Why the selective enforcement of the rules?

Dear Sheriff Daryl Wheeler,

So you say that you will not be enforcing the mask mandate passed by the Panhandle Health District. It must be great to be able to pick and choose which rules that you will enforce. I would guess that you would not let me pick and choose which laws to obey. What a wonderful power you have over the rest of us. You also say that the Bonner County Sheriff’s Office is working at maximum capacity on real crime. I was unaware that crime here was that bad.

I am older, 65, and disabled (COPD), on oxygen 24/7, at higher risk of a fatal case of COVID-19. I want to buy local, but Safeway and Home Depot also do not enforce the mask mandate. So locals get little of my money, most going to Walmart and Amazon. Per your advice, I usually stay home. Because meeting a mask-less person is like letting THEM play Russian Roulette with MY life.

Imagine that I were to go to city park, loaded revolver in hand. Close my eyes, spin around, waving my arms randomly, then pull the trigger. Bang! Chances are that shot will strike no one. If someone is hit, chances are it won’t kill them. But it may kill them, especially if they are older, disabled, on oxygen 24/7. And that would be OK with you? You would not enforce a law prohibiting that? What is the difference?

CHRIS MEIKLE

Sagle