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November 15, 2020  |  By Otter Creek Law In Coronavirus, Staying Safe

An Open Letter to My Barber

Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

 


November 2020

 

My Dear Barber,

Keeper of the Coif, Star of Sideburns and Straight-Razor Shaves. Yes, I see that you see me walk by. Sometimes you wave. Sometimes I hang my head in shame. The look in your eye – is it derision? sadness? coveting a chop of my increasingly long locks?

I do admit, I gave into the COVID-hair craze. After a few weeks of quarantine, I just couldn’t resist trying out the 70’s baseball star look.

At one point, I decided it had gone on long enough. I finally ditched the mutton chops and the goatee. I was somewhere between clean-shaven and a beard, depending on the day’s obligations. But, the hair. What to do about the hair?

I began writing this letter a couple of months ago, when we were all optimistically looking toward a “reopening” and resumption of ordinary activities, if only under some sort of “new normal” scenario. Now, we’re back to “stay home, stay safe,” or some variation thereof. I was able to get one haircut in the interim.

Why am I writing this? Well, at first, just because. I just wanted a fun post, as well as to perhaps explain why I looked like Sully from Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman. 

I also wanted to raise awareness of the seriousness of COVID, which is more than just a respiratory virus, and encourage folks to engage in civic-minded mask-wearing and social distancing.

Now, in our “second wave” (like the ocean, waves come and go, but the water never goes away), in addition to these reasons, I think it’s important to point out some things that are going on with the courts.

First, there’s a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures until at least the end of the year. This means that if you’re a landlord, short of tenants being convicted of a serious crime or burning the place down, you cannot evict. If rent is the only problem, at least, you can still get some relief through Vermont’s Rental Housing Stabilization Program – while funds last, so act fast!

Second, though civil proceedings are never swift, the extended judicial state of emergency means things are going slower than ever, and jury trials are a figment of the far-off future.

The courts are one of the primary means by which we maintain a safe, civil, and peaceful society. Limited operations are slowing things, but the Vermont Supreme Court is working hard to make sure the most important issues – personal and public safety – are addressed. For all other disputes, we attorneys can only plead patience and understanding.

Be kind. It’s a brave new world out there. And, I’ll be back in for a haircut the next time it’s safe.

Sincerely yours,

The Attorney Next Door

 

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