MAYOR BOB SCOTT SAYS THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT CONSIDER MANDATING THAT SIOUX CITY RESIDENTS WEAR MASKS IN PUBLIC DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC:
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SCOTT MADE THE COMMENTS AFTER COUNCILMAN PETE GROETKEN MENTIONED THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAD CONTACTED HIM TO SAY A MASK MANDATE SHOULD BE ENACTED.
MAYOR SCOTT SAYS THE MANDATE WOULD NEVER SURVIVE A COURT CHALLENGE.
MUSCATINE’S MAYOR ENACTED A MASK MANDATE EARLIER THIS MONTH, BUT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY THERE SAYS IT IS NOT LEGAL AND REFUSES TO PROSECUTE VIOLATORS.