A bar owner in Texas has defied state coronavirus rules to shut down her business, instead staying open and challenging the state’s authority to enact such an order.
The freedom fighter is standing her ground in the East Texas town of New Caney, north of Houston, where she’s defended Bokeeters Bar against the Texas Alcohol and Beverage Commission’s attempts to shut her down. …
Refusing to let the state endanger the welfare of her staff, Young decided to stay open in defiance of the order, erecting a sign announcing, “We Refuse to Shut Down,” in front of her business.
Following the move, TABC filed a 30-day suspension of her license to sell alcohol.
When agents last month attempted to have Young sign a form acknowledging a 60-day suspension, she refused, turned them away and uploaded the footage to YouTube.
“No, I’m not signing anything,” Young told the agents. “Y’all are making fools out of yourselves, that’s what’s happening here.”
Love it! Talk about speaking truth to power!
Meanwhile, trust the State to exploit every circumstance to enrich itself:
Currently, bars are allowed to operate so long as they have a food vendor on site, after which they can apply for a $776 restaurant application fee.
“According to the TABC, about 660 Texas bars each paid a $776 application fee to get reclassified as a restaurant. The state received more than $500,000 in the process,” reports KHOU.
But our heroine
says she’s not paying the extortion fee, and has instead gathered other business owners to join her in a class action lawsuit against the TABC and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
YEE HAW!!!!!
“I’m not paying TABC one red cent,” Young declared. “I’m not understanding the switching (permits) to food, because I really don’t believe coronavirus can tell the difference whether you’ve got chips and salsa or just a pint of beer.”
I bet Bill Martin, who sent me this story, laughed as hard at her wit as I did!
6:24 pm on September 17, 2020
