KEWANEE, Ill. — Kewanee Mayor Gary Moore sent a letter to city administration declaring his intent to not follow the new wave of COVID-19 resurgence mitigations implemented by Governor Pritzker and the state that are set to go into effect on Wednesday, November 4.
In the letter, Moore states that while he believes Pritzker's heart is in the right place, he disagrees with the assessment that closing down bars and restaurants is not the right answer to the situation.
Moore says that, in his opinion, the businesses affected by the returning regulations are the ones that can most easily self-regulate COVID spread with methods like sanitization, social distancing, and limiting the number of customers.
He asks Kewanee businesses and residents to take continue taking normal precautions and support each other through the current state of the pandemic.
