Posted on 05/15/2020 1:30:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
On Wednesday the Monterey County District Attorney's Office filed criminal charges against the owner of the Tuck Box restaurant in Carmel for defying California's stay-at -home-order.
Tuck Box owner Jeffrey LeTowt said he has no plans to close his business and on Thursday he was still seating and serving guests.
Advertisement "I'm still going to stay open, if you want to send a SWAT team and come and cuff me, come on and do it," said LeTowt.
LeTowt closed his doors when Monterey County issued its shelte-in-place-order in March. He estimates he lost about $60,000 in revenue following the order.
The SIP was scheduled to expire the first week of May but was instead revised and that is when LeTowt decided to reopen. Starting on May 3 the Tuck Box let patrons dine-in, which is still prohibited under the state and county orders in Carmel.
"My constitutional rights are being violated, first and fifth, I don't know, I shouldn't have to suffer financial hardship because of this," said LeTowt.
LeTowt said he was unable to pay the rent for his restaurant or the mortgage and property taxes for his home because of his losses.
"You don't have the right to bankrupt me," said LeTowt.
Emily Hickock a deputy district attorney for Monterey County said if LeTowt refuses to close additional action will be taken.
"If we need to take additional action to secure compliance then we will do that," said Hickock.
LeTowt was cited not just for allowing customers to dine-in but for not spacing customers six feet apart and for not wearing face coverings when serving patrons. In total the three misdemeanor charges carry penalties of up to $3,000 in fines and or one and a half years in jail.
"It would be in the judge's discretion to come up with the penalty but that is a possibility," said Hickok.
LeTowt said authorities will have to arrest him because he is staying open.
“In total the three misdemeanor charges carry penalties of up to $3,000 in fines and or one and a half years in jail.”
And then a go fund me page will open up really fast for this man! I’m glad he’s taking a stand.
It won’t be long before the attorneys turn from Mesothelioma and Talcum Powder to ‘Rona Authority Abuse lawsuits. Watch for Lowell “The Hammer” Stanley to bring his big hammer to courthouses everywhere.
Lowell’s motto: “I am THE HAMMER, They are THE NAILS!”
https://www.theinjurylawyer.com/
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the song of angry men?
Americans are getting fed up. I hope they go to ballistic soon.
If they do in the DC area I’ll support them!!
I have yet to see one act of civil disobedience here in MA. It looks like our governor is going to keep us shut down indefinitely. Howie Carr referred to the state as Lastachusetts. It’s pretty sad when NY and NJ are further ahead of us. I know this state is filled with whiny liberals but the silence is deafening.
The mayor of Boston has pretty much told the residents that this is the way it’s going to be for the foreseeable future.
SUE THE BASTARDS
This article contains that info.
My husband has a friend who is a helicopter pilot and had a great story about Carmel. Someone on the 17-mile drive bought a big air conditioner and needed to have a crane come in and put it on the roof of his house. The neighbors and all sorts of people decided to bitch and complain and the city prohibited the crane from the street.
So the guy (very rich) hired hubby’s friend who brought in a Sky Crane helicopter on a Sunday and had him deliver the air conditioner. Made sure it took four hours to do it, too!
The FAA told the city to get lost when they complained.
Oh, and did I mention that I do not miss California? I’m glad they’re going broke!
How is food delivered in Carmel? There are no addresses, just house names. How do Police or Fire no where to go?
Monday May 18, we will start a 4 phase requirement for opening up all businesses, according to our RINO Gov. Charlie Baker.
This can go on and on.
Take a look at the small number of boats on moorings in the harbor.
The Marinas will fill up because the people have payed for the slips in advance.
The Marinas have been hit with stringent opppresive regulations making boating not very enjoyable. - Tom
Let me know how it is? Deli, do you mean Salumerai Luca? Is that place open.
I've never been to Tuck Box, but I've seen it. It's in that weird cottage building.
In Caliph-phony-a, it's not a right, it's the law. Right in our state Constitution, Article 6 7/8!
I mean that village grocery store across from Comerica Bank
Wanted to go to Portabella’s last week and would have been fine with takeout but, they are closed.
As is parking anywhere near the beach.
Stupid...
That is why we have not been to the peninsula lately. :(
We got a list of all the things we can’t do. There’s not much we CAN do.
The Harbormaster has informed us that they won’t even help with boats coming into their slips. He’s useless anyway and his presence won’t be missed.
Our boat doesn’t go in until the end of next week.
Nielsen Brothers?
‘No govt has the right to bankrupt any citizen.
The IRS has a rebuttal ...”
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So does :
The National Marine Fisheries Service.
The Bureau of Land Management
The EPA
The FBI
The list goes on...
That’s the one...
He is correct. They don't. But they damn sure are going to do it. They have the guns of the police Department and the Sheriff's Department to back them up. This has turned into a full scale war upon formerly law abiding Citizens. How the people fell for this hoax, I will never understand. But fall they did and now the price is being paid.
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