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"I reported that Sam Sanchez, the owner of this bar, said looting vandalized his downtown business in June and that suburban customers no longer visit his downtown locations; with tourism dead he described an 80-percent drop in sales since the pandemic began and told Fox that crime poses a larger threat to business than COVID-19. He has a reputation for supporting law enforcement (he wore a “Blue Lives Matter” shirt while addressing City Council) and said he avoided taking partisan bait." - Naomi Waxman