Via
Jessica Hult
I've
been asked to share my letter - I've used my letter for all the county
commissioners, plus our legislators, and the governor...and also now the
sheriff. BTW- I received a big thank you from the Sheriff staff who
sent my correspondence on to Asa. Feel free to borrow anything in here
that might be applicable to your situation in writing your own letters.
Also- feel free to contact me for anything. I'll be in Raleigh again
next week.
"I am writing today as owner/operator of an Eastern
NC business, deemed essential, open since 1984. We, our family and our
onsite employees, agreed to self-isolate for 30 days due to Covid-19.
We did NOT agree to turning North Carolina into a tyrannical police
state where self-isolation is repeatedly referred to as a more sinister
“lockdown”.
30 days is complete, since our governor began closing
businesses across North Carolina and deciding which businesses are
essential or otherwise. My own Carteret County has suffered 2 Covid-19
related deaths since the self-isolation period began. While those 2
deaths are tragic and heartbreaking- they are hardly enough to warrant a
continuation of self-isolation. Small businesses across the country are
being hit extremely hard, including my own.
My business is
boarding and training dogs. No one is traveling; therefore, we have no
boarding clients. Our training is a hands-on activity. No one is
training. We have no money coming in at all. We reluctantly applied
for the EDIL and the PPP loans….. all we’ve heard are crickets. We have
kept our 3 onsite employees employed and paid during these past 30 days.
We have kept the 8 dogs abandoned with us fed and clean. We have been
able to do this by draining our life savings. My husband is almost 60,
I am almost 50. We cannot do this any longer- you will find our faces
in the bread lines soon. I speak for hundreds, if not thousands, of
business owners stuck in similar situations as we currently find
ourselves.
We do NOT want any government help; we NEED for our state and our nation to get back to work.
Every single one of us understands we are going to have to alter how we
do business. Every single one of us understands there is now a new
“normal”. We are not criminals. We are not infants in need of nanny
government. We understand the risks. We are committed to doing
business in a safe manner that lessens the risk for those around us.
Please- those who are truly immunocompromised should really stay home,
those who are truly terrified should also stay home. Those who are
asking for the shutdown to continue have really no understanding of what
they are asking….or if they do understand, they are completely unaware
of exactly how dangerous this economic situation will become. Our great
Republic is the Land of the Free and Home of the Brave; not land of the
lockdown and home of the fearful.
Reopen Carteret County now. Reopen NC now.
2 Timothy 1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of fear; but a Spirit of Power, and of Love, and a Sound Mind.
YiS,
Jessica Hult
Donnie's wife
Owner/operator K9 NC Training, Inc dba Hadnot Creek Kennel
300 Hadnot Farm Rd, Swansboro, NC 28584
IWLA White Oak River Chapter past President
NC-WRC Hunter's Ed Instructor
252-342-0591 -c
252-393-8952 -h"
