County Judge nixes bars reopening in El Paso County
Saturday afternoon, El Paso County Judge Ricardo A. Samaniego announced that he has made the decision not to reopen area bars, due to the recent Covid-19 surge in the county.
“After consulting with our Local-Health Authority, Dr. Hector Ocaranza and Mayor Margo, I have made the very difficult decision to not reopen bars in El Paso County,” said County Judge Ricardo A. Samaniego.
“I am very sympathetic to all of our business owners during these unprecedented times, especially our bar owners, however, the health and safety of our community must prevail…”
According to the news release, as of today, El Paso County is shown at Stage 2 in the El Paso Community’s Scorecard which can be found online, via this link.
County officials share that the Community Scorecard is an assessment of the state of the COVID-19 pandemic within El Paso County. It is defined by 14 performance measures over 5 categories, each being assessed with a score between 1 and 4 (4 being the best).