Businesses concerned over officials proposal to reinstate 24-hour shutdown over COVID-19 violations

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A Honolulu Liquor Commission (HLC) public hearing scheduled next month, February is stirring reaction from the business community, some restaurant and bar operators said new rules under consideration overreach the commission’s purview.

Business operators are concerned about a proposed rule by the HLC to reinstate a 24-hour shutdown for violations without notice or opportunity for a hearing.

Scarlet Honolulu’s owner Robbie Baldwin said a 24-hour shutdown does not allow them due process.

“I mean, no one is saying that there shouldn’t be rules,” Baldwin said. “What we’re saying is that there is a process which is in place to be heard by five commissioners in the hearing room.”

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