With the State Restaurant Rent Association, which represents more than 1,000 organizations across the state, the plaintiff’s roster includes Circle 7 Ranch, Siberg’s Family Restaurants, The Shack Restaurant Group, Tuckers, Mike Duffy Pub and Grill, Mia Sorella, 3 Kings, Corn, Corn. Harpoony, South County of Fitz, Masani, Schmidt’s Bar and Grill and South of Bartolino.
Belz told the court that St. Louis County has more than 2,100 restaurants and bars, employing more than 46,000 people.
The lawsuit alleges that Page and D ccet set inappropriate actions by not approving the first health order by the county council, a move that prevented Page and D ccet from giving public notice of the meeting or making public comments on the order.
But Perryman said state laws and county ordinances make it clear they had “the right to close any public or private space in the legislature.”
In Defending his order earlier this week, Page said the county would create “all our legal options” to prevent restaurants from complying with the ban.
Earlier this year, the county sent store-and-distist letters to dozens of businesses that remained open during state-of-the-art orders and openly denied the order, claiming to close two fitness centers.
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