Another day, another DeVore loss
Friday, Dec 18, 2020 - Posted by Rich Miller
* December 9th…
The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District removed the food permit of Apple Dumplin’, 2014 N. High Cross Road, for continuing to serve indoors, but the restaurant continued to operate without the permit, according to health district Administrator Julie Pryde. […]
Earlier Wednesday, Flanigan contended it’s not illegal to serve indoors, and that he believes Gov. J.B. Pritzker would have had to turn to the state Legislature to pass a law banning indoor restaurant and bar service beyond 30 days of the original order back in March.
* Today…
Apple Dumplin’ restaurant is now under a temporary court order forbidding its continued operation without a valid health permit.
In a hearing Thursday, Judge Benjamin Dyer ruled in favor of the Champaign County Public Health Department — which is staffed and run by the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District — and granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting the restaurant at 2014 N. High Cross Road, U from operating as a food establishment without a health permit. […]
Apple Dumplin’ owners Jim and Kathryn Flaningam had continued to operate their restaurant with indoor service after health district authorities first issued warnings, then revoked the restaurant’s health permit last week. […]
After granting the county’s motion for a temporary restraining order, Dyer also denied a temporary restraining order sought by the Flaningams’ attorney, Thomas DeVore. That was in connection with a separate but related case the Flaningams filed against the Champaign County Public Health Department and Administrator Julie Pryde after their health permit was revoked.
These frivolous, downright harmful lawsuits need to end.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 9:32 am:
Until the checks stop being cashed by DeVore, these ridiculous lawsuits will continue as long as money is flowing.
- Thomas Paine - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 9:36 am:
The Champaign County State’s Attorney should charge the owners with reckless endangerment. It is a Class A misdemeanor.
Also, someone ought to file a complaint with the ARDC and seek to suspend DeVore’s license to peddle snake oil.
- Demoralized - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 9:36 am:
Devore needs to be sanctioned and either have his license suspended or he needs to be disbarred.
- Thomas Paine - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 9:38 am:
I don’t dispute Mr DeVore’s right to vigorously defend his clients, but what he is doing is encouraging businesses to openly violate the law so that he has clients.
- OneMan - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 9:45 am:
So does this mean The Apple Dumpling Gang will not be riding again Rich?
- Publius - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 9:45 am:
It seems like Mr DeVore is taking advantage of the hoopleheads at this point.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLDKFjJGorY
- Medvale School for the Gifted - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 9:56 am:
@OneMan
Now that’s funny.
DeVore and his merry band of Darren Bailey and followers will apparently stop at nothing. Even sickness and death.
Just send money.
- @misterjayem - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 10:00 am:
“someone ought to file a complaint with the ARDC and seek to suspend DeVore’s license to peddle snake oil.”
Anyone and everyone can file a request for an investigation into the actions of any Illinois attorney here: https://www.iardc.org/howtorequest.html
If nothing else, defending his license to practice law would give Mr. DeVore something else to do with all his time.
– MrJM
- Steve Rogers - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 10:02 am:
@OneMan
Is DeVore Don Knotts’s character or Tim Conway’s character?
- TheInvisibleMan - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 10:02 am:
What’s the solution when people like DeVore are sitting inside the county health department.
Will county health department not only is refusing to enforce anything, the health department is giving directives that it is ok to run an indoor dining buffet.
- Grandson of Man - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 10:18 am:
“It seems like Mr DeVore is taking advantage of the hoopleheads at this point.”
He should join the Kracken team of Powell, Giuliani and Ellis and get rich off the hundreds of millions of dollars in Trump’s “Save America” PAC.
- JS Mill - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 10:30 am:
Since DeVore is encouraging and participating in a criminal act, her loses attorney-client privilege as well.
- Club J - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 10:34 am:
For months we’ve talked about Tom DeVore getting sanctions brought against him and Rich continues to post another day another DeVore loss. I remember my Pops saying there’s a sucker on every corner. Well there’s a lot of corners out there and DeVore has the market on them.
The man came right out and said it’s not about winning and people still throw money at him. Where do I sign up for a job like that? I just don’t get it.
- Carl - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 10:39 am:
This crap of running to court is getting old. The owner was on the local news spewing all the Foxnews Trump propaganda. Called the local public health district “ republic of”. There should be a special place for these folks.
- The Dude - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 10:45 am:
DeVore and losing goes together like Peanut butter and Jelly.
- Henry Francis - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 10:59 am:
It sure would be a shame if anyone slipped and fell in one of these businesses and filed a lawsuit against them. Without insurance coverage how would they manage?
- Roman - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 11:01 am:
== these ridiculous lawsuits will continue as long as money is flowing. ==
Or until he is sanctioned by the ARDC. The same applies to the Trump attorneys filing baseless complaints in courts all over the country. If sanctions are not imposed, more and more frivolous and politically motivated suits will be filed.
- MyTwoCents - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 11:25 am:
The picture with the News-Gazette article really says it all about the owners, the husband is not wearing a mask in the courtroom. I feel sorry for their employees, but these are not the kind of people I trust to run restaurants and good riddance to them.
- Frank Miller - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 11:52 am:
— Will county health department not only is refusing to enforce anything, the health department is giving directives that it is ok to run an indoor dining buffet. —
“The governor’s orders are no longer meaningful in any real sense as it relates to bars and restaurants. Depending on what county and/or city a business is in determines what kind of action it might face, if any at all, from local government. For the most part across the state they are left alone but for a small handful of counties and cities, the local governments are turning on the small business owner.” - Tom Devore
- Steve Polite - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 12:18 pm:
Devore and losing,
Devore and losing,
goes together like a bar and boozing.
Let me tell you brother,
you can’t have one without the other.
- Johnny Tractor - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 1:19 pm:
Devore lost up here in Bloomington, too, in front of the Liquor Commission. Said there was no violation of local liquor laws and the city shouldn’t be involved in enforcing the Gov’s Executive Order.
At least he didn’t argue that the Executive Order was invalid. This time.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-bloomington-bar-fined-for-not-following-covid-rules/article_fadbee7b-f6cf-55e7-8de9-5577f39128a9.amp.html
- City of Chambana - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 2:09 pm:
Is anybody collecting an easily viewable list of his repeated losses? One that could be referenced whenever people start circulating his name in our comments? Asking for a parody municipality who is finding themselves spending more of their time dragging these chuckleheads than making fun of the real ineptness in Chambana.
- Omay - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 2:48 pm:
Illinois’s Original Jabroni.
- Anonymous - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 3:06 pm:
For the most part across the state they are left alone but for a small handful of counties and cities, the local governments are turning on the small business owner.” - Tom Devore
Both government and small business owners should be turning on DeVore.
- Downstate Dem - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 3:35 pm:
I don’t think DeVore is arguing all these cases for the money. It’s to be noticed and for the publicity. It all relates to statewide recognition and a desire for something more.
- Anon321 - Friday, Dec 18, 20 @ 3:46 pm:
I wonder why individuals are not fined. Why shouldn’t the people dining in the restaurants be held accountable, as well?