Forgive me
if I don’t seem overly excited that most of the State of Illinois is moving to
Phase Three of the Governor’s Restore Illinois reopening today.
Truth is,
most of the businesses being released to open in our area have already been
open, just covertly….and the restrictions on dine-in dining are driving
Illinois dollars over the Wabash River into Indiana.
I talked to
a lot of people yesterday……and today’s date means very little to them.
In
Fairfield, at least one restaurant allows inside dining all the time. Others
are begging for picnic tables so they can serve outside. The rest are just going to hope they can keep
their businesses afloat for another month.
Just 40
miles east of here, over a hundred people can meet. They can dine in at
Indiana’s restaurants. But not in the Land of Lincoln.
One hair salon
owner here says she will open and follow all of the rules hoping to get back on
her feet after two months of nothing. Another salon owner says she was going to
be open today no matter what the Governor said. Her attorney said she could ignore the bloviation from Chicago.
You see?
Nothing much has changed. Either you are following the rules….or you’re not…without
any fear that anybody is going to do anything about it.
And what do
we have to look forward to? Phase 4---which will allow gatherings of up to 50
people. To do that we must meet a complicated mish-mash of data
un-understandable to the common man.
No, I’m not
celebrating today. For me, and so many people…It’s really just more of the
same…
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