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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIllinois Mayor Sends Police To Break Up Parties. They Found His Wife At One Of Them.
The mayor of a small city in Illinois warned citizens that he had ordered police to break up parties and issue citations to enforce the states stay-at-home orders that are meant to slow the coronavirus pandemic. But when the officers did so, they found his wife at one such gathering.
These are very serious times and Im begging you to please stay at home, Alton Mayor Brant Walker said on Saturday. Parents, please keep your kids at home, doing so is vital to our health.
On Monday, Walker issued a statement on Facebook saying police had found his wife at a bar in the city that was operating in violation of Gov. J.B. Pritzkers stay-at-home orders. Walker said he was embarrassed and apologized to his constituents.
My wife is an adult capable of making her own decisions, and in this instance she exhibited a stunning lack of judgement [sic], he wrote. She will face the same consequences for her ill-advised decision as the other individuals caught at the event, he added.
Walker did not provide the name of his wife nor was she identified in local news reports.
Police told the Alton Daily News that officers broke up a party at Hirams Tavern early Sunday. The owner was arrested on an outstanding warrant for domestic battery while others in attendance received citations for reckless conduct.
Alton is a city of some 26,000 people, located about 20 miles north of St. Louis, Missouri.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alton-illinois-mayor-wife-coronavirus-party_n_5e8bfed2c5b62459a92e0da5
Oops.
Demovictory9
(32,489 posts)frazzled
(18,402 posts)Much less have people partying in them.
MineralMan
(146,345 posts)Yes, indeed.
3catwoman3
(24,088 posts)...been some.
MineralMan
(146,345 posts)was playing. Not a good-sounding situation, is it? He should probably get tested for STIs, too, along with COVID-19.
WhiteTara
(29,730 posts)14 days. Separate bedrooms, until she has quarantined for the minimum number of days, is necessary to slow the spread. If I were that man, I might think of permanent separation since she shows no concern for the welfare of her family.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I know how that is.
dalton99a
(81,671 posts)MineralMan
(146,345 posts)And now she's hanging around in bars that are supposed to be closed? Hmm...
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)Tanuki
(14,926 posts)epidemic?
woodsprite
(11,940 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,334 posts)25-30k people. Guy is an independent so not likely a trumpet. He actually may be working long hours working with the state on CV19.
The county (Alton is about 10% of Madison County) has 50 cases & rising.
Just positing a possibility.
SaintLouisBlues
(1,244 posts)cases.
ProfessorGAC
(65,334 posts)A LONG time ago for a bowling tournament. Probably late 70s. I think we stayed in Collinsville, though because they had a Holidome, and it was winter. I know where we stayed, but not sure it was Collinsville.
I had technical contacts in StL at more than one customer. Visited several times, but that's driving distance for me.