State needs to hurry up with restaurant aid - The Boston Globe

State needs to hurry up with restaurant aid
The state ignored a Springfield strip club’s history of violations to grant it state COVID-19 aid ahead of law-abiding businesses. What gives?
By The Editorial BoardUpdated March 13, 2021, 4:00 a.m.
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The Mardi Gras Gentlemen's Club in Springfield was awarded a $75,000 state COVID relief grant despite having had its license suspended for eight days by the ABCC when inspectors saw two unmasked dancers giving lap dances and no evidence of food being served.Erin Clark/Globe Staff
There’s a whole lot of hurt out there these days, especially among restaurants and small businesses, and not nearly enough aid to ease the pain for the thousands of business owners and their employees who have spent the last year living on the edge.

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