Councilwoman Stringham,
I write to you as a hopeful constituent -- hopeful that at some point you will open your eyes and move past the blind ignorance that seems to guide your every decision. You recently responded to an email regarding mask mandates in schools with a response that shocked me. You indicated you would not support mask mandates until numbers were “catastrophic.” Well, on Aug. 27 my ashtmatic 5-year-old tested positive for COVID and guess what, this one case is catastrophic to me and my family.
Your ignorant and naive approach to governance would be laughable if it weren’t so dangerous to the community you claim to serve. It’s disgusting to see politician after politician hide behind the promise of freedom and agency just to win a few points.You, and your colleagues on the county council who chose politics over the sound medical advice issued by the health dept director you hired, are truly an embarrassment.
So, this weekend while you and your family are out and about, enjoying your maskless freedom, I will be sitting at home hoping that my son’s condition doesn’t get worse. I will spend every minute over the next several days worried that each cough, each drop of fevered sweat isn’t leading to more severe symptoms. And I will be trying to figure out a way to keep my 8-year-old and 18-month-old far enough away from him that they don’t get sick without making him feel like a pariah.
I would tell you his name, to remember it. But you don’t deserve to know it.”
Logan Clifford, Salt Lake City