>> IT IS OUR KSAT QNA WHERE WE SEPARATE THE FACT FROM THE FICTION THAT IS OUT THERE WE
ARE PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY
JODY NEWMAN FROM THE FRIENDLY
SPOT. IT’S IN THE KING WILLIAM
NEIGHBORHOOD PART OF SOUTHTOWN
VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HER WITH US
YOU’VE ALSO BEEN VERY ACTIVE
ESPECIALLY DURING THIS PANDEMIC
WITH THE TEXAS BAR AND
RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION. YOUR
RACTION TO WHAT WE’VE HEARD SO
FAR FROM THE MAYOR AND THE
COUNTY JUDGE THEY COULD HAVE
OPTED IN ALREADY WE COULD
A LOT OF THESE BARS COULD HAVE
BEEN OPENED ON THE 14TH
AS IT IS WE’RE STILL NOT
EXACTLY SURE WHEN THEY’RE GOING
TO BE REOPENED.
>> YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THEMES
THAT.
OUR BUSINESSES TO SURVIVE. IS THE ABILITY TO SERVE.
IF THE RESTRICTIONS FROM AND THE STATE LEVEL AND.
>> 4 WERE OUT THIS ORDEAL, YOU KIND OF BECOME AN ADVOCATE FOR LOCAL BARS AND
RESTAURANTS AND I WANT TO GET
YOUR TAKE ON THIS BECAUSE WE’VE
HEARD OF THE BEXAR COUNTY JUDGE
TALK ABOUT
HOW A LOT OF THE BARS THAT WILL
BE AFFECTED BY THIS REOPENING
ARE THE SMALLER OPERATIONS
THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTY. THE SMALLER
ESTABLISHMENTS ESTABLISHMENTS
THAT MAY NOT ACTUALLY BE ABLE
TO REOPEN FINANCIALLY AT ALL
EVEN WITH THESE RESTRICTIONS
AND THIS ALLOWANCE IS THAT
ACCURATE IS THAT AN ACCURATE
DESCRIPTION.
>> RATED BUSINESSES AND THIS HAS BEEN A REAL BIRD IN 7 MONTHS WITHOUT.
WE WE HAVE THE
FRIENDLY SPOT. WE DID IT FOR
HIM FOR 4 AND A HALF AND IT’S
INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.
A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES THAT
ARE STILL CLOSE EAT.
SECTOR SPECIFIC GREAT.
I DO AGREE WITH THE JUDGE.
>> WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU THINK NEEDS TO BE DONE RIGHT NOW YOU TALKED ABOUT A GRANT
THAT COULD GO TO THE RESTAURANT
AND BAR ASSOCIATION, I MEAN
DO YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW LIKE THE
CITY AND COUNTY IS DOING ENOUGH
TO HELP
THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE
OUT THERE EVEN IF WE TAKE IT
BEYOND THE BARS AND
RESTAURANTS.
>> I THINK JUST TYPICAL ASSUMPTIONS THAT.
WE DON’T EVEN GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE.
>> THE MESSAGE OF BE FRIENDLY FROM THE FRIENDLY SPOT SEEMS VERY APPROPRIATE THANKS AS
ALWAYS TONY FOR
YOUR PERSPECTIVE. I WILL WATCH
AND SEE WHEN WE GET A DATE ON
WHEN BARS COULD ACTUALLY REOPEN
HERE LOCALLY.
>> JODY NEWMAN FROM THE
FRIENDLY SPOT ALWAYS APPRECIATE