“No more face-to-face interaction with customers. No more running to the store to grab a couple of items every day, drinks with friends after work, or dinner with my parents. Now it’s planned once a week trips to the store, texting my friends, and video chats with my parents. I miss the human interaction, a hug, a handshake, and just hanging out in person with my friends and family.”
The Rockdale City Council certainly practiced that Monday evening before, after and during a called meeting. From left, Council Member Denise Holmes-Wallace, Interim City Manager Barbara Holly and Mayor John King visit before the council departed the City Hall meeting room to gather in the City Manager’s Office. Reason: If the council had met in their regular places (behind Holly) more than 10 persons would have been in the room. The council okayed some water payment relief in regard to the COVID-19 situation. Story this page.
In a week in which it seemed like the COVID-19 situation was changing by the hour—always for the worst—Rockdale and Milam County residents are left mostly sitting in homes wondering what’s next.
This was the month Milam County has been waiting for so long as sales tax receipts are concerned.
The COVID-19 tsunami reaction has reached Milam County.
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Rockdale, TX 76567
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