Nashville shutting down

Will these businesses get any subsidies since the government is shutting them down?

Some Broadway bar owners respond. Good for them

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Several restaurant and bar owners have responded to Mayor John Cooper’s mandate to close amid COVID-19 precautions, calling it unconstitutional and vowing to remain open.

An official statement from Steve Smith, owner of Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge, Rippy’s, Honky Tonk Central, Kid Rock’s Honky Tonk Steakhouse and the Diner reads in part:

“We appreciate the efforts of Mayor Cooper to combat the COVID-19 virus, but unless there’s a statewide mandate that directs all bars and restaurants to be closed, the request made by mayor cooper is unconstitutional as he is targeting a select group of businesses.”

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“We have not been presented with any type of city or state financial assistance that would allow us freedom from having to pay property taxes and liquor taxes owed on products sold last month. Perhaps some operators will choose to close but the vast majority have said “the show will go on”.

The statement went on to say: “We are compassionate with those who have contracted the COVID-19 coronavirus and all who are helping manage the crisis as the entire world addresses the outbreak. However, a Tootsie’s patron as immediate as last night, mentioned having lived through the polio epidemic and didn’t recall such extreme measures being handed down in history.

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Oh I’m sorry. I thought this was America.

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Will these businesses get any subsidies since the government is shutting them down?

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This is the corruption that New Orleans is about to take advantage of. Bars to be allowed only at half capacity yet none of these bars are above half capacity anyway. This allows the bars to make their normal $$$ and get subsidies for the other half of capacity that wasn’t showing up anyway. Crock of shite.