Supporters cheer Mayor Goodman's call for NV reopening

In a two-page statement posted to Twitter, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman called for Nevada to reopen, saying the "utter poverty is every bit as real as the virus." Jeremy Chen reports.

MEMBERS TO MAKE HER POINT.BUT....AS 13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER.....JEREMY CHEN SHOWS YOU....NOT EVERYONE ON THE COUNCILAGREES.....WITH THE MAYOR.....WITH ONE COUNCILMAN PUTTINGHEALTH AND SAFETY.....AT FRONT AND CENTER.LOOKLIVE IN IT'S NO SECRET THATMAYOR GOODMAN WANTS TO SEEBUSINESSES AND THE ECONOMYREOPENED IN LAS VEGAS- WITHSUPPORTERS RALLYINGCOUNCILMAN CEDRIC CREAR SAYS HEUNDERSTANDS THE FRUSTRATIONSBUT SAYS ANY REOPENING HAS TOBE DONE RESPONSIBLY.PKG HOLDING SIGNS SUPPORTINGLAS VEGAS MAYOR CAROLYNGOODMAN- THESE SUPPORTERS AREECHOING HER CALL FOR NEVADA'SECONOMY TO REOPEN."WE ARE GIVING MUTUAL CONSENTFOR THIS OVERREACHINGGOVERNMENT THAT IS BASICALLYQUASHING THE MIDDLE CLASS.WHY IS TARGET OPEN AND YET THESMALLER BUSINESSES ARE NOTOPEN." THEY DISAGREE WITHGOVERNOR STEVE SISOLAK'S STAYHAVE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEYKEPT IT OPEN BUT STRATEGICALLYDO THINGS DIFFERENT AND ADVISEPEOPLE TO STAY HOME."COUNCILMAN CEDRIC CREAR-SPEAKING REMOTELY AT THEMEETING ACKNOWLEDGED THEECONOMIC ANXIETY- SAYING HISOWN BUSINESSES HAVE BEENSTRUGGLING."I AM DEALING WITH THE SAMESITUATIONS THAT MANY PEOPLEAROUND THE STATE AND AROUND THECOUNTRY ARE DEALING WITH."HOWEVER- HE CALLED FOR THEECONOMY TO BE REOPENEDRESPONSIBILY-WITH HEALTH ANDSAFETY AS A PRIORITY."WE'RE STILL GETTING PEOPLE WHOARE CONTRACTING THE VIRUS EVERYDAY.THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE DYINGEVERY DAY." CREAR PRAISED THEGOVERNOR'S RESPONSE SAYING HEHAS DONE A "YEOMAN'S JOB"- ANDUNDERSTANDS THE FRUSTRATIONSOVER THE LACK OF A SPECIFICREOPENING DATE.HE SAYS THE PANDEMIC WILLDICTATE ANY REOPENING."MAYBE IT'S NOT GOING AT THEPACE THAT SOME WANT.I DEFINITELY WANT TO GET OPENAS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT I WANTTO GET OPEN AS RESPONSIBLY ASPOSSIBLE." LOOKLIVE OUTS WEDID REACH OUT TO GOVERNORSISOLAK'S OFFICE FOR COMMENTBUT HAVEN'T HEARD BACK BYDEADLINE.WE REACHED OUT TO THE MAYOR WHOSAYS SHE IS STICKING WITH HERPREPARED COMMENTS.JEREMY CHEN 13 ACTION NEWS.AND...WE HAVE JUST LEARNED...THAT A PETITION HAS BEENFILED....FOR THE RECALL...OF MAYOR CARYOLYN THAT APETITION HAS BEEN FILED....OF MAYOR CARYOLYN GOODMAN.THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS-6- THOUSAND SIGNATURES.WITHTHERE WILL BE SO MANYFACTORS.....AS LAS VEGAS REBOUNDS.....