“Our expertise is repeatedly ignored when drafting mitigation orders,” Longstreet said. John Longstreet, president of the Pennsylvania Restaurant & Lodging Association, said Wolf’s statements Thursday did nothing but offer lip service to the precarious financial condition of restaurants. Tony Iannelli, president and CEO of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, called the announcement “devastating news at the worst possible time.” There will be the usual citations and fines.” “There are lots of people that want to defy the orders because if they don’t, they will not survive.”Įd Frack, owner of SuperSets in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, said he planned to keep his gym open unless there is a plan in place to provide immediate financial relief to businesses ordered to close.Īsked what will happen to restaurants if they defy the three-week shutdown order, Wolf said, “We have the enforcement in place. “People are angry, scared and desperate,” said Steve DiDonato of Bethlehem, a wine importer and spokesman for an informal group of Lehigh Valley restaurants.

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