Georgia Mayor Blasts Governor For Reopening State S Beaches During Pandemic Health Of Our Residents Being Put At Risk
The city council of Georgia’s Tybee Island, a tourist hotspot, on March 20 voted to close the area’s beaches as it shut down the area to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The town put up signs and barricades to block would-be beachgoers from disregarding the local mandate. But Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican, overturned the beach closure with his executive order for his state’s residents to “shelter in place....