Posted on 09/25/2020 8:57:25 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Oh no...is people gonna die? /s
No fine print necessary. They mean that no ordinance can forbid a restaurant to operate ABOVE 50% capacity.
What they are suggesting is that there is an ordinance somewhere that requires customers to line up outside of the restaurant until enough accumulate to fill the restaurant over 50%. Which, of course, doesn’t make any sense, at all.
I just went to a joint military base and they could care less about any of this crap.
They really did want a background check though.
Not a damn one of anybody was taking temps or wearing a stupid mask. It was good to see.
Took a good 30 minutes for this old vet to get cleared but it was a fine feeling that the military is “off limits” for BS from the left.
Could NOT care less
Could NOT care less
COULD NOT CARE LESS
Words mean things, and when you misuse words and ignore what they mean, your words and those of others become simple ape grunts.
If you want to be that lazy and miss the word NOT, then at least add the phrase "But not much", and all will be well with the grammar libertarian wing of FR.
DeSantis/Noem 2024
Private business can forbid, but we can refuse to shop at their store too.
Yep.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU’!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That drives me absolutely nuts when people say that they *could care less* when they mean that they could NOT care any less than they already do!
God bless you and I am stealing that, thankyouverymuch.
“Took a good 30 minutes for this old vet to get cleared “
When I was active duty Navy I went to Kessler A.F. Base to see my retired Army father in the base hospital. I did not have any base sticker on my car because I did not work on a base. It took me about 30 minutes to get a visitor’s vehicle pass. When I got to my father’s room all of my non-military family was already there. I asked them how they got on base. Everyone of them said they told the gate guard they were going to visit their father in the hospital and they guard waved them right in.
“Keep in mind that private businesses can still require face coverings.”
Exe. Order: “No COVID Fines or Penalties may be applied toward any individual or business operating in the State of Florida.”
It looks like maybe they can require, but there’d be no teeth in it. No fines if relating to Covid. A business would have to prove it required masks pre-Covid in order to get away with it, is how I read it. If they didn’t require masks before, but do now, then it would be considered a “COVID Fine or Penalty”.
The Karens are freaking out on social media - calling him “DeathSantis” and threatening all sorts of reprisals for forcing them to live in such a scary world. It’s going to be be a long road back to maturity and sanity.
Indeed. Great graphic. People will still screw that particular phrase up though.
You might be interested in this: Word Crimes
Love weird Al
YES! A governor with some courage! Are you listening Abbott?
This may be what wakes Abbott up from his slumber.
No. Businesses would not have to prove anything. It simply means their requirement would not have the force of any anti-mask law and associated fines behind it. The store could though press trespassing charges if a person was asked to leave and they refused. The store policy also would have to comply with ADA re:reasonable accommodations for people unable to wear a mask due to health problems.
The EO does 3 things. It prohibits local governments from preventing a person from operating a business or working.
It stops local governments from mandating that restaurants and such operate at less than 50% capacity. It also mandates that should a local government show just cause should they mandate that such establishments operate at less than 100% capacity.
It then removes all fines and penalties being levied against individuals for violations of any anti-covid measures by local governments.
It is important to note the EO deals only with what anti covid measures and fines local governments mandate regarding an individual, and food service establishments.
The local government may still have anti-covid measures and penalties for same with the exceptions outlined above. For example a movie theatre could still be fined for going over an occupancy limit set by local anti-covid ordinance. A bar (not owned by an individual) could be shutdown if they flouted a local mask ordinance.
Errata, This corrects my previous post. Please note I have removed the first paragraph as the EO does not read: ““No COVID Fines or Penalties may be applied toward any individual or business operating in the State of Florida.”
The EO does 3 things. It prohibits local governments from preventing any individual from operating a business or working.
It stops local governments from having an anti-covid measure mandating that restaurants and such operate at less than 50% capacity. It also orders that a local government show the economic impact and public health reasons should they mandate such establishments operate at less than 100% capacity as part of their anti-covid measures.
It then removes all fines and penalties being levied against individuals for violations of any anti-covid measures by local governments.
It is important to note the EO deals only with the anti covid measures and associated fines local governments mandate regarding an individual. It also deal only with capacity limits set on food service establishments.
The local government may still have anti-covid measures and penalties for same with the exceptions outlined above. For example a movie theatre could still be fined for going over an occupancy limit set by local anti-covid ordinance. A bar (not owned by an individual) could be shutdown if they flouted a local mask ordinance. A restaurant could still be limited to 75% capacity provided the local government could “quantify” the economic impact and explain how it would protect public health.
The one thing that is not clear to me is the EO in regards to local governments limiting food service establishments to less than 100% capacity. As a condition of doing this the local government is required to “quantify the economic impact of EACH limitation or requirement...and explain why EACH limitation or requirement is necessary for public health. Since the only anti-covid measure outlined in the EO for restaurants is the occupancy limit I don’t know what requirements it refers to. It might mean that if local mandates require that in order to operate at full capacity a restaurant must arrange seating so that a distance of 6ft can be maintained between tables that both the limit itself and any measures associated with that limit be justified per the EO.
Hopefully, Abbott can follow DeSantis’ great lead.
Way past time for Texas to be FULLY opened up.
Bttt.
5.56mm
Definitely a lot to think about. I’m sure the kinks will work out over time.
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