Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:
Warbler said:
If that is true, it is a poor way to try to get rid of unwanted businesses. Also some of these places do comply with the law that says they have to serve food and have a certain amount of seating.
The article seemed to indicate that they had been accused of flaunting this law by hurriedly setting up chairs to make it appear they were serving food.
This kind of thing crosses party lines. Conservatives often laud tough local officials who “clean up the neighborhood”. But they often do this by finding creative mechanisms for driving out certain businesses and/or people, a charge often applied to liberals. Just about anything can be spun either way.
Then more strictly enforce the rules requiring them to serve food and a certain amount of seating. Inspect the businesses more often. Raise fines for non-compliance.
Also:
During a visit Monday, Liu pointed out the benches, tables, and chairs now in the lobby and said customers could order cheesesteaks, burgers and fries.
“You can ask us to cook food, no problem, to put in bathrooms, no problem, to put out seats, no problem,” said Liu, 53, who came to the U.S. from China in 1985. “The problem is the protective glass. Because without the glass, maybe one day I would get killed.”