{"id":24511,"date":"2021-01-17T08:31:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T14:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=24511"},"modified":"2021-01-17T09:14:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T15:14:41","slug":"sunday-update-were-not-gonna-take-it-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/17\/sunday-update-were-not-gonna-take-it-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday update: We’re not gonna take it anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is completely ridiculous that Memphis restaurants are forced to obey draconian COVID restrictions when any one of us can take a 20-minute ride to Southaven or Horn Lake and patronize a restaurant or bar where there are no restrictions at all.<\/p>\n

You can sit at a bar area.<\/p>\n

You don’t have to order food to have a damn beer.<\/p>\n

There’s no limit to how long you can sit there.<\/p>\n

You can sit with as many people as you like. Hell, you can even stand.<\/p>\n

You don’t have to be kicked out at 10 PM if you’re in a restaurant or bar that stays open later.<\/p>\n

It’s time for Shelby County to open things back up. Yes, keep the mask ordinance in place. That’s smart. But let adults make their own decisions about whether they feel a business is safe to patronize. We don’t need Dr. Haushalter and Dr. Randolph being our surrogate mommy and daddy and telling us what time we have to be home anymore.<\/p>\n

Open things back up, one hundred percent.<\/p>\n

If you agree, I ask that you go out to a locally-owned restaurant or bar between now and 11:59 PM Friday (i.e. before the expiration of the Safer at Home Order) and dine in. Take a pic of your food on the table and post it to social media, and tell the health department that you’re an adult and you’re not gonna take it anymore.<\/p>\n