Posts by Jessica Booth48

Joshua Gray75 said:But what does this actually look like in practice—and more importantly, who does it affect? I mean, which specific townships or municipalities are we talking about merging here? Is it based on total land area, population density, or perhaps even infection rates from recent health crises? Is this just some preliminary announcement to stir the pot... or has something definitive already been drafted somewhere in the bureaucracy?

It’s official for the local district... they should have handled this from the start. Now they're finally acting smart instead of playing games.
http://https://www.localgovernment.gov/news/district-announcement-8081

The Istria regional headquarters is pushing to scrap travel passes for former municipalities.
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rustywalker42 said:And what if they just limited things at the county level instead?

Think about it. You end up needing X number of checkpoints for every single municipality—if it’s a major city, you're easily looking at 10. For the smaller towns, you still need at least 2.

Now multiply all that by every municipality in one state and tell me: wouldn't it have been way easier just to lock down the whole state if that was even the goal?

They should have just limited restrictions to municipalities established before '93 or kept them centered around police precinct hubs. In my neck of the woods, what used to be one single municipality split into a city and four separate townships. Everything we actually need—banks, shopping malls, the health clinic, social services, police stations—it all stayed within the city limits. If they had just allowed movement within that immediate area, there wouldn't be any need to issue ten different permits just to step outside...

Kenneth Jones70 said:So I try to update my residency info, and the response is basically "sure, just show us proof of where you're staying and you can leave your current address."

Decided to see if anyone else was having luck reporting a secondary residence.

Bammmm—the site is down right now.

Honestly, I’m dying to know what would happen if someone actually showed up at the Department of Homeland Security office to file this in person. 🤣

Total joke.

Due to the high volume of inquiries regarding residency status updates, and to ensure strict compliance with FEMA mandates on movement restrictions and the Department of Homeland Security’s emergency operational protocols during this COVID-19 period, please be advised... All registration and deregistration services at police stations and local agencies across the United States are suspended until further notice. This will remain in effect until the current pandemic conditions subside...

That’s what everyone was thinking...

Melissa Phillips4 said:It’s absurd. You can’t even move within a small town of 2,000 people, yet in a massive metropolis like NYC with at least 8 million residents, everything is business as usual.
I’m forbidden from traveling to Washington, D.C., even though the city limits are barely 100 meters from my street. I can't even pull into a gas station because it’s located 1.2 miles, but somehow it counts as part of the city?
Absolutely terrifying. A total disgrace.

It turns out that in smaller towns, we’re nothing more than second-class citizens... just small fry to the elites.
I’m proposing a 100-meter radius limit from one's residence within major cities...

Just for context, some places have thousands of people per square mile, while my town has maybe thirty. Now we have to spend our time justifying to these local sheriffs why I need to drive to the next county just to pick up my prescription... as if they suddenly gained some kind of divine authority overnight. Nobody is asking for permission to stroll through malls or hang out in public squares; we’re talking about basic necessities. In small towns like ours, we're effectively under lockdown, even if they don't call it that.

Kenneth Jones70 said:Here’s what I’m thinking—things should start hitting the fan this week for regular folks, especially couples torn apart by this morbid decision.

I’m sending an email to the Department of Justice tomorrow morning. Naturally, I’ll be citing the U.S. Constitution and all those international treaties we signed that guarantee nobody can just restrict your freedom of movement.

There are thousands of couples in America being screwed over right now.

Is this really okay with them? Just dropping an "indefinite" ruling like that and making people suffer?

The government needs to let these couples move freely. And look, I’m not saying this as some "softie" who can't function without a girlfriend or partner.

I can handle it, sure—but it’s just not mentally healthy to have the government telling you that you can't see your significant other.

They need to fix this law immediately and allow travel from point A to point B.

The real question is when someone is going to snap—and I might be the first one to hop in my car and end up in a holding cell because I refuse to run from the cops.

I agree. My partner is from 12 miles, a different municipality and a different county. I understand they claim this ban is for our own good, but something feels off. If they aren't issuing permits, why has the police force banned changing your residence? Specifically, we are renovating a house and living together, but due to work obligations (I have to work), I have to return to my registered address because I can't get a permit to be up there, yet they won't let me update my residency status.