Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ not only ordered a stop to local governments’ collecting fines from businesses cited for violating rules protecting against corona virus spreading.
TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
HE'SDEMANDING THEY STOP COLLECTINGFINES FROM BUSINESSES ANDPEOPLE FOUND VIOLATING RULESTO PROTECT AGAINST THE SPREADOR CORONA VIRUS.
CONTACT 5INVESTIGATOR DAVE BOHMAN ISHERE TO TELL US THOSE WHO PAIDFINES& MAY GET THEIR MONEYBACK-- DAVE.RIGHT NOW, LAWYERS FOR PALMBEACH COUNTY ARE REVIEWING THEGOVERNORHAPPENS TO THE FINES COLLECTEDFOR MASK MANDATE VIOLATIONSAND OTHER CITATIONS.
ONERESTAURANT OWNER WHO PAIDHUNDREDS IN FINES ISAPPLAUDING THE GOVERNORACTIONTHE OWNER OF THE ANCHOR BAR INLAKE WORTH SAYS PALM BEACHCOUNTY SHERIFFDEPUTIESFREQUENTLY PATROLLED BY THERESTAURANT THIS SPRING.“THEYCAME OUT HERE JUST TO KIND OFSEE WHAT WAS GOING ON, ANDKIND OF SEE, WERE THERE LAWSBEING BROKEN, SO TO SPEAK”DEPUTIES THOUGHT THERE WERE.THEY CITED THE ANCHOR BAR FOR13 VIOLATIONS&.INCLUDINGHAVING TOO MANY PEOPLE AT ATIME& CAPACITY WAS RESTRICTED.“IT WAS $600-$700 IN FINES.HONESTLY ITMONEY.
ITOF MONEY BUT ITMONEY” BUT ROB DECLCORIO ANDDOZENS OF OTHER BUSINESSOWNERS MAY GET THEIR MONEYBACK.
THE GOVERNOR“REMITS ANY FINES IMPOSEDBETWEEN MARCH 1, 2020 (THEOUTSET OF THE PANDEMIC AND THEPRESENT.“THE GOVERNOR ISPLAYING POLITICS WITH THEPANDEMIC YET AGAIN” STATEREPRESENTATIVE OMARI HARDY OFPALM BEACH COUNTY CALLS THGOVERNOR“AND NOW THAT THESE LOCALLEADERS HAVE SAVED RONDESANTISHIDE, HEUNDERMINING THEM AND THROWINGTHEM UNDER THE BUS ANDPANDERING BY FORGIVING ALLTHESE FINES BY TAKING AWAY THEONE INCENTIVE THAT THEY HAD TOWEAR MASKS OUT IN PUBLIC” ATTHE ANCHOR RESTAURANT&ROBDELCORO APPLAUDS THEGOVERNORRESTAURANT DOESNMONEY BACK THE BUSINESS PAIN FINES.“IT IS WHAT IT IS&WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE AT THISPOINT”COUNTY GOVERNMENTS ALONG THETREASURE COAST SAY THEY DIDNOT FINE ANY BUSINESSES FORVIOLATING MASK LAWS AND OTHERRULES.
CONTACT 5 ASKED PALMBEACH COUNTY FOR THE NUMBER OFCITATIONS, AND THE AMOUNT OFMONEY COLLECTED IN FINES, WEHAVE NOT HEARD BACK.
