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A lot of people, especially the solo entrepreneurs, the photographers, the bakers, the videographers, the DJs, a lot of them still, to this day, cannot get unemployment. So they're running on nothing. They're having to go work for Amazon. They're having to go work for Target. They're having to do what they can do to survive.

I've been so lucky to keep my job, as the oldest Texas-based professional fireworks company weddings are keeping us afloat right now.

Currently the Texas mandate states, indoor events are limited to 50% of the occupancy for the venue. So that means if a hotel ballroom would normally hold 600 people, then they can have an indoor event with 300 people.

However, outdoors, the event is limited to only 10 people and that's 10 people on the property period, not 10 people in each group.There are a few exceptions like religious events, weddings —a rodeo.

We have a lot of venues saying, well, we don't have to follow any of these mandates because we serve weddings and weddings are a religious event. The masks are off and there's no social distancing.

Unfortunately it's become a political issue. It really kind of depends on which side you're on and it shouldn't be like that but that’s how it is.

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Peter Scharff
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A lot of people, especially the solo entrepreneurs, the photographers, the bakers, the videographers, the DJs, a lot of them still, to this day, cannot get unemployment. So they're running on nothing. They're having to go work for Amazon. They're having to go work for Target. They're having to do what they can do to survive.<br /> <br /> I've been so lucky to keep my job, as the oldest Texas-based professional fireworks company weddings are keeping us afloat right now.<br /> <br /> Currently the Texas mandate states, indoor events are limited to 50% of the occupancy for the venue. So that means if a hotel ballroom would normally hold 600 people, then they can have an indoor event with 300 people.<br /> <br /> However, outdoors, the event is limited to only 10 people and that's 10 people on the property period, not 10 people in each group.There are a few exceptions like religious events, weddings —a rodeo. <br /> <br /> We have a lot of venues saying, well, we don't have to follow any of these mandates because we serve weddings and weddings are a religious event. The masks are off and there's no social distancing.<br /> <br /> Unfortunately it's become a political issue. It really kind of depends on which side you're on and it shouldn't be like that but that’s how it is.