Mandate confusion: Tucson businesses differ on requiring customers to wear masks | Latest News

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The gym owner is not afraid of the effects of the county. In fact, Sawaya said he spoke directly to the governor’s senior adviser, who told him the county could not force him to enforce the wearing of masks.

“You can say what you want to say, but it is very clear that the state is overriding local authorities,” Sawaya said. The district “can do what it wants; I mean, it’s not legally enforceable. “

But for Garcia, the stake in lifting the mask requirement is higher than a fine or a loss of license.

“These companies (without a mask requirement) have employees, have customers who are cases in the end, who are dead in the end,” he said. “Of course they’ll choose to do whatever they want. I hope and expect that most of the people in this community will continue to follow our recommendations. “

Other companies in the county actually continue to follow the county guidelines.

Desert Sports and Fitness gyms require masks, do door temperature controls, and let customers sanitize their equipment before and after use.

“We worked so hard to keep everyone safe throughout the pandemic and throughout CDC guidelines, so we wanted to keep it that way,” said Joella Parra, manager of Desert Sports and Fitness’ southwest office. “We are there for all of our members; we want to protect them. We want to be part of the solution, so hopefully we will help. “

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