Partial Reopening of West Victoria Street in Downtown

SBMH2015, I think your forgetting the arbitrary and out of the blue shuttering of these establishments by the State last year (and continued heavy restrictions and multiple full closures since, meanwhile please enjoy the free samples Coscto never stopped handing out... ). These entrepreneurs then scraped together whatever funds they had remaining, or worse, borrowed additional funds, in a final act of desperation to try and salvage businesses they've worked decades to build, to save the jobs their businesses created. So before you got hating on it please remember how they came about it. Once back on their feet, a little cash in the bank, and with time to plan, much more aesthetically pleasing parklets will be constructed for the haters out there.

@Voice, Costco provides essential food and other home items that are needed, like toilet paper and clorox wipes. They shut down their food court too. People in Costco do not sit close to one another and eat and talk and laugh and drink for long periods of time with people outside their household. I agree that SOME of the rules were heavy handed but stop comparing Costco and other retailers that provide needed essentials to local restaurants, some of which refused to follow the rules. I can agree that the state and feds should have provided more funds for small businesses owners during this time.

Yea, screw those "non essential" employees and small business owners who were out of job and struggled to put food on the table or care for their family, especially as they waited month after month for funds from CA's EDD boondoggle. The government should not be deciding who and what is essential; only a handful of goods at Costco are truly essential anyway and they weren't what people were buying.

In my above comment I said the feds and state should have provided more funds for workers and business owners. There are funds to help, but they're not enough and that I agree with. You seem to forget this is a pandemic, not the flu and hard decisions had to be made to curb the spread. You also have no idea what everyone is buying at Costco but various new reports state toilet paper, clorox wipes, and food were constantly out of stock.

I read that @9:36, and that is exactly why the government needs to step away from the authoritarian role where they act like they know what's best for a country of over 300 million people, or a State with over 40 million, and step back into their proper role, one where the Federal gov supports the States, the States support their counties and cities so that each community, where real people interact with other real people (vs. online or on the TV), and they can determine the best way to navigate whatever crisis pops up. This is what has helped the US persevere for over two centuries, and shouldn't stop now just because, especially because, a single politician can now bark orders to millions through twitter.

Argue with VOR or bang my head against a brick wall? Both seem to have the same result.

They do, both will open your mind.

Often people who advocate for "opening your mind" are those who's own mind has no BS filters, and more closely resembles an open garbage can.

Actually 3 theaters!!!