Posted on 05/15/2020 1:33:58 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A member of the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office said the Salinas store was warned they were in violation of CALIFORNIA BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE 17200
The Monterey County District Attorney's Office is putting another Central Coast business on notice for potentially violating the county's shelter-in-place order. The DA's office warned Hobby Lobby in Salinas that they were in violation of California Business and Professions Code 17200:
"As used in this chapter, unfair competition shall mean and include any unlawful, unfair or fraudulent business act or practice and unfair, deceptive, untrue or misleading advertising."
A representative of the DA's office said this is a civil violation and not a criminal statute.
One customer who was inside the store at the time said the manager told them to they could not sell them non-essential items.
"Unless customers were buying masks or fabric for PPE then they'd have to leave their purchases," Angela Aguilar said referring to items that had not yet been purchased. "I was saying I'll buy a piece of fabric if I have to just let me get my items and they said, 'No that's not the point.'"
One KSBW viewer sent in an email they received from the Monterey County DA's office saying they would investigate the store after they complained about potential violations.
The DA's office said they are not out looking to prosecute businesses, but they are following up on complaints of improper practices.
Hobby Lobby has not yet responded to our request for comment.
I posted it at 1:33 PM PDT.
They update is at 2:08 PM PDT.
So, when I posted, that new version wasn't there. Ans same with the commenters. We did not see the update before it existed.
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Conservatism is not dying. Freedom is dying.
Yo are right. I foolishly used to think they were the same thing. I have learned it is not!
I got over 400 and I am not keeping it 24/7 and I didn’t start until about three weeks ago. 6 weeks ago, it was well over half the people here on FR that supported this non-sense. If I had started my list then and went through every post, I am sure it would be in the high thousands!
A younger relative feels that a lot of the negative people on FR and other so called conservative sites are preparing their online resumes to become Covid-19 field checkers, after they defeat Trump in Nov.
Then they sure ain’t conservative.
“Then, they sure ain’t conservative.”
Their posts become clearer re that reality everyday.
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