..”If the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them.”.. ~Sam Adams
The power of government comes from the people; or as we say in the U.S. “from the consent of the governed.” When people lead, the politicians are forced to follow. Without implied consent the municipal or state government has no power. None.
The power of the local, regional or state authority comes from the expressed consent of the people. As soon as the majority of people deny that consent, those officials and state authoritarians lose all of their power. Yes, it really is that simple. WATCH:
Those who construct the systems of control need to weaponize fear. Fear of arrest; fear of losing a business; fear of losing liberty or financial security. Local, regional and state officials rely on fear. As soon as We The People are no longer fearful, the control ends.
The overwhelming majority of dictates around COVID-19 mitigation are not laws. There was no debate; no input from representative government; and no option for the public to weigh-in on the decisions.
All unilateral rules are arbitrary, and despite many proclamations to the contrary, they rely upon voluntary compliance. As soon as citizens no longer voluntarily comply, the term of the rules has expired. Liberty is inherent. The removal of liberty requires consent.
If one person refuses to comply government can, and likely will, intervene. However, if tens of thousands rebuke these unconstitutional decrees, there isn’t a damn thing govt can do to stop it… and they know it. This is why some state governors are quickly starting to retract or modify their dictates.
A non-compliant snowball becomes an unstoppable freedom avalanche.
Local, regional and state officials know they can control the behavior of an individual. If one barber shop opens, the owner becomes a target. However, those officials also know they cannot control the behavior of the majority. If every barber shop and beauty salon in town opens… there is absolutely nothing the government can do about it.
If one restaurant and/or bar opens, the state can target the owner. But if every bar and restaurant in town opens; and if everyone ignores and dispatches the silly dictates of the local, regional or state officials; there isn’t a damned thing they can do about it.
The power of the local, regional or state authority comes from the expressed consent of the people. As soon as the majority of people deny that consent, those officials and state authoritarians lose all of their power.
Yes, it really is that simple.
Those who construct the systems of control need to weaponize fear. Fear of arrest; fear of losing a business; fear of losing liberty or financial security. Local, regional and state officials rely on fear. As soon as the people are no longer fearful, the control ends.
The overwhelming majority of dictates around COVID-19 mitigation are not laws. There was no debate; no input from representative government; and no option for the public to weigh-in on the decisions.
All unilateral rules are arbitrary, and despite many proclamations to the contrary, they rely upon voluntary compliance. As soon as citizens no longer voluntarily comply, the term of the rules has expired.
Liberty is inherent.
The removal of liberty requires consent.
This is The Solution: Do NOT Comply.
Will celebrities set up revolving bail for misdemeanants swept up in The Man’s dragnet?
Just do it………….put these idiotic policies in the rear view mirror all over the country, tell your local political hacks to go pound sand, buy a cop a meal and tell everyone else who is scared to wear a mask if they want to but buzz off…….we want to live our lives!
How cool my hometown is telling the Gov to shove it.
I’d love to see Gruesome Newsom stop by and see him surrounded by a small group from Pendleton next door to escort him out. We live on both coasts. Night and day differences between FL and CA. Maybe he has some whacko disease carried over by Auntie Nan.
It’s called political corruption, and yes, that family tree is rotten down to the roots.
Until there are public hangings the people can ignore fines. When the selfmade boss wants a hanging. hang them.
I live in Michigan. Never wear a mask into any store or reataurant, never did, never will.
I studied. Read the EO’s and the unconstitutional, unenforceable balsa they were constructed upon. When Whitmer’s joke EO’s were blown out, the health department slapped together a “mandate”. The AG won’t touch it. Law enforcement will not touch it, since no law or enforcement mechanism exists. They have publicly stated it. Loud and clear. Yet the sheep stay masked. Yet that’s Michigan.
If an establishment states one must wear a mask or leave, I totally respect that stance from a legal perspective. It is there right to do so and I DO NOT make a stink. I say no problem, understand, then leave. But they never do that anymore.
CVS Home Depot every grocery store etc have an army of smart lawyers that draft clearly on their website if you have a medical condition by all means don’t wear a mask. And they mean it. They cannot by law ask about said condition. The lawyers do not want the employees getting mixed up in it. I’m treated like royalty by every employee. Very friendly. It’s surreal. I think they love what I’m doing, quite frankly.
Try it. My dream is to get arrested. In MI that’s called malicious prosecution, a big deal here, police know that charge equates to a large out of court settlement. My buddy is way high up in a law enforcement agency, he knows, he’s been vocally the media he ain’t touching this crap. From day 1. But nobody I know even bothers to study any of what I outlined. Except my kids. They roll the same way.
I don’t wear a mask either. I’ve only been accosted about it a few times. When they tell me I have to wear one I usually either ignore them completely or just say, “No, I don’t think I will” and keep walking. I’ve never had anyone really press the issue. Kind of curious to see if anyone ever will and how far they’ll try to take it. I intend to take it pretty far.
I tried out a new one the other day. Guy told me I have to wear a mask so I looked at my non-existant wristwatch and said, “About a quarter to four” and kept walking.
Yes, that is a good tactic…I move my lips like talking to myself and they move on.
North Carolina is similar to Michigan…I do not wear a mask. Other than Trader Joe’s, I have never been accosted by an employee. Other customers here are more of a problem. I simply look ahead, continue shopping, I do not respond and I do not look at them…looking at them gives them an opening. My shopping experience has definitely changed and it is not pleasant anymore. But I no longer care. I simply cannot stand looking at robots with masks; to me, they are not human beings. Kind of sad, but I get the food I want and need to stay healthy and at this point that is all I desire.
The restaurant owners here are like abused spouses…if the Governor concedes some small point to them they gush about how happy they are that he is recognizing them. Why would I eat at those place; there are only one or two restaurants where normal people eat and if I want to eat out I eat there. Other than that, they can stew in their own stupidity.baa…baa…..little sheeples.
I’m amazed at the number of Cooper fans here in NC. Oh thank you Governor Cooper for keeping us safe…gimme a break.
Californians are, basically, weenies. No guts. No courage. Take these Texans as a comparison. There is NO comparison to Texas grit. My God!
I live in Texas and I will be going to church this morning, sans mask. The Methodist Church just a block away is still holding services outdoors with many in the good flock wearing masks. My church has been holding services indoors since July with no mask required. Our pastor is a freedom loving man of God. Unfortunately, he caught a bad case the China virus and today will be his first day back in the pulpit in a month. I can’t wait to hear the things God has shown him during his illness.
I do the same here in North Carolina, try to compel me to wear a mask and I’ll go somewhere else NP.
Yet the sheep stay masked. Yet that’s Michigan.
Same in Ohio. I don’t wear a mask anywhere (except the hospital and only there because they won’t treat me) and haven’t from day one of this madness. Until a couple of days ago the door dogs would offer a mask and I politely declined and that was it. Recently an old bat mouthed off about me and my wife should be wearing masks and I regret I totally lost my temper and teed off on her big time. I am ashamed and resolve not to do it again.
(In my defense I have been in and out of the hospital for a gynormous kidney stone and if you ever ever been there you know it is hell)
Side bar…yes, I know all about kidney stones. More pain than a woman in a long labor, as it affects the same bundles of nerves. Grown men will be on their hands and knees screaming as they crawl into the ER on hands and knees. Been there, seen that. My last ones required laser surgery to go up there and blast them to bits. Someone mouthing off to me in that condition, I would definitely use what reserves I have left to “tee off” on them.
Oh that laser blaster and how they get to the stone. OWEEEE!
A nurse once told me she had three children all natural birth and a kidney stone and she would birth all three kids again if it would keep her from having another stone.
I’ transistioning to vegitarian as the odds are 1/3 of getting additional stones and I’ve had 4 already….
malicious prosecution=democrat policy
I’m in Michigan as well. I read the scientific documentation and reviewed the data and spoke with doctors as far back as April 1 and concluded that the reaction of most people was hysteria and the risk for most people was quite low. I never wear a mask and have been going to grocery stores and others regularly. Restaurants when they were open as well. Even the went to the movie theater a few times over the summer and early fall. In my area the local sheriffs and police have been clear from the beginning that they were not going to be enforcing “executive orders”. I have been disappointed that so few businesses and people pushed back on this nonsense. If in any area a large group of restaurants and bars had said “no” data, customers would have patronized them and government would have been stymied. Americans are week and cowed. They have forgotten true liberty.
Have you read this? It really puts it all in perspective.
https://mises.org/library/why-nazism-was-socialism-and-why-socialism-totalitarian
I ought to note that it helps a lot when the City and the County are behind you against the State Tyrant. After all, it’s the local PD and the county sheriff that apply the ‘mandates’… the State has little enforcing power -other than taxing to death.
Californians
So what?
You know, it really pisses me off when people try to be “cute” and just show their complete ignorance about my State.
Do you even know what county Carlsbad is? Do you even know where Carlsbad is?
You know… I hold Progressives to a very low bar.. after all most of them are “useful idiots”. But when supposedly conservatives act just as stupid, then it plays into the hands of the Fascists…. Please, GROW UP and learn.
I am born and bred Californian
conservative to the bone
Lived in Carlsbad for 15 years…
and I am sick and tired of stereotyping and generalizations
getting blamed for many things liberal…across the country.
nice to see your fiery outcry…however
you could skip the name calling and conclusion jumping
Robert B ~
frankly, i would not have managed so civil a tongue
major props and hat tip
Thank you for that Drogers
my tongue is bloody from the bite
It seems that Tony E has feelings similar to mine
he just shows his passion in a different way.
We are the land of Newsome, Pelosi, Schiff, Feinstein, Waters, Kamala and other high profile democrats. No point in getting upset about how people feel about CA, you are not going to change minds. Just hang out with other like minded folks and get on with it.
Will do, thank you
I’m in Orange County. This is NOT the land of Gruesome,. Pitosi, Pencil Neck, Mad Max, Cameltoe….
(1) The term “useful idiot” has a well known meaning. It does not imply calling some one an idiot.
(2) I drive out of the State every so often and I’m sick of people in other states seeing my California license plate and make “stupid” assumptions.
(3) The ignorance from people in the Right is counterproductitve, you see. It’s all about the “Divide and Conquer”. While the Left moves forward, we in the Right have to deal with such internecine stupidity. Everyone should understand that “as California goes so does the US” is proving to be a fact. So, it behooves for us to fix California. And people from other States should pitch in and help, not be “cute” and insult us.
I was stationed in CA back in the first term of Moonbeam (’70s). I worked with the Marines in CA during the last term of Moonbeam. I was last in CA in ’17. CA is a beautiful state with a lot of great people. Unfortunately, it is typical of most states, including my home state of Texas. The large population areas are almost all Democrat havens and overrule the sane members of the population. Luckily, we haven’t quite reached that point yet in Texas. It’s a shame to see what the “progressive” politicians have done to CA and are trying to do to Texas and others.
People here know the truth and they bristle because they don’t want to admit this state is done!
Time will tell,
admitting defeat is not in my immediate plans
Amen!!! Our side is always so quick to accept defeat. Isn’t there a saying “as California goes so goes the nation”? Perhaps CA will lead the nation back to sanity.
It wouldn’t bother me at all if i heard that the vehicles of enforcement personnel were immobilized in some fashion. Nothing violent. Nothing threatening. But if their vehicles couldn’t be driven… 🙂
OK, then. I posted this upstream on this thread:
“Well, we are observing Lent and it’s Friday. Wife and I are going to the Island Grille and Raw Bar tonight. It’s been open since I believe last May. Yup, it’s on an Island, and we are lucky to live on it. Gotta love Florida….”
So, my wife came home around 5:30 (we have to drive by the place) and told me – “..forget it, the parking lot is already full”. Now, that parking lot holds about 4 to 500 cars! But, there is also a brand new Marriott Suites there that opened during COVID in 2020, and have to take that into account. It was mostly empty during 2020 but now all the room lights are on….
Decided then that it was best to order takeout to avoid the wait and we did. Drove over to the front of the restaurant to pick up the food, and that place has rarely been that full. On top of that, a number of people were checking into the hotel. Plates from New Jersey and New York. Go figure! They were wearing masks before they got out of the car. And there was no one around them??
That’s my report from the Florida left coast.
I run into people wearing masks in the middle of the woods hiking..I guess the air is poisoned in NC.
My friend recently divorced his wife, who I never liked. She never held a job or did anything in he life but control my friend and make him miserable. Her FB page is loaded with pictures of her hiking all over the West, always with big, ornate masks on. Yes, outdoors, away from everything, but she is all masked up. Moron.
It proves the point that we will not be ruled.
That point really needs to be made right now
Our elected officials are feeling way too powerful
You’d never have convinced me the seeds of liberty would be sprouting in California, even SoCal. Bravo
This is my home town!!!!! Carlsbad is a lovely community and for too long, people have been too afraid of the government but they’ve finally had enough. Newsom is toast. He turned San Francisco into the shit hole it is today, and won’t stop until he does it to the whole state. I don’t know how on earth he was able to be elected as Governor (must have been those Dominion systems).
Last night I went out to eat with a friend. When we entered one restaurant (a national chain) they told us absolutely no indoor dining. So we said, no problem…………we’ll just go next door (seeeee ya). Had great Mexican food INDOOR and it was AWESOME! Felt completely safe and the wait staff & cooks (thrilled that we were willing to come) were so busy! If you’re ever in the area, check out Casa de Bandini (the have the absolute best home made tortillas).
The next battle for our citizens are opening up the schools & youth sports.People are p*ssed. I’m grateful that my family members with school aged children have their kids enrolled in Catholic school which has been in person learning since September (and no problems at all). The “soft” racism of the school boards & unions keeping children out of in person learning should cause these people to hang their heads in shame. I feel awful for these families. Their children are really being short changed by them. The unions keep moving the game posts……”We won’t go back until the teachers are vaccinated (even though they are lower risk than those 65 & older), to now “We won’t go back till all of the children are vaccinated (which is a ridiculous idea). They want to continue getting a paycheck and don’t want to go back at all. Believe me – I think there are some wonderful teachers in the public school system. But their union overlords are preventing them from putting their classes first.
We haven’t begun to fight.
That is too funny ! We were at Casa de Bandini two nights ago. NO MASKS, great food .
I live nearby. Definitely heading to Casa di Bandini.
Great post Mteresa! Your attitude alone will give others the strength to join the fight. God bless you.
I am such a d!ck, if I had been with you folks, I would have stuck my head in the first restaurant after dinner and told them how great a meal I had next door, served by people who were not sheep.
The restaurants that matter to us, and survived, in OC are opened partially -with limited in door occupancy.
Our public schools have been opened all this school year.
I sort of wish that people would recognize that the Teachers Unions are preventing reopening only in large Democrat districts.
The OC pretty much told Gruesom Loathsom where to stick it… ever since he tried to shut down our OC beaches last 4th. He hates us, but, as our OC commissioner recently said, “It’s OK, we hate him too”.
Carlsbad leads the way.
Yup – it sure does.
Believe it or not, San Diego County in general has been historically pretty conservative. Our county is “book-ended” by Camp Pendleton to the north & 32nd Street Naval Base and Coast Guard in San Diego to the south (and the ever famous “Top Gun” Marine Corps Air Station right smack dab in the middle of the county). It hurts when people disparage all of Californian. When you do so, you’re putting down a lot of military families who live here. Please think about that. Many of us do not agree with how the state is being run. I’ve lived here since the late 80’s and it has changed dramatically. This once beautiful place has almost become unlivable for families.
I have a business acquaintance who recently purchased a home for almost two million dollars and just found out that they have homeless people living in the bushes on the perimeter of their property. And God forbid if you try to do something about it………
Don’t say, just leave. It’s difficult with extended family here who are unwilling or unable to relocate.
One big positive you have is the BEST weather in the country. I also think Newsome will be kicked to the curb AND, Ric Grenell didn’t say no when Maria B. asked if he’ll run for governor.
From Ric’s lips to God’s ear. He would be an amazing Governor.
LIKE 100% agree and am in the situation with my entire family..
except it was the late 60’s when I got here from way up north in
Orange County
I’ve always wonder about La Migra’s checkpoint in San Onofre… it’s like we said “OK, you can have San Diego but leave The OC alone”… 😉
You know, The OC is not that far “north”…
The way to fix this is to get rid of ballot harvesting, period.
I always love how people from sh!tholes like the Chicagoland area urinate all over us Californians. I lived there for more than I wanted to, and they have no room to talk.
We’re torn between blowing off the place and moving to AZ. Except, that would be throwing the towel to all of those carpetbaggers from the East Coast and Canada that came here and destroyed our once gorgeous state. We used to have the best… weather, geology, politics and infrastructure.
Our weather, here Coastal OC, is almost as good as the weather at Pacific Beach and La Jolla. It gets cold at night up here. Currently when it drops under 55F i use a propane shop heater when I smoke my nightly cigar. Brrrrr….
To me, San Diego is stuck in the 70s, in a good way, like the house pool party in the movie Anchorman.
I’ve worked off an on down there, the traffic did get worse… but at one time I was working right across the freeway from Miramar. That was awesome, and LOUD. Those AWACs would make my car’s radar detector got bananas with bells, whistles and lights.
BTW, have you noticed that the landscape on the freeways in SD is different from OC and LA? Down there you got oleanders and a light pink tone to the concrete. Up here we have mostly unpainted, formed concrete and darker plants. I can tell I’m in a SD freeway but its looks.
Just say no more!
I have not complied with their unconstitutional edicts that constrain my liberty. I WILL NOT COMPLY!!!
If there isn’t a law, then the legitimacy of any emergency order has expired. Two weeks was the mantra at the outset. 12 months later, it’s never ending. That’s not temporary; that’s not emergency.
Second, if there is a law–which there isn’t–it has to be equitable. Even the executive orders have to be equitable; i.e., based in strict fact and previously existing regulatory rulemaking. For example, when the EO say X may be this but Y may not, there had better be rock solid justification for such an order; otherwise, it is purely arbitrary. Anyone who pays a penalty or suffers as a result of being cited for an infraction ought to be able to go to civil court and sue the executive and its enforcers for civil rights violations under color of law. Why? Because, such orders amount to mandatory and foreseeable disparate impact (visible to both the unlucky citizen who suffers injury for exercising his civil rights as well as to the orderer and enforcers…thus, it’s premeditated and malicious).
If an order said 6 ft separation, then so long as 6 ft separation is maintained, any business may continue. See how easy that is? The crux of the order says to follow specific guidance that is at least defensible as being rooted in (arguable) medical guidance. “Indoor dining is closed and state government is open; ma & pa shops are closed and mega stores are open”. That’s capricious. That’s the ultimate in civil rights violations, and the enforcement fear is what keeps people down. Therefore, it should be an attorney’s dream job to gather a handful of litigants and sue the sh&t out of local government officials and enforcers who say WORD ONE in enforcement of all of these edicts…anyone who acts as an agent of the state executive who issues these non-law, arbitrary orders should be given notice of being a defendant in civil litigation.
“Mr. Mayor, before you issued this order, who did you consult from the civil and mechanical engineering industry to get a professional opinion and report giving guidance as to the appropriate density of patrons for any establishment, based upon square footage, HVAC capacity, etc.? We would like to depose that engineering company and its responsible engineers. Oh, you didn’t consult? Why not? You decided not to place the responsibility on a licensed professional but instead appropriate that statutorily defined role and responsibility to yourself? Are you licensed? Are you insured?”
“Mr. Mayor, please describe in detail the method which you used to justify allowing Business/Department X to remain operational whereas Business/Department Y was ordered to cease operations. In detail, yes, please.”
There has to be a GOLD MINE of litigation buried in ALL OF THIS.
That’s what I think, too. I heard yesterday about a lawyer in Ohio who is bringing “regulatory takings” cases on behalf of businesses that had to close their doors.
Massive open carry might reduce the arbitrariness of some interventions…
In Minnesota you can’t conceal your identity and conceal carry at the same time.
Just tell them “I’m packin'” and they not only freak-out, they leave you alone.
In my town 2 restaurants closed. Heartbreaking. One restaurant, great place, feels like a hunting lodge inside, after awhile quietly said FU to the ‘mandates’ and stayed wide open, no distancing, no masks. Come and get us attitude….the goons never came. Just hordes of grateful enthusiastic customers….the parking lot is jammed every single night, placed incredible glass igloos on the patio. Never seen one before or since like it. Geodesic dome that sits 12. Chandelier hanging, heated, doesn’t fog. Book a week or two in advance to get one. Every restaurant could do it. No covid law exists. People are so weak in my state…so afraid. Of nothing. A sheriff can drive to the state capitol and arrest the health dept director for criminal charges issuing the fraudulent ‘mandate’. 100% true, complete cut and dry legal basis to do so.
That from our top constitutional lawyer, Katherine Henry, the soccer mom superstar attorney that shattered Whitmer’s sham orders in MI Supreme Court.
The aforementioned restaurant never abandoned their customers, employees, or the state Constitution.
I just love Mickey Mouse. The story put a smile on my face but Mikey mouse cracks me up every time.
Thank you Sundance.
Of all the horrid Democrat governors, Newscum may be the most horrid, and that’s really saying something.
Oh yeah? Oh yeah? I bet my governor has killed more than yours. (He lives in Albany….)
MAGA 2
You make a good point! Looks like we are probably third to be honest, when considering that Whitmer…
mass insurgence is the answer
In California the police and Governor Newsom let BLM and ANTIFA mobs riot, burn and loot without making a serious arrest yet you will them send the SS STORMTROOPERS after this Carlsbad restaurant owner!
This is GREAT! I live in S.D. County and it’s too unpleasant to eat outside this time of year regardless of the other regions of the country continuing to do so.
They go on Hawaiian vacations while locking people up and they go out to pretentious stuffy restaurants and wineries while shutting this country down. They are responsible and directly have their fingerprints all over the deaths and thousands and what law enforcement has gone after them ?
My family lives next door to Carlsbad, in Oceanside. Tomorrow we will dine out …without masks and revel in the American spirit!. My hair stylist in Fallbrook has not closed at all. They have a back door…kind of like the days of prohibition. Have operated as normal since the lock down. No one has come down with the Wuhan flu.
San Diego is full of patriots. Let’s not forget the family of this one:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ashli-babbitt-official-memorial
Still no name of the cop who MURDERED her.
i am just wonderin how far that $1B could go to help these small businesses, we all know that the CDC does NOT need advertising…media gives them a pass on spending anything to spread their ‘message’
I am not an anti-vaxxer. This is not a vaccine. Therefore, I am not taking it.
Has anyone told the muzzlers or the muzzle enforcers that viruses can enter the body through the eyes? When they discover that will they enforce eye coverings too?
The businesses are the ones enforcing these asinine Covid dictates. When they stop doing the government’s dirty work, this nonsense will end.
Those that govern only govern with the consent of the people. That consent is being removed.
The key is to do what the dems did with immigration law…sanctuary cities, counties, towns. Get with your local gov and have them declare the mandates unconstitutional and unenforceable. This will give the individuals the courage and legal cover to be free. Make the governor or the president make the decision to send in the troops. It won’t happen. It is how the dems destroyed the border. Learn from your enemies!
What we have is A government of politicians, by politicians and for politicians who are not at all interested in you.
I share information at CTH with my millennial kids. Many millennials are brainwashed but not all.
“Good for them!”
“Yeah not too long ago it was pretty cool to say F the man. It was punk rock. We need way more of that attitude.”
The consent of the governed is hereby withdrawn.
I’ve been to that place 3-4 times since lockdown. Amazing food and the tented parking lot actually provides more seating than before.
Thank you Sundance for posting this story. Stories like this give me hope that “We The People” can take back what is ours from a tyrannical government. These business owners didn’t even have to unleash a deadly virus on our government to take back what rightfully belongs to them. Praise God!
We ate in Carlsbad once last fall. At the time, indoor dining was still barely-permitted there by hopefully-soon-to-be-recalled Fuhrer (Gov.) Newsome, so we had a lovely view and meal on an upstairs patio. Newsome outlawed indoor dining throughout the state by executive fiat a couple of months later, but now seems to realize that may cost him his job, and rightfully so.
So happy to finally see liberty prevail over the insanity. Hopefully, this will show other restaurants the way to follow suit.
FEAR, yes FEAR! IMO, we have been driven – beaten on the head – with FEAR. I have two friends who are convinced (and convinced is a big word) that if they leave the house without a mask – even wearing one when they are driving in the car by themselves – they WILL DIE. There is nothing I can say to them to convince them otherwise, as in; masks are useless against this tiny tiny virus; it is a flu virus; the flu will not kill you; if you are worried, take Vit. D, zinc; look up info. about proven treatments (hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin). I must add that both of these people have the mainstream tv on all day (for company and, unwittingly, for brainwashing). I do not want to minimise the very real fear of huge fines and/or being arrested – another problem. But one person or business has to start and the others have to join in; that is it. Thank you for this article.
I’m just south of San Diego and I’ve been open for indoor dining since early December. The last straw for me was when I was told I could only do takeout. I can’t survive on takeout so I said screw it, I’m open for business and I don’t care what happens. I was served a cease & desist on New Year’s Eve and on the follow up a week later I was asked if I was going to comply. I said no and the the health inspector said he had no choice but to refer me to the DA for further action. I said fine, you do what you have to do and I’m going to do what I have to do. Been a month and a half and I haven’t heard anything.
God Bless you Sir for that attitude!
American Summer…coming to a Liberal State near you…
Good luck. When outside dining was shut down in California in December 2020, several restaurants in my home town (Claremont) also tried defying the order. “Citizens” reported them to the health department, which swooped in and threatened them with crippling fines and injunctions. They all caved — understandably. I give this little rebellion a week.
Love it! Congratulations Carlsbad. I hope my local city in Nevada can do the same. Enough is enough.
Wonder how long before the oathbreaking SWAT teams arrive.
Feb 28th is National Maskless Day. Let’s celebrate!
I live in Carlsbad. Very cool place. Just south of Oceanside, just north of Leucadia. You can likely, also, soon say goodbye to The Big Haircut whose policies have destroyed California from Huntington Beach to Oregon. He will be the second governor fired in this century. After we got rid of Gray Davis, we got the Governator. Don’t know who will take Newsom’s place.
I am so thrilled by and proud of Carlsbad’s restaurateurs. God bless their bravery for standing up!
I remember mentioning many, many months ago, for businesses not to close. Don’t wear masks. It is a sign of submission, and don’t social distance. I guess it is better late than never to go ahead and open. Good for them.