PARTS OF TOWN OF THE COUNTY FOR THAT MATTER THAT HAVE AN INCREASED RISK FOR EXPOSURE.
AT THIS POINT
STEVE ISIS.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: INTERESTING
THANK YOU SO MUCH DYLAN, THANK
YOU DON’T ALSO WANT TO ADD TO
THAT WE DID ASK NUMEROUS TIMES
TO HAVE METRO HEALTH DIRECTOR
DOCTOR DON EMMERT COME ON WITH
US
FOR THIS CORONAVIRUS Q AND A
THAT WE DO WE’VE HAD THE MAYOR
ON WE’VE HAD THE COUNTY JUDGE
WE’VE HAD. DOCTORS WE’VE HAD A
NUMBER OF EXPERTS ON TO
THIS POINT THEY HAVE NOT COME
ON THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO COME ON
WEDNESDAY, THEY CANCEL
WE HOPE WE’LL BE TALK TO DOCTOR
DON EMMERICH AND THEY’RE
SCHEDULED TO BE HERE SCHEDULED
TO BE HERE ON THE WEALTHY BUT
WHO WE DO
HAVE TONIGHT A VERY ESTEEMED
GUEST, GREG JEFFERSON, THE
BUSINESS EDITOR AND COLUMNIST
WITH THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS
NEWS. GREG I’M USED TO SEEING
YOU ON ELECTION NIGHT SO IT’S
GREAT TO
SEE YOU.
>> VIA SAID YES, A STEEP DIVE
ON THE PRESS THAT YOU’RE YOU’RE
MOVING UP IN MY ESTIMATION,
YOU WROTE A COLUMN, A VERY
STARK
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: JUST
WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN WALKING
AROUND THE RIVER WALK AND JUST
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW.
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT
AND JUST WHAT YOU’RE SEEING IT
FIRSTHAND BASIS WITH THE SENATE
TO
BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
>> YEAH, I MEAN THIS WOULD HAVE
THIS WITHIN A WEEK AGO ON
THURSDAY NIGHT.
WHEN A YOU KNOW WE HAD IN
ORDER.
>> BASICALLY CLOSING ALL
RESTAURANTS AND BARS TO
IN-HOUSE CUSTOMERS KICK IN.
SO I DECIDED
TO WALK, YOU KNOW TAKE A WALK
DOWNTOWN AND ALONG THE
RIVERWALK AND I MEAN I’VE NEVER
SEEN AS DESERTED AS THEY DID
THAT NIGHT I MEAN YOU
KNOW PARKS. YOU KNOW ON A
NORTH BROADWAY CLOSE TO
DOWNTOWN WALKS TO THE RIVER
WALK FROM THEIR PAST AND
LITERALLY FOR PEOPLE THAT’S
THAT’S
NEVER HAPPENED. AND IS THAT
LIKE NORMALLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN
THERE’S AN EYE ON THE CLOCK, A
YOU KNOW YOU COME ACROSS PEOPLE
CLUSTERS OF TOURISTS OR YOU
KNOW SAN
ANTONIANS JUST OH YES, YOU KNOW
FOR A SHOW FOR THERE WAS NONE
OF THAT. IT
WAS JUST GOING DOWN THE ON THE RIVERWALK IT WAS JUST I MEAN IT WAS JUST
AS STOUT, MAYBE HE WAS JUST
DESERT MEAN THEIR ROOM
MORE PANHANDLERS THEN THERE
WERE 2.70 THAT’S PROBABLY SAW
FEWER THAN HALF OF THOSE IN A
PEOPLE I COULD KIND OF IDENTIFY
AS I TOWNERS
NOW.
>> NOW GREG, WE KNOW THAT SAN
ANTONIO IS A CITY THAT DEPENDS
SO MUCH ON ITS
HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY ASIDE FROM
THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY ARE
THERE ANY OTHER INDUSTRIES OR
ANY OTHER
MAJOR EMPLOYERS THAT YOU THINK
WILL BE HIT ESPECIALLY HARD
DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
>> EVERY MAJOR PLAYERS GOING TO
GET HOT. YOU KNOW IT’S HARD AT
SOME
HEALTH CARE THOUGH A YOU KNOW,
WE’RE WE’RE LOOKING TO TONY OF
THE HEALTH CARE
AND GOVERNMENT. SPENDING
INCLUDING THE MILITARY OR TO
TOP. INDUSTRIES.
THOSE WILL BE RELATIVELY FINE.
I READ THIS CRISIS
BUT TOURISM HOSPITALITY
INDUSTRY THAT’S THAT’S OUR 3RD
LARGEST. AND THAT’S REALLY
TAKING IT ON THE CHIN RIGHT.
I MEAN WE’RE SEEING YOU KNOW
JUST WE LEARNED THAT PROFIT
UNTIL CLOSE THE ALAMO
CLOSE DOWN. SAINT ANTHONY’S A
HOTEL
CLOSE THING FINDING OUT THAT
YOU KNOW THERE ARE FOR ONES
JUST ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE,
INCLUDING IN THE WORLD AND
SEAWORLD’S PARENT COMPANY
FILED. SEC COURT TODAY
SAYING THAT THEY WERE THROWING
ABOUT 90% OF THEIR EMPLOYEES
JUST ACROSS THE BOARD NOT AND
HE’S IN
SAN ANTONIO. IN THIS IS NOT
UNCOMMON I MEAN THIS IS A YOU
KNOW THIS IS
HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. BUT WE’RE
REALLY FEELING IT INTENSELY IN
SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE JUST SO
MUCH OF OUR ECONOMY IS WRITTEN
BY HOSPITALITY AND LEISURE.
IN THIS IS YOU
KNOW THIS CRISIS JUST SEEMS
LIKE IT IS UNIQUELY HAVE
IT SUITED TO WIPE OUT THE
YEAH, IT’S YEAH, IT’S SO OUT OF
HERE AND THE TRAVEL
RESTRICTIONS ON THE STANDPOINT
YOU SHELTER-IN-PLACE ORDERS
HAVE REALLY WREAKED HAVOC.
♪
GREG STAY
>> AND WE’RE BACK WITH GREG JEFFERSON BUSINESS EDITOR AND COLUMNIST WITH THE SAN ANTONIO
EXPRESS
NEWS AND JEFF I WANT TO ASK
YOUR CRAIG EXCUSE ME I I WANT
TO ASK YOU REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT
UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS YOU KNOW WE HAD HEARD REPORTS EARLIER THE OFFICES WERE OVERWHELMED.
THERE WAS JUST A MASSIVE FILING
OF
THESE BENEFITS. WHAT ARE WHAT
ARE YOU HEARING FROM
YOUR EVERYWHERE.
>> YEAH WE’RE HEARING THE SAME
THING WE’RE GETTING A LOT OF
REALLY EXASPERATED NEWLY
UNEMPLOYED WORKERS IN
SAN ANTONIO, CONTACTING OUR
OFFICE BECAUSE THEY’RE GOING TO
THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION
WEBSITE. AND THEY JUST CAN’T
YOU KNOW IT YOU KNOW THE
CRASHES ARE THEY CAN THEY CAN
WHILE IT’S VERY FRUSTRATING
TO HIM. YOU KNOW WE HAVEN’T
HEARD FROM TWC TODAY
BUT I HAVE TO THINK THAT
THEY’RE YOU KNOW THEY’RE
WORKING ON GETTING THE BACKBONE
OF THEIR SYSTEM AND HOPEFULLY
THE LAST INCREASE CAPACITY
GOING FORWARD BECAUSE I MEAN
ONE THING SURE AND WE’RE JUST
BEGINNING OF. ECONOMIC FALLOUT,
THIS MEAN YOU KNOW THIS IS
WE’RE
NOWHERE CLOSE TO HAVE THE HIGH
TIDE OF LAYOFFS. SO YOU KNOW
HOPEFULLY THEY GET THEIR SYSTEM
IN ORDER. GREG, I KNOW YOU KIND
OF HEAVIER.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: FINGER ON
THE PULSE OF WHAT’S HAPPENING
WITH THE
BUSINESS COMMUNITY. WHEN YOU
TALK TO SOME OF THE LEADERS OF
THE MAJOR CORPORATIONS BIG AND
SMALL IN SAN ANTONIO ARE
THEY THINKING WE WERE NOT GOING
TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY WE’RE
GOING TO HUNKER
DOWN OR I MEAN IS THAT KIND OF
THE FEELING THAT YOU’RE GETTING
FROM A LOT OF THESE LEADERS OH
YEAH, I MEAN EVERY I MEAN JUST
TAKE THE OIL AND GAS.
>> OIL PRODUCER IS SLASHING ITS CAPITAL PROJECTS SO THIS IS YOU KNOW THIS IS THIS COULD BE YOU
KNOW ADDING ON TO AN
EXISTING REFINERY IT COULD BE
SOME LESS THAN NECESSARY
MAINTENANCE IT COULD BE A NEW
PIPELINE SYSTEM.
>> THAT’S
BEING SCRAPPED. BUT THAT
DOESN’T MEAN THAT DOESN’T MEAN
THAT THEY’RE NOT ALSO LAYING
OFF WORKERS AND THAT WILL COME
AT
SOME POINT. YEAH, I EVERY
BUSINESS
ACROSS JUST ABOUT EVERY
INDUSTRY IS A PROBLEM WE TAKING
ON THE SHIP AND SO RIGHT NOW
I’M LOOKING FOR PLACES
TO CUT. ALSO YOU’RE
FINDING YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THIS
FROM TALKING TO YOU KNOW NUMBER
SANANTONIO BANKERS A LOT OF BUSINESSES NOW REALLY DRAWING DOWN THEIR CREDIT LINES ARE
TRYING TO KIND OF BUILD UP THE
CUSHION OF CASH
AND JUST JUST TO KIND OF
WEATHER WHAT THEY KNOW IT’S
COMING AND IT’S JUST THEY KNOW
IT’S NOT GOING TO GET YOU KNOW
A FEW MONTHS AND THEY JUST WANT
TO BE READY FOR WHEN YOU
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: ABSOLUTELY
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