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Posted on 08/31/2020 7:27:14 AM PDT by lightman
There are a lot of empty tables inside restaurants in Philly due to the orders of Mayor Jim Kenney, who nevertheless enjoyed indoor dining this weekend in Maryland.
The Maryland restaurant is owned by the mayor’s friend; but Pa. chefs fume that the mayor is a job-killing hypocrite.
Chefs and restaurant owners in Philadelphia are sizzling hot over a photo showing Mayor Jim Kenney, who banned indoor dining in Philly due to COVID-19, enjoying an indoor restaurant meal in Maryland.
6ABC in Philadelphia reports the mayor’s office confirmed that he went to a friend’s restaurant in Maryland on Sunday.
This picture of the mayor enjoying his meal indoor has since gone viral because Kenney has staunchly stood by his decision to not allow restaurants in the city to open for indoor dining, according to 6ABC:
Photo of Philadelphia mayor dining indoors in Maryland sparks criticismhttps://t.co/tqr08Kd0cU — Action News on 6abc (@6abc) August 31, 2020
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Philadelphia restaurateur Marc Vetri is among the chefs who have skewered the mayor for shutting down indoor dining in Philly. Now he and others in the food biz are roasting Kenney for his apparent double-standard while dining inside in Maryland.
6ABC quotes Vetri’s peppery post on Instagram as saying:
“Hi @phillymayor !!! Glad you’re enjoying indoor dining with no social distancing or mask-wearing in Maryland tonight while restaurants here in Philly close, suffer and fight for every nickel just to survive. I guess all your press briefings and your narrative of unsafe indoor dining don’t apply to you. Thank you for clearing it all up for us tonight.”
For its part, the mayor’s office tried to explain why Kenney surfaced inside that Maryland restaurant, something still against the rules in Philly, with this statement as reported by 6ABC:
“The mayor went to Maryland earlier today to patronize a restaurant owned by a friend of his. For what it’s worth, he also went to Rouge to enjoy outdoor dining in Philly on the way home. He looks forward to expanding indoor dining locally next week. Throughout the pandemic the Mayor has consistently deferred to the guidance of the Health Commissioner, who in this case felt strongly about waiting until Sept. 8 to resume indoor dining. If elected officials at the federal level had similarly deferred to health experts over the past five months, this might not even be an issue by now. Of course we understand the frustrations of local restaurant owners who have been among the hardest hit by the pandemic. But there are 782 total cases in the county the mayor briefly visited, compared to over 33,000 cases in Philadelphia. Drastically different circumstances.”
That's "F" in "Hypocrite"
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Rules for THEE, but not for ME.
Same thing witch Whitmer was caught doing.....enjoying alfresco dining....while she blocked the plebs from doing same.
Where’s the outrage, by these tyrant’s constituents??
I guess Orwell was right, some animals are more equal than others.
As if the Philly Mayor cares what anyone says or thinks about him...
Rachel Levine engaged in hypocrisy that actually cost thousands of lives, and has yet to pay a price.
Just sayin’.
That’s the same idiot who did a happy dance when Philthy was allowed to be a sanctuary city by some corrupt deep state judge.
Don’t think for a minute that wasn’t with the full approval and blessing of Tommie The Commie Wolf.
It’s pitchfork time. These office holders really do think we work for them and not the other way around.
Typical elitist scum.
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It is the word up back alley’s that the Mayor went to Maryland to have a sitdown indoor restaurant meal as a fact finding mission. the objective was to learn some tips to be used to allow his local eateries to re open /s
Could be cake, he’ll let them. Could be shit, as if he cares.
There is no “F” in chocolate...
A local restaurant, since closed, has a sign on the door reading, “The Sheriff has been checking here periodically to ensure we are social distancing and wearing masks in an effort to shut us down.”
At least two long time landmark restaurants where I have tried to eat have permanently closed their doors.
You misspelled 'murder'
It was clearly what is legally called a "depraved heart" Murder.
Nothing.
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