% ALSO, LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TOOK
% THEIR CASE TO THE WISCONSIN
% STATE SUPREME COURT, CHALLENGING
% THE GOVERNOR'S EXTENSION.
% AT THE SAME TIME, THE WISCONSIN
% TAVERN LEAGUE AND THE WISCONSIN
% MANUFACTURERS AND COMMERCE, THE
% STATE'S LARGEST BUSINESS TRADE
% ASSOCIATION, PRESENTED THEIR
% PLANS TO GET WISCONSIN WORKING
% AGAIN.
% "HERE AND NOW" SENIOR POLITICAL
% REPORTER ZAC SCHULTZ EXPLAINS
% WHY SO MANY ARE WILLING TO RISK
% LIVES TO REOPEN THE ECONOMY.
% >> WE'VE BEEN HERE 55 YEARS.
% >> CHRIS MARSICANO IS CO-OWNER
% OF THE VILLAGE SUPPER CLUB IN
% DELAVAN AND HE'S BEEN TRYING TO
% KEEP HIS SENSE OF HUMOR THROUGH
% THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
% >> HELL MUST HAVE FROZEN OVER
% BECAUSE THE BARS IN WISCONSIN
% ARE CLOSED.
% >> HE REPRESENTS 5,000 BARS
% ACROSS THE STATE, THE FACE OF A
% MOVEMENT TO REOPEN WISCONSIN'S
% BARS, A MONTH BEFORE THE "SAFER
% AT HOME" ORDER EXPIRES.
% >> OUR GOAL IS TO GET OUR PEOPLE
% OPEN AND TO GET IT OPEN SAFELY.
% >> THE TAVERN LEAGUE SAYS THEY
% HAVE A PLAN TO OPEN SAFELY,
% FOLLOWING SIMILAR SOCIAL
% DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND SAFETY
% PROTOCOLS THAT GROCERY STORES
% AND OTHER ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES
% ARE FOLLOWING.
% >> I HAVE OVER SIX FAMILY
% MEMBERS ON MY STAFF HERE, SO I
% WANT TO MAKE SURE MY FAMILY IS
% SAFE TOO.
% WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING
% TO ENDANGER THE PUBLIC, OUR
% EMPLOYEES, OUR FAMILIES.
% BUT WE CAN'T SURVIVE MUCH
% LONGER.
% >> WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY
% TO GET PEOPLE SAFELY BACK TO
% WORK.
% OTHERWISE WE WILL HAVE AN
% ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT WILL
% ACTUALLY ECLIPSE THE PUBLIC
% HEALTH CRISIS.
% >> KURT BAUER IS PRESIDENT OF
% WISCONSIN MANUFACTURERS AND
% COMMERCE, THE STATE'S BIGGEST
% BUSINESS LOBBY.
% THEY HAVE A PLAN TO ALLOW
% BUSINESSES TO REOPEN WHEN THEY
% CAN DO SO SAFELY.
% >> NOBODY IS SUGGESTING WE GO
% BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL.
% FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE HAVE TO
% MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE.
% WE WANT TO PROTECT LIVES, BUT WE
% ALSO HAVE A MANDATE TO PROTECT
% LIVELIHOODS.
% >> NO ONE WANTS TO REOPEN OUR
% ECONOMY AS MUCH AS I DO, BUT IT
% HAS TO BE MORE LIKE TURNING A
% DIAL THAN FLIPPING A SWITCH.
% >> EVERS INTRODUCED THE BADGER
% BOUNCE BACK PLAN.
% THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN WOULD
% REQUIRE THE STATE TO HAVE ENOUGH
% TESTS AND PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
% EQUIPMENT TO DEMONSTRATE
% COVID-19 IS UNDER CONTROL FOR
% CONSECUTIVE 14-DAY PERIODS.
% >> RIGHT NOW WISCONSIN DOES NOT
% MEET THE CRITERIA THE WHITE
% HOUSE ESTABLISHED TO START
% REOPENING OUR STATE.
% >> BUSINESS LEADERS UNDERSTAND
% REOPENING WILL LEAD TO MORE
% INFECTIONS, HOT SPOTS AND LIKELY
% DEATHS.
% BAUER SAYS THE GOAL OF "SAFER AT
% HOME" WAS TO BEND THE CURVE OF
% COVID-19 CASES, NOT AVOID DEATHS
% ALTOGETHER.
% >> THAT'S UNREALISTIC.
% >> HE SAYS COVID-19 OUTBREAKS
% AREN'T DIFFERENT FROM OTHER
% HEALTH RISKS.
% >> AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURING,
% CONSTRUCTION.
% THOSE ARE HIGH-RISK SECTORS OF
% THE ECONOMY FOR WORKPLACE
% INCIDENCES.
% NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING
% PRECAUTIONS TO KEEP PEOPLE
% HEALTHY.
% >> BOTH BAUER AND MARSICANO SAY
% THEY UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNOR IS
% IN A TOUGH POSITION, BUT THEY'RE
% WILLING TO ACCEPT THE RISK.
% >> WE'RE DEALING WITH SO MANY
% UNKNOWNS WITH THIS VIRUS.
% I MEAN, I THINK MOST OF US ARE
% FLYING IN THE DARK HERE.
% >> WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE GOING
% TO BE FLARE-UPS.
% THAT'S UNAVOIDABLE UNTIL WE HAVE
% A CURE, UNTIL WE HAVE A VACCINE.
% WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT WILL
% OCCUR AND WE CAN'T WAIT.
% >> REPORTING FROM MADISON, I'M
% ZAC SCHULTZ FOR "HERE AND NOW."
% >> THE NEW "SAFER AT HOME" ORDER