For Star subscribers: Since taking office in 2021, Pima County Supervisor Dr. Matt Heinz has become a lightning rod for public criticism, mostly over pandemic mandates. The underwear incident is a side show.
It's not just over the Speedo.
People are also reading… Some conservatives and anti-vax activists despise Heinz because of his strong support for mask and vaccine mandates; some are angry with him because of how he has interrupted citizens as they spoke during call-to-the-public sessions at meetings; and some don't like how he often appears remotely even now that in-person board meetings have resumed.
I counted up the appearances, and of the 20 in-person board meetings since virtual meetings ended in March 2022, Heinz has attended via video feed half the time. That was much more than any of his colleagues. Heinz interrupted her and would not initially stop, even when told by then-chair Bronson that he was out of order. The next meeting, he held up a sign while another speaker denounced pandemic policies, drawing another rebuke. And he has interrupted Kirk as recently as Nov. 1 demanding three minutes to respond to what he considers her vaccine misinformation.
As to occasionally interrupting speakers during their three minutes before the board, Heinz, who is a M.D. working overnight shifts as a hospitalist, put it this way:"I was watching people die by the dozen, sometimes in one shift, then had to listen to these asinine people who have no idea what they’re talking about mansplaining the pandemic to me."
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