More Weiser events cancelled due to coronavirus concerns

Published by admin on Thu, 03/26/2020 - 12:00pm
By: 
Steve Lyon
The disruptions to everyday life are
many these days due to the contagion
known as the coronavirus.
The many community events that we
look forward to this time of year and
brought us together have been cancelled
one by one.
Many are major fundraisers
for local organizations
and churches. Without the
revenue they could usually
count on, they will have to
make some budget decisions
later on.
The Weiser Chamber of
Commerce has had to pull
the plug on this year’s crab
feed. The date was just two
weeks away and it doesn’t
look like we will be over the
coronavirus pandemic by
then.
With the threat of the easily transmitted
coronavirus out there, it’s simply not
in the best interest of anyone to pack 350
people together in close proximity.
It was officially announced on Tuesday
morning that the 2020 fiddle contest,
which is Weiser’s signature event, has
been cancelled.
The Weiser Senior and Community
Center has indefinitely cancelled sitdown
lunch for the first time in anyone’s
memory. The center is offering takeout
meals and Meals on Wheels deliveries.
Call the center for details.
Closing the center for dining is the
right thing to do. It would be
beyond terrible if the coronavirus
swept through the
center infecting seniors, who
are at higher risk for serious
illness.
• • •
Of all the bad news we
have been subjected to daily,
one story elicited in me a
near apoplectic sense of outrage.
According to news sources,
four U.S. senators attended
closed-door briefings
back in February about the
dire economic situation that was coming
with the spread of the coronavirus.
With this privileged information the
senators began to dump their stock holdings
knowing the financial markets were
soon to take a tumble.
Their immediate concern after hearing
about the havoc the coronavirus was
certain to bring to Wall Street was not
to warn the public but to quietly enrich
themselves.
They got out with a profit while we
the common people were left holding the
bag. The average Joe’s 401K was pummeled
by nonstop selling in the market.
“The Guardian” newspaper called the
senators and their coronavirus insider
trading “a symbol of moral bankruptcy”
for profiting from a disaster.
The four senators have, of course, offered
explanations and called the stock
sales prior to the market crash just a
matter of coincidence. I don’t buy it. It
smells too rotten.
Even if they didn’t personally call
their broker to dump stocks, someone
close to them did based on inside knowledge
they shared about the dark days on
Wall Street to come.
There have been loud calls for the
senators to resign. You would think a
disgraced politician would step aside
and let someone with integrity have their
seat in the senate, but they never do.
Let’s hope voters don’t forget the
senators who personally profited during
a national crisis at election time.
Steve Lyon is the editor of the Weiser
Signal American. Contact him at

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