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Even before the Shelter in PLace and Stay at Home orders had been issued and flicked on the computer screens, the list of "essential" services was maddenly vague.
Were restaurants if the customers were kept at the appropriate social distance? Were bars?
The answers always had caveats. "Yes, if..." No, if..."
Eventually, the answer to the walk-in restaurants was no (No, if...). But not for all, mind you.
The upshot throughout all this crisis, is that establishments like City of Brownsville Mayor Trey Mendez - which serves specialty (and expensive) pizza pies - remained open on a take-out basis (yes., if...).
And eventually, so did 7th and Park, owned by Graham Sevier-Schultz, the business buddy of Mayor Trey Mendez, who claims that the designer coffee and bike-parts business "Dedicated to the advancement of people through coffee and bikes" was essential to local residents.
Now, the coffee-bike shop doesn't have enough parking space but was granted a business permit without a de-facto "variance" that almost is never allowed.
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His claim to "essential" business was selling high-priced coffee and maybe a bicycle part on the side if a customer needed perchance. Sever-Schultz and his business also happens to the very public protege of Chisquiida commissioner Rose Gowen who has pedaled her version of public health policies to tap the city to spend foot multi-million dollar expenditures into hike-and-bike and a pie-in-the-sky "Active Tourism" that is supposed to bring multimillions to the city.
And now, even Commissioner Jessica Tetreau has gotten tinto the "essential" racket.
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Clik here to view.Where before she wailed against those who resisted the Stay at Home and Shelter in Place orders, she now champions the "liberation" of the Brownsville economy and says her car wash business is "essential' to the city's fight against COVID-19.
That of course, is because she convinced Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino - not Mayor Mendez - that her business is essential because Ttreau is "being allowed to reopen to keep your cars cleaned and sanitized," for hefty fee, of course.
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Clik here to view.Well, said a small business person, if car washing is considered essential, how about tattooing? If the desire to eat an expensive pizza, designer coffe and bike parts, and now detailing your ca against CODIV-19, how about addressing the stress of someone who consider getting a tattoo essential to their mental health?
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Clik here to view.Not so fast, derine, Tetreau responded. We have to do with, ah, "transportation issues," yeah, that's the ticket. Besides, you're not a city commissioner and I am. We're special!
Besides, her car wash was helping to combat the transmittal of the virus, right?
That's probably the reason why her workers are working in violation of the face-covering order by the city her buddies county judge Trevino and mayor Mendez.
It helps to have cheerleaders who will stoke your ego. The car being washed belongs to Rachel Figeroa, the city manager's secretary. She, apparently, considers it "essential" to praise "Her Sassiness" commissioner.
Now she can comply with her contract with Republic waste haulers, a vendor forthe city and keep their garbage trucks sanitized, as well.
Well, she might be "essentially" right, though.
The restrictions imposed upon city and county residents have turned out to be "essentially' a play on semantics to allow public officials and their proteges to "liberate" their businesses while the rest remain trapped and obedient under them.
Even before the Shelter in PLace and Stay at Home orders had been issued and flicked on the computer screens, the list of "essential" services was maddenly vague.
Were restaurants if the customers were kept at the appropriate social distance? Were bars?
The answers always had caveats. "Yes, if..." No, if..."
Eventually, the answer to the walk-in restaurants was no (No, if...). But not for all, mind you.
The upshot throughout all this crisis, is that establishments like City of Brownsville Mayor Trey Mendez - which serves specialty (and expensive) pizza pies - remained open on a take-out basis (yes., if...).
And eventually, so did 7th and Park, owned by Graham Sevier-Schultz, the business buddy of Mayor Trey Mendez, who claims that the designer coffee and bike-parts business "Dedicated to the advancement of people through coffee and bikes" was essential to local residents.
Now, the coffee-bike shop doesn't have enough parking space but was granted a business permit without a de-facto "variance" that almost is never allowed.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
His claim to "essential" business was selling high-priced coffee and maybe a bicycle part on the side if a customer needed perchance. Sever-Schultz and his business also happens to the very public protege of Chisquiida commissioner Rose Gowen who has pedaled her version of public health policies to tap the city to spend foot multi-million dollar expenditures into hike-and-bike and a pie-in-the-sky "Active Tourism" that is supposed to bring multimillions to the city.And now, even Commissioner Jessica Tetreau has gotten tinto the "essential" racket.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Where before she wailed against those who resisted the Stay at Home and Shelter in Place orders, she now champions the "liberation" of the Brownsville economy and says her car wash business is "essential' to the city's fight against COVID-19.That of course, is because she convinced Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino - not Mayor Mendez - that her business is essential because Ttreau is "being allowed to reopen to keep your cars cleaned and sanitized," for hefty fee, of course.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Well, said a small business person, if car washing is considered essential, how about tattooing? If the desire to eat an expensive pizza, designer coffe and bike parts, and now detailing your ca against CODIV-19, how about addressing the stress of someone who consider getting a tattoo essential to their mental health?Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Not so fast, derine, Tetreau responded. We have to do with, ah, "transportation issues," yeah, that's the ticket. Besides, you're not a city commissioner and I am. We're special!Besides, her car wash was helping to combat the transmittal of the virus, right?
That's probably the reason why her workers are working in violation of the face-covering order by the city her buddies county judge Trevino and mayor Mendez.
It helps to have cheerleaders who will stoke your ego. The car being washed belongs to Rachel Figeroa, the city manager's secretary. She, apparently, considers it "essential" to praise "Her Sassiness" commissioner.
Now she can comply with her contract with Republic waste haulers, a vendor forthe city and keep their garbage trucks sanitized, as well.
Well, she might be "essentially" right, though.
The restrictions imposed upon city and county residents have turned out to be "essentially' a play on semantics to allow public officials and their proteges to "liberate" their businesses while the rest remain trapped and obedient under them.