A trio of commissioners want Palm Beach County added to Gov.
Ron DeSantis' reopening plan for the state of Florida.
Currently, Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties are excluded from all areas of Phase One of the plan, with the exception of elective surgeries.
A RALLY OUTSIDE THE PALM BEACHCOUNTY COMMISSION MEETING.YOU'RE LOOKING LIVE AT THISGROUP HOLDS SIGNS PUSHING FORRESTRICTIONS TO BE LIFTED ONBUSINESSES AND BEACHES.
AS YOUKNOW - PALM BEACH, BROWARD ANDMIAMI-DADE COUNTIES ARE NOTPART OF PHASE ONE OF THEGOVERNOR'S REOPENING PLAN.MEMBERS OF THE GROUP CALLED"REOPEN SOUTH FLORIDA" SAYTHEY DESERVE THE RIGHT TOPROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHILEKEEPING PERSONAL HEALTH ISSUESIN CONSIDERATION.
HOWEVER THWEREN'T THE ONLY OPINIONPRESENT TODAY.THEY NEED TO OPEN UP NOW WEHAVENWEEKS, WE DONMAKING THE DECISIONS.
WE DONNEED PHASES WE NEED TO OPEN UPNOW MY FOCUS IS THERE IS APROCESS IN OPENING UP THISCOUNTY WE CANOVERNIGHT BECAUSE OF THEEFFECTS AND THE DEATHS THATARE HAPPENINGINSIDE THE MEETING - THERE WASHEATED DISCUSSION.
A LOT OFEMOTION COMING FROM PALM BEACHCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS THEYMET TO TALK ABOUT A RESTARTPLAN DURING THE COVID-19PANDEMIC.
WPTV NEWSCHANNEL 5MICHELLE QUESADA IS LIVE INDOWNTOWN WEST PALM BEACH WITHWHERE COMMISSIONERS STAND ONRE-OPENING&FOR THE FIRST TIME PALM BEACHCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS DISCUSSEDRE-OPENING THE COUNTY FACE TOFACE&.BUT NOT WITHOUT SODEBATECOMMISSIONER HAL VALECHEQUESTIONED MAYOR DAVIDKERNERBEACH COUNTY TO BE GROUPEDWITH MIAMI- DADE AND BROWARDCOUNTIES IN THE EXEMPTION FOPHASE ONE REOPENING& & HE ANVICE-MAYOR WEINROTH BOTHEXPRESSED THAT THEY WERE NOTON BOARD WITH THAT& VICE MAYORWEINROTH SAID AT ONE POINT HEFELT LIKE A BYSTANDER IN TDECISION MAKING PROCESS& ANDSAID INITIALLY SOCIALDISTANCING GUIDELINES ANDCLOSURES WERE PUT IN PLACE TOFLATTEN THE CURVECOUNTY HAS NOW ACHIEVED THATFROM WHAT WE ARE SEEING HEREIN THE STATISTICS -100 PERCENTOF US ARE SACRIFICING FORESSENTIALLY 20 PERCENT WHO AREREALLY VULNERABLE TO THECOMPLICATIONS TO THIS VIRUSFORGIVE ME IIT COULD BE 30 PERCENT ITCOULD BE 10 PERCENT WHATEVER -BUT WE HAVE ALL MADE THESACRIFICE IN THE REALIZATIONTHAT IT WAS A GROUP OF OURRESIDENTS THAT WOULD DIE IFALLOWED THIS THING - I DONTKNOW WHETHER TO CALLSOMEBODYBE ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED WITHSOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVEBEEN SAID FIRST OF ALL IF IWANT TO DISAGREE WITH SOMEBODYAND THEIR POSITION AND THEIRATTACK ON THIS BODY AND THISSTAFF ITS NOT CALLED ONCASTIGATING ITS CALLED HAVINGA DEBATEMAYOR HAS NOT UNILATERALLYDONE THIS STAFF HAS SOUGHT OURINPUT EVERY STEP OF THE WATHE DIRECTOR OF PALM BEACHCOUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTDISAGREED WITH OPENING BEACHESCOMMISSIONERS VOTED&PART OF THE DEBATE OVER NOTRE-OPENING SOUTH FLORIDA STEMSFROM THE NUMBER OF POSITIVECORONAVIRUS CASES
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