Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has recently revoked the operating licenses of several restaurants that failed to comply with her latest order prohibiting dine-in service. | Facebook
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has recently revoked the operating licenses of several restaurants that failed to comply with her latest order prohibiting dine-in service. | Facebook
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham revoked operating licenses from a handful of restaurants who did not comply with the forced shut down and instead allowed patients to dine in.
This isn't the first time Lujan Grisham has used this tactic. A Silver City restaurant has its license revoked, but a judge told the state to reissue the license and allow the restaurant to operate.
As the pandemic wears on, many are questioning the governor's use of her emergency powers. Many New Mexicans participated in a virtual protest against Lujan Grisham's targeting of this specific industry.
“We have now seen the depths to which Gov. Lujan Grisham will go to get her way,” House Republican Whip Rod Montoya said to NM House GOP. “Pulling restaurant food prep licenses by claiming an 'imminent health hazard' when she has shown zero data proving that dine-in restaurants are causing increased infections is suspicious at best. The Governor is using state agencies that she controls as tools to bully less favored New Mexicans into submission and ruin their lives, simple as that."
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