Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks during the 2020 Democratic National
Convention (Video screenshot)
By Jake Dima
Daily Caller News Foundation
Hundreds of restaurants banded together to push back against
Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s recent coronavirus
mandates, Fox Business reported Monday.
Joe Vicari, president of the Joe Vicari Restaurant Group in a
Monday appearance said a total of 400 eateries in the state have
joined the push against
Whitmer’s lockdowns,
Fox reported. Michigan is nearing the end of a three-week pause
that shuttered
indoor dining and bar service, but the governor has indicated a
willingness to re-extend the restrictions that end on Tuesday,
according to
Bridge Michigan.
“I called my restaurant groups in southeastern Michigan to
band together,” Vicari told Fox’s Stuart Varney. “We had
about 400 restaurants come together.We’re standing united. We
want to get to a solution with the governor to reopen
restaurants.”
The group, which has been conducting meetings through Skype,
initially tried to outright resist the
lockdowns by keeping their doors open, but authorities quickly
threatened to close them down, Rosalie Vicari, a co-owner of the
restaurant group, told Varney.
“We learned very quickly it’s hard to fight City Hall,”
she said. “When you work in an industry that is controlled by
licenses, a food license and a liquor license that the state holds,
you don’t have a lot of say.”
“We, as restaurateurs, feel very confident that we’ve been
following the protocols that have been established by the governor
to make our restaurants safe,” she continued.
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