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Workers hold protest in West Palm Beach asking Florida to reopen

Credit: WPTV News | West Palm Beach
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Workers hold protest in West Palm Beach asking Florida to reopen
Workers hold protest in West Palm Beach asking Florida to reopen

Protesters lined South Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach on Friday demanding Palm Beach County reopen.

STILL UPSET PALM BEACH COUNTYIS LEFT OUT OF THE GOVERNOR'SPHASE 1 PLAN TO SLOWLY REOPEN.WPTV NEWSHCANNEL 5'S LINNIESUPALL EXPLAINS - THE DECISIONIS*ESPECIALLY HARD FOR SMALLBUSINESSES.<< WE WANT OUR JOBS BACK& WEWANT OUR LIFE BACK THE DEMANDTO REOPEN PALM BEACH COUNTY&REACHING A BOILING POINT GETUS BACK TO WORK& WE WANT OUTFREEDOM& REOPEN NOW!

WE NEEDTO PAY OUR BILLS WE HAVEMORTGAGES, WE HAVE FAMILY TOFEED FRIDAY MORNING &DEMONSTRATORS LINED SOUTHDIXIE HIGHWAY IN WEST PALMBEACH&AS JOBLESS CLAIMS ACROSSTHE COUNTRY CLIMB TO ASTAGGERING 30 MILLION.

FLORIDAIS CONSIDERED ONE OF THARDEST HIT STATES& WE NEED TOKEEP THE ECONOMY GOING, WENEED OUR JOBS GUS RAMIREZ IS ASMALL BUSINESS OWNER& ANDDISAPPOINTED PALM BEACH COUNTYHAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF FLORIDAINITIAL PLAN TO REOPEN.

DOESTHAT MEAN WEOUT OF WORK AND NOT GO TO WORKAND LET THE ECONOMY GO DOWNTHE HILL BECAUSE THE DOCTORSSAY THAT WEOUT WE MIGHT NOT BE READY THATDOES NOT MEAN THAT WE CANNOTTAKE PRECAUTIONS JUST FIVESMILES SOUTH&LAKE AVENUE INLAKE WORTH BEACH IS QUIET& ASSEVERAL STORE FRONTS THATCONTRIBUTE TO THE CITYAND VIBRANT CULTURE REMAINCLOSED.

ITABOUT TO CRY WE STARTED IN2004& SO ITTIME& 16 YEARS THE CHAIRSINSIDE THE PELICAN RESTAURANTHAVE BEEN EMPTY FOR NEARLYSEVEN WEEKS& OWNER TARA SAMINOW SERVES HER INDIAN CUISINETHROUGH A MAKESHIFT TAKEOUTWINDOW& AT THIS MOMENT THEREHARDLY ANY BUSINESS IDOING 2-3 CHECKS OPEN BUT IBEEN DOING SOME FAMILY STYLEDINNERS AND CATERING BECAUSEPEOPLE LOVE MY COOKING ANDIFROM MY OLD CUSTOMERS.

SAMIKNOWS COVERING COST WILL BE ACHALLENGE& BUT ALSO CONCERNEDABOUT THE CONSEQUENCEREOPENING BUSINESS TOO SOON.ITTO TAKE MORE TIME ITINSTEAD OF RUSHING ANDBRINGING EVERYBODY OUT ANDSPREADING MORE DISEASE AMONGEACH OTHER I DONA GOOD IDEA I KNOW ITHROUGH A TOUGH TIME BUTSAFETY IS FIRST IN LAKE WORTHBEACH LINNIE SUPALL WPTVNEWS-CHANNEL 5.

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