LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville business owner was told by the state to stop operating because of the pandemic -- but he said he had closed before it was even mandatory.
Rolando Haddad, who owns a martial arts business, called Core Combat Sports, closed March 16 and has been conducting online video lessons with his son from the gym.
Haddad said he also has allowed his business to be used as a drop-off site for personal protective equipment.
Rolando Haddad.
On Friday, he was handed a letter to close immediately. It left him confused and frustrated.
"I saw this coming," he said. "It’s really easy if you don’t like someone or even if you’re a competitor, you can just … call and have three state cars stalking at your place … trying to catch you at something, and they didn’t catch us with anything."
The labor cabinet and governor’s office could not be reached immediately to explain what happened, but the labor cabinet did send us the following written statement on April 29:
On April 24, 2020, Core was issued a cease operations order as a non-life sustaining business based on a reported observation of non-compliance with the Governor’s Executive Orders. At this time, Cabinet personnel are dedicated to responding to reported observations of non-compliance and are unable to conduct an interview as requested.
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