County Executive Marc Elrich posted a few images on Twitter of his attendance of an event kicking off National Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month on Saturday, March 3, 2021.
Mask-less Marc
Normally, this is where the story would stop. However, Marc Elrich is not wearing a mask and is defying his own executive order in the image below. There is no social distancing going on and those are not members of his household.
As seen in the tweet below, this was the same location/same people as the Glen Echo reopening event. And Glen Echo Park also happens to be part of the National Park Service.
Montgomery County Regulations
The current order states face coverings must be worn for social gatherings and even when playing some sports outside. There is no exception that would apply here and the County Executive’s mask is no where in sight.
National Park Service Masking Requirements
Here you can see that he was also in defiance of the National Park Service Covid Mask Requirements which state:
Face masks are now required in all NPS buildings and facilities. Masks are also required on NPS-managed lands when physical distancing cannot be maintained, including narrow or busy trails, overlooks and historic homes. Additional public health measures are in place across the service, from capacity limits to one-way trails, or even temporary closures in response to local conditions.
https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/covid-mask-requirement.htm
While recent CDC guidelines have relaxed some masking requirements (especially outdoors and especially for the vaccinated), Montgomery County has declined to update their guidance:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/participate-in-activities.html
This makes it all the more disrespectful for the County Executive to disdain to follow his own guidance (as well as the federal rules of the NPS) and to be so brazen as to flaunt it on social media.
What a hypocrite. He tells everyone they need to wear a mask but he doesn’t. Shame on him. He needs to be voted out
So turn it is time for him to leve
His policies not only are excessive, they cost people there dreams and livelihood and at the same time put tens of thousands of people out of work. He is so out of touch. It is scary!!