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Llona Geiger is among the hundreds of thousands of Floridians thrown out of work by the coronavirus.
Geiger retired in 2013, but continued to teach exercise classes at Tallahassee’s Senior Center on North Monroe Street. The classes stopped when the city went into lockdown last March, leaving her out of work.
Since then, she has been going round after round with the Department of Economic Opportunity s CONNECT unemployment system in an attempt to collect benefits.
Geiger has been trying to get a weekly payment she believes she s entitled to: I have a bundle of correspondence I sent them . but no response to any written material or assorted emails I sent on their (website).
Conor Norris, Edward Timmons: It shouldnât be illegal for Florida barbers to make house calls
It is an example of regulations that go too far when trying to protect consumer safety.
Florida has made great strides removing the unnecessary barriers to employment the last two years, but COVID-19 has exposed one missed areaârules preventing barbers from giving haircuts outside of their shops.
Last yearâsÂ
licensing reform bill contained a provision allowing cosmetology services to be performed outside of salons in Florida. Barbers, however, did not have that option.
Sen.
Linda Stewart and Rep.
Daisy Morales have recognized this inconsistency and proposed a bill that allows barbers to make house calls. Currently, barbers can give haircuts outside their shop for clientele with limited mobility.Â
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Rob Jensen, a 53-year Danish Brotherhood member, organizes the event. He took over when long-time bingo organizer Keith Koegler had to step down due to health reasons.
“My dad joined the Brotherhood in 1930. I promised him that I’d keep it going,” Jensen told the Ludington Daily News.
The Danish Brotherhood purchased the Hall in 1895. It was previously a Methodist church.
“We started bingo through the state in 1973, but as far as bingo goes, we’ve had it here for 60 or 70 years,” Jensen said. “Before the state organized it, they used to do it for canned food and stuff like that.”