The mayor of Austin, Texas, Steve Adler, implored Austin residents to stay home and honor Covid19 lockdowns in a video posted to Facebook last month.
That video, it has now been revealed, was recorded at a timeshare Adler was using while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, violating his own city-wide lockdown order.
From Tony Plohetski’s report for KVUE in Texas:
“The mayor confirmed that when the video was recorded, he was in Mexico on vacation with eight people, including immediate and extended family, after flying from Austin on a private jet
Two days earlier, Adler hosted a wedding and reception at Hotel Saint Cecilia, a South Congress Avenue hotel, for his daughter with 20 guests.
At the time, Austin was under Stage 3 guidelines, which suggest no gatherings of more than 10 people.”
The Mexico trip with family came the day after Adler hosted a small wedding for his daughter at a trendy South Congress Hotel with 20 attendees. Adler says he consulted with health authorities prior and that guests had to undergo COVID-19 testing and practice social distancing.
— Tony Plohetski (@tplohetski) December 2, 2020
Here is my report via @statesman: https://t.co/sgdzsPJRDh and via @kvue: https://t.co/rzjZBv4Sgc
— Tony Plohetski (@tplohetski) December 2, 2020