The Mathews County Board of Supervisors and County Administrator Ramona Wilson have filed motions asking Mathews Circuit Court to dismiss the Hole in the Wall Waterfront Grill’s temporary injunction that was granted on July 25, to continue the case beyond the initial dates set for a hearing and a trial, and to require that the restaurant pay $6,000 a month for pump and haul.
Hole in the Wall Waterfront Grill has filed motions, as well, including a request to continue one hearing date while making another one “a date certain,” and asking the court to disqualify Mathews County Attorney Andrea Erard from representing the county on the grounds that she is “a crucial witness” for the restaurant.
The injunction at issue, which was granted by Judge William H. Shaw (ret.) on a preliminary basis, allowed the restaurant to reopen after it was evicted by the county on July 10 for nonpayment of its annual rent. An evidentiary trial on HITW’s motion is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 3, while a full...