Posted on 06/09/2020 10:27:26 AM PDT by buckalfa
Gov. Roy Cooper ordered an Alamance County speedway that’s violated his executive orders against mass gatherings closed immediately, declaring the venue an imminent hazard.
In an order issued Monday night and obtained by The News & Observer, Cooper and Dr. Mandy Cohen said Ace Speedway could open again if it presents a plan to adhere to state guidelines and that plan is approved by the Department of Health and Human Services.
The speedway’s next scheduled night of racing is June 19.
The order said Ace Speedway must notify the public by 5 p.m. Tuesday that its upcoming race schedule and other events are canceled until June 22. The speedway’s website and Facebook page had not yet done so as of noon Tuesday.
An email sent by the N&O to Ace Speedway’s father and son owners, Robert and Jason Turner, for comment on the order was not answered Tuesday morning.
Amy Galey, chairwoman of the Alamance County Board of Commissioners, said in an email to the N&O she is leaving the issue up to Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson Johnson told the N&O in an interview last Friday that Cooper’s orders weren’t clear about why Ace couldn’t open to crowds larger than 25 while other outdoor events, such as churches and protests, are exempted from the mass gathering restrictions.
Johnson said he believed Cooper’s threats to Ace Speedway were political. He wondered why other speedways, such as 311 Speedway in Stokes County, are operating without Cooper threatening to shut them down.
“I assure you that I respect the Office of the Governor of North Carolina but I have serious reservations on the legality of his order,” Johnson wrote in a statement released Monday night.
Located in Altamahaw, near Elon, Ace Speedway held events on May 23 and 30 and June 6. All three times, there were thousands of people in attendance and all exceeded the 25 allowed at outdoor events under Cooper’s executive order that moved the state into Phase Two of his reopening plan on May 22.
Cooper called the events “reckless and dangerous” given the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.
“People shouldn’t run a money-making operation that puts in danger not only their customers but people who come in contact with their customers,” Cooper said during a Monday news conference. “This is a reckless decision being made by the owners, pulling people together in that way that can cause spread of the virus.”
The imminent hazard order is signed by Cohen, secretary of the state’s Department of Health and Human Services. In it, Ace Speedway’s events are considered “likely to cause an immediate threat to human life, an immediate threat of serious physical injury, an immediate threat of serious adverse health effects.”
Oh, well hell, yeah I did.
Grr - th elink is https://myfox8.com/news/ace-speedway-holds-protest-race-with-more-than-800-tickets-sold-despite-governors-rebuke/
NC is going bad real fast.
My state was lost a generation ago, but was hoping Americans could draw a line at the northern Virginia border. Just damn.
He finally crossed the red line. He’s been sneaky, but this will cost him.
The nc guv is a pathetic wannabe dictator loser. Go to the race...there is no LAW that says you can’t. What a pathetic putz. Who vote in such incredible nitwits?
If people can gather in mass to violently protest, then there is no justification for this. Ignore the order and make them use force.
Satan has these people feeling empowered.
REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER, VOTE EVERY DEMOCRAT OUT OF OFFICE. FROM DOG CATCHER TO FEDERAL SENATOR.
Then, after they're dead, they will vote Democrat.
Then the track owners can ask the sheriffs and Governor Cooper why they are shutting down a BLM protest.
And then they can get to racing.
So Ace Speedway needs to announce a “justice for peace” rally and go forward
How many people were just allowed to attend the memorial service for George Floyd in Raeford, NC? This story says hundreds.
Businesses still shut down in North Carolina need to start filing lawsuits (those who can afford it).
Just hold a mass protest in the stands and see if a race breaks out.
Is this rat up in the fall?
Another tinpot dictator speaks. He needs to be dragged out and arrested. If he resists, then he should becomes an object lesson to other dictators. We are not going to get our country back without forceful resistance to the fascists.
I can’t remember a time when Cooper hasn’t been an arsehole.
Run the race anyway. And bring your firearms. Who’s going to stop you?
Their response will be up your ace speedway gov.
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