WOODSTOCK – Woodstock has become the first Vermont community to ban COVID-19 by ordinance. Woodstock Town Manger Rocky Feller made the announcement following a Skype meeting of the Board of Selectman. An ordinance has been immediately enacted to communicate that the town does not welcome the Coronavirus, despite Woodstock\u2019s sanctuary city designation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Woodstock Police Chief Stan Gunn indicated that the ordinance will be enforced once signs are placed every two hundred feet around the community. \u201cWe shall arrest this virus before it breaks into our homes and businesses\u201d the Chief stated. Select Board Chair Frank Lee Aleet says the measure is not meant to build a wall around Woodstock but to reaffirm that \u201cthis community has always maintained a spacial distance from the rest of Vermont.\u201d \u201cAfter all we successfully banned mobile homes from being hauled through town\u201d he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Town physician Dr. Katten Shwab says she suggested the ordinance is not a measure to \u201cmask\u201d the town from reality but to \u201ccontain\u201d the virus outside of our pristine village. Dr. Shwab also expressed disappointment that the Trump proposed $1,000.00 checks would not go to Woodstock’s many millionaires, many of whom have suffered heavy stock losses and slight dips in their excess disposable income.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"