Tuesday morning Representative Lois Frankel hosted a roundtable via Zoom with a few Palm Beach County mayors.
FRANKEL WANTS TO KNOW THE MAINISSUES COMMUNITIES IN PALMBEACH COUNTY ARE GOING THROUGHDUE TO THE CORONAVIRPANDEMIC.
WPTV NEWSCHANNELFIVE'S TANIA ROGERS WITH AGLIMPSE INTO THE CONCERNS THATWERE SHARE"I DON'T KNOW HOW THE STATE ISGOING TO FIX THIS.
I MEAN THEYHAVE BEEN SO INUNDATED WITH SOMANY CLAIMS AND STUFF." DENTALHYGIENIST DIANE QUELLER ISFRUSTRATED... SHE FILED FORUNEMPLOYMENT A FEW WEEAGO... NO SOLUTION.
"IT'S JUSTTOTALLY FRUSTRATING I'VE TRIEDCALLING THE NUMBERS THERE'STHREE DIFFERENT NUMBERS YOUCAN CALL.
I'VE CALLED THEM ATLEAST 20 TO 30 TIMES WITHINTHE PAST TWO HOURS." FILINGFOR UNEMPLOYMENT WAS ONE OFTHE MAIN TOPICS DISCUSSETUESDAY DURING A ROUNDTABLEDISCUSSION HOSTEDREPRESENTATIVE LOIS FRANKEL."I CAN ASSURE YOU THOSE OF USTHAT SIGNED THAT LETTER THATWE SENT LAST WEEK AND WE SENTFOUR LETTERS WE WILL CONTINUEWITH THE PRESSURE AS MUCHWE CAN." SEVEREAL AREA LEADERSWERE A PART OF THE DISCUSSIONTHROUGH ZOOM.
AMONG THEM, WESTPALM BEACH MAYOR KEITH JAMESWHO BROUGHT UP ANOTHERCONCERN.
"THE TESTING SITE INOUR CITY IS PRETTY FAR AWAYFROM THE UNDERSERVEDCOMMUNITIES.
AND WE DON'T KNOWIF TRANSPORTATION IS AISSUE." OVERTIME AND HAZARDPAY ALSO PART OF THECONVERSATION.
"WE'VE ACTUALLYHAD TWO COMPLAINTS FROM THEUNIONS FROM THE FIRE AND THEPOLICE THAT THEY WANT TO GETHAZARD PAY, SO WE ARE LOOKINAT THAT." "WE HAVE BEEAPPROACHED BY SOME OF THEUNIONS FOR HAZARD PAY."REPRESENTATIVE FRANKEL WANTSTO KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES ARE INHOPES OF FINDING A SOLUTION."DON'T WAIT FOR ANOTHERCONFERENCE CALL OR A ZOOMMEETING PLEASE LET'S GET OURLOCAL PEOPLE." TANIA ROGERWPTV, NEWSCHANNEL FIVE.TONIGHT - A SHOW OF SUPPORTFOR THOSE ON THE FRONTLINE
A new focus in making sure all communities are aware of the COVID-19 dangers.
Tuesday morning Representative Lois Frankel hosted a roundtable via Zoom with a few Palm Beach County mayors.