Petition to reopen restaurants

Petition to reopen restaurants

A RESTAURANT OWNER INBALTIMORE IS PUSHING TO GETRESTAURANTS IN THE CITY BACKOPEN..

LAST FRIDAY━ GOVERNORLARRY HOGAN MOVED THE STATEINTO PHAS━ ONE OF REOPENING━ BUT BALTIMORE CITY━ ALONGWITH BALTIMORE AND HOWARDCOUNTY ARE STILL OPERATINGWITH SOME FORM OFRESTRICTIONS.

WMA━2 NEWS'MARK ROPER IS LIVE IN LITTLEITALY WHERE A PETITION TREOPEN PROPOSES ONE WAY TODINE OUT AGAIN.

MARK━ WHAT'STHE PLAN?THE OWNER OF ALDO'S RISTORANTEWANTS TO TAKE EATING OUT━OUT HERE TO THE STREETS.CUSTOMERS ALREADY HAVE THEOPTION OF CURBSIDE PICKUP━BUT THERE'S A PETITION TOALLOW FOR CLOSING OFF SECTIONSOF STREETS FOR WHAT'S BEINGCALLED CURBSIDE PLUS.

MANYRESTAURANTS━ RETAIL━ ANDOTHER SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHAVE BEEN HARD BY THE STA━A━HOME ORDERS BROUGHT ON BY THEPANDEMIC.

NO━ESSENTIAL STORESHAVE CLOSED━ WHILERESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN LIMITEDTO DELIVERY OR TAKE OUT ONLY.SERGIO VITALE━ THE OWNER OFALDO'S RISTORANTE━ ORGANIZEDA PETITION ON CHANGE DOT ORGWHICH ASKS BALTIMORE MAYORJACK YOUNG AND BALTIMORECOUNTY EXECUTIVE JOHNNYOLSZEWSKI JUNIOR TO FOLLOW THEGOVERNORS LEAD.

VITALE WOULDLIKE TO NOT ONLY SEE RETAILREOPEN BUT FOR RESTAURANTS TOOPEN UP AGAIN━ BUT OUTSIDE.HE PROPOSES CLOSING DOWN SOMESTREETS TO VEHICLES ANDOPENING THEM UP AS OUTDOORFOOD COURTS.

HE CALLS ITCURBSIDE PLUS.

THE PLAN WOULDHAVE CUSTOMERS STILL PICK UPTHEIR FOOD CURBSIDE BUTPROVIDE A PLACE FOR THEM TOEAT OUTSIDE━ AT SOCIALLYDISTANCED TABLES.

TABLES WOULDALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM OF TWO TOFOUR GUESTS AND WOULD BECLEANED BY STAFF IN BETWEENDINERS.

SO FAR ABOUT ATHOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE SIGNEDTHE CHANGE DOT ORG PETITION.MEANWHILE━ WITH MEMORIAL DAYWEEKEND COMING UP AND BUSINESSOWNERS ANXIOUS TO REOPE━MAYOR JACK YOUNG HASTHREATENED TO SHUT DOWN ANYRESTAURANTS OR BARS THAT MIGHTVIOLATE THE CITY'S CORONAVIRUSRESTRICTIONS.

LIVE IN LITTLEITALY━ MARK ROPER━ WMAR 2NEWSVIOLENT CRIME IN BALTIMORE ISNOT SLOWING DOWN DURING THCORONAVIRUSVIOLENT CRIME IN BALTIMORE ISNOT SLOWING DOWN DURI