Georgetown, CO – Clear Creek County non-resident traffic ban violators face up to $5,000 fine and up to 18 months in jail.
The order was issued by the Clear Creek County Board of Health. Apparently, it has the rule of law, and it will be enforced. It takes effect at 12:01 A.M. Saturday, April 11, 2020.
“To slow the spread of COVID-19 in Clear Creek County, this order limits travel access on county roads to non-county residents for purposes outside necessary travel as defined by the state stay-at-home order,” said Christine Crouse, a county spokeswoman, in an email.
The use of road blocks, traffic control devices, signs and other measures will be part of the restriction. A valid driver’s license, showing proof of residency, will be used for access and to establish compliance. Critical business and other critical functions as defined by the order will allow travel by non-residents. Recreation is not a critical component.
From: The Denver Post
So, if you had your ski pass pulled by Governor Jared Polis and planned to visit the backcountry, you are not doing it in Clear Creek County.
We understand the desire to protect first responders and the medical system. If first responders come into contact with someone that has an accident in the backcountry that later tests positive for COVID-19, the first responders are no longer able to continue working.
But there are problems associated with this authoritarian lockdown as well.
An issue of authority and suspending freedom
What is most concerning, is this order was created and put into effect by an UNELECTED board of bureaucrats. Remember when another unelected board of bureaucrats assumed control over nearly half the population of Colorado?
These small groups of unelected officials have the ability to create severe punishments for citizens who violate their orders. This should be concerning to every citizen of Colorado.
Emergency orders like this are a slippery slope. As they become commonplace, so does the act of suspending freedoms.
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We need massive civil disobedience. We need to teach the the sinister side what resistance actually looks like.
Exactly people to start organizing against this stuff. For example people in Ohio had a protest against there shutdown order at the capital there.
I certainly wouldn’t want any diseased Denver tokers, jokers and fools in my backyard. Set fire to their damn cars where they try to park illegally. That’s a start.