Normally, I don't get political on my blog, but I am very passionate about small businesses, and I believe I need to do something to stand up for them so that they don't just shrivel up and die. I can't let this happen. That is why I am writing this letter to the governor telling him to defend our small businesses.
Dear Governor of California,
I believe you (the governor) need to watch out before half of your state leaves to places such as Idaho, Texas and South Dakota and overwhelm their cities with refugees from California wanting to escape your policies you have created. You also should watch out before you get removed from office and Arnold Schwarzenegger II takes your place as governor. Do you want to end up like Gray Davis, who got recalled from his office as governor because he did moves that were very unpopular to Californians, such as causing blackouts all around the state because they didn't produce enough electricity to keep California powered. Does that sound similar to what you have been doing? Do you want a Republican who wears a MAGA hat and waves a Trump flag to take your place as governor who cares about the liberties of the people of California?
You have closed down the economy of your state and forced many people to the point of rioting on the streets destroying cities which you love because of the protests that you have encouraged. You forced everyone on lockdown for two months and closed stores that were nonessential for that time period and they only reopened because the people pressured you to do so, but you kept marijuana and smoke shops open.
You have forced churches to only have online service because you are afraid of someone getting sick at one of the churches in our state. You have caused people to not receive the help that they need such as treatment of disease because people are afraid of getting COVID, even though some clients need help more than they are afraid of getting the virus. Thankfully, because of the cries of the people, and because of Trump's executive order to reopen churches across the country on May 22nd, churches have been able to hold outdoor service, which I have been a part of. It is only by God's help that we have been able to attend church service at all.
You have closed down the indoor part of restaurants after they worked really hard to take safety precautions to reopen- distancing tables, sanitizing tables, employees wearing masks, etc. so that they could serve their customers. Some restaurants have had to permanently close because of what you have done. The local Sizzler in our town closed for good because you forced them to close the interior of their restaurant. Their restaurant and their employees' days of working there are finished... finito. They never get to work there again. They may have a hard time finding a job to fill that hole, unless you can reverse things and let restaurants reopen, which they would gladly take. This is the same story for other restaurants around the state.
You have closed down indoor malls in many places which have many stores that are barely surviving as it is. Have you seen the Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights driving on Sunrise Blvd? I bet they would be glad if you let them stay open instead of having to be shut. It looks very sad driving by it with it being shut. It hurts the stores around the mall by the mall being closed. I bet JCPenney and Macy's at the mall would do better if you let the mall be open. As it was, the mall has been struggling already-with only 61% of the spaces at the mall occupied with stores. These places are fragile, and if you keep enforcing these policies, they may no longer exist. That would be a really sad outcome, because I really struggle with stores closing and it hurts when I see one go under which I loved going to. I have autism, which makes my brain impaired, which aggravates the stress for me when that happens. It makes me grieve for days, even weeks after I hear about it. To cope with the pain and to divert my mind off of it, I started writing a blog about new businesses, which is the platform I am writing to you on, so that I can help these businesses get the customers and money they need to be successful so that they don't end up as another business that went under. Sometimes, it has been successful; sometimes, it has not.
If you don't change your rules and reopen things back up, people are going to revolt against your rules and vote in a new governor, or some counties may secede from your state to form the State of Jefferson. Churches have already had enough with your rules and some churches-(for example, Grace Community Church in Los Angeles) have still had indoor church service with singing and they are just happy to congregate together as a church. Restaurants have had enough of your restrictions and some still have indoor dining in the local area I live in, which many people have been gladly using, some from far distances, just to support their cause.
Sincerely,
Hayden LePore
Thanks for reading my letter and I hope you learn from this letter and that you are inspired to tell others about it!!
But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men." Acts 5:29
