{"id":805933,"date":"2020-04-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=381259"},"modified":"2020-04-01T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T18:00:00","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-republican-colorado-sen-bob-rankin-is-risking-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/letter-to-the-editor-republican-colorado-sen-bob-rankin-is-risking-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor: Republican Colorado Sen. Bob Rankin is risking lives"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Republican Colorado Sen. Bob Rankin is risking lives<\/p>\n

The COVID-19 crisis has impacted all as it has made its way through our state, our nation and our world. Organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have recommended good hygiene and practices such as social distancing. The number of known coronavirus cases in the U.S. has grown to 115,000-plus and shows no signs of stopping there. This being the case, stricter measures were necessary. The best-known initiative in Colorado was Gov. Jared Polis\u2019 mandatory stay-at-home order.<\/p>\n

That order restricts everyone to stay home unless they need to leave for necessary trips or they fall into the overworked and underpaid \u201cessential worker\u201d category.<\/p>\n

However, in a climate where partisan politics always seems to make its way to the surface, there are dissenters to Polis\u2019 stay-at-home order. Fourteen of the 16 Republicans in the state Senate, including Bob Rankin of District 8, signed a letter expressing their distaste for Polis\u2019 mandate. The letter expressing disapproval of Polis\u2019 statewide order cited \u201cheavy-handed government power\u201d and \u201cdisconnect between the impact at the city and rural levels.\u201d<\/p>\n

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