Texas Border Business
Starr County – Starr County Judge Eloy Vera responded to Governor Greg Abbott’s announcement to reopen Texas businesses at 100 percent and rescind a statewide mask mandate with the following statement:
“While I appreciate Governor Abbott’s desire to attempt to return to normalcy, I remain deeply concerned that in Starr County the decision comes too soon. We have only recently begun to see some reduction in infection rates and fallen below the high hospitalization threshold a week ago. We ask all of our residents to continue to wear masks and practice social distancing and hope our local businesses continue to adhere to capacity and safety protocols that protect their employees and patrons. I strongly encourage our Starr County businesses to continue to operate at the current 75% capacity and require the use of masks for everyone until the majority of our residents are vaccinated.We are confident that together we are on the right path in combating the spread of this disease, but any misconceptions or false confidence in particular as it relates to the removal of the mask mandate could prove deadly in our community. The road is long, but we can get there together.”
