@roamer_1
Of course they will. They have no choice. The government is the one who OWNS THEIR BUSINESS LICENSES. THEY don't own them,they just buy a permit each year to be ALLOWED TO OPERATE a business at that stated address,doing that type of business.
They are completely at the mercy of the state.
True. But are they then going to create a department to go around and make sure businesses are complying?? That's a lot of restaurants, bars, grocery stores, retail shops, etc., to check on or are they going to be real a-holes and give an 800# so people can report businesses not complying. IOW they would have to have a way to reinforce the mandate.
I find it interesting as time has gone on, retailers, offices, doctors, libraries, etc., have all implemented CDC guidelines around here as far as social distancing but yet our city council voted against a mask mandate. Now that our number of cases have increased more people are wearing masks, but I'd say 30% still don't wear a mask. Today, Walmart announced that ALL people must wear masks or no entry -- we'll see how their business fares around here. There is nothing at my neighborhood Walmart that I need that I can't get elsewhere.