As Manhattan Businesses rally to open, Council tries to help
Local business owner Mike Zislis speaks at a protest Tuesday demanding that local businesses be allowed to reopen. Photo by J.P. Cordero Something occurred Tuesday afternoon in downtown Manhattan Beach that hasn’t happened in two months. A group of people gathered. More than 100 people attended a protest aimed at gaining support from City Council to allow businesses to reopen throughout the city. The protest, organized by local Realtor and former council candidate Joe Franklin, featured speeches from Mayor Richard Montgomery, Councilperson Suzanne Hadley, and several local business owners. The crowd, most but not all wearing masks and uniformly packed together in defiance of the six-foot social distancing requirements that are part of state and county public health orders, gathered by the Light Gate plaza near the library on Highland Avenue. Councilperson Suzanne Hadley speaks at Tuesday’s rally. Photo by J.P. Cordero Hadley, who has been the most adamant voice on City Council advocating the flouting of the state and county health orders on behalf of businesses, told those gathered that she felt the pain of small business owners because she once ran a brick and mortar retail store…
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