Posted on 01/15/2021 6:27:58 AM PST by george76
Atilis Gym co-owner Ian Smith has made a name for himself for standing up to New Jersey’s COVID-19 restrictions on businesses, despite Governor Phil Murphy’s repeated attempts to shut him down through citations, fines, arrests, having their business license stripped, and their doors locked and barricaded.
This week, Murphy escalated the fight.
“As of this morning, without warning, and without permission, and in the middle of litigation, Governor Murphy took it upon himself to empty our bank account entirely, to the tune of $165,000,” explained Smith on a video posted to social media.
He said it still wouldn’t stop him.
“We will continue to fight this fight because we know, based upon what is outlined in the Constitution, that when we get to the right courts and in front of a judge who respects the Constitution, we will win this case,” he continued. “And we will make sure that no governor, or no government official, will ever wield these powers ever again."
Smith then detailed the legal battles they’re fighting.
“We are now in our eighth-month of a very nasty, long and drawn out legal battle against Governor Philip Murphy and Judith Persichilli at the Health Department here in New Jersey,” he said. “We also have ongoing litigation against the eighty municipal and criminal charges against us; ongoing litigation in the case of the revocation of our business license without due process; and the unconstitutional health department shut-down that was placed upon us in the first place.”
The business faces a fine of $15,497.76 each day it stays open.
In December, Smith said the only time Murphy will be successful in stopping him is when he's dead.
Okay, Thanks!........................
There are accountants and lawyers who would tell you how to work around this kind of sh!t.
Take their $$$ and they can’t hire any lawyers. How communist of NJ !!!
Same thing was done out in Oregon maybe 7 years ago to the owners of a bakery that wouldn’t make a lesbian wedding cake. Family with four children. State shut down the woman's bakery, confiscated their money, husband lost his job and was since working as a garbageman.
And if you citizen #92443 stop paying your i.r.s. taxes, almighty big govt will just steal them from your accounts and lock you out of your assets.
and one wonders why bitcoin is thriving
It’s not. But legality does not matter to Rats. And they wonder why our side raided the Capitol.
It is simply not smart to be in this position and leave your assets vulnerable like that. Just asking for trouble. Form a shell company, a legally separate entity and move your funds.
As Casey Stengel famously said “Doesn’t anyone know how to play this game?”
We care enough to do some serious bitching online.
Typing is caring. /s
Should have seen this coming and moved the money earlier.
THis is very worrisome. If the state can seize the assets of this business owner how safe are the rest of us? Argueably, the state had no lawful right to close down the gym in the first place, and now, gyms are all open, so the punishment seems to be merely revenge for defying the NJ governor and his henchman AG.
Does anybody know how an American can put some of their (legally earned) savings into a european bank account from the US? We can’t travel there an open an account.
This is why we must have a fiat and printed currency. If we all go electric only, government can do this to all of us at any time.
JoMa
And, the money was in that about for what reason?
Poor self-defense planning on the gym’s part. They should’ve seen this coming.
Only two things I can do on a regular basis; Vote for conservatives and not RINO's, and send money to campaigns for true conservatives. No money to RNC, ever, too many RINIO's are reaping the rewards, like Cheney, or in the past Paul ryan, etc.
No voice, no vote, no law, no justice.
If the gym owner kept his currency in the form of Bitcoin rather than in US dollars, he’d still have his money.
Prediction: Biden and company will ban Bitcoin under the auspices of “Domestic Terrorism.”
Most likely, outstanding fines were turned into a judgment and the judgment was used to take the assets.
“Why did he have $165,000 in his bank account in the first place? He has been a target for months...”
Not everyone has the right Soprano State lawyer to advise properly on this.
The Soprano State is acting more thuggishly and the poor owners have been taken off guard.
It will be an election issue though this year without a doubt. Small business people will identify with this illicit action.
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Hey Phil, didnt you get the memo? Biden will be sworn in 20th. NY and Chicago are opening up. It is time to take your boot off their necks.
Bingo!
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