RUNOFF
RUNOFF MISSING IT BY JUST ONE VOTE.
VOTE.
VOTE. AFTER ALL OF THE MAIL IN
BALLOTS WERE COUNTED HE ENDED
BARELY MAKING THE RUNOFF AFTER
ALL BY JUST ONE VOTE.
NOW TO THE EPICENTER OF THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN TEXAS.
DALLAS COUNTY HAS MORE CASES
THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE STATE
AND THOSE WHO DO NOT TAKE IT
SERIOUSLY, THAT FRUSTRATES OUR
FIRST GUEST THIS MORNING.
DALLAS COMMUNITY JJ KOCH IS THE
ONLY CONSERVATIVE ON THE
COMMISSIONERS COURT IN DALLAS
BUT HE GOT SO WORKED UP ABOUT
IT THE OTHER NIGHT HE GOT ON
FACEBOOK LIVE FROM HIS FRONT
PORCH INITIATE A PIECE OF HIS
MIND WITH ALL OF HIS FOLLOWERS.
MR. KOK GEORGE'S RIGHT NOW.
GOOD MORNING, JASON
>> WHAT SPURRED YOU TO WALK OUT
ON YOUR FRONT PORCH AND GET ON
THAT FACEBOOK LIVE?
>> WHILE WE JUST MADE THE
DIFFICULT DECISION TO GO
FORWARD WITH THE SHELTER IN
PLACE BUT I HEARD FROM A NUMBER
OF SUPPORTERS OF MINE THAT THEY
INTENDED TO NOT FOLLOW THAT AND
ESSENTIALLY JEOPARDIZE THEIR
HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF THEIR
EMPLOYEES.
EMPLOYEES. I THOUGHT IT CRITICAL TO SHARE
THE DATA THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT
. I MADE IT CLEAR THAT IF WE
CONTINUED DOWN THE PATH WE ARE
HEADED WE WILL BE RISKING THE
LIVES IN A VERY EGREGIOUS
MANNER.
MANNER.
MANNER. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER
OF CASES INCREASES EVERY DAY IN
DALLAS COUNTY.
DALLAS COUNTY. OVER THE WEEKEND IS NO
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. BASED ON THE PROJECTOR HE WE
ARE SEEING NOW WHEN DOES THE
CORONAVIRUS TEND TO PEEK IN
DALLAS COUNTY.
DALLAS COUNTY. >> WITH THE SHELTER IN PLACE
ORDER, WE SHOULD SEE A
FLATTENING IN A WEEK AND A HALF
OR TWO WEEKS.
THERE IS STILL A GREAT DEAL OF
FOLKS OUT THERE THAT HAVE
CONTRACTED THE VIRUS THAT HAVE
NOT SHOWN SYMPTOMS YET AND HAVE
NOT GOTTEN THEMSELVES TESTED WE
CAN JUST MAKE A VERY WELL
EDUCATED GUESS BY EXTRAPOLATING
THE NUMBERS WE HAVE NOW THAT WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME BIG
NUMBERS HERE WITHIN THE NEXT
TWO WEEK
TWO WEEK
TWO WEEK >> DOES THAT MEAN RIGHT NOW
THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT LEAST
TWO MORE WEEKS OF SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND TWO MORE WEEKS
OF BEING INSIDE OUR HOMES?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. IT WILL BE CREEK CRITICAL TO
MAINTAIN THE SOCIAL DISTANCING
EVEN AFTER WE GET TO A POINT
WHERE THIS THING IS STABLE AND
WE HAVE ENOUGH HEALTHCARE
RESOURCE UP AND WE ARE STILL
GOING TO HAVE TO MAINTAIN A
CERTAIN DEGREE OF SOCIAL
DISTANCING ALL THE WAY INTO THE
FATHER MAKE SURE WE DO NOT HAVE
A REOCCURRENCE OR RE-FLAREUP OF
THIS EPIDEMIC.
THIS EPIDEMIC. >> COMMISSIONER LAISSEZ WE
FLATTEN THE CURVE IN THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS HERE BUT AT ONE POINT
DC SOME OF THESE RESTRICTIONS
BEING LOOSENED UP IN DALLAS
COUNTY?
COUNTY?
COUNTY? >> I THINK IS GOING TO BE
NECESSARY TO DETERMINE THAT WE
CAN CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR
OLDER POPULATION.
OLDER POPULATION. THAT POPULATION WILL STILL NEED
A GREAT DEAL OF PROTECTION ALL
THE WAY INTO THE FALL.
THERE MAY BE SOME INSTANCES
WHERE SOME OF OUR YOUNGER
EMPLOYEES CAN RETURN TO WORK
AND WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR
NONESSENTIAL BUSINESSES TO MAKE
SURE THAT IF THEY DO BRING
FOLKS BACK INTO AN ENVIRONMENT
THAT THEY ARE STILL MAINTAINING
THE SIX FOOT SPACING, THEY ARE
TAKING TEMPERATURES AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE DAY TO MAKE
SURE WE JUST DO NOT CONTINUE TO
PUT OURSELVES BACK IN THIS WHOLE
PIT
PIT
PIT >>
PIT >> YOU THINK WE HAVE AT LEAST
TWO MORE WEEKS TO FLATTEN THE
CURB A POTENTIALLY A FEW MORE
WEEKS AFTER THAT UNTIL SOME OF
THESE RESTRICTIONS MIGHT BE
LOOSENED OR RELEASED?
>> YES CAUSE I THINK THAT WE DO
NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOSEN
UP THE MAJORITY OF THE
RESTRICTIONS ANYWHERE NEAR
MARCH.
MARCH.
MARCH. WE
MARCH. WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR BEHAVIORS
AT LEAST INTO SEPTEMBER OF THIS
FALL IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET
OURSELVES BACK IN THIS DITCH.
ON FACEBOOK LIVE THE OTHER
NIGHT YOU REITERATED YOUR
SUPPORT FOR GOVERNOR ABBOTT BUT
YOU ALSO MENTION HE IS LEADING
FROM BEHIND FOR THE GOVERNOR'S
FOLLOWING WHAT THE COUNTY
JUDGES DO FIRST.
DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNOR
SHOULD MANDATE A STATEWIDE
LOCKED IN QUESTION GO I THINK
IT IS TIME FOR THAT.
WE HAVE SEEN THE SPREAD IN THE
URBAN AND DENSE COUNTIES.
THEY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY
TAKING THE MOOSE NECESSARY.
IT IS GOING TO START TO CREEP
INTO OUR COUNTIES THAT ARE LESS
THAN 100,000.
THAN 100,000. THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE HIGHER
RATES OF INFECTION BUT THOSE
ARE PLACES THAT ARE CONSTANTLY
POINTED TO HAVING INADEQUATE
HEALTH RESOURCES.
HEALTH RESOURCES. SO EVEN THE SMALLEST SPIKE IN
THE SMALL 3000 COUNTIES CAN BE
DEVASTATING.
DEVASTATING. I THINK IT IS INCUMBENT UPON
THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE THE
MEDICAL LEAVE ADVICE.
MANY OF THE HOSPITAL
ORGANIZATION, DOCTORS
ORGANIZATION, DOCTORS ORGANIZATION SEDIMENT CALLING
UPON HIM TO ORDER THE STATEWIDE
SHELTER IN PLACE AND I THINK IT
IS THE PRUDENT THING TO DO AT
THIS TIME.
THIS TIME. >> COMMISSIONER OBVIOUSLY
SAVING LET'S COMES FIRST BUT
HAVE YOU SEEN ANY PROJECTIONS
ABOUT WHAT THIS MIGHT COST
DALLAS COUNTY SINCE RIGHT NOW
DALLAS IS THE HARDEST HIT IN
TEXAS ?>>
TEXAS ?>>
TEXAS ?>> >> YES THIS IS GOING TO COST
OUR ECONOMY VERY DEARLY PIT I
THINK THESE IT IS REASONABLE TO
SAY THAT JUST WITHIN THE FIRST
COUPLE OF WEEKS OF SHELTER IN
PLACE, IT WILL COST OUR LOCAL
ECONOMY AT LEAST 1,000,000,000
1/2 DOLLARS IN LOST TAX REVENUE
. FROM A NUMBER OF ANGLES THIS
IS GOING TO DAMAGE ALL OF OUR
INSTITUTIONS EQUALLY AND WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A VERY
CONCERTED EFFORT TO PICK ALL
THOSE INSTITUTIONS UP AS SOON
AS WE ARE PAST THIS THING.
I WILL SAY THIS, THE ECONOMICS
OF THIS ARE REALLY SIMPLE AND
THAT IF WE WERE TO ALLOW THIS
THING TO GO WILD AND FREE THE
ECONOMIC DAMAGE WITH SAUER FAR
SURPASS ANY OF THESE
RESTRICTIVE ORDER
RESTRICTIVE ORDER >> WE HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS
LIST, COMMISSIONER.
LIST, COMMISSIONER. GOING BACK TO THE FIRST
QUESTION, YOU HEARD FROM SOME
OF YOUR SUPPORTERS FOR THEIR A
LOT OF CONSERVATORS THAT SAY
THE DAMAGE THE ECONOMY IS NOT
WORTH ALL THIS.
WE FLEE IS THERE MESSAGE YOU
WOULD GIVE TO THEM ?>> IF
YOU'RE MAKING THAT ARGUMENT AND
YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN YOU NEED TO
PRAY ABOUT IT GO BACK TO THE
BIBLE.
BIBLE.
BIBLE. I
BIBLE. I DO NOT THINK THAT ANY 30
PIECES OF SILVER ARE WORTH THE
LIFE OF OUR BELOVED COUNTRYMEN.
NOT ONLY THAT, I THINK IT IS
PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE
GOVERNMENT THAT CANNOT PROTECT
LIFE WILL NOT BE IN BUSINESS
FOR VERY LONG.
IF YOU WANT TO KEEP