How do we feel about Cuomo telling bars

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The optics suck no matter what happens

Jul 24, 2020, 10:54 AM

Optics of a 200,000 deaths, or more, or forcing people to wear masks and scrutinize modes of contact and restrict freedoms. It sux either way, and Americans don't like anything sucking.

As a side note, to provide a little more context, this is nothing new what Como is talking about and the restrictions he's placing. Heck, before the pandemic Columbia passed an ordinance requiring straight up bars had to close at a certain time but could stay open later if they sold food. Immediately a bunch of bars purchased a few microwaves and some microwave pizzas and started selling those, making them a "restaurant" instead of a bar. It didn't fly. Same principle in NY. And this was long before covid. Here, read up.

But there's a sudden need for bars to become restaurants to stay open because of covid, but that urge, and the problems you're mentioning, have happened long before covid. Same game being played now for a different reason.

You see, only servers in restaurants and hotels can mix a cocktail or pour a shot in South Carolina. But critics say many establishments have skirted that law — with state regulators' consent — by heating up a hot dog in a microwave or offering other minimal fare.

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article209970389.html