PASCO, Wash. — Pasco City Council members hear lots of complaints, but Mayor Pete Serrano said one changed his life.
”The owner of Shakey’s (Pizza) called me early in the pandemic and said, ‘Hey, Liquor Cannabis Board is threatening my liquor license because I’m not forcing patrons to wear a mask,” said Serrano. “I laughed at him … I was like, come on … you got to be joking me?”
Serrano said the state was overreaching. He ended up suing Gov. Jay Inslee, and eventually the federal government, over the constitutionality of pandemic-era restrictions and mandates. He founded the “Silent Majority Foundation,” a nonprofit that has challenged Washington state gun laws…