“If It Comes to That, It Comes to That': Evansville Mayor on Mask Mandate

Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke speaks out on the state of COVID-19 in the River City and the possibility of mandatory masks.

Evansville mayor lloyd winnecke speaking out on the state of covid-19 in the river city.

Here's a look at his stance on the deadly virus.

Brian i'm sure you're following the numbers closely seeing the number of bars and restaurants being closed down in response to that does that change your stance as far as requiring masks for evansville no-- we continue to have discussions with leaders from the hospitals as well as to health department... businesses can request and require their their their customers to have have masks-- there are certain still restrictions on how many people can go into a bar or to a restaurant-- so we hope that those are business owners are still abiding by the law and we're doing a lot i wear a mask- and do i like doing it?

You know it's not it's not that big a deal it is not that big a deal.

We should not have to mandate for you to wear a mask to keep us safe if it comes to that it comes to that but right now we're in flora people to take social responsibility personal responsibility and wear a mask without us having to tell you to brian "and as far as businesses that have done that shutting down voluntarily...they say..."

Kudos to them brian you don't want to get involved in the closure of businesses but you are recommending that encourage customers to wear masks "they certainly have that ability and they have that i'm not too many of them are the same people who are complaining that we have an issue to mandate government doesn't the answer to every problem in society all we're asking is we have a mask up indiana campaign we're encouraging people at every turn i'm leading by example as our other elected officials let's see if we can encourage people to do it before we have to make them do it right and as far as businesses that have done that shutting down voluntarily...they say kudos to them brian you don't want to get involved in the closure of businesses but you are recommending that encourage customers to wear masks is there a certain number-- of cases