This is corrected from my previous post- the meeting is at 2 PM (not 6 PM).
The next Pinellas Board of Commissioners meeting with public comment is April 27 at *2 PM. The board will vote on the mask mandate and will have public comment at the meeting May 11 at 9:30 AM. The meetings will be held at the Parks and Conservation Resources Magnolia Room at the Botanical Gardens on 12520 Ulmerton Road in Largo. Please save these two dates. We need as many speakers as possible at both meetings to end the county mask mandate.
https://go.activecalendar.com/pinellascounty/?&ql=y&search=y
There was a great turn out of citizen speakers at Tuesday’s Pinellas Commissioners meeting:
Here is the online email form. Please email the Pinellas Commissioners as frequently as possible to end this mask mandate:
http://www.pinellascounty.org/forms/commission.htm
The next Pinellas County School Board Meeting is April 27th at 5 PM. The following meeting is May 11th at 10 AM.
Update on masks in Pinellas County Schools:
Petition to Make Masks a Choice in Pinellas County Schools- http://chng.it/w8fQtPbY
The Pinellas County Commissioners Meeting is this Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 9:30 A.M. in the Magnolia Room at the Botanical Gardens at 12520 Ulmerton Road in Largo. You may speak at the meeting in person, or call in and simply say “End the Mask Mandate.”
Use this form to register. https://comment.pinellas.gov/public-comment-registration-form/
If you prefer to provide comments in advance rather than speaking, use the advanced comments form at the Clerk’s website. *To speak on the mask mandate, choose Agenda Item 11 on the local state of emergency. If you plan to speak by phone or using Zoom, you must register by 5 p.m. Monday (the day before the meeting). See you there!
From today until the mask mandate is ended, we are organizing a massive email campaign to the Commissioners. In addition to participating in meetings, we need each patriot to email the Pinellas County Commissioners daily or as frequently as possible in order to end this mask mandate.
Please email the Pinellas Commissioners at this link:
Everyone, please contact the following businesses. Ask them to change their policies to allow mask exemptions! I can edit this list, comment below.
ABC Wine and Spirits on Missouri, and location on 4th Street
Advance Auto in St. Pete is mandating masks
AMC Woodlawn in Palm Harbor
Apple Store
Backwater’s Sand Key
Bath & Body Works
Barnes and Noble
Bed Bath and Beyond Largo Mall (they have recently let people in without a mask if you shop in the evening)
Big Lots on Missouri and Lakeview
BJ’s 580 & US-19 (iffy)
Bulk Nation
Burger Fi Seminole Mall- will not serve you even if you plan to sit on the outdoor patio
Busch Gardens (Does not allow face shields even with a doctor’s note)
Carmelitas (not Ulmerton location)
Casa Tina Dunedin
Caledonia Brewing in Dunedin (“A bartender almost Karened me out of there. Argued that a bandana over my face was not a mask, when he insisted I have my face covered to get a beer! I won't be back to Caledonia Ever!”)
Cody’s Roadhouse in Tarpon Springs
Costco- they force masks to get in (“but once you’re in it’s down on my chin and nobody has said a word. I do not go during peak hours so there is less chance of being reprimanded. They do allow face shields also.”)
Circle K on Hercules
Cueni Brewing Co
Dollar Tree ONLY Seminole location on Park Blvd (an employee told my husband to put on a mask)
Disney World
Dunkin Donuts
Family Dollar on East Bay/ 66th Street/ Walsingham/ Seminole Blvd- must be company policy
Fantastic Sams ONLY locations on 4th Street in St. Pete
Floor, Decor and More
Fresh Kitchen st pete
Floor & Décor (location in Clearwater to the list wouldn’t even let me wear a face shield)
Gaylord Palms
Gigglewaters GFS on 4th street (“I had every employee yell at me from across the store. Totally embarrassing and inappropriate. Then want to give me a lesson on how to wear a mask. I walked out. I buy A LOT of stuff from there because I own a food truck and I won’t go back. It was so rude.”)
Got Nails in Tarpon
Guppie’s on IRB
Guitar Center Clearwater
Hellas (they forced me to wear a mask even after I told them I have an exemption, said I could order at the kiosk with no mask)
Great Clips
Home Depot some locations
Hooters
Hopscotch in Dunedin (must wear mask 9/27)
Jackpot Pawn in Largo
Jam’s on Clearwater Largo Road
KFC on Missouri Road in Clearwater (does not allow exemptions)
Kirkland’s in Seminole
Kobe Japanese Steakhouse in Clearwater (refused to allow an exemption at the outside hostess stand. As soon as we walked through the door behind her I took it off anyway. You are separated from other parties by plexiglass while seated.)
Legoland- implemented a mask mandate for indoor areas and on rides
Lenny’s
Lululemon
Mall - Smaller stores, also lines
Menards
Michael's craft store
Miller’s Ale House Seminole
Nature's Food Patch
Nordstrom’s Rack
Old Key West's (FB post that they are enforcing masks 9/28)
Old Time Pottery (only some locations, Largo allows people with no masks)
Office Depot
Panda Express, all locations. Corporate policy
Parkside Cafe in Pinellas Park
Petco in Tarpon (verbally attacked)
Petco Seminole
Pinch a Penny Seminole Blvd (multiple reports)
Pet Supermarket
Poblanos Restaurant
Pollo Tropical in Wesley Chapel
Publix Liquor Store (Indian Rocks Road in Largo)
Rapp Brewery
Red Mesa (they even take temps I believe but they will not even let you on the outdoor open patio without one!)
Sprouts (the worst)
STARBUCKS
Sally’s Beauty store
Steinmart Seminole
Sundial Cinemas (multiple reports)
Taco Bell on Park Blvd in Seminole
Target in Largo Mall T-Mobile Largo Mall
T-Mobile in Tyrone
Talbots
Trader Joe’s (note- “We go to the Trader Joes weekly without masks, and they usually don't say anything to us. If asked, we claim exemptions and they let us in. I know others have said they have had issues. Possibly we happen to go at a time with a better manager on duty?)
Tijuana Flats Largo
Total Wine & More (they have recently let people in without a mask if you shop in the evening)
Tropical Ice Cream and Coffee (would not allow exemptions even after I showed them the county ordinance)
Tuesday Morning
Uber
Universal Studios
Vineyard Vines
Walmart - some
Walt Disney World
Wells Fargo
Whole Foods
We need people to call in and simply say “End the Mask Mandate.” The more people we can get, the better chance we have at ending this mask mandate in Pinellas. I plan on speaking in person and will get there around 9:30 AM at the upcoming In-Person and Virtual Regular Meeting Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 9:30 A.M. in the Magnolia Room at the Botanical Gardens at 12520 Ulmerton Road in Largo.
Use this form to register. If you prefer to provide comments in advance rather than speaking, use the advanced comments form at the Clerk’s website. *To speak on the mask mandate, choose Agenda Item 11 on the local state of emergency. If you plan to speak by phone or using Zoom, you must register by 5 p.m. the day before the meeting. https://comment.pinellas.gov/public-comment-registration-form/
See you there!
Pinellas Patriots- We are trying to get as many people as possible to call Pinellas Commissioner Dave Eggers’ assistant Kim today. It would be nice if she got 20 or 30 phone calls, requesting that he take immediate action to repeal the mask ordinance.
Kimberly Greenleaf 727-464-3276
#EndtheMasks #FreePinellas
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