LETTER: All hail the Nevada Office of Mask Enforcement

Ray Kolander Las Vegas

5 years ago

You can again apply for federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans and loan advances if your gig wa ... — You can again apply for federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans and loan advances if your gig was financially impacted by the coronavirus. Loan advances are payments of up to $10,000 or $1,000 per employee. These advances are effectively grants because they don’t have to be repaid. (Getty Images)

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An electron microscope image shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient. ( National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility/National Institutes of Health via AP)

Despite the dire projections involving the state budget, with some predicting a $1.3 billion shortfall for the coming fiscal year, how long will it be before Gov. Steve Sisolak establishes a new agency called the Nevada Office of Mask Enforcement? After all, never let a crisis, real or exaggerated, go to waste. Then the governor can send his army of bureaucrats out in the public to threaten and fine ordinary citizens for not wearing a mask. Well, I guess that is one way of shoring up a budget shortfall.