Owosso Barber Loses License

| May 19, 2020


Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D)

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued a Health Protection Order on May 8, against Karl Manke’s Barber & Beauty Shop in Owosso, and made the move for the temporary restraining order in court after he did not close.

Manke reopened May 4 in defiance of one of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s dozens of executive orders that have, among other things, closed barber shops and salons.

“I’d gone six weeks without a paycheck with no money coming in. I’ve been in this business 59 years…I’m 77. I’ve always worked,” he commented.

“These executive orders are not a suggestion. They’re not optional, they’re not helpful hints.” said Governor Whitmer.

The Michigan Attorney General has a different idea.

AW1 Rod sends.

State seeks new court hearing after judge rules in favor of Owosso barber shop

By Roberto Acosta

OWOSSO, MI – The Michigan Attorney General’s Office wants a new court hearing on a public health order seeking to shut down an Owosso barber.

The state wants the hearing after Shiawassee County Circuit Court Judge Matthew J. Stewart turned down a request Monday, May 11, from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for a temporary restraining order that would have required Karl Manke to cease all operations at his shop.

Ryan Jarvi, press secretary for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, said Tuesday that the state is seeking the court hearing as soon as possible.

David A. Kallman, Manke’s attorney, said he’s been in communication with the Michigan Attorney General’s Office and the court.

A Zoom meeting is planned for Wednesday between the lawyers and Judge Stewart to determine if an emergency preliminary injunction hearing will take place or a status conference is set for a future date to hear arguments from both sides.

“Our point of view would be, what’s the point of that?” said Kallman. “The judge has turned down your first emergency injunction.”

Heh. Let’s see, Governor’s unconstitutional edict in a court of law. Pass the popcorn. Read the entire article here: M Live

Thanks, AW1 Rod.

Category: "Teh Stoopid", The Constitution

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assemblerhead

Going scorched earth I see … the Gov is proving this lockdown is political, and ONLY political.

Forcing people to starve to death, instead of letting them support themselves? How is that ‘in the interest of Public Health’?

Won’t be long until the shooting starts.

USMC Steve

Of course she is. She is a socialist democrat, and the minions are defying her dictates. She is pissed because they are not going along with her nonsense and losing their livelihoods, and in some cases, their lives.

How dare they?

SFC D

Do the unwashed masses not realize that she is acting in their interests, it’s for their own good?

That’s sarcasm, at least to us. To Gretchen, it’s policy.

tommer

That blue dress makes him look angry.

FuzeVT

If shooting people for defying my edicts and people starving to death while following them saves ONE LIFE (!!!), then it is worth my gaining ULTIMATE POWER!!!!!

I mean, It’s for your own good.

~~Gov. Gasbag

A Proud Infidel®™

Ley’s not forget that she IS a D-rat, the party that does all it can to make and keep as many as possible as dependent on Government as they can, they HATE independence!

jarhead

Love that picture of her Highness. Almost screams in Caponish threat….”Now you muddaaforkers listen here!” As for the barber referred to, or any other business person, the risk of showing up is just as much the customer’s as it is the owners. So whadda you gonna do, check her DNA and find out she is is a blood relative of Lois Learner? Evil does cross the genders after all.

tommer

I would hope not,but everything they are doing looks like an intentional push in that direction.

Anonymous

Executive orders are only orders to the executive branch– as the general public (not being employees of the executive branch) can’t be fired or suspended for not following them, so what?

E4 Mafia '83-'87

Democrats…party of “working men & women” is going about keeping men & women from working.
In California, they are paying illegals with your tax dollars while they keep you from earning a living. Yes, Leftism is mentally disease.

Commissar Pooper's Narcissism

If someone tried to tell me to close my joint, Pooper’s Pub, I would release a shifart. I do not think that their face mask will help them then.

Combat Historian

Gauleiter Gretchen ain’t gonna give up that easy; her Geheim Staatspolizei and Sturm Abteilung are ‘rarin to go as we speak…

FuzeVT

Gauleiter Gretchen. Nice. . .

Mason

If it saves just one life…

We aren’t reopening the economy until we find the secret to immortality.

Jeff LPH 3, 63-66

A direct order from the Reichstag’s Frau Greta’s speaking podium. How come she doesn’t have a Nazi flag behind her on the wall and the demoRat party audience throwing Sig Heils in preparation for their fourth Reich and take over of the US. How come she isn’t dressed wearing an Officers SS hat, leather bra and leather skivies with fishnet stockings and holding a bull whip. I mentioned this in a previous comment but I guess Frau Greta doesn’t visit the TAH site. Not one Pun on this comment.Grin

The Other Whitey

The more Gretchen “Tarkin” Whitmer, AKA Frau Führer, tightens her grip, the more counties will slip through her fingers.

11B-Mailclerk

“There will be no one to stop us this time.”

The Other Whitey

Actual footage of Manke’s response to Adolf Whitmer:

https://youtu.be/WKTy7XEGWfc

Ex-PH2

Her idea of power sure did go to her head. Kind of explains the hair.

Jeff LPH 3, 63-66

Your right on Ex. The way she is going is going to be hair today and gone tomorro.

Anonymous

Reached for comment, she said:

penguinman000

One more argument for getting rid of needless licensure. Health department inspections sure. A license to cut hair, no.

Government permission to cut hair…give me a friggin break. Hopefully the voters yank der furher out of office by her short and curlies.

SFC_K

Flattening the curve wasn’t about saving lives, it was about not overwhelming the hospitals with a spike by spreading the cases out over time.

For the governor to say that this is about saving lives seems to show a misunderstanding of her own policies.

11B-Mailclerk

For two weeks or so

The rest of it was to flatten -us-.

11B-Mailclerk

So, with fascist nincompoops like her oppressing the Masses, where on earth are those “anti fascist” folks?

Oh right! They aren’t!

They are totally down with it as long as the Donks wear the boots! Totally.

Anyone else notice that “the Resistance” totally obeyed and passively bootlicked their way through this?

RGR 4-78

Not 1 black mask or pink pussy hat, trash strewn protest to be found.

gitarcarver

Couple of minor points. First, the idea that the judge “ruled in favor of” Manke is a little misleading. His attorney had argued that the premise of the proposed cease and desist order was illegal and wanted the whole thing dismissed outright. The judge refused to do that and so Manke through his attorney Kallman then argued that they had a right to prepare briefs and make a more complete argument against the cease and desist order. The judge bought that argument as he should have. In other words, Manke lost and won in court. Manke has two citations against him that are due to be heard June 22, which should be interesting. Finally, it’s a minor point, but Manke did not “lose his license” as the license was not permanently revoked. The license was temporarily suspended. There’s a difference. The sad thing about that is that in order to suspend or revoke a license under Michigan law, there must be a complaint to the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. (LARA) There was no complaint made. Secondly, as people are starting to note, in order to suspend a license, there must be violation(s) of the licensing regulations. Defying an order from the governor is not a licensing regulation and there is nothing in the law that allows the governor of Michigan to unilaterally add regulations that affect the license. The suspension is a back room, closed door deal in which the State and LARA violated their own rules. In addition, a suspended license must have the ability to be appealed and LARA is denying that appeal at this time. (License revocation requires a hearing before the license can be taken away.) Whitmer and other governors generally have some ability to respond to epidemics, but in this case, Whitmer has gone so far over the line that it is hard to believe. She and the state of Michigan are acting like petulant children rather than Constitutionally bound (both state and Federal) protector of rights. While Whitmer is being sued by the GOP, (which most people think will go no… Read more »

UpNorth

The outcomes of those suits depends on where the case is heard, and by whom. If Manke’s stays in Shiawasee County, he might do all right. If Gretch and Nessel get it moved to Ingham County and gets the Doctor’s suit into Ingham County Circuit Court, I doubt Gretch will get reined in.

jarhead

Considering the defendant in the lawsuits filed, me thinks a WITCH DOCTOR would be an appropriate plaintiff.

5th/77th FA

Anyone left that still thinks this is all about the control of a bug v control of the people? Besides LC and seagull that is? Didn’t think so.

To get my FIRST Haircut since last year, my girl barber had to squeeze me in between “appointments only”. take my temp, record my name, time of day, a phone number, and insure I had a mask on. Violation of any of the above would mean, shutting down her shop, loss of license,and a healthy fine. To save her time and aggravation, instead of trimming the historical sideburns with goatee look, I told her to just shave the damn thing off with her clippers. It ain’t like the damn thing won’t grow back right shortly. As mentioned in the ROT, she has been shut down for 2 months now with ZERO income. And no, the power company, the landlord, and the city water bill (monthly minimum no matter what you use) still came due. At the schedule she is forced to have right now, she will not even break even on expenses, much less pay the past due overhead, or pay herself hardly anything.

Jeff LPH 3, 63-66

Got my haircut last Wednesday and it was either get it cut or buy a violin like my Mom used to tell me. Since moving to Florida after I retired, I go to the Barber shop every other week for a trim. Right now he is only using the clippers and scissors and down the line will go back to using the hot shave cream machine and straight razor on the back of my head and around the ears.

Steve 1371

I mostly have my daughter give me a hair cut with our own clippers. Thats what I did recently. No waiting in line and making an appointment and all of that. The two barbers I used to go to are long dead. When I go to Florida I have a nice lady at the Marion county flea market give me a haircut. I sure hope John James wins his Senatorial race out there in Michigan. They need at least one real leader in their government .

A Proud Infidel®™

I SO want to see that botox-headed thundercunt go down in flames!!!

rgr769

Ditto!

Devtun

Feel the slap of a strong pimp hand.

rgr1480

To paraphrase the Blues Brothers:

“Michigan Nazis…. I hate Michigan Nazis.”
https://youtu.be/ZTT1qUswYL0?t=95

You might have to “Skip Ad”

11B-Mailclerk

Go down, Donald.

Way down in Michigan.

Tell ol Whitmer,

Let our people go!

SFC(R) Blizz

How long before someone gets violent? If this continues, it’s going to escalate. I’m glad I live in Texas.

11B-Mailclerk

Two Anarchists tossed the lit match into the powderkeg of 1914 Europe, with a pointless assassination of a pointless nobody with a pocket pistol.

I suspect one of these wannabe dictators will overreact to the folks defying them, or perhaps indicting them, and some officious oaf will overreact further, and some stupidly pointless violent action will draw a major violent reaction, and the fracture will propagate at frightening speed.

Popcorn?

Seriously, though. We need to exercise whatever restraint we can, our selves and our acquaintances. I much prefer the Donk party fading into laughable irrelevance, hoist on their own retards.

gitarcarver

The blog for which I contribute wondered whether Owosso would be the modern day Lexington and Concord. The day after the judge decided to issue a cease and desist order, the Michigan Militia showed up.

The other day when the police showed up to serve the suspension of Manke’s license, they blocked the entrance to the shop itself.

King George did not back down. “Queen Whitmer” is exhibiting the same stubbornness and power hungry look in her eyes.

Like you, I hope this doesn’t get violent. Perhaps the best thing is that the whole incidents get overtaken by events elsewhere making Whitmer as irrelevant as she should be.

Thunderstixx

I, for one cannot believe that these left wing larsie-boi wannabees actually think that shenanigans like what this bitch, newseum, cooomoo and the Governor of Oregon think this is what people actually want and that when election time comes they will be supported by people for the sheer stupidity and power grubbing actions like they are demonstrating.
Now, for the real question that all of us are just dying to know the answer to.
Would IDC/Sarc hit it ??????
Tell us, tell us PLEASE !!!!!

Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH B Woodman

Don’t know about IDC Sarc, but I’d hit “it”……twice. With a Louisville slugger. Each time.

Think Robert Di Nero as Scarface Al Capone in “The Untouchables”, the baseball bat scene at the conference table.

11B-Mailclerk

You didn’t read the “exercise restraint” comment above, right?

HMCS(FMF) ret

Don’t be forgetting about the Soi Boi in WA… Jay Inslee

HMCS(FMF) ret

Gretchen the Bytch has a couple of new issues to take care of… TWO dams have failed in her state:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michigan-dam-breach-10000-evacuated-state-of-emergency-declared/

11B-Mailclerk

So, now we have

(Puts on sunglasses)

A Dam-Panic.

HMCS(FMF) ret

Ex-PH2

Saw that on the news. Wondered if that dimwitted clanker was out floating around in a canoe, or if she decided to retreat to the top floor of the building she works in, with a box of crackers to see her through the crisis.

UpNorth

Nope, Gretch, as in wretch, is holding another lecture for us peons in about 5 minutes.
Can’t wait for her to show up in Midland and walk on water.

Pointyhead

Just wondering-Taking your temperature and recording it. Is that practicing medicine without a license, and recording it is a HIPPA violation? Who do I sue?

Commissar

You are underthinking this.

SFC D

And you just got trolled.

Commissar

The Midland area of Michigan just had two damn breaches this morning.

The area is expected to be under up to 9 feet of water.

A Proud Infidel®™

I’m surprised that you didn’t automatically blame President Trump for that!

SFC D

I have to admit, when I heard the local news chick this morning saying “Michigan Governor declares a state of emergency in two counties” my first thought was “what has that dictatorial bitch done now?”

SFC D

Their dams breached as well.

Commissar

Lol, I have residual TBI issue that causes me to frequently type malapropisms.

I am sure you have seen hundreds of examples by now.

They even cause me to substitute words like “have” for “of” etc. Any two similar sounding words or any words that serves a similar function

FuzeVT

That’s funny – I actually thought you meant “two damn breaches”! If I lived in the area, that’s what I would be thinking!!

ArmyATC

So, you were dropped on your head as a child? That explains a lot.