Ron DeSantis to bars and restaurants: Follow social distancing guidelines, or else

[Zorro]

Source: Tampa Bay Times

Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation Secretary Halsey Beshears threatened to pull the liquor licenses of "flagrant" violators of social distancing guidelines.

Florida bars and restaurants that violate the state’s social distancing guidelines now risk losing their liquor licenses.

That’s according to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who made the announcement at a news conference Tuesday in Orlando.

“If you go in and it’s just like mayhem, like dance party USA and it’s packed to the rafters, that’s just cut and dry. That’s not just an innocent mistake,” DeSantis said.

The governor said businesses that are clearly out of compliance with state rules can count on a visit from Department of Business and Professional Regulation Secretary Halsey Beshears, whom DeSantis called “the grim reaper for business licenses.”

Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/06/23/desantis-to-bars-and-restaurants-follow-social-distancing-guidelines-or-else/

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Nowww he's decided to do something...

[edhopper]

1. Hey Ron

check the barn door too.

[Canoe52]

17. Oops too late...what a bunch of idiots.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. That'll be the day.

Tough talk is cheap.

[Iliyah]

3. DeSantis is not serious . .

I mean after a few drinks who gives a "eff" about social distancing . . . .

[PSPS]

4. Even GOP cretins like DeSantis have to cave when the pile of dead bodies gets high enough.

Sadly, it means so much additional unnecessary suffering and death to overcome their devotion to their dear leader.

[stillcool]

5. He should hide under the desk..

all the money in the world will not save his sorry ass.

[blakstoneranger]

6. Like Father, Like Son

Too little, too late. The damage has been done.

[yaesu]

7. you cannot leave the law in the hands of joe blow bar owners who watch fox snooze. nt

[bedazzled]

8. Stop! Or I'll stay stop again

That makes me feel so much better

[patphil]

9. Ok, so the bar is set at dance party USA and packed to the rafters.

Compliance shouldn't be all that difficult.

[ancianita]

10. Masked, I walked into a FL bar-restaurant for a Father's Day dinner pickup on Sunday,

told the manager that there was no signage about social distancing, no staff with masks on and that it would be the last time I'd do business with them.

I was appropriate in serious tone, though I could have been construed as judgy.

As I walked out, people gave me dirty looks, and the unmasked manager walked out the door after me, angrily telling me that I am permanently banned from their place and that if I ever returned she'd call the cops.

GTFOH is what lots of people in Florida are like. So I wrote a bad review of them on Yelp, including the above details.

"Fuck you capitalism" works both ways.

[Mickju]

12. Good for you!

They should lose their license.

[ancianita]

14. I'm seriously thinking of notifying DeSantis' Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

13. Oh, noooo! Banned from that reckless craphole!

[ancianita]

15. Yah I'm heartbroken.

[getagrip_already]

11. Don't make me say PLEASE!!!! n/t

[turbinetree]

16. But, But but, you said we could go to the beach.....and now you want to quarantine visitors.........

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/488302-florida-governor-refuses-to-close-beaches-amid-covid-19-outbreak

https://americanindependent.com/ron-desantis-coronavirus-quarantine-visitors-florida-new-york-andrew-cuomo-nursing-homes-covid-19/