Several Counties Plan To Defy Gov. Wolf Orders On Reopening, Wolf Threatens To Pull Funding

TO FIGURE OUT IF THETRACTOR-TRAILER WAS MOVING ORPARKED AT THE TIME OF THECRASH.WELL SOME PENNSYLVANIACOUNTY LEADERS SAY THEIRCOMMUNITIES MAY REOPEN BEFOREGOVERNOR TOM WOLF GIVES THEMTHE GREEN LIGHT.BUT THEIR ACTIONS WON'TCOME WITHOUT POSSIBLE BACK CANBEING BACKLASH FROM THE STATE.ENOUGH MEDIA WITH A W MORE ONTHE STATE-WIDE STAY AT HOMEFATIGUE.TRANG?Reporter: WELL, JANELLE,JIM, BUSINESS OWNERS HERE INDELAWARE COUNTY ARE VERY EAGERTO GET BACK OPEN AFTER BEINGCLOSED FOR EIGHT WEEKS NOW,DUE TO THE GOVERNOR'S STAY ATHOME ORDER.IN FACT, THE CHAMBER OFCOMMERCE HERE HAS APPEALED TOTHE GOVERNOR'S OFFERS TO ALLOWBUSINESSES TO REOPENIMMEDIATELY.BUT, GOVERNOR WOLF IS STANDINGFIRM, SAYING, THAT PUBLICSAFETY IS PARAMOUNT.AND ON MONDAY, GOVERNOR WOLFOUTLINED SOME VERY STIFFPENALTIES, AGAINST, COUNTIES,MUNICIPALITIES, AND BUSINESSTHAT IS DEFY HIS STATE AT HOMEORDER CURRENTLY IN PLACE UNTILJUNE 4TH.THE GOVERNOR'S DOUBLE DOWN ONHIS STANCE AS OFFICIALS AND INPLACES LIKE RURAL SCHUYLKILLCOUNTY SAY THEY'RE MOVINGTHEMSELVES INTO THE YELLOWPHASE ON FRIDAY.NOW, THAT PHASE ALLOWSNON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESS TOSSREOPEN WITH STRICT SOCIALDISTANCING IN PLACE.NOW, BUSINESS THAT IS DEFY THEGOVERNOR'S ORDER COULD LOSESTATE REQUIRED CERTIFICATESAND INSURANCE TO OPERATE.AND THE GOVERNOR ALSO WARNEDTHAT COUNTIES COULD LOSEDISCRETIONARY FUNDING.TO THOSE POLITICIANS WHODECIDE TO CAVE INTO THISCORONAVIRUS, THEY NEED TOUNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES OFTHEIR COWARDLY ACT.BY OPENING BEFORE THE EVIDENCEIS SUGGESTING YOU SHOULD,YOU'RE TACKING UNDUE RISKSWITH THE SAFETY OF YOURCUSTOMERS.THAT'S NOT ONLY MORALLY WRONGIT IS ALSO BAD BUSINESS.NOW, ELSEWHERE IN OURREGION, BUCKS COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS HAVE ALSO ASKEDGOVERNOR WOLF TO MOVE THATCOUNTY INTO THE YELLOW PHASEAND MEANWHILE UP IN BERKSCOUNTY, OFFICIALS THERE SAYTHEY ARE DEVELOPING THEIR OWNRE-OPENING PLANS INDEPENDENTOF THE STATE.BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE ENOUGHMEDIA, DELAWARE COUNTY.