Thread by @DavidBegnaud

Watch: In Carencro, LA., a city councilwoman refused to wear a mask at the last 3 council meetings despite city hall requiring it. The city manager confronted her. She said it was a personal decision, then, maskless, got in his face. Ps: The city’s mayor is hospitalized w/ COVID

The councilwoman is Kim Guidry. She’s been on the council for 16 years. carencro.org/2019/06/05/kim…

Full disclosure: I grew up in Carencro and it was someone in my hometown who reached out to me because they were both embarrassed and appalled at how Ms. Guidry has behaved inside city hall where the public is required to wear a mask but she refuses to.

The city manager, Don Chauvin, could’ve had Guidry removed from the meeting. He did not. Louisiana has a statewide mask mandate.

According to the city manager, at the last city council meeting, council-member Guidry coughed repeatedly & 9 to 10 days later the mayor had Covid. He can’t prove that the council-member had Covid & infected the mayor but those are the facts, according to the city manager.

Good news...the mayor, Glenn Brasseaux, is in a private room at the hospital. He was initially admitted into the ICU but is now out of ICU & getting better, I’m told. carencro.org/city-governmen…

The councilwoman is seen on tape saying there’s no law requiring her to wear a mask. Months ago Louisiana’s governor imposed a mask mandate.

I was just told that the mayor, who is in the hospital fighting Covid, sits right alongside councilmember Guidry at council meetings. It was Guidry who, according to the city manager, was coughing repeatedly at a recent meeting. The Mayor fell sick with Covid 9 to 10 days later.

Update: the Louisiana Fire Marshall’s was contacted by the Carencro fire chief who asked for guidance as to enforcement of the Governors statewide mask mandate which applies to government buildings. I’m told the executive order doesn’t specify penalties in govt buildings.

So the Louisiana fire marshal advised the Carencro fire chief that if the Councilwoman were to return without a mask she could be forcibly removed and cited for trespassing by the local officials. Will they do that? It remains to be seen ... if she returns without a mask.

Update: I heard back, today, from Don Chauvin, the city manager in Carencro, LA. I asked he’ll do if councilwoman Kim Guidry shows up at city hall without a mask, again. He said: “My plan, if the need arises, would be to contact the Carencro Police Dept for assistance.”

Guidry could be charged with trespassing since the city has a mask mandate in place in all city government buildings, not to mention the Governor has a mask mandate in place for all private businesses and government buildings, statewide.

The next city council meeting is January 18th, 2021. We’ll see then if the councilwoman shows up wearing a mask. To date, the councilwoman has not responded to my request for comment.