Commissioner Mariano on movie theater opening
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Sure. Okay. Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Starkey. I mean sorry, uh Commissioner O Mariano, I apologize.
Okay. Um and Chairman Mariano I th um if you would just let's talk about that movie theater. I'm glad you uh answered the question from the gentleman. So We're we're saying that right now is movie theaters can be open. Can they go to fifty percent? Are we going to stop them? Is there any enforcement or what's the situation? Because I think it's a great idea for they were able to go forward. So I'd like to get that clarity.
Mr. Chairman, if I may. Um the Board never issued an order stopping anybody. So and I don't think the it's my legal advice that the board not authorize anybody to open because you didn't stop anybody from opening. So it's between the gentleman and the governor's office I mean the governor's press conference continued to list movie theaters though he didn't put it in his order. Penellas County Administrator. issued in
statement based on their stay at home order And the fact that the governor's order didn't address movie theaters. So I think less liability with movie theaters than than people who are professionally licensed, but I don't know that the board wants to get in the position of saying somebody can open than having contrary shut down from the state and i you know, i in the case of a licensed
individual, the potential of that licensed individual losing their license based on the board's author saying you can you go ahead and r reopen. And D PR or Department of Health or whoever
and sanctions them. Movie theaters are a little different because they don't have that licensure aspect, but but from a legal standpoint I think the board needs to stay out of it. It wasn't your order to start with. It's the g it you know, if you wanna advocate to the governor's office that they need to provide clarity for movie theaters, that's fine. But Taking the position of saying, yes, you're free to open, I think is a is a bad idea for the board.
That's correct. Okay.
Commissioner Mariano, hate to stop you. Commissioner Oakley, you have one way to follow up with that too, sir.
Yeah. Talking to Sonema 10 there in Zephyrhills and the gentleman that spoke to us in public hearing. And the word I got back through EOC from the governor's office was they were not um told to be open yet. Now I even heard him say that some are open in Pine Ellis and other counties. I don't know, but I think we need to get clarity on that because My answer that came back this past week on on the cinema for Zephyrhills.
was that the governor's office was not telling us to ha tell him to open, but possibly in two weeks he could. But I think we still need to hear from the governor's office and let's not make that determination. Let the governor's office tell us When they can go back. And I'm sure they like the gentleman said, he's he's making plans for a reopening that'll be safe during this time. So with that I think I still think we need to wait on the governor's officers to tell us.
Well again, I think yeah, going back to is what I said before too. I'm again I'm not telling anybody we didn't have an order like you stated or Uh you know, the county didn't place an order. and some of these businesses will have to make that determination again like on their own and if they have their own council they can talk to their own council but we're not going out and policing um movie theaters are making that determination. So we've never we never said here that they had the clubs.
Yeah. Mr Mr. Chairman Mariano. Mr. Chairman
Mariano.
Uh one of one of the thing uh I went through EOC through Andy Fossa and he went to the governor's office and the word came back that They they actually couldn't open right now, but I I told 'em they should be getting a plan and they possibly could be opening in within two weeks. But I think we still need to be waiting on the governor's office to say whether they can open or not, not us. Thank you.
Thank you, sir. Commissioner Mariano?