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Palm Beach County commissioner says state 'rushing through these phases' as reopening begins

Credit: WPTV News | West Palm Beach
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Palm Beach County commissioner says state 'rushing through these phases' as reopening begins
Palm Beach County commissioner says state 'rushing through these phases' as reopening begins

Workers going back to their jobs during the reopening in South Florida are also returning to a steady flow of income again.

FROM UNEMPLOYED TO EMPLOYEDAGAIN.

NEWSCHANNEL FIVE'S MATTSCZESNY WENT TO ONE BUISNESSWHERE WORKERS ARE GLAD TO HAVEA PAYCHECK AFTER SEVERAL WEEKSWITHOUT.174856“40 DOLLARS ON A TO GO,THAT WAS MY FIRST TIP ON ASINGLE CHICKEN QUESADILLA, 40DOLLARS” SAMANTHA MITCHELL ISGLAD TO BE BACK AT WORK AT THEBONEFISH MACS IN WELLINGTON.LIKE MANY RESTAURANT WORKERSWHO HAVE BEEN OUT OF WORK &ITPAYCHECKÃ174630“HONESTLY,WE BOUGHT A HOUSE IN THEPROCESS SO VERY VERY ROUGHTIMING FOR US AS FAR ASFINANCIALS GO, BUT LUCKILYWEWAS NOT ABLE TO COLLECTUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSÃSINCESHE GOT NOWHERE WITH THESTATECONCERN ONE PALM BEACH COUNTYCOMMISSIONER RECENTLY RAISEDOVER THE REOPENING QUESTION.“I FEEL THE STATE IS RUSHINGTHROUGH THESE PHASES AS ACOVERUP BECAUSE THE SYSTEM HASCOMPLETELY BOMBED AND FAILING,AND NOBODY CAN FIGURE OUT HOWTO GET IT UP AND RUNNING ANDTHE CHOICE IS TO SAY WESAFE AND WE NEED TO REOPEN”SAMANTHA SAYS HER SAFETY ISIMPORTANT AS IS THE SAFETY OFCUSTOMERSÃAND TAKINGPRECAUTIONSÃSHE SAYS LOOKINGFORWARD TO GETTING A PAYCHECKAGAIN.

174525“YOU BALANCEYOUR LIFE BASED ON WHAT YOUMAKE YOU HAVE A FAMILY TOPROVIDE FOR AND IF YOU CANDO THAT THEN ITABOUT A THIRD OF THE STAFF ISBACK AT THIS RESTAURANTÃTHEQUESTION NOWÃIS WILL ENOUGHPEOPLE COME BACKÃSO THE RESTHAVE A JOB TO RETURN TO.

INWELLINGTON MS, WPTV, NC 5.PEOPLE IN PALM BEACH COUNTYWHO ARE DISABLED OR CANNOTLEAVE THEIR HOMES CAN NO

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