LoneLaugher
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What few people seem to realize is the inn is privately owned but on federal property, that means when the government shuts down the inn must shut down too. To allow concessions within the parks and monuments to operate with the people responsible for health and safety absent is not in best interest of the public.Even though the Blueridge Parkway remains open to traffic the park service ordered a private hotel to close.
"The Pisgah Inn, a private hotel that holds a concession on the Blue Ridge Parkway, has become a national sensation as it defies intimidation and a National Park Service order to close its doors."
This hotel receives no federal funds yet the dear leader is paying rangers to block the hotel entrance. The hotel actually pays the government a franchise fee based on its income. This means our little dictator wannabe is costing us money beyond the pay for the rangers to block the hotel. Plus they are putting 100 people out of work needlessly.
Blue Ridge hotel defies Park Service shutdown - Washington Times
Apparently right wing media was so excited by a headline of government shutting down private business that they ignored the facts.
This was addressed early in the thread, the inn is located on a parkway that is remaining open and patrolled by the rangers, they are taking extra manpower to block the drive to the inn from the parkway. The business owner is responsible for safety in his area of responsibility. There is no rational reason for this action.
You are assuming all of that.
Please stop.
The decision regarding what is funded or not....and what stays open or closes is not made by the fucking White House.
You assholes are embarrassing.