Maskless Springfield alderman scolds reporter, unsuccessfully seeks his removal from council chamber
A Springfield alderman unsuccessfully sought the removal of a newspaper reporter from City Council chambers Tuesday evening, arguing that the reporter was violating his social distance.
Minutes before the Springfield City Council was set to convene, Ward 1 Ald. Chuck Redpath requested that Illinois Times reporter Bruce Rushton be restricted to the space in the back of the council chambers reserved for the media.
Redpath alleged that Rushton, who typically sits in the public seating area nestled in between the horseshoe where council members sit and the press box, was getting too close to him.
Redpath typically does not wear a face mask when seated at the horseshoe, and this trend continued throughout most of Tuesday’s meeting, with his mask either completely off or around his chin.
He later told reporters that he has a medical condition exempting him from the city’s mask ordinance. But he declined to elaborate.
Read more: https://www.sj-r.com/news/20201202/maskless-springfield-alderman-scolds-reporter-unsuccessfully-seeks-his-removal-from-council-chambers
(Springfield State Journal Register)
If anyone needed to be remove from the council chambers it was the alderman. Even if he has a medical condition exempting him from the mask ordinance, he is still being selfish and endangering others.
By the way, he was a Democrat, but he is a Republican now.
= new reply since forum marked as read
