How did Adamson Barbecue guy become a martyr for anti-lockdown crowd?
The city s insistence that Adam Skelly pay $165K in policing costs related to the shutdown of his restaurant last November is turning into a bad PR exercise By Enzo DiMatteo
Adam Skelly in a previous life before he became the face of the anti-lockdown cause.
Just when it looked like we’d heard the last of Adam Skelly, the owner of Adamson Barbecue made famous for defying Ontario’s lockdown orders, there he was back in the news last week.
Turns out the city has sent him a bill for around $180K for services related to the shutdown of his restaurant back in November. Those services include some $165K in policing costs as well as the costs of boarding up – and keeping closed – his place of business after police and bylaw enforcement officers showed up to enforce the provincial lockdown order.
COVID-19 in Canada: How did the owner of a barbecue joint become a martyr for the anti-lockdown crowd? Insistence that Adam Skelly pay $165K in policing costs related to the shutdown of his restaurant last November is turning into a bad PR exercise by Enzo DiMatteo on March 1st, 2021 at 7:45 PM 1 of 1 2 of 1
Just when it looked like we’d heard the last of Adam Skelly, the owner of Adamson Barbecue made famous for defying Ontario’s lockdown orders, there he was back in the news last week.
Turns out the city has sent him a bill for around $180K for services related to the shutdown of his restaurant back in November. Those services include some $165K in policing costs as well as the costs of boarding up and keeping closed his place of business after police and bylaw enforcement officers showed up to enforce the provincial lockdown order.