Richland County, Columbia, SC and the University of South Carolina Gamecocks go ALL IN on the Masks!
Real estate…what’s the phrase? Location, location, location? The Upstate of South Carolina is the most conservative and Republican part of the state of South Carolina. But one would be mistaken if they just assumed that all of South Carolina was inhabited by neanderthal conservatives like you might find in the Greenville, Anderson, Pickens, Laurens, Spartanburg area. Quite the contrary. Exhibit A – Columbia, SC.
Columbia, SC sits in the center geographically of South Carolina and is home of our South Carolina State Capitol. The city is within Richland County. I’m not going to go in to all the nonsense about the City of Columbia and their constant push for mask mandates but the latest coming out of the midlands area is that Richand County just voted in a mask mandate for the next 60 days effective today. It’s a $25 fine if you’re not wearing one….I don’t know if that is $25 per day or per incident that you get caught without wearing one. On top of that, the University of South Carolina Gamecocks also now require a mask mandate for their football games if you can believe that. (The funny thing is they note in that news article that I just linked that the City of Columbia is responsible for enforcing the mandate…will the City deputize many at the stadium to issue citations?) BTW, the fines apparently are different. It’s $100 in the City of Columbia and only $25 in Richland County. At the UofSC football game, they note that the City of Columbia is in charge so it might cost you $100. Note the mask mandate is for the next 30 days for football and I’m sure it will be renewed as they all were every 30-60 days in 2020 across much of the country. Will the people comply? Will they continue to put up with this? Imagine the joy of sitting outside in the hot sun for 3-4 hours watching a football game outside with a mask on. Dumb.
If you’ve been watching any college football this season, you’ve seen images of packed stadiums with 70-80,000 people sitting right next to one another having a great time! You would expect based upon media hysteria 24×7 that there would be massive Covid-19 / Delta outbreaks, thousands and thousands would be seriously ill with many in the hospital on their death beds…and by now, surely many would be dead as a result of their obession with college football. However, we have yet to hear any stories regarding this college football related Covid outbreak. Hmm.
If you’re finding my blog and you are offended about my attitude about the mask and these outrageous mask mandates, please just move on. Anyone implementing a mask mandate today in 2021 neither belongs in elected office nor should they hold their current job/position at their companies or schools that are implementing this ridiculous overreach.
No more mask mandates!
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John Murphy
Husband of 34 years to my college sweetheart, Janet Murphy (@janetmurphydesign on Instagram). Together we have 6 wonderful children from ages 15-31 and 5 grandchildren. I’ve been a licensed REALTOR since 2003 and broker since 2007. I also am a cost segregation specialist helping building owners and real estate investors maximize their tax deductions, save thousands on their income taxes and increase their cash flow. If you’re a building owner you probably haven’t done a study…let’s connect. There is no obligation. We can run an estimate for you and really every building should be evaluated if the basis is over $150,000. I can work all over the country and not just here in the Upstate. We relocated to Greenville, SC for the lifestyle, lower cost of living, amazing amenities in the area and the growth opportunity for business and real estate. We absolutely love it here!
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