Carthage salon owner facing fine for reopening shop before it was allowed
CARTHAGE — A Carthage salon owner is facing up to a $1,000 fine after she decided to open her shop for business while an emergency order prohibiting it because of the global COVID-19 pandemic was still in effect.
The Cuttin’ Hut owner Jennifer Broadus said the decision to start cutting hair again on May 1 was purely financial. She hasn’t received any unemployment or stimulus check.
“Bills are still coming due, and there’s no way to pay them,” she said. “It was tough. I had to make the decision to pay bills or lose what we had.”
An order from Gov. Greg Abbott would have kept barbershops and salons closed until mid-May, but he has since rescinded part of the order, allowing barbershops and salons to begin operating again this past Friday.
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(Longview News-Journal)
The photo accompanying this article shows that neither the barber nor the client wearing masks.
