AT HIGH NOON FRIDAY IN PASO ROBLES, A PROTEST CALLED, THE STAND FOR FREEDOM RALLY. POLICE SAY 750 PEOPLE TURNED OUT. AMONG THE SPEAKERS, CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE ANDY CALDWELL.
ABOUT 750 TURNED OUT FOR THE PROTEST AT THE DOWNTOWN CITY PARK. THEY HELD SIGNS RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SHUTDOWN. SOME ASKING WHY NURSES ARE OUT OF WORK BECAUSE HOSPITALS ARE CLOSED AND IDLE, WAITING FOR THE SURGE IN CORONA VIRUS WHICH NEVER OCCURRED.
DR. WARREN FRANKEL ONE OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE. DR. FRANKEL SAYS IT’S TIME TO OPEN UP S.L.O. COUNTY.
A GOOD TURN OUT FRIDAY AT NOON FOR THE STAND FOR FREEDOM RALLY.
SUPERVISORS JOHN PESCHONG AND DEBBIE ARNOLD ATTENDED. THEY EACH PREVIOUSLY SIGNED A LETTER ASKING THE GOVERNOR TO ALLOW SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY TO REOPEN. PASO ROBLES CITY COUNCILMAN JOHN HAMON WAS AT THE PROTEST, BUT THERE WAS NO SIGN OF MAYOR STEVE MARTIN OR OTHER PASO ROBLES COUNCIL MEMBERS.
