Post by robeiae on Mar 21, 2021 8:37:01 GMT -5
The owner of a small restaurant in Michigan--Marlena's Bistro and Pizzeria--is in jail because of continually defying State Covid rules:
From what I've read, the restaurant has continuously violated various orders, even ones that required it to close. And the owner and her supporters appear to be borderline "sovereign citizens":
Lol, I'm a constitutional lawyer, too...
I mean, that site is a laugh riot. I could go on and on and on.
All that said, I don't like the idea of jailing people who don't follow Covid rules. Yet, this is a restaurant, and there have to be standards for food services. It looks like the owner has been ignoring these across the board. The people eating in her place--and now supporting her to the hilt--aren't being smart, at all.
A 55-year-old Holland restaurant owner operating in defiance of a court-ordered closure and the state's COVID-19 restrictions, including Michigan's mask mandate, will remain in an Ingham County jail for up to 93 days.
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Assistant Attorney General Eileen Whipple told Ingham County Circuit Judge Wanda Stokes earlier this month that the restaurant would not allow inspectors on site and would not comply with social distancing or state mask mandates.
Pavlos-Hackney, arrested shortly before 6 a.m. Friday during a traffic stop in Ottawa County, will remain in jail until the state is assured her restaurant is closed down and she pays $7,500, Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said during a raucous Friday court hearing.
"We’re in the midst of a pandemic," Aquilina said. "You have selfishly not followed the orders. You’ve not followed them for your own financial gain and apparently for the publicity that comes with it.”
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Assistant Attorney General Eileen Whipple told Ingham County Circuit Judge Wanda Stokes earlier this month that the restaurant would not allow inspectors on site and would not comply with social distancing or state mask mandates.
Pavlos-Hackney, arrested shortly before 6 a.m. Friday during a traffic stop in Ottawa County, will remain in jail until the state is assured her restaurant is closed down and she pays $7,500, Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said during a raucous Friday court hearing.
"We’re in the midst of a pandemic," Aquilina said. "You have selfishly not followed the orders. You’ve not followed them for your own financial gain and apparently for the publicity that comes with it.”
During Friday's hearing, Aquilina also ordered a man attempting to represent Pavlos-Hackney as "assistance of counsel" to be arrested for contempt of court because he allegedly had represented himself as a lawyer when he was not licensed to practice. Richard Martin, who described himself as a constitutional lawyer and is the founder of the Constitutional Law Group, was ordered to serve 93 days in jail.
Aquilina threatened supporters in the courtroom with contempt of court when they made noise during the court hearing. The judge gaveled down Pavlos-Hackney when the restaurant owner tried to interrupt the judge.
Aquilina threatened supporters in the courtroom with contempt of court when they made noise during the court hearing. The judge gaveled down Pavlos-Hackney when the restaurant owner tried to interrupt the judge.
I mean, that site is a laugh riot. I could go on and on and on.
All that said, I don't like the idea of jailing people who don't follow Covid rules. Yet, this is a restaurant, and there have to be standards for food services. It looks like the owner has been ignoring these across the board. The people eating in her place--and now supporting her to the hilt--aren't being smart, at all.
