It would seem to me that if your business depended on a certain entity for funding, your very existence, that you’d refrain from biting the hand that feeds you.In other words, just how many medical supplies could be bought or made with the money we sink into NPR?
IN A HANDBASKET wonders if we understand what we are doing to each other and what we’re allowing to be done to us.When we criminalize completely normal behavior are we doing ourselves any good at all?
Everyone could use some quality entertainment while self-isolating. iHeart Radio and Fox 35 are teaming up this week to bring you just that.Sunday at 9pm the iHeart Living Room Concert hits your television and sister stations Lite Rock 99.3 and KISS 95.1.There are links to the information below.
New stories today include crowds being discouraged from gathering for our next rocket launch, THE RONA bringing scams to pour neighborhoods, the county commission scheduling a special meeting just in case the policy board decides beach closures are necessary and a glaring error in the coronavirus relief bill that actually encourages employee layoffs that result in a better outcome for employers and employees.I had an employer friend call me about that very thing as soon as he read the news yesterday.
The county commission got left behind on yesterdays WIDE OPEN WEDNESDAY so we’ll try to catch up on it today.FLORIDA TODAY’s Tim Walters joins us in hour 3 as we kick around working from home, being the teacher at home and more.
If you own or manage a restaurant, you and your employees could be facing tough times.We have a new web page for you called Space Coast to Go.You can list your hours and available services for our audience to find as they seek dining options.
MEME of the Day:
Whatever you guys found in Area 51-PUT IT BACK, NOW!
THE BATTING ORDER
How many masks could we make with NPR money?
In a Handbasket:
·Making normal behavior a crime
Coronavirus-New today:
A little entertainment for your self-isolation (iHeart Living Room Concert site)
Crowds discouraged for rocket launch
Beach closing coming up- commission sets special meeting
MASSIVE ERROR in Coronavirus bill encourages layoffs
More coronavirus News in play:
Commission does its job and gets control of messaging
County considers midday beach closing
PA Supremes allow gun store closures (but governor backs off underlying order)
Suddenly unemployed- what to do
Brevard beaches and boat ramps…open but the parking, seriously?