Williamsville Mayor Deb Rogers, who is without a face mask, at the work session preceding the Jan. 10, 2022, Village Board meeting. Deputy Mayor Dave Sherman sits to the left and new Trustee Matt Carson is on the right.
By Stephen T. Watson
News Staff Reporter
Some of the audience at the Jan. 10 Williamsville Village Board meeting. The majority of meeting attendees were unmasked.
By Stephen T. Watson
News Staff Reporter
The back entrance to Williamsville Village Hall, 5565 Main St., prior to the Jan. 10, 2022, Village Board meeting. Note the sign on the door on the right notifying the public that masks are required within the building.
The debate over facts and freedom and rights and restrictions that has roiled the nation since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic has come to a one-square-mile village where complaining about traffic and parking used to rate as the biggest issue: Williamsville.
There is little appetite in Western New York for governments to enforce the state mask mandate, or to penalize businesses that violate the regulation, especially outside Erie County.
Matt Carson will take the place of former Trustee Matthew Etu, who resigned in a letter to village officials criticizing Mayor Deb Rogers for an anti-mask agenda.
Williamsville Mayor Deb Rogers, who is without a face mask, at the work session preceding the Jan. 10, 2022, Village Board meeting. Deputy Mayor Dave Sherman sits to the left and new Trustee Matt Carson is on the right.
The back entrance to Williamsville Village Hall, 5565 Main St., prior to the Jan. 10, 2022, Village Board meeting. Note the sign on the door on the right notifying the public that masks are required within the building.
