Local news media is now covering the controversy. It was exposed by over reacting anonymous posts on Reddit. Here’s the article publicly naming people.
https://www.whro.org/business-growth/2025-07-22/armed-forces-brewing-sends-norfolk-critics-letters-threatening-legal-action
Welcome to Norfolk, VA! Where in a City of 230,000 around 800 automated, unverified emails to City Council creates a ‘public outrage.’ Intentionally causing a rejection of a donation of $4,000 to a food bank at Thanksgiving seems trashy to me. What people in the food business don’t want people to eat? I think that describes a lot about their character.
The interference with the support for the Marine ‘Toys for Tots’ program was not mentioned in the article. As I understand it, someone who was mentioned received a scathing rebuke from the Marines for his interference. How cold is your heart, you don’t want kids to get a free toy, because you don’t like someone’s opinion?