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A year into a pandemic, this bar outside Yosemite still refuses to follow COVID-19 rules FacebookTwitterEmail Tom Nelson, Robbie Nelson, Suzanne Hicks and Gordon Hicks hanging out at Airport Bar on a Saturday night.Ashley Harrell Airport Inn Bar & Grill is an all-American saloon in Yosemite National Park s gateway town of Mariposa. It s beloved by many long-time residents, and legendary for its comfort food. It also openly defied the regional stay-at-home order to shut down in December, and its regulars are known to be gun ownership-advocating, COVID-19-denying Trump supporters. And not just one, but several, nooses are hanging around the property. ....
A year into a pandemic, this bar outside Yosemite still refuses to follow COVID-19 rules FacebookTwitterEmail Tom Nelson, Robbie Nelson, Suzanne Hicks and Gordon Hicks hanging out at Airport Bar on a Saturday night.Ashley Harrell Airport Inn Bar & Grill is an all-American saloon in Yosemite National Park s gateway town of Mariposa. It s beloved by many long-time residents, and legendary for its comfort food. It also openly defied the regional stay-at-home order to shut down in December, and its regulars are known to be gun ownership-advocating, COVID-19-denying Trump supporters. And not just one, but several, nooses are hanging around the property. ....
10 Dec 2020 The pushback against Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom’s strict coronavirus lockdown is growing, including in rural communities where businesses and their customers are openly defying the orders. That includes at Steve’s Sportsmans Cafe in Mariposa County, located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Owner Steve Knauf is still serving up chicken fried steak and beef ribs to hungry crowds and said he is no longer listening to state and other officials. “I think they’re trying to instill fear for something that’s not there,” Knauf said. “My customers don’t want me to shut down, and I’m not going to,” said Robbie Nelson, owner of the Airport Inn Bar and Grill where people gathered for the comfort food. ....
11 Must Reads for the CRE Industry Today (Dec. 11, 2020) The Wall Street Journal looks at Airbnb’s rising IPO valuation. The New York Times and the Washington Post examine the consequences of the stalled stimulus package and how states are trying to mitigate the damage. These are among today’s must reads from around the commercial real estate industry. States Try to Rescue Small Businesses as U.S. Aid Is Snarled “With the economic recovery faltering and federal aid stalled in Washington, state governments are stepping in to try to help small businesses survive the pandemic winter. The Colorado legislature held a special session last week to pass an economic aid package. Ohio is offering a new round of grants to restaurants, bars and other businesses affected by the pandemic. And in California, a new fund will use state money to backstop what could ultimately be hundreds of millions of dollars in private loans.” ( ....
Backlash to Newsom s lockdown order grows - rural communities refuse to comply FacebookTwitterEmail 1of8 Mariposa Supervisor Marshall Long (left) joins others at Airport Inn Bar & Grill in Mariposa, which offered masks but had few takers.Tracy Barbutes / Special to The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less 2of8 A person walks in front of a Mariposa mural along Main Street in downtown Mariposa.Tracy Barbutes / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of8 Chase Dubberke, manager of Pioneer Market, hands out sanitizer to a customer.Tracy Barbutes / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 4of8 Signage on a downtown business in Mariposa advises face masks for sale and also welcomes dogs.Tracy Barbutes / Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less ....