Representative Danny McCormick (R) Oil City
Supporters of a legislative petition that would overturn the Governor’s stay at home order say they have over half of the signatures needed for passage.
Oil City Representative Danny McCormick says the petition is popular with his constituents.
“The people of Louisiana are tired. The small businesses are going bankrupt, people are losing their jobs and nobody is talking about them. Everybody is talking about everybody but them,” says McCormick.
Edwards recently extended the stay at home order to May 15th.
McCormick says the areas of the state that don’t have a lot of cases should be allowed to open tomorrow. He says the petition is based on three considerations.
“Number one the medical side, number two the economic side, and number three is the constitution,” says McCormick.
Petition supporters appear to be are all Republicans but not everyone in the GOP is on board. Baton Rouge Representative Barbara Freiburg supports the Governor’s decision.
“The Governor is probably doing the right thing and I don’t want to put in jeopardy any of the funds that might be coming our way from the feds,” says Freiburg.
Freiburg says she’s been in frequent meetings with health officials and says the data shows reopening tomorrow wouldn’t be a good idea. She also raised concerns that rescinding the order could impact K-12 education.
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