It seems like Milwaukee Mayor, Tom Barrett has completely forgotten about the jobs & economy spikes which come and are required with large crowd sizes.
I, myself have alluded to in the past whether or not if it’s worth it for all these restrictions to be implemented. The thing is, Mayor Barrett will just go on the air and talk like he’s not even concerned about what’s going to happen to those such jobs! Remember, unlike other surrounding communities who went ahead and decided to pull their own restrictions after the May 13th State Supreme Court ruling that overturned most of the state restrictions, Mayor Barrett did not choose to pull the city’s restrictions. His arrogance on the matter has hurt licensed drink servers city wide. Also, festivals and convention centers have reported to have lost millions just to name a few of the victims. While the restrictions on crowd sizes in Milwaukee have since been relaxed a little, it is still a non-sufficient number to allow for fans in person at sporting events. Also, as far as allowing for fans at major league sports facilities, it’s not just a local decision as baseball itself has yet to allow for fans in person, Mayor Barrett could very well serve as another roadblock if he refuses to relax the crowd size restrictions heading into next year.
Overall however, there are just too many talking heads out there right now. It seems as though whenever the rarity of a large gathering does a occur, false numbers and stories do quite often blossom from advocates of restrictions as an attempt to benefit from their own personal interests or because they simply want to delay things from becoming back to normal. This was obvious about the recent Sturgis rally and don’t be surprised if you see it be tried with the college & pro football games that allowed in-person fans just this past weekend.
But going back to Mayor Barrett, some didn’t agree with his idea to install a trolley downtown, and I do not agree with the way he is handling the coronavirus! View our past link below &/or call Mayor Barrett at Milwaukee City Hall (414) 286-2489 and encourage him to lift the restrictions!
https://drinksintheseats.org/index.php/2020/06/27/blame-no-in-seat-fans-on-mil-wau-au-au/
Ryan Strnad – Managing Member & Lobbyist for Drinks In The Seats.
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