3/30/20
(Cleveland)- Another weekend in northeast Georgia and another weekend with local officials dealing with the influx of people outside the area coming in and in many cases not heeding the closing of hiking trails and recreation areas.
During a called teleconference meeting Monday the White County Board of Commissioners heard from White County Sheriff Neal Walden and County Emergency Management Agency Director David Murphy who told the commissioners that they witnessed the visitors ignoring the shutdown area.
One of the areas shut down is the county’s Yonah Preserve trails and last Friday someone pried open the locked gate at the trailhead. Murphy said the forest service had officers posted at Yonah Mountain and Raven Cliffs turning around several vehicles.
Sheriff Walden said, “ we’re doing the best we can.” He said we don’t want to have those folks coming in from Atlanta and if we have to arrest them infecting our jail and costing the county extra funds to isolate them.
White County still has only one COVID-19 confirmed case and Commission Chairman Travis Turner says we would like to keep it that way,” if I was in Atlanta I’d like to get out of Atlanta myself, however, they have been given an order to shelter in place and any other time we would like to see the tourism, but right now for the next 2-4 weeks stay at home and don’t bring it up here to us, “ commented Turner.
Then why are the state parks still open?
Not a dang thing is being done by the sheriff’s department nor the county commissioners, nor even the Gov. of this State! And all the residents see their failure’s to keep the residents safe! They are all endangering the residents of this County’s very lives at this point, by their failure to act!
I agree totally with Patricia. There needs to be a shelter in place across the entire state the Govenor needs to act
Prudent thing for the Sheriff’s Office to do would be road blocks at every road coming in to the county. You dont live here, have business here, or caring for at risk family members, turn them around to go back home…They did it when the tornado disaster happened back in the 90’s, why not now. It is the Sheriffs job to look out for the people of the county..
If you wanted to keep the people safe why are the fast food is still operating
Totally agree. This is all on Gov. Kemp. He should issue a statewide order so that everyone is clear on what the rules are. Until he does that the visitors from everywhere will keep coming.
I understand not wanting to arrest them but why can you not write them all tickets, then when word got out that it was going to cost them a pretty penny to visit our area maybe that would stop them and on the plus side, the county would make a little money off of them. Or we could have their cars towed like Habersham did. And isn’t it a hefty fine if they are under a shelter in place and don’t stay in their area?
Novel idea! Let’s have a shelter in place rule / law that people aren’t going to abide by. Instead of blaming the officials why don’t you realize the real problem. The laws are not going to help ‘cause people aren’t going to abide. Stop blaming government. Sick of this type of attitude.
It is the Sheriff’s office that has the responsibility of enforcing the laws, even if people dont abide by them. Because they dont want to arrest them for fear of contamination in the jail is unacceptable, kind of like not arresting people for the plaque of meth because of the possibility of getting meth in the jail. Enforce all laws passed by the state of Ga, not the ones that benefit one or the other….
Be careful how you treat these people you want to stay in Atlanta. In a few months you will be wanting them to come here and spend money. If you arrested me for driving to our area I would never come back and tell everyone I know what a bunch of country hicks inhabit this area. Be gentle.
Dont arrest them, just turn them around and tell them to go back home in accordance with the guidelines set by the state..
Only when my husband gets home then they can’t shut it down he’s coming home from the army let him get home first
I work in a habersham county harware store. Been there long enough to recognize most the locals. This last week the store has been packed every day with people Ive never seen before. Very reckless and unacceptable. If the law sees an out of state or out of county tag. Pukl them over and send them home!
Truth of is they can’t shut down the national parks like Raven cliffs the commissioner office or the sheriff’s office either have the power the president is the only one has the power to close national parks and parks on national forrestry
I totally agree with the not wanting visitors from out of town at this point in time. The coronavirus is a very serious / scary thing. But what about the people in our own county that think “this is stupid.” They are going about their lives like normal. Not social distancing and still letting their teenage children hangout. I know this is happening because my ex son-in-law is one of them. My grandchildren think I’m stupid and over reacting. If everyone would just do the things they are asking us to this pandemic would be over quickly.
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