$500K Code Compliance Mandate Closes Rock Springs Coffee Shop, More Could Follow

CowboyStateDaily ^ | 10/21/23 | John Thompson

[Pilsner]

So no chairs

Heard a story one time about a Jewish drug store owner in the Deep South. When the civil rights movement started, he desegregated his lunch counter. The Chief of Police came around in person, to insist the owner comply with the ordinance requiring segregated seating at the lunch counter. The owner removed all of stools at the lunch counter, which put him in compliance, because there was no municipal ordinance requiring segregated standing areas.

The relator of the story, the owner’s son, said that removing the stools settled the issue both legally, and practically. His white patrons had no expectation of segregated standing areas, and they stood and ate next to blacks in equanimity.

[glennaro]

Would be helpful to include the state in the posting. Thanks!

[Bikkuri]

Would this be Rock Springs, Texas?
Population of 12 (slight /s).. (Maybe it has grown since the last time I was there a couple (or 3) decades ago.)

[SuperLuminal]

Follow the money trail on cases like this...
Politicians, of all stripes, love those gifts from potential vendors...

[fini]

"Bandits and rustlers are entitled to coffee while waiting for their embroidery to be finished, just like law abiding folks."

I found that when robbing stagecoaches, a little lace on my holster made my victims feel more at ease. More should try it.

[Mean Daddy]

Omaha has a regulation that restaurants that are sold have updated kitchens unless kept in the family. Dozens of restaurants have closed because new owners can’t afford the $$ to upgrade.