April 10, 2020
Friday AM

To: Mayors, Assembly & Council members

I traveled to Portland, Seattle and Vancouver B.C. the first week of March. A few people were wearing masks. Now three weeks later the pandemic is no longer something new or on the horizon. It is here. Yet Ketchikan seems to be behind in response.

I have been wearing a mask in ANY retail environment for the past 2 weeks. People were making comments and I felt awkward.... gradually a few more folks were seen wearing masks....... but few. This past week we used Safeway’s “order in-pick up” grocery buying service. It worked great but the deliveries to my car were made by an employee without mask or gloves.

My daughter did grocery shopping for her family and reported "Nobody else with a mask." She was wearing one that she tailored herself.

So I am asking that the Borough and the City of Ketchikan set some guidelines...... #1 being that ALL employees AND customers MUST wear a mask when they are in a retail environment.

Kindly,

Rob Holston
Ketchikan, Alaska

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Received March 28, 2020 - Published April 10, 2020

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