Kansas City Metro Small Biz COVID Shut Downs Return!!!

Here's a bit of FRIDAY FORESHADOWING that should offer Kansas City denizens a sense of place and a reality check for this next phase of the plague. 

To wit . . .

LOCAL GUV FLEXES ON SMALL BIZ DEFIANCE AGAINST COVID RULES WHILST BOX STORES REMAIN UNTOUCHED BY COWTOWN POLITICOS!!!

To her credit, only Council Lady Melissa Robinson has shown a bit of interest in pushing back against big companies like Walmart. 

Meanwhile . . . 

The small time politicos at 12th & Oak know they're outgunned by global corporations. 

And so . . . 

Smacking down small biz is the only option available in order to enforce public health orders and remind the public that we do, in fact, live in a community that operates by rules & regs. 

To be fair, in another post we shared Jackson County's side of the story.

Accordingly . . . Small biz isn't in any position to argue with elected officials given their tenuous position and desperate need for licensing and permitting from state & local municipal bodies. 

More to the point . . . 

The fight over COVID masks is silly given that the low-grade kit has always been essentially harmless and there is, in fact, still a pandemic underway. 

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com news link . . .

Jackson County shuts down Rae's Cafe over repeated COVID-19 health order violations

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The owner of Rae's Cafe in Blue Springs is refusing to comply with a Jackson County Department of Health order to close the restaurant after repeated violations of the county's COVID-19 orders. A sign was posted on the restaurant's door Friday stating health officials had closed the establishment.

Update . . . As of this writing the place was still open and we'll see if the suburban po-po get involved . . . Developing . . .