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I’m sure things like beach closures have nothing whatsoever to do with inflicting pain and discomfort on people in an election year to achieve a desired outcome for a particular party either... 🙄 C’mon - most of you guys are smart enough to know what’s going on even if you don’t want to admit it. This is no longer about public health or safety.

It reminds me of years ago when I was in CA - there was a budget shortage and the administration (think it was under Gray Davis) was clamoring to have taxes raised. Naturally people weren’t too receptive to that so there was a shutdown of state services - deliberately targeted to maximize pain, inconvenience and discomfort (things like DMV hours, state parks, public assistance offices, etc.) NOT the most expensive ones - the ones specifically intended to inflict misery to the point where the electorate would cry “uncle” and vote in the new taxes. Guess what? It worked.

Think the same tactic (or a variation) isn’t being used here? Guess again. This is very much right out of their playbook.