INDIANAPOLIS — The state has issued its first cease-and-desist letter to a business for not complying with Gov. Eric Holcomb’s executive orders.
Joe Heerens, the governor’s general counsel, said Monday that the governor’s Enforcement Response Team has investigated 1,458 complaints and issued 138 verbal warnings to date.
“We’re trying to work with businesses to get to compliance, not go right into enforcement,” Heerens said.
But Daugherty Speedway, which planned to start races again at its 3/8-mile dirt track near Boswell, was initially given a verbal warning and did not comply, Heerens said. So, the state sent its first cease-and-desist letter.
According to the Lafayette Journal & Courier, Benton County officials then placed concrete barriers around the speedway’s property to make sure the owner complied with the order.
Heerens said the business is now considered to be in compliance.
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