SAVANNA – Poopy’s Pub & Grub is suing Gov. JB Pritzker, saying he lacks the statutory authority to issue executive orders putting restrictions on businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, and therefore a cease-and-desist order issued to the biker bar as a result of such an order should be voided.
In addition, only the Carroll County Health Department, acting through the Illinois Department of Public Health, has the “supreme authority” vested by the constitution to shut a business down for health code violations, and it has not done so, says the suit, filed this morning in Carroll County Circuit Court by Greenville attorney Thomas DeVore, who represents Poopy’s owners Peggy and Kevin Promenschenkel.
Like many businesses, Poopy’s is feeling the effect and has decided to make a legal run at the governor’s executive order. The 24-year-old biker bar shared their fight on Facebook, “The fight is real. We won’t go down easy.” With more than 700 comments and 2,000 shares, it’s safe to say they’ve got big super from the public.
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Sources: Northwest Herald & Q98.5