Gallery of COVID-19 Images & Cartoons

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Gallery of John Mack’s COVID-19 Images & Cartoons
Gallery of COVID-19
Images & Cartoons
A selection of images created by John Mack that help tell the story
of COVID-19’s impact on Newtown Township

IMPACT ON
LOCAL
BUSINESSES
IMPACT ON
LOCAL
BUSINESSES

The COVID-19 Domino Effect
“Extraordinary times call for extra-
ordinary measures.” These are indeed
extraordinary times with many
businesses forced to close and millions
of people out of work due the measures
necessary to contain the Coronavirus
pandemic. And municipalities like
Newtown Township that depend upon
business and job related taxes (e.g.,
Earned Income Tax or EIT) face financial
difficulties if the shutdown continues
much longer and people do get their
jobs back.
More...
https://bit.ly/COVID19DominoEffect

COVID-19 versus Factory Donuts
As reported in Newtown Patch on April
17, 2020, Factory Donuts, a made-to-
order donut shop with a location in
Newtown, closed its Doylestown store
mere months after its debut.
Although it wasn’t mentioned in the
original Patch story, this has to be the
result of the current COVID-19 downturn
in business. Many more local businesses
may suffer the same fate before this is
over.
More...
http://sco.lt/5LtDyS

#SupportLocalBusiness
I am maintaining a list of local restaurants/eateries that are doing business during
DOVID-19. The list includes hours of operation, phone and website info, notes for
customers, and comments from patrons. https://bit.ly/OpenRestuarantsCOVID19

#SupportLocalBusiness
Newtown Area Restaurant BINGO! Working Together with Residents, Local Businesses Can
Survive #COVID19 #SupportLocalBusiness http://sco.lt/7mSgj2

IMPACT ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
FINANCES
IMPACT ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
FINANCES

COVID-19 Invades Newtown Township
“It is anticipated that Newtown will see a drastic decrease in Earned Income Tax revenue
(1 percent tax levied on income),” said Township Manager Micah Lewis, “which is the
primary source of revenue in the budget. Additionally, it is anticipated that Real Estate
Transfer Tax, building and life safety permit revenue, and Park & Recreation revenue will
be drastically decreased,” he said.” http://sco.lt/6pNxLM

Impact of COVID-19 on EIT
Following the state-ordered closure of
businesses to stem the tide of the
coronavirus, a record number of
Pennsylvanians have filed new
unemployment claims.
Given that many Newtown Township
residents and non-residents who work in
Newtown may be laid off for weeks, if not
months, it is likely that Newtown will take
a hit on Earned Income Tax (EIT) revenue
in 2020. Note that this revenue is 61% of
the total revenue projected for 2020.
More...
http://sco.lt/8s31Qu

2020 Road Program Falls Victim to
COVID-19
Newtown Township re-allocated 1 mill of real
estate tax revenue earmarked for road
repairs to the general fund.
This was in anticipation of an Earned Income
Tax revenue shortfall due to the COVID-19
shutdown of local businesses. The 1 mill of
real estate tax revenue was slated to be used
to borrow money to repave more than 5
miles of roads in Newtown Township will now
be used to pay general operating expenses
such as salaries of township employees
including police officers, fire fighters,
administration staff, and public works
employees.
More...
https://bit.ly/2020roadprogcut

The Fight to Aid Local Governments
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have different
views on how to aid state and local governments that are seeking up to $1 trillion for
coronavirus costs. Read “Local Governments Seek $1 TRILLION to Avert Layoffs Due to
#COVID19”; http://sco.lt/7D3GJU

IMPACT ON
RESIDENT
PARTICIPATION
IN LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
IMPACT ON
RESIDENT
PARTICIPATION
IN LOCAL
GOVERNMENT

Zoom Public Meetings
Newtown held its first-ever Zoom Board of Supervisors meeting on April 22, 2020. The public
could not participate directly and could only submit questions and comments via email before
and during the meeting. No comments were received. See the streaming video here:
https://bit.ly/1stZoomBOSmtg
The Planning Commission and Zoning
Hearing Board also held their first ever
Zoom “public” meetings.

April 2020 Was The Cruelest Month!
April 2020 was the cruelest month, for this Supervisor, breeding coronavirus out of the dead land, mixing
people and disease, causing dull days with no meetings.

Will Open Government Be a Casualty
of COVID-19?
Zoom meetings held by Newtown Township Supervisors are not truly “open” to the public.
Residents cannot participate via Zoom and can only submit questions & comments via email. Some
critical decisions were made via email without any public notification or participation at all.
http://sco.lt/4hCsbo

COVID-19: Black versus White
In Clamor to Reopen, Many Blacks Feel Their Safety is Ignored: http://sco.lt/8nF40e
People wait for distribution of masks & food in
Harlem. Nearly 1/3 who died from the coronavirus
in NYC are African American, even though they
make up only 14% of the population.
Armed protesters take part in rally on 30 April
at the Michigan state capitol in Lansing,
demanding the reopening of businesses shut
as an anti-coronavirus measure.

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