Resolution of Protest for Piscataquis County

Whereas, the people of Piscataquis County, in the Sovereign State of Maine, are a Free people, whose lives and futures should be dependent and affected by their decisions alone without interference through the dictates of one;

Whereas, the Commissioners of Piscataquis County were elected by strong majorities;

Whereas, these people, with a majority voice, have challenged their elected Representatives at every level to remove or nullify the onerous burdens that have been placed on their lives, families, and businesses through the dictates of one;

Whereas, the Governor of the State of Maine has chosen to defy the Constitution of this Republic of the Free, Sovereign, and United States of America, to ignore the Constitution of the State of which she is Governor, and instead, rule alone through the dictates of one;

Whereas, the Governor has repeatedly refused to allow the legislature to convene, review, and address the impact of her rulings upon the free people the legislature represents;

Whereas, the Governor has repeatedly refused to answer requests by the legislature that she produce corroborated and proven science which can substantiate if any of her edicts have lessened the spread of the Wuhan Virus;

Whereas, the Governor has called upon citizens to report fellow citizens and businesses to authorities for non-compliance with her edicts, turning neighbor against neighbor;

Whereas, despite having the majority of the State in compliance with the Governor’s edicts, the Wuhan Virus continues to spread;

Whereas, research and study of the history of pandemics shows that face coverings and lock-downs only worsen and lengthen the time of the virus’ track through the populace;

Whereas, the same research shows that face coverings, while not preventing the virus, cause respiratory disease and pneumonia, with far worse devastation to the populace than the virus itself;

Whereas, research shows that lock-downs cause an alarming rise in suicides, drug abuse, domestic violence, alcohol abuse, and depression;

Whereas, now, reports of pneumonia and respiratory disease caused from face coverings are starting to rise throughout our country;

Whereas, now, the rates of suicide, drug abuse, domestic abuse, alcohol abuse, and depression are on an alarming rise throughout our country;

Whereas, the edicts of this Governor has disproportionately depressed rural counties, such as Piscataquis County, which has virtually no virus present within its borders;

Whereas, with the apparent change in the Presidential administration, the Governors of the States in lock-downs have made calls to end their lock-downs, lending credence to the belief that these edicts were not driven by science but by political animus;

Whereas, the Free People of Piscataquis County of the Sovereign State of Maine have spoken with a majority voice in declaring their wish to live, work, play, study, and worship in freedom;

Whereas, these individual rights to personal freedom are protected by the United States Constitution and the Maine State Constitution;

Whereas, in accordance with statute, case law, and the Maine Constitution, the Commissioners of Piscataquis County have no authority to nullify the edicts of this Governor, who has bypassed the Constitutional checks and balances of the legislature, to rule alone through the dictates of one;

Whereas, the voice of the people of Piscataquis County must be heard;

Be it therefore Known and Resolved, that the Commissioners of Piscataquis County in the State of Maine do Protest and Demand that the mandates and the lock-down issued by the Governor of the State of Maine be lifted from the residents, families, businesses, schools, and places of worship in accordance with the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Maine, that these residents within our Commission may live their lives by the fruits of their own labor and choice, for their own provision and health as they see fit, which is their Natural Born Right, Unalienable before God Almighty.

This Resolution was adopted and approved by the Unanimous Consent of the Commissioners of Piscataquis County in the State of Maine on the Thirteenth day of January in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty One and signed on this day the Nineteenth day of January in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty One.

Commissioner James L. White /Chair______________________________________________

Commissioner Wayne E. Erkkinnen/Vice-Chair______________________________________

Commissioner Andrew R. Torbett _________________________________________________