CONTROVERSIAL AND IT'S NOT EXPERIMENTAL.

IT WORKS.

SO I, UM, I HAVE RECEIVED AN EXCELLENT MEDICAL CARE FROM THE VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM.

UM, I BELIEVE THEY ARE HEROES ON THE FRONT LINE AND IT'S JUST A TRAGIC INJUSTICE THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE THE SAME FREEDOM TO DECIDE HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AS I HAVE HAD, THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES AND I SUPPORT MR. LORD'S PROPOSAL.

SARAH AGAINST SARAH AGAINST HILLARY HORNER.

SHE LEFT, UH, ANNA BARRON.

I'M SO SORRY.

I CANNOT READ THIS NEXT ONE.

THE LAST NAME IS FLAWLESS.

S L U C L Y.

SCULLY.

I CAN'T READ YOUR FIRST NAME.

I'M SORRY.

NO, LUCKY.

IS THAT WHAT IT IS? IT COULD BE YES.

IS THAT YOU? OKAY.

COME ON.

WELL, THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND THANK YOU.

UH, COUNCILMAN JOHN SUPERVISORS FOR HAVING THE HEARING THE NAME AND ADDRESS.

UH, NAME IS JOSEPH SLED, KI 67 WATERFALL ROAD CHESTER GAP.

UM, I'VE TAUGHT FOR MANY YEARS ACTUALLY IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND, UH, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE USE THE HEALTHCARE HEALTHCARE FACILITIES.

UM,

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I JUST WANT TO START OUT BY SAYING THAT, UM, IS EDMUND BURKE ONCE SAID EVIL TRIUMPHS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING.

THANK YOU, SCOTT LLOYD FOR BEING A GOOD MAN AND DOING SOMETHING I WANT TO JUST RE YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN, SO I DON'T WANT TO FLOG A DEAD HORSE, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO STRESS THAT THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL USE AUTHORIZATION VACCINE.

THIS IS NOT SCIENCE.

WE KEEP ON HEARING ABOUT SCIENCE.

WHAT KIND OF SCIENCE DOES NOT USE AN EMPIRICAL METHODOLOGY? WARP SPEED IS STUPID.

S T U P I D STUPID.

YOU DO NOT DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

WARP SPEED.

YOU NEED TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO CLINICAL TRIALS WITH ANIMALS AND HUMAN BEINGS FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE TO SIX YEARS.

USUALLY AT A MINIMUM BEFORE YOU RELEASE IT ONTO THE HUMAN POPULATION.

THIS IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY.

THESE POOR WORKERS HERE, THESE PEOPLE AT VALLEY HEALTH ARE GUINEA PIGS FOR AN EXPERIMENT.

AND AGAIN, I'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE TONIGHT.

PEOPLE HAVE POINTED OUT THAT THIS GOES AGAINST THE NUREMBERG CODE OF AN INFORMED CONSENT.

THIS IS A CRIME.

DO YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO BE ACCOMPLICES IN A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY.

I ASKED YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING, AND I ASKED YOU TO EVEN GO ONE STEP FURTHER.

AND I ASKED YOU TO MAKE THIS TOWN.

I ASK YOU TO MAKE THIS TOWN A HEALTH FREEDOM SANCTUARY GENE MCGUIRK MM I'M.

GENE.

MCGURK 2 5, 2 CHESTNUT HILL DRIVE FRONT ROYAL.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND FOLLOWING THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE.

THAT GIVES US ALL A CHANCE TO HAVE OUR SAY AND FOR STAYING AWAKE THROUGH ALL OF THIS.

AND, UM, I'M NOT EMPLOYED BY VALLEY HEALTH.

NEVER HAVE BEEN, BUT I WANT TO THANK THE HEROES THAT ARE HERE AND NOT HERE WHO DO TAKE CARE OF US WHEN WE NEED IT.

AND FOR THE MAN THAT, UM, CALLED THIS THE WU HAN FOWCHEE VIRUS, I TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF UMBRAGE THAT HE GAVE WU HAN FIRST BUILDING.

UM, A LOT OF STATISTICS AND THINGS HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP, UM, MENTIONING NOVARIS SYSTEM.

THERE WAS A REPORT RECENTLY PUBLISHED THAT, UM, IN THE SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS THAT THIS, UM, INOCULATION HAS BEEN AVAILABLE, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE REPORTS TO THE VERUS SYSTEM THAN IN THE PAST 20 YEARS TOGETHER.

THERE'S ALSO A REPORT, UM, RECENTLY PRODUCED FROM ENGLAND THAT THEIR SYSTEM SIMILAR.

AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE INITIALS.

IT'S LIKE MTA, H T S OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IF IT'S THEIR EQUIVALENT OF THE VARUS SYSTEM THAT DOCTORS ANALYZING THAT REPORT RECENTLY HAVE SAID THAT THEY THINK THAT THESE, UM, UM, VACCINES SO-CALLED BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY NOT TYPICAL VACCINES, THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN TO HUMANS AT ALL.

THEY'RE SEEING SO MANY COMPLICATIONS AND PROBLEMS WITH IT ON THE ENGLISH EQUIVALENT OF VERUS SYSTEM.

THERE WAS ALSO A REPORT RECENTLY FROM ENGLAND, AGAIN, THAT OUT OF 70,000 CASES OF THE DELTA VERSION OF THE VIRUS, THAT THOSE WHO HAD HAD THE VIRUS ALREADY, BUT NO INOCULATIONS WERE LESS THAN 1% OF THOSE GETTING THE DELTA VIRUS.

BUT THOSE WHO HAD HAD THE INOCULATIONS WHERE 40% OF THE 70,000 CASES OF THE DELTA

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VERSION OF THE VIRUS.

SO THERE IS A LOT OF LEGITIMATE SCIENTIFIC CONCERN.

JOHN LONEBERG SORT START US OFF TODAY TALKING ABOUT A LOCAL DOCTOR WHO WROTE A VERY STRONG LETTER TO THE CEO OF THE VALLEY HEALTH.

HE WAS TRAINED AT DUKE AT JOHNS HOPKINS AND AT HARVARD.

SO IT'S HARD TO FIND BETTER MEDICAL CREDENTIALS THAN THAT IN HIS LETTER, HE QUOTED SEVEN OR EIGHT OR NINE, VERY, VERY ELITE DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERS STATING THAT THEY DON'T THINK THIS IS A SAFE, UM, MECHANISM FOR FIGHTING THIS VIRUS.

ONE OF THEM, THE FIRST ONE ON HIS LIST WAS THE ONE WHO DISCOVERED THE HIV VIRUS.

ANOTHER MAN ON THIS LIST WAS THE ONE THAT INVENTED OR DISCOVERED THE M R N A PROCEDURES THAT ARE BASIC TO THIS.

AND HE'S SAYING THIS ISN'T SAFE.

SO IN TERMS OF PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING A WHOLE PANEL OF GOOD MEN, INSTEAD OF JUST ONE, I ASKED YOU TO SUPPORT THE MEDICAL FREEDOM ACT.

THANK YOU.

RIGID HICKSON.

I WENT THREE, FIVE MORRISON LANE.

UM, I AM, I'VE BEEN, UH, 16 YEARS AGO WHEN I TOOK AN OATH AND DEDICATED MY LIFE TO NURSING AND TO BEING A PATIENT ADVOCATE, I COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED THAT MY PASSION LIVELIHOOD, GOOD SAMPLING TO BE TAKEN AWAY THROUGH A MANDATE THAT ONLY IT'S MY OWN RIGHTS AS AN EMPLOYEE PERSON AND EVENTUALLY PROBABLY A PATIENT.

UM, AS A, AS A PRACTITIONER, I BELIEVE IN THE PERSONAL AUTONOMY OF MY PATIENTS, I CAN ADVISE AND EDUCATE THEM ON THE SOUND SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL FACTS SO THEY CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS, BUT ULTIMATELY I CAN AND WILL NEVER FORCE THEM TO RECEIVE TREATMENT, TAKE SHOTS OR MEDICATION AGAINST THEIR WILL AND CONSCIENCE.

UM, THE FDA HAS OFFICIALLY ADMITTED THAT THESE VACCINES ARE NOT DESIGNED TO STOP TRANSMISSION OR INFECTION.

UM, THEY HAVE ADVISED THAT THE PRIMARY ENDPOINT IS TO LOWER SYMPTOMS. SO THIS IS IN AND OF ITSELF.

IT'S NOT COMPLETELY, YOU KNOW, CAN IT BE TAKING AWAY THE INFECTION I'VE HAD? THE LAST COUPLE OF PATIENTS OF MINE HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED AND HAVE, UM, AT LEAST THE TEST SAYS THEY'RE POSITIVE.

THEY HAVE SYMPTOMS TOO.

UM, BUT, UM, SO THE COVID VACCINE IS A NON FDA APPROVED VACCINE THAT HAS BEEN OUT FOR LESS THAN A YEAR.

AND THEN ONLY A FEW MONTHS, FAR MORE SIDE EFFECTS HAVE COME TO THE SURFACE.

UM, AS A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IS MY SWORN OBLIGATION TO PUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF MY PATIENTS FIRST.

AND THAT INCLUDES MY OWN FAMILY.

AND, UM, I, UM, I, SORRY, I'M NOT A BIG SPEAKER HERE.

I SAW WHAT THE GENTLEMAN SAID EARLIER THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING.

I THINK WHAT VALLEY HEALTH SHOULD FOCUS ON INSTEAD OF MANDATING THIS VACCINE IS FOCUS ON IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF THE PATIENTS, EMPLOYEES, THE COMMUNITY.

UM, I, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED OF COVID IS BECAUSE OF SERIOUS CO-MORBIDITIES.

I THINK THAT SHOULD BE OUR FOCUS IS IMPROVING THE HEALTH FROM THE GROUND UP.

UM, AND AS OPPOSED TO MANDATING SOMETHING THAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO CAUSE A LOT MORE SIDE EFFECTS AND CO-MORBIDITIES DOWN THE ROAD.

UM, UM, I GREW UP IN THIS COMMUNITY AND I'VE LIVED AND SERVED IT FOR MANY YEARS, AS DIFFICULT AS IT WOULD BE TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY OF VALLEY HEALTH, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND ALL THOSE PATIENTS THAT I'VE CARED FOR MY OWN BELIEFS, MY INTEGRITY, AND MY ORBIT ORAL MORAL OBLIGATION AS A PERSON AND A NURSE PRACTITIONER WOULD BE COMPROMISED.

AND I AM UNWILLING TO CONCEDE TO A PLACE THAT DICTATES MY RIGHTS.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO, UM, UH, SHOUT OUT TO JAKE MEZA.

I WANT TO THANK HIM.

UM, SO MUCH FOR HIS SIX YEARS ON THE COUNCIL.

HE'S DONE A LOT.

HE'S DONE A LOT TO FOR VALLEY HEALTH, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR HIM.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

KARA OSBORNE.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS KARA OSBORNE.

I'M FROM NEW MARKET AND I WORK AT SHENANDOAH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, UH, MYSELF AND THE COLLEAGUE THAT WILL FOLLOW ME.

UM, WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT COLLEAGUES IN FRONT ROYAL, AS WELL AS THE HOPEFULS.

I THINK DELI HEALTH WIDE, UM, WE'RE SCARED, AND THIS IS THEIR LIVELIHOOD.

AND

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THE MAN THAT SPOKE, UM, ABOUT THE 1918 FLU, HE SPOKE WITH SOME ACCURACY AND MEANING PEOPLE DID WEAR MASKS AND THEY WERE VACCINATED.

AND THIS WHOLE FLU PANDEMIC ENDEMIC THAT HAPPENED IN 1918, IT EVOLVED, WHICH NOW BRINGS US TO CURRENT.

SO VALLEY HEALTH, THEIR POLICY IS YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GET THE FLU VACCINE, BUT IT IS MANDATED THAT YOU WEAR A MASK.

SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.

I THINK ANYONE IN THIS ROOM IS CHOOSING NOT TO GET THE VACCINE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WEAR A SPACE OUTFIT IF THEY WOULD JUST PROVIDE THAT TO US.

I KNOW THAT WE WORKED IN THE TRENCHES DURING COVID THE CLIMAX UNKNOWING.

WE DIDN'T HAVE PROPER GEAR.

WE HAD TO REUSE GEAR.

LET'S TALK ABOUT CROSS-CONTAMINATION, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SICK COVID PERSON OR THE SICK PERSON THAT COMES WITH WHATEVER INFECTIOUS VIRUS, BACTERIA THAT THEY HAVE.

AND YOU PUT YOUR ARM IN THAT CAR AND SWAB THEM WITH THAT PPE GEAR ON RIGHT, THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE WHILE HE'S GETTING UP BIG, OLD, EXPENSIVE HIP REPLACEMENT.

YOU'VE JUST, CROSS-CONTAMINATED THE SICK TO THE HEALTHY, WHERE WAS A HEALTHY LINE AND A SICK LINE.

WHERE WAS THAT? WHO THOUGHT OF THAT? SO MARK NANCE AND HIS, UM, I GUESS REBUTTALS TO THE WHOLE, UM, UH, THE COVID MANDATE, UH, HE STATED THAT BELLY HEALTH FOCUSED ON THE SAFETY OF OUR PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS, AND COMMUNITY.

WELL, I DON'T SEE MARK NITS HERE.

I SEE ALL OF YOU.

THAT'S LISTENING VALLEY HEALTH.

ISN'T LISTENING TO US.

I DON'T SEE THAT SAFETY WAS A CONCERN TO THE PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS AND THE COMMUNITY.

DURING THAT TIME.

I'M A PATIENT AS WELL AT VALLEY HEALTH.

WHAT ABOUT MY RATES? I HAVE TO PROTECT MY PATIENT'S CONFIDENTIALITY, HIPAA TO NAME A FEW.

UM, I CAN'T JUST ASK QUESTIONS.

I CAN'T ASK ABOUT THEIR SEXUALITY.

I DON'T CARE TO KNOW.

I CAN'T ASK ABOUT THE RELIGION.

I CAN'T DENY THEM ANY KIND OF MEDICAL DUE TO THEIR RELIGION, THEIR BELIEFS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

SO WHAT ABOUT MY RIGHTS ABOUT MY RIGHT TO CHOOSE? SO I STAND HERE TONIGHT FROM SHANDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND HOPES THAT THIS WILL CARRY ON BECAUSE THIS IS MY LIVELIHOOD.

I HAVE A SON WHO'S THREE.

I MEAN, I STAYED THERE A FORCE VETERAN.

I WILLINGLY .

I SIGNED THE DOTTED LINE, KNOWING THAT UNCLE SAM OWNED ME VALLEY HEALTH IS NOT, AND THEY DO NOT OWN MY RIGHT OR MY COLLEAGUES.

RIGHT.

CHOOSE I THINK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

UM, I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT SOMEONE LISTENED, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE PERSON THAT EMPLOYS ME, I TAKE CARE OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE PEOPLE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILIES, OUR FAMILIES, THEY'RE NOT LISTENING TO US.

THEY'RE JUST THROWING DOWN MANDATES POLICIES STUFF.

THAT'S JUST COMING OUT OF THE BLUE AND THEY'RE NOT LISTENING TO WHAT WE'RE SAYING.

SO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU.

CANDACE.

GEIER HELLO.

I'M CANDACE.

I ACTUALLY LIVE IN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, BUT I WORK IN WOODSTOCK, UH, PAGE AND FRONT ROYAL AND I BEG NO MANDATE.

CHARLENE.

THANKS GUYS.

UM, I'M CHARLENE ADAGE AND I LIVE AT TWO 13 HENRICO ROAD HERE IN FRONT ROYAL.

I MOVED HERE NINE YEARS AGO BECAUSE I HAD GRANDCHILDREN HERE AND, UM, I CAME TO VALLEY HEALTH, WARREN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

UM, IT'S A LONG STORY, BUT I FEEL LIKE GOD BROUGHT ME THERE TOO HELP.

AND I HAVE CARED FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR NINE AND A HALF YEARS.

I AM NO LONGER EMPLOYED BY VALLEY HEALTH BY MY CHOICE, BECAUSE I COULDN'T TAKE THE STRESS ANYMORE.

I DID 880 HOURS OF OVERTIME IN LESS THAN A YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID BECAUSE OF THE OVERTIME, BECAUSE OF THE SHORT STAFFING.

I HAVE SEEN THINGS THAT IF I TOLD YOU, YOU WOULD PROBABLY NOT EVER WANT TO GO THERE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BASH VALLEY HEALTH BECAUSE I DO THINK OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS A HOSPITAL AND WE NEED GOOD THINGS AND WE NEED GOOD PEOPLE TO BE IN THERE TAKING CARE OF IT.

I HAVE 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS AN ICU NURSE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT SOME OF THE DEMANDS ARE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO EXPECT WHEN YOU WALK INTO THAT HOSPITAL, BECAUSE I HAVE HELPED SET THOSE DEMANDS.

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YOU WALK IN THERE WITH A HEART ATTACK AND THERE IS NOT A CATH LAB OPEN.

I AM EXPECTED TO HAVE YOU ON THE CATH LAB TABLE IN WINCHESTER IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.

IT IS A 35 MINUTE DRIVE LIGHTS AND SIRENS RUNNING.

AND I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU.

I HAVE TO DO AN EKG ON YOU.

I HAVE TO GIVE YOU ALL THE MEDICATIONS.

I HAVE TO START HEPARIN.

I HAVE TO CALL YOUR FAMILY.

I HAVE TO DO MY OWN PACKET TO SEND WITH YOU.

I HAVE TO MAKE MY OWN AMBULANCE ARRANGEMENTS.

I HAVE MET THAT DEADLINE ON MORE OCCASIONS THAN I CARE TO COUNT.

AND YOU, AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF OUR CITY, YOU HAVE A HEART ATTACK.

YOU GO IN, YOU WANT THAT CARE.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO FIRE EVERYBODY WHO DOESN'T WANT THIS VACCINE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING THE HOSPITAL WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT AGENCY PRACTICALLY.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THE POLICIES.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO, THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW WHAT TO DO.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT ON A QUICK WHIM.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS, MAYBE I'M NOT A POLITICALLY MINDED PERSON.

I AM MORE OF LIKE DO THE RIGHT KIND OF THING PERSON.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF AS THE ONE SPEAKER SAID, THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DECIDED AND IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM YET DOES, BUT THE CONVERSATION CAN START HERE.

AND IT HAS STARTED HERE AND IT NEEDS TO NOT END HERE.

YOU ARE FILMING THIS, TAKE THIS TO OUR SENATORS, TAKE IT TO THE LEGISLATORS.

IT HAS TO GO ON FROM SOMEWHERE TO HERE.

I RECEIVED IN MY EMAIL TODAY, CAUSE I AM CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY UVA.

I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM SOMEONE IN NORTH CAROLINA BECAUSE NO VAUNT IN NORTH CAROLINA IS DEMANDING AND TAKING THE SAME STEPS.

THAT VALLEY HEALTH IS YOU EITHER GET THE VACCINE OR YOU GET FIRED.

I CAME TO FRONT ROYAL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE REAL ESTATE CRISIS.

I PURCHASED A HOME HERE.

I LOOKED AT 75 FORECLOSED HOMES BEFORE I CHOSE THE ONE THAT I PURCHASED.

IF YOU, IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING TO STOP THIS NURSES WHO HAVE LEFT VALLEY HEALTH VALLEY HEALTH IS BASICALLY A MONOPOLY IN THIS VALLEY.

YOU MUST TRAVEL TO MARTINSBURG, HAYMARKET, MANASSAS, WOODBRIDGE, ROCKINGHAM HARRISONBURG FOR A JOB NURSES WORK 12 HOURS A DAY.

I ENDED UP LEAVING MY HOME.

WHEN I WORKED FOR VALLEY HEALTH AT SIX 30 IN THE MORNING.

AND MOST DAYS I DID NOT WALK OUT OF THAT HOSPITAL TILL NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, I WAS A DEDICATED EMPLOYEE.

I STILL APPRECIATE MY OPPORTUNITY THERE.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS IF YOU TIE AN HOUR AND A HALF DRIVE ON THAT BOTH WAYS, WHAT DO YOU HAVE? YOU HAVE UNSAFE SITUATIONS.

YOU HAVE UNSAFE NURSES.

SO I KNOW PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN FIRED FROM VALLEY HEALTH WHO HAVE HAD TO DO THIS.

THEY HAVE WRECKED THEIR HOME LIFE.

THEIR KIDS ARE LIKE OUT OF CONTROL BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE HERE TO BE THE PARENT BECAUSE OF THE BREADWINNER.

WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

I'M IN FAVOR OF NOT GETTING THE VACCINE.

THAT'S MY CHOICE.

IT'S MY PERSONAL CHOICE BECAUSE OF MY HEALTH ISSUES IS UVA GOING TO REQUIRE IT OF ME EVENTUALLY, MAYBE I DON'T KNOW.

AND THEN I WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHOICE TO MAKE.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS IF I LOSE MY JOB, YOU LOSE MY TAX BASE.

YOU LOSE THE TAXES.

I PAY, I OWN CARS.

I OWN A HOUSE.

I PAY REAL ESTATE TAXES.

I DONATE TO THE FIRE COMPANY.

THIS ALL GOES AWAY AND IT WON'T BE JUST ME DOING IT, GOING AWAY.

ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE FIRED.

WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO OBTAIN JOBS? THAT THEY CAN PAY THEIR MORTGAGES AND PAY THEIR BILLS? BECAUSE THERE ARE OPTIONS.

LIKE SHE SAID, YOU GET A FLU SHOT OR YOU'RE WEARING MASKS.

FINE.

I HAVE TAKEN CARE OF PEOPLE FROM DAY ONE.

I HAVE HAD FIVE EXPOSURES TO COVID AT VALLEY HEALTH FOR MULTIPLE REASONS.

NONE OF WHICH WERE MY OWN FAULT.

OKAY.

SO, AND IF YOU DO COME DOWN WITH COVID, THEY TELL YOU, OH, YOU GOT IT AT THE GROCERY STORE, YOU GOT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

THERE IS A TOTAL LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE ARE OPTIONS.

AND VALLEY HEALTH IS NOT LOOKING AT THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE THINKING THEIR OWN BOTTOM LINE.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEY SAY IT'S SAFER FOR THE PATIENT.

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THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS IT SAVES THEM MONEY ON PPE.

AND IT'S A GOOD AD CAMPAIGN FOR THEM.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IS THAT YOU CAN'T TELL IF YOU'RE A CARRIER, UNLESS YOU'RE TESTED GETTING A VACCINE, DOESN'T STOP YOU FROM BEING A CARRIER, NOT GETTING A VACCINE, DOESN'T STOP YOU FROM BEING A CARRIER.

SO EVEN IF WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING AT THIS LEVEL, I CERTAINLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT YOU WILL TAKE THIS INFORMATION, THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE PUT IT AND SHARED IT WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN, IF WE CAN'T.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE LAST SPEAKER OF THE NIGHT, SHERRY, BOB DOVIDIO I HAVEN'T SPOKEN YET AND THEY'RE ALREADY APPLAUDING.

UM, I AM, UH, I AM A WIFE AND MOTHER.

I AM NOT A PUBLIC SPEAKER, SO I'M REALLY GOING TO DO THIS TERRIBLE.

BUT I CAME TO SPEAK FOR THOSE WHO ARE BEING FORCED TO DO SOMETHING TO THEIR OWN BODY THAT IS AGAINST THEIR INFORMED CONSENT AND AGAINST THEIR CONSCIENCE.

THIS IS MORE THAN A MEDICAL ISSUE.

THIS IS MORE THAN WHETHER A PERSON IS AGAINST OR FOR VACCINES.

THIS IS NOT EVEN JUST ABOUT OUR RIGHTS AS FREE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY.

THIS IS AN ISSUE OF OUR RIGHTS AS INDIVIDUALS TO DECIDE WHAT CAN BE DONE TO OUR OWN PARTY.

I WAS BORN IN THE PHILIPPINES.

MY PARENTS BROUGHT OUR FAMILY TO THIS COUNTRY.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD LEAVING THEIR AGE OF APPEARANCE, THEIR RELATIVES, THEIR HOME, THEIR LAND AND PROPERTY AND THEIR WHOLE WAY OF LIFE.

THEY MADE THE SACRIFICE TO PROVIDE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL FOR US, FOR OUR SIBLINGS, FOR MY SIBLINGS, THEY LEFT BEHIND A FORM OF GOVERNMENT THAT HAS TAKEN MANY RIGHTS FROM THE PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS, TO PROTECT FAMILY AND PROPERTY.

THEY CAME TO THIS GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

WHEN YOU LEAVE A COUNTRY BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR RIGHTS, YOU DON'T COME TO ANYWHERE ELSE.

YOU COME TO THIS COUNTRY.

THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE RIGHTS AND PEOPLE ARE RESPECTED.

I MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE OUR COUNTRY, THIS GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS HEADING IN THAT SAME DIRECTION.

IF WE LOSE OUR RIGHT TO OUR OWN BODIES, WHO IS TO STOP THEM FROM TAKING OUR RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS OUR RIGHT TO OUR PROPERTY, OUR RIGHT, TO ANYTHING WHICH IS OF LESS VALUE THAN OUR RIGHTS.

WE'RE OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL BEHIND THE, AND AUTONOMY CREATED BY GOD BEHIND YOU.

IT SAYS IN GOD WE TRUST, WE DO NOT TRUST IN GOVERNMENTS IN GOD.

WE TRUST.

PLEASE LISTEN TO WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE, ARE TELLING YOU DO NOT LISTEN TO THE SOCIALIST LIBERAL MEDIA.

THINK FOR YOURSELVES.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? ANYONE ELSE? HELLO? MY NAME IS LAURA CLANTON.

I LIVE IN FORT VALLEY.

UM, I WORK FOR VALLEY HEALTH HERE AT THE URGENT CARE IN FRONT ROYAL.

UM, I WILL START WITH, I HAD TO EVEN GET SOME VACCINES TO WORK FOR VALLEY HEALTH AND I'M PRO-VACCINE I GET MY CHILDREN VACCINATED, BUT I DO FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST HAVE THE OPTION TO WAIT AND LIKE HAVE SOME TRUE STUDIES AND SEE WHAT'S REALLY IN THIS VACCINE.

I I'M PREPARED TO GET FIRED.

WE'VE MADE THE DECISION EVEN AFTER BUYING A NEW HOME THAT I WILL BE FIRED AND, UM, WHAT THEY PUT US

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THROUGH, EVEN WITH COVID AND IT'S, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, ONE WEEK YOU NEED A NEW IN 95.

WELL, NOW YOU JUST, YOU JUST WEAR THAT AND, AND TELL YOU CAN'T ANYMORE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE.

AND I'M TESTING PEOPLE THAT ARE SICK AND, AND THEY WEREN'T ALLOWED IN THE BUILDING AT FIRST AND NOW THEY WANT EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDING.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SYMPTOMS THEY HAVE.

I'M FORCED IN A SMALL ROOM WITH THEM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I SIGNED UP FOR AND THAT'S FINE, BUT FOR THEM TO CALL US HEROES AND NOW WE'RE STUCK TO LOSE OUR JOB WITHOUT GETTING THIS VACCINE.

IT'S TRULY UNBELIEVABLE.

AND I JUST, I PRACTICALLY BEG YOU, PLEASE LET IT START HERE AND PLEASE HELP US.

YES, SIR.

ON MY NAME IS LEO MORTON.

I YEARS AGO, I WORKED FOR THE GERMAN NATIONAL CANCER RESEARCH CENTER AND COMPUTING FIELD ON THE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO BRING UP TONIGHT IS SOMETHING DR.

FOWCHEE, THE HEAD OF THE CDC AND THE HEAD OF NIH ADMITTED WHEN ASKED BY SENATOR JOHNSON FROM WEST, UM, FROM WISCONSIN, HE ASKED THEM CENTER, ASKED THEM WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR STAFF IS ACTUALLY VACCINATED.

AND THEY COULDN'T SAY ALL OF THEM SAID LESS 50% OR LESS.

SO I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IF THE NIH, THE CDC FOLKS, UM, HAVE NOT VACCINATED ALL THEIR PEOPLE, THEN HOW CAN THEY EXPECT THE REST OF US? AND THEN THERE EARLY, THERE WAS AN EARLY WARNING BY THE CDC FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS EARLY ON THAT WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT OR WANT TO BECOME PREGNANT SHOULD NOT TAKE THE VACCINE.

THERE'S A DANGER ACCORDING TO A TOXICOLOGIST OF STERILIZATION OF GENETIC DEFECTS, MISCARRIAGES, OTHER GRAVE HARM.

SO I ASKED THE GREAT COMMITTEE HERE TO COUNSEL TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR US.

THE PEOPLE YOU DEPEND ON YOUR WISDOM TO LISTEN TO OUR VOICES.

AND THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT? MY NAME IS STORM BAYLESS.

I LIVE IN WINCHESTER.

UM, I AM NO LONGER A VALLEY HEALTH EMPLOYEE, BUT I DO WORK AT A CONTRACT AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE.

UM, I WAS CALLED BY VALLEY HEALTH AS PART OF THE COVID RESPONSE TEAM.

AND I HAVE WORKED WITH PATIENTS WHO WERE SUSPECTED OF COVID, UM, USING PP E EFFECTIVELY.

I ASK THAT WE NOT BE MANDATED TO TAKE THIS VACCINE.

I JUST, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING INFECTION CONTROL.

WHAT IS EFFECT, WHAT IS EFFECTIVE? WHAT HAS BEEN PROVEN EFFECTIVE FOREVER IS HAND HYGIENE, PPE PR APPROPRIATE PPE.

THEY ARE RUNNING OUT, WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF N 95 MASKS AND GIVING US MESS THAT BARELY FIT.

UM, AND HAVING US WORK WITH PATIENTS THAT WERE SUSPECTED OF COVID, WE WERE DOING COVID TESTS STAYS LATE.

SO WE WERE HAVING PATIENTS NOT ON ISOLATION THAT WE'RE HAVING THE SAME NURSE AS OTHER PATIENTS.

SO THE NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS ARE SKEWED BASED ON THOSE RESULTS.

UM, AND I JUST ASK THAT YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, THANKS.

UH, JOSEPH AND I LIVE IN RAPPAHANNOCK.

UM, I DO A BUSINESS AND FRONT RAIL ON MAIN STREET THOUGH AT METROMONT IT'S AN ON THE MARKETING COMPANY.

UM, BUT ANYWAYS, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, THANK YOU, SCOTT, FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD.

UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M HOPING THAT I WANT SOMEBODY MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MAKING WAVES IN DC, UH, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GUYS MADE THE RIGHT DECISION, UM, TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE DO MAKE WAVES

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IN DC.

WE DO MAKE WAVES, UM, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BECAUSE THE FACT IS THESE SORTS OF THINGS, PROTECTING, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR FREEDOMS HAVE TO BEGIN ON THE LOCAL LEVEL AND THIS IS WHERE IT STARTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOOD COURTS.

WE'VE GOT COURTS ARE CORRUPT AND JUST CAUSE THE COURT MAKES A DECISION, DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT.

SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S START THIS HERE.

LET'S KEEP IT GOING.

AND YEAH, LET'S, LET'S MAKE WAVES.

LET'S LET'S GO NATIONAL.

LET'S GO TO DC.

YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE I'M GOING TO QUIT ASKING ANOTHER HOUR AND WE'LL BE TODAY.

MY NAME IS DEBRA CROWLEY.

I LIVE IN STEPHEN CITY.

THANK YOU, MR. LLOYD, FOR DOING THIS MANDATE.

I CAME TO SUPPORT MY DAUGHTER.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

IF ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE, MOST OF THEM, PROBABLY NURSES, DOCTORS, IF THEY WERE ALL WORTHY ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR SICK AND YOU'RE DYING FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF.

AND I WOULD, I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T ASSUME, BUT I'M GOING TO ASSUME MOST OF THEM ARE NOT VACCINATED.

THEY TOOK THE RISK OF CATCHING COVID, BUT THEY STILL WENT TO WORK.

THEY STILL TOOK CARE OF YOUR FAMILY.

12 HOURS A DAY, SOME LONGER DAYS UPON DAYS UPON DAYS, THEY WERE WORTHY ENOUGH THEN WITHOUT THE VACCINE, ARE THEY STILL NOT WORTHY ENOUGH? AND I'M A SENIOR I'M IN THE, IN THE BRACKET OF, UH, HIGH RISK.

NOT THAT I HAVE ANY UNDERLYING CONDITIONS, I HAVE NO HEALTH CONDITIONS.

I TAKE NO MEDICATIONS, BUT I WILL NOT PUT SOMETHING IN MY BODY THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO TO ME IN THE LONG RUN.

WHY WOULD ANYBODY WANT TO DO THAT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

WHY IS IT BEING FORCED ON US? WHY IS IT BEING FORCED ON YOUR, YOUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO ARE GOING TO, IF THESE PEOPLE ARE GONE, WHO'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF THE SICK.

WHO'S GONNA TAKE CARE OF THE DYING THERE.

I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T SAY THIS.

THERE'S PROBABLY NOT TOO MANY DOCTORS WHO CAN SET UP ALL THAT EQUIPMENT THAT GOES INTO A ROOM FOR A PATIENT.

WE NEED THESE NURSES.

WE NEED THESE CNAS.

WE NEED THESE AIDES.

WE NEED THE DOCTORS OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE DON'T NEED A VACCINE IN OUR BODY THAT WE DON'T KNOW IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO TO US.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YEAH, NO TOO LATE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT,

[9A. Report of Town Manager]

WE HAVE A REPORT TO THE TOWN MANAGER, MR. HICKS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, STEVEN.

UH,

[9B. Report of Councilmembers]

NEXT PORT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANYONE? UH, YES.

MR. MAYOR.

UM, I'M GOING TO HOLD MY COMMENTS, UM, FOR THIS EMERGENCY ORDINANCE UNTIL IT WAS READ, BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, TO MR. MEZA.

UM, MR. MEZ HAS BEEN A GREAT FRIEND OF MINE AND A GREAT COLLEAGUE HERE ON COUNCIL.

UM, HIS, UH, HIS EXPERIENCE WAS, WAS DEFINITELY, UM, IMPORTANT TO ME AND I STARTED, THERE WAS A LOT OF OTHER ONES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE ON COUNCIL AND, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS COMMUNITY, FOR HIS SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY.

AND I WISH HIM ALL THE WILL IN THE FUTURE.

ANYONE ELSE? GO AHEAD.

YEAH, THANKS.

I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS ON JAKE WAS ALREADY A FRIEND.

UM, BUT I HAD NOT HAD THE CHANCE TO, UH, WORK WITH HIM PROFESSIONALLY

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AND I FOUND HIM TO BE JUST ONE OF THE SHARPEST PROFESSIONALS I'VE WORKED WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, IN MY CAREER THUS FAR, UH, WE WERE REALLY, UM, BLESSED TO HAVE HIS SERVICE, UH, HERE IN THE TOWN.

I'M SORRY TO SEE HIM GO.

UM, BUT I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME AND THE SACRIFICE HE MADE ON BEHALF OF OUR TOWN.

THANK YOU.

UM, YES, I WOULD JUST ECHO THE COMMENTS ABOUT JACOB AND YOU ALL ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT THOSE, BUT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT, UM, JAKE IS SUCH A BRIGHT MAN AND HE WOULD ALWAYS SO ELOQUENTLY STATE THINGS.

UM, I WOULD HAVE THINGS SWIRLING AROUND IN MY HEAD, BUT HE WOULD SAY IT JUST LIKE IT NEEDED TO BE SAID.

AND I FEEL LIKE I'M A, UM, UM, A BETTER, UM, COUNCILMAN FROM HAVING WORKED WITH HIM.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, DRAW EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION TO AUGUST 7TH.

IS THAT CORRECT? TINA, THE WAGONS WEIGH WAGON FOR DRAGONS, RIGHT? YES, YES.

YES.

SO IN AUGUST 7TH THERE'S AN EVENT, UM, AND THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT, UM, NON-PROFITS THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT THE VAIN SOCIETY.

AND I'M GOING TO PUT THE WRONG ONES, I THINK IT'S UNITED WAY AND SOMETHING ELSE, BUT, UM, THERE'S, THEY'RE TEAMS, YOU CAN FORM TEAMS. UM, AND I KNOW THE TOWN IS GOING TO HAVE A TEAM IN THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE THE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A TEAM YOU WANT TO PUT TOGETHER A TEAM, I THINK THERE'S STILL, UM, ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT OR COME DOWN AND WATCH.

AND AGAIN, IT IS A FUNDRAISERS THOUGH.

UH, JUST ONE OF THEM, MAKE SURE I KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT I'M NOT SURE I'VE SEEN A TON ABOUT IT IN THE PAPER.

I THINK RURAL EXAMINERS HAD IT TOO.

SO THAT'S ALL MR. MAYOR.

YES.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ALSO THINK JAKE FOR HIS SERVICE.

UM, I AM A LITTLE SAD TO SEE HIM GO AGAIN, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UM, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I'M SORRY FOR THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HE LEFT UNDER AND I ADMIRE HIS ABILITY TO DO THAT.

UM, SO THANK YOU, JAKE.

HOPE YOU'RE ENJOYING SOMETHING RIGHT NOW.

[9C. Report of the Mayor]

AND I WOULD ALSO, UH, MAYOR'S REPORT.

UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK JAKE FOR HIS SERVICE.

HE SERVED COUNCIL FOR SIX YEARS.

I, AND, UH, ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A TIME, UM, SHARP YOUNG MAN.

UM, HE'S GOING TO GO FAR, UH, IN HIS CAREER.

UM, AND HE'S GOING TO BE SORELY MISSED.

UH, JUST, JUST LIKE THEY SAID, I MEAN, LAURIE SAID THAT SHE COULD HAVE STUFF FOR HIM AROUND IN HER HEAD.

HE COULD SPIT IT OUT JUST THE WAY, WHAT NEEDED TO BE SAID.

UM, VERY SHARP INDIVIDUAL, A GREAT FRIEND, AND, UH, HOPE TO SEE HIM AGAIN SOON.

THANKS.

SO THAT BEING SAID, UM,

[11D. Emergency Ordinance to Enact Chapter 172 – Welfare, Health and Safety, Prohibiting Any Business Located in the Town Corporate Limits from Requiring the COVID-19 Vaccines as a Condition of Employment – Councilman Scott Lloyd]

ON TO ITEM 11 D EMERGENCY ORDINANCE TO ENACT CHAPTER 1 72 WELFARE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROHIBITING ANY BUSINESS LOCATED IN THE TOWN CORPORATE LIMITS FROM ACQUIRING COVID 19 VACCINES AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT, MS. PRESS SIX, TO REACH SUMMARY, PLEASE, COUNCILMAN LOYD HAS REQUESTED THAT COUNCIL CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ENACT TOWN CODE CHAPTER 1 72 WELFARE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROHIBITING ANY BUSINESS LOCATED IN THE TOWN CORPORATE LIMITS FROM REQUIRING THE COVID COVID-19 VACCINES AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT AS PRESENTED, HEAR EMOTION.

YEP.

I MOVE THE COUNCIL APPROVE AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ENACT TOWN CODE CHAPTER 1 72 WELFARE HEALTH AND SAFETY PROHIBITING ANY BUSINESS LOCATED IN THE TOWN CORPORATE LIMITS FROM REQUIRING THE COVID-19 VACCINES AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT AS PRESENTED STACK IT, HAVE A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION I WILL VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE Y'ALL CAN CALL ME KATNISS TONIGHT.

SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL YOU GUYS THAT ARE NURSES, DOCTORS, UH, YOU GUYS WERE HEROES BEFORE COVID YOU'RE HEROES.

YOU ARE HEROES DURING COVID, YOU ARE HEROES WHILE YOU'RE WORKING.

NOW YOU ARE EVEN A HERO IF YOU GET FIRED BY VALLEY HEALTH.

UM, I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I'M HOPING

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THAT VALLEY HEALTH, UH, ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING AT THIS AND PAYING ATTENTION AND SAYING, THIS IS WHAT OUR EMPLOYERS WANT.

THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE REQUIRING FROM US.

UM, AND I HOPE THAT THEY TAKE IT INTO CONSIDERATION AS THEY IS.

OTHER COMPANIES MIGHT WANT TO JUMP IN ON THIS VACCINATION POLICY SITUATION.

UM, ANYHOW, I PREPARED A STATEMENT.

I'M GOING TO READ IT AND THEN I'LL PROBABLY GO OFF SCRIPT OR WHATEVER.

UM, BUT I VALLEY HEALTH IS NOT THE FIRST HEALTHCARE PROVIDER TO REQUIRE THE COVID-19 VACCINE.

UM, I'M SURE YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I KNOW OF WAS ALSO DOING IT MOST OF THE SURROUNDING COUNTY, SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH, ARLINGTON, AND I BELIEVE IT'S REST AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM OR NOT.

UM, I'M SURE THAT ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE ALSO FAMILIAR WITH THE HOUSTON HOSPITAL SYSTEM WHERE THEY REQUIRED THEIR EMPLOYEES AND 153 EMPLOYEES WERE FIRED OR QUIT 117 WERE FIRED.

THEY TOOK THEIR CASE TO COURT AND, UH, THEY LOST THEIR CASE.

UM, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE EMPLOYER WAS WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS TO REQUIRE IT AND FIRE THOSE A NON-COMPLIANCE UM, FOR THOSE CONCERNED WITH THE VACCINE, NOT BEING FULLY FDA APPROVED, IT SHOULD BE APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER.

NOT THAT THAT EASES OR DOESN'T EASE YOUR CONCERNS.

VALLEY HEALTH REQUIRES THE FIRST SHOT IN OCTOBER AND THE SECOND IN NOVEMBER.

AND I'M THINKING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THAT TIMELINE.

UM, SO FOR THOSE THAT POST ONLY FOR THAT REASON, THERE'S HOPE THAT THAT COULD BE APPROVED BEFORE THE DATES REQUIRED BY THE EMPLOYER.

THE TRUTH IS THE TOWN HAS NO REAL AUTHORITY ON THIS.

UM, YEAH, IT'S A POINT THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP NUMEROUS TIMES BY OUR LEGAL STAFF.

I'VE ASKED OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE AUTHORITY TO DO.

UM, IT'S A POINT OF CONFUSION I SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN PRIVATE CONVERSATION, PEOPLE THINK THAT IF THE ORDINANCE IS PASSED, THEY WON'T NEED TO FOLLOW THEIR EMPLOYERS GUIDELINES AND THAT THEY WILL BE PROTECTED FROM FIRING.

THIS IS NOT TRUE.

THE MOST PRUDENT THING AN EMPLOYEE OF VALLEY HEALTH CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS FILE THEIR EXEMPTION PAPERWORK.

IF THEIR REQUEST IS DENIED, THEY DO NOT GET THE VACCINE AND THEY ARE SUBSEQUENTLY FIRED OR SUSPENDED THEN, OH, SEE WHAT HAS TO BE FILED INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY.

I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A CHOICE AND SHOULD DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILY.

I AM SURE MY COUNTERPARTS FEEL THE SAME WAY.

I DON'T THINK ANY OF US BELIEVE THAT VALLEY HEALTH OR ANYONE SHOULD, SHOULD ESSENTIALLY FORCE YOU, RIGHT? CAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF SAYING, YOU KNOW, DO THIS OR BEEF HIRED.

I ALSO BELIEVE THAT BUSINESSES HAVE A RIGHT TO DO WHAT THEY FEEL IS BEST FOR THEIR BUSINESS.

FREEDOM HAS ALWAYS GONE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

PLEASE ALSO REMEMBER THAT VIRGINIA IS A RIGHT TO WORK STATE, SO YOU CAN BE FIRED FOR PRACTICALLY ANYTHING.

WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY AND WE CAN'T PREVENT YOU FROM BEING FIRED.

SO HAVE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I FEEL THAT I WOULD BE DOING A DISSERVICE.

IF I GIVE A FALSE HOPE THAT WE CAN PROTECT YOU AND YOU CAN TAKE THIS ORDINANCE TO YOUR EMPLOYER AND BE LIKE, DAMN, I'M NOT DOING IT.

AND YOU STILL SUFFER A CONSEQUENCE.

UM, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

WE CANNOT PREVENT YOU FROM GETTING FIRED.

UM, THE ONE THING THAT HAS COME FROM THIS BEING FORCED ONTO OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT ALSO HAPPENED.

WE WERE FORCED INTO THIS, UM, WHICH IS FINE BECAUSE IT DID GET A CONVERSATION STARTED.

WE HAVE A LOT OF RECORDED TESTIMONY THAT SOMEBODY SAID SEND TO YOUR LEGISLATORS AND, AND DO WHAT IS RIGHT.

AND GET THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE MORE SAY MORE AUTHORITY TO DO SOMETHING.

UM, AND I, I WILL TAKE THE BOOZE FOR THIS AND THAT IS FINE, BUT THIS HAS BEEN POLITICAL THEATER BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.

SO WE CAME UP HERE AND, UM, ESSENTIALLY TO A PIECE SCOTT, WHICH IS, WHICH IS FINE.

LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE WE GOT A CONVERSATION STARTED, BUT I THINK THE, YOU CAN, BOOM, IT'S FINE.

THERE'S A FREE COUNTRY.

BOO HISS, DO WHATEVER, MAN.

I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE FROM THE PODIUM.

I MEAN, YOU CAN, BUT I'M NOT.

UM, SO ANYWAYS, YOU, YOU CAN BOW IT.

I DON'T CARE.

BUT AT THE POINT OF MY CONVERSATION HERE IS WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.

IT HAS SHOWN THE EMPLOYERS WHAT THEIR EMPLOYEES DO AND DO NOT WANT TO DO AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT WE HAVE NO LEGAL STANDING.

I CAN NOT PROTECT YOU FROM BEING FIRED.

AND IF I WERE TO SIT HERE AND TO VOTE, YES, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM HAPPY, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M DOING THE RIGHT THING.

AND SO, ANYHOW, I'M THE BEST.

HOLD ON.

SORRY.

I GOT, I WENT OFF SCRIPT.

UM, WE, WE DID GET TO HEAR CONCERNS AS WELL AS A SIDE NOTE, THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL IS NOT, WILL NOT REQUIRE OUR EMPLOYEES TO GET BACK TO ME, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER.

UM, I COULD VOTE YES ON THIS, BUT REFUSE TO GIVE A FALSE HOPE TO EMPLOYEES OF VALLEY HEALTH OR ANYWHERE IN TOWN.

THE LAST THING I WOULD WANT IS FOR SOMEONE TO LEAN ON THIS ORDINANCE, THINKING

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THEY ARE IN THE CLEAR ONLY TO DISCOVER AFTER BEING FIRED, THAT THEY WERE NOT, AGAIN, THE TOWN CAN NOT KEEP YOU FROM LOSING YOUR JOB OVER THIS.

IF YOU BELIEVE THIS TO BE TRUE, YOU HAVE BEEN MISLED.

AND THERE WAS A NUMBER OF YOU THAT CAME UP AND SAID, STOP THIS MANDATE, STOP THIS MANDATE.

WE CAN'T STOP THE MANDATE.

PLEASE DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

THAT IS BEST FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

AND I CAN'T, I JUST CANNOT EMPHASIZE THIS ENOUGH THAT WE CANNOT PROTECT YOUR JOB, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT LOSING THEIR LIVELIHOODS.

I DON'T WANT SOMEBODY TO LOSE THEIR LIVELIHOOD AND COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, YOU GUYS PASS THIS ORDINANCE.

AREN'T I SAFE? YOU'RE NOT.

AND IT'S, AND IT'S SAD.

AND I ALWAYS TRY TO DO THINGS TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.

BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, THERE'S NOTHING THAT I CAN DO.

AND LIKE I SAID, I'M WILLING TO, TO ACCEPT THE BOOZE.

AND I, AND I KNOW IT'S A TOUCHY SUBJECT.

AND IF I WAS EMPLOYED BY SOMEBODY WHO WANTED TO MAKE ME DO THINGS THAT I FOUND MORALLY QUESTIONABLE, THANKFULLY I DON'T WORK FOR ONE.

UM, I WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION THAT WAS BEST FOR ME, MY FAMILY, AND, UH, MY, MY MORAL COMPASS, IF YOU WILL.

UM, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE TO SAY TONIGHT.

AND I TRULY DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING OUT AND COMING OUT IN FULL FORCE AND MAYBE THIS WILL HAVE ENOUGH IMPACT ON ITS OWN WITH VALLEY HEALTH.

UM, THEY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THEIR STAFFING CONCERNS.

AS MANY OF YOU MENTIONED.

UM, THE LAST THING WE NEED IS A HOSPITAL WHERE YOU WALK IN, THERE'S ONE DOCTOR AND ONE NURSE.

AND I MEAN, WHAT AM I GOING TO, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO THEN? UM, WE HAVE A TRANSPORTATION ISSUE IN TOWN.

HOW ARE YOU GETTING TO THE HOSPITAL THAT HAS STAFF? UM, SO I'M HOPING THAT VALLEY HEALTH LOOKS AT THIS AND AT LEAST CONSIDERS WAITING FOR IT TO BE APPROVED.

AND AT LEAST IT'S APPROVED, UM, OR, OR TAKES ANOTHER COURSE OF ACTION.

LIKE SOMEBODY SAID WITH THE FLU SHOT.

OH, YOU DIDN'T DO IT.

HERE'S A MASK.

UM, ANYHOW, THAT'S IT.

I THINK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT AND EVEN IF YOU BU AND YOU'RE A NURSE OR A DOCTOR, YOU'RE STILL A HERO TO ME BECAUSE YOU GUYS TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY WHEN I GO IN THERE.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU, HONESTLY.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? YES.

MR. MAYER, UM, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK DR.

UM, DR.

PAGE'S, UM, HE, HE BROUGHT SOMETHING TO MY ATTENTION TONIGHT THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF.

AND, UH, I, I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR, FOR TELLING ME THAT BECAUSE I WAS TOTALLY UNAWARE.

UM, I'VE BEEN A TYPE ONE DIABETIC SINCE I WAS SEVEN, WHICH MEANS I'VE TAKEN INSULIN INJECTIONS EVER SINCE, YOU KNOW, NO COMPLICATIONS.

I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF MYSELF.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'M A LITTLE BIT CHUNKY, BUT HEY, IT'S JUST GOES ALONG WITH AGE.

BUT, UM, BUT IN ALL HONESTY, UM, DID NOT KNOW THAT THAT FETUSES WERE BEING USED IN THIS MEDICINE OR THE TISSUE.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, UM, THERE'S NOBODY IN THIS WORLD THAT, THAT THAT'S EVEN MORE PRO-LIFE THAN ME.

I I'M TELLING YOU I WAS HEARTBROKEN TO HEAR THAT.

AND, UM, IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT I WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY NOT GOTTEN IT EVEN OVER MY HEALTH CONCERNS.

OKAY.

NOW I'VE NEVER HIDDEN THE FACT, I GOT A PREPARED STATEMENT TO, UM, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, I GET, I GET TONGUE TIED.

EVERYBODY KNOWS I'M NOT MUCH OF A POET OR, OR, OR A PUBLIC SPEAKER EITHER.

UM, BUT, UH, I'VE NEVER HIDDEN THE FACT THAT I AM A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN.

I MEAN, I THINK EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM AND LIVES IN THIS COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT ABOUT ME.

UM, THE BASICS PRINCIPLES OF THE PARTY, LESS REGULATION, LEFT TAXES, PRESERVATION OF PERSONAL FREEDOM, PROTECTION OF RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES, AND THE RULE OF LAW.

JUST TO NAME A FEW, ALTHOUGH I CAN APPRECIATE THE INTENTION OF WHAT COUNCILMAN LLOYD IS HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH, WHICH I TOO HAVE MY PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT EMPLOYEES BEING TERMINATED BY A BUSINESS BECAUSE OF NOT GETTING A VACCINE.

I CANNOT SUPPORT HIS MOTION.

IF A BUSINESS CHOOSES TO IMPOSE CUSTOMERS, TO WEAR A MASK ON THEIR PROPERTY, THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT.

IT'S THEIR PROPERTY.

AND, AND, AND I HAVE THE RIGHT TO NOT VISIT THAT BUSINESS.

IF I, IF I CHOOSE, UM, IF THE COURTS HAVE THAT AS A LEGAL RIGHT TO DO THAT, IF AN EMPLOYEE FEELS THEIR LEGAL RIGHTS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED UNDER THE LEGAL SYSTEM, THEY CAN SUE VALLEY HEALTH AND OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM WILL MAKE A RULING.

AGAIN, I DON'T LIKE VALLEY HEALTH POLICY.

I HAVE THE RIGHT AND CHOICE TO NOT USE VALLEY HEALTH AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, I HAVE MY PERSONAL FEELINGS ON THIS MATTER, BUT TONIGHT WE, AS COUNCIL ARE DECIDING

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THE ROLE OF OUR TOWN GOVERNMENT TO IMPOSE LAW ON BUSINESSES, TELLING WHAT THEY CAN, AND THEY CANNOT DO.

I THINK GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO INTERFERE LESS WITH BUSINESS, NOT MORE AS A GOVERNMENT.

WE NEED TO TREAD VERY LIGHTLY ON WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TONIGHT WHEN STEPPING ON THE BUSINESSES, RIGHT.

THAT'S WHY IN THIS INSTANCE, I FEEL IT IS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF OUR JURISDICTION AND I WILL BE VOTING NO ON THIS TONIGHT.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND SPEAKING.

UM, I, I VERY WELL APPRECIATE IT.

UM, AGAIN, JUST TO, JUST TO ECHO WHAT, WHAT THE COUNCILMAN THOMPSON SAID, UM, THERE IS LEGALLY NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THIS.

AND, UM, I, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU, MS. CARR.

UM, FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT I COMPLETELY EMPATHIZE WITH ANYONE BEING FACED WITH DECIDING BETWEEN THEIR EMPLOYMENT AND WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE A VACCINE THAT THEY DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING WHEN THE TOWN COUNCIL WAS ACTUALLY FACED WITH THIS VERY ISSUE.

UH, WE AS MEMBERS OF THE FRONT TOWN COUNCIL DECIDED THAT WE WOULD NOT MAKE VACCINES, THAT REQUIREMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE TOWN.

IN THEORY, I AGREE THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL SHOULD DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHETHER OR NOT TO TAKE THE COVID VACCINE BASED ON THEIRS AND THEIR FAMILY'S HEALTH AND RISK FACTORS IN RELATION TO THE ORDINANCE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT.

COUNCILMAN LLOYD, UM, OUR, OUR TOWN ATTORNEY WAS CONSULTED FOR MULTIPLE WEEKS MONTHS.

I WOULD EVEN SAY AT THIS POINT TO, UH, OUR TOWN ATTORNEY WHO HAS OVER 40 YEARS REPRESENTING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAS ADVISED US.

THAT IS NOT WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY TO TELL A PRIVATE BUSINESS, UH, WHAT THEY CAN OR CANNOT REQUIRE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.

BECAUSE VIRGINIA HAS A DILLON RULE STATE.

WE ARE ACTUALLY ONLY PERMITTED TO ENFORCE LAWS OR ORDINANCE THAT THE STATE GOVERNMENT GIVES US THE AUTHORITY OVER.

IF WE WERE TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE THAT OUR TOWN ATTORNEY HAS ADVISED US IS NOT LEGAL.

WE WOULD BE GIVING THE EMPLOYEES EMPLOYED IN THE TOWN OF FRONT ROYAL, BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND IT'S FOR ALL A FRONT ROYAL, UH, A FALSE SENSE OF HOPE THAT WE SOMEHOW PROTECT THEIR JOBS.

IF THEY CHOSE NOT TO GET THE VACCINE.

WHEN I TOOK THE OATH FOR THIS OFFICE, I AGREED TO SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.

AND FOR THIS REASON I CAN'T SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT I'M TOLD AS ILLEGAL TO DO IT CITIZENS DON'T W UH, DO NOT WANT A VACCINE REQUIREMENT TO BE A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT IN VIRGINIA, THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR WOULD HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE, NOT US.

AND I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST ALL OF THOSE WHO CAME AND SPOKE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE THEIR CONCERN WITH THEIR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND REQUEST THIS VERY CHANGE.

OKAY.

UM, SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE DISCUSSION THAT WE, THIS WE BEGAN HAVING ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO AND IT'S REVOLVED AROUND LEGALITIES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY IN FULL VIEW OF THE ENTIRE, UM, DAY IS HERE, HAVE, HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THOSE SIX WEEKS.

AND, BUT WE'RE DEFAULTING TO SIX WEEK OLD POSITIONS AND READING STATEMENTS THAT WERE WRITTEN BEFORE ANY OF THIS DISCUSSION EVEN HAPPENED TONIGHT, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY DISAPPOINTING.

I AM AN ATTORNEY.

I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL, I PASSED THE BAR.

I AM ACTIVE IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.

I WOULD NOT PROPOSE SOMETHING THAT GIVES PEOPLE FALSE HOPE AND HAS NO HOPE OF THERE BEING ANY LEGAL ARGUMENT TO MAKE IN COURT.

MR. NAPIER, AND I HAVE DISCUSSED, UH, BACK AND FORTH TO THE LEGALITIES I REFERRED AND I READ FROM THE TOWN CHARTER, WHICH GIVES US POLICE POWER BEYOND THE POLICE POWER.

IT GIVES US A POWER WITHIN THE HEALTH REALM TO CREATE OUR OWN HOSPITAL, TO CREATE OUR OWN HOSPITALS, TO CREATE OUR OWN HEALTH BOARD, TO REGULATE THAT HOSPITAL.

BUT BACK TO THE POLICE POWER POLICE POWER, YOU FIND IT IN LOCALITIES AND STATES ALL THROUGHOUT THE NATION.

IT'S NOTHING REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, INTERESTING.

IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE.

JACOBSON CAME UP TONIGHT.

IT'S A SUPREME COURT CASE THAT IN 1905 STATED THAT, UM, THAT, UH, LOCALITY IN MASSACHUSETTS COULD ENFORCE A MANDATORY VACCINE.

THE PUNISHMENT IN THAT CASE WAS TO PAY ABOUT 140

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OF TODAY'S DOLLARS OF, FOR NOT TAKING THE BACKSEAT JUSTICE GORSUCH OVER THE SUMMER HAS POINTED OUT THAT, THAT, THAT PAST REASONABLE, UH, EXCUSE ME, UM, UH, RATIONAL BASIS SCRUTINY, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S BASICALLY A FINE THAT THE PERSON COULD PAY GO ON WITH THEIR LIFE AND REMAIN ON VACCINE.

HERE.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ENTIRE LIVELIHOODS.

WHAT'S THE NURSE.

I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A YEAR, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, HEALTH INSURANCE AND SO ON.

AND SO, BUT THE DRAMATIC IRONY HERE IS THAT JAKE JACOBSON WAS ROOTED IN THE POLICE POWER.

SO WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM SEVERAL OF THE, OF THE, OF OUR FELLOW FELLOW COUNCILMAN AND FROM THE TOWN ATTORNEY IS THAT THE POLICE POWER WOULD GIVE US THE RIGHT.

IF WE WANTED TO HAVE A MANDATORY VACCINE REGIME IN, IN THIS TOWN, WE WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY'RE ALSO TELLING US THAT WE CANNOT FIND ANYWHERE IN THE POLICE POWER, THE RIGHT TO SAY TO AN EMPLOYER, NO, YOU CANNOT HAVE A COMPULSORY, UH, OR, UH, COERCED, UM, VACCINE REGIME.

THE TWO DO NOT COMPUTE, BUT WHERE, W W WHERE DO WE END UP? AND SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE LAW, WHICH IS HOW LAWYERS STAY EMPLOYED.

AND SO WHAT HAPPENS, WE PASS AN ORDINANCE AND WE POTENTIALLY GET SUED FOR, AND WHAT HAPPENS.

WE DEFEND OURSELVES IN COURT.

WE DEFENDED OURSELVES IN COURT OVER THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. MEZA SO ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT THE ARGUMENT, THE ARGUMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE BEFORE A REASONABLE JUDGE MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE IN COURT.

AND I THINK IS MAKING IT'S WORTH TAKING THAT CHANCE.

WE'RE SITTING IN FRONT OF HEY, IN FRONT OF A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WHO WIN THE, THE EPIDEMIC OR PANDEMIC OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL.

IT WAS YOUNG, WALKED INTO ROOMS WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE INFECTED AND FACE THE UNKNOWN.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE FACTS ABOUT THE CASE OR THE DISEASE.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER THE PERSON IN FRONT OF THEM WAS INFECTED.

UH, WE DIDN'T KNOW THE MORE MORBIDITIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND YET THEY STILL SHOWED UP FOR WORK AND THEY FACE THE UNKNOWN HERE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TURN AND SAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO RISK A LAWSUIT IN ORDER TO DEFEND THESE PEOPLE.

AND I'M SAYING, WHY, WHY NOT JUST MAKE THE ARGUMENT IN COURT? WHAT WE ARE INSURED AS A TOWN WE'RE INSURED AS A TOWN.

AND SO IF WE GET SUED, OUR INSURANCE WILL COVER, WILL COVER US IN THE EVENT THAT WE GET SUED.

AND IT'S, IT'S PART OF THE REGULAR BUSINESS OF THE TOWN.

NOW WE HAVE A, AN INQUIRY INTO OUR INSURER, WHETHER THEY RECOVER THIS SPECIFIC CASE, I'VE NOT BEEN INFORMED THAT WE HAVE AN ANSWER FROM IN THAT CASE, WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER ON THIS SPECIFIC CASE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS FOR THEM.

THEY DEFEND, UH, ORDINANCES.

THAT'S, THAT'S THEIR JOB, BUT IN THE CASE THAT IT DOESN'T, IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COVER IT, I WILL DEFEND IT.

I WILL DEFEND IT MYSELF WITHOUT COST TO THE TOWN PERIOD.

UM, UH, JOE, UH, DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW THINGS? I DO.

THANK YOU.

I HOPE YOU CAN ALL HEAR ME.

I'M SPEAKING TO YOU ALL FROM NEW JERSEY, UH, WHERE I'M AT, UM, TRAINING FOR THE, UH, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.

SO I'VE BEEN IN A POSITION IN THE PAST WHERE I WAS IN THE MARINES, AND I GOT AN EXPERIMENTAL VACCINATION CALLED THE ANTHRAX OR SHOT.

UM, UH, SO I, I REALLY, I, I APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND THE, THE REAL FEAR, UH, TAKING SOME KIND OF VACCINATION, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S MANDATED, BUT I'LL ALSO POINT OUT THAT, UM, THE, THE SHIFT IN TACTIC FROM VALLEY HEALTH IS, UH, I'VE, I'VE GOTTEN A GOOD SOURCE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING

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TO USE THE WORD MANDATE.

THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT TO BE, UM, A, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO WORK AROUND PATIENTS UNLESS YOU ARE VACCINATED.

SO THERE'S ALREADY A SHIFT IN THAT.

UM, THAT'S HAPPENING.

UM, STILL, UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN IF THIS DOES PASS, UM, I WILL BE VOTING FOR IT.

UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD HOW MUCH PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.

POSSIBLY SET A PRECEDENT THAT, UM, A, A VACCINATION OR AN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE, SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN FDA APPROVED, UM, CANNOT BE MANDATED.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A STAND THAT WE NEED TO MAKE HERE ON THIS COUNCIL.

I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES IN OPINIONS.

I UNDERSTAND, UM, TH TH THE, THE, THE HARD STANCE, THIS MIGHT BE THE POLITICAL SUICIDE, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

BUT I THINK THAT STANDING UP FOR OUR CITIZENS, WHO I WAS VOTED IN BY TO REPRESENT IS A VERY IMPORTANT DECISION TO MAKE.

AND I THINK THAT EACH ONE OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER THAT.

THANK YOU.

MR. NAPIER, COULD YOU, UM, GIVE US YOUR OPINION ON, UH, THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE, IF IT WERE TO PASS? YES, SIR.

UH, THERE IS NO MECHANISM LEGALLY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS, UH, ORDINANCE, IF IT DID PASS, UH, VIRGINIA'S A DILLON RULE STATE, AND I AM UNABLE TO FIND ANY LEGAL MECHANISM FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE, IF IT DID PASS.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

BUT I MEAN, I READ YOU THE CHARTER.

OKAY.

AND WE'VE DONE THIS DANCE BEFORE, WHERE WE TURN IT OVER TO THE ATTORNEYS.

OH, THERE'S NO LEGAL, LEGAL, UH, AUTHORITY.

BUT I, I, I ADDRESS THIS.

I ADDRESS THIS SPECIFICALLY WITH SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.

IT'S IN THE CHARTER.

EVERYBODY HERE CAN LOOK, LOOK AT IT AND READ IT.

OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

TEAM VICE MAYOR.

COCKREL NO COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE.

NO COUNCILMAN LLOYD.

YES.

COUNCILMAN MCFADDEN.

YES.

COUNCILMAN THOMPSON.

NO WARREN, HIS FAILS.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT, WATCH YOUR MOUTH.

WATCH YOUR MOUTH.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA DISRESPECT ME FROM YOUR SEAT.

WE'LL GO INTO A CLOSED PAGE.

THEY GOT ONE MORE THING THEY GOTTA DO.

[12. CLOSED MEETING – Disposition of Public Property and Consultation with Legal Counsel]

EVEN IF THERE'S A CHANCE, , I'M NOT INTERRUPTING YOU.

I JUST WANT TO SAY I MOVE THAT COUNCIL CAN MEAN AND GO INTO CLOSE ME FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.2 DASH 3 7 11, AND

[03:55:01]

THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.

ONE DISCUSSION OR CONSIDERATION AND DISPOSITION OF PUBLICLY HELD REAL PROPERTY.

SPECIFICALLY THE CONVEYANCE OF THE TOWN'S INTEREST IN TWO DIFFERENT PIECES OF PROPERTY.

IT OWNS WITH OTHERS OUTSIDE THE TOWN LIMITS.

ALL WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF TOWN COUNCIL, ALL PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION 8.3 OF THAT SECTION, AND TO CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AND BRIEFINGS BY STAFF MEMBERS OR CONSULTANTS PERTAINING TO ACTUAL LITIGATION, SPECIFICALLY ONGOING LITIGATION AGAINST THE WARREN COUNTY EDA AND JENNIFER MCDONALD, WHERE SUCH CONSULTATION OR BRIEFING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE NEGOTIATING OR LITIGATING POSTURE OF THE PUBLIC BODY PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION A.SEVEN OF THAT SECTION.

SECOND VICE MAYOR COCKREL YES.

COUNCILMAN GILLESPIE.

COUNCILMAN LOYD.

YES.

COUNCILMAN MCFADDEN.

COUNCILMAN THOMPSON.

YES.