Does This Look Like The Face Of A Dude From Copeland Pizza In Quincy Who Is Getting Deported Back To Greece Because Of Lack of Pizza Showmanship?

mattwest

 

Bostonherald - Greek pizza maker Eleutherios Spirou has worked at a Quincy eatery for more than 20 years, but he could be deported after a federal judge ruled he didn’t have the right to claim “showmanship” as a special skill — because his pie-making prowess doesn’t include tossing the dough — according to court documents and the pizzeria’s attorney.“Basically, immigration said, ‘This guy can’t throw pizza, so we’re denying him the visa,’” said Desmond Fitzgerald, the attorney for Copeland Pizza. “The court said our description really didn’t show any showmanship in any way, so they upheld the decision of immigration. I’m very surprised. I thought we were in a good position.” Copeland Pizza, which is owned by Stergios and Despina Versamis, asked for a visa for Spirou and said he had the ability to “exercise showmanship in preparation of food, such as tossing pizza dough in the air to lighten texture,” according to court documents. However, they later admitted he doesn’t actually toss the dough, and the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services denied the visa petition. “Even accepting Copeland’s definition of the term, ‘showmanship’ would require Spirou to perform his duties in a dramatic matter,” she wrote in an eight-page decision last week. “The exemplar of tossing pizza only furthers the court’s understanding of this definition. However, the court has not gleaned any evidence in the record of Spirou’s ability to exhibit such skill in the performance of his job duties.” “More than flipping pizza in the air, there’s a lot of human effort that goes into this, and this decision seems to be a really narrow view of the situation,” said Jeff Rubin, an immigration attorney not involved in the case. “One simple man’s role in the pizza-making process was ignored here. This was a creative lawyer strategy, and the federal government should have listened.” But while visas can be obtained by specialty cooks such as sushi chefs, Roy Watson, another immigration attorney not involved in the case, said Spirou’s pizza bid needed a few more toppings.

 

I’m hesitant to rule on this case without actually trying Copeland Pizza first, but I’m going to make my decision anyway. I have to side with the Feds here. It’s not so much that I care about the actual act of flipping the pizzas in the air. If Copeland Pizza serves an 8+ pizza I’d say let him stay because you don’t mess with a good thing. A guy who makes a great pizza is not a guy you deport. That’s somebody you hold onto for dear life.  That’s how you build empires.  Now I know what you’re goinna say.   “Hey Pres how do you know it’s not an 8+ pizza if you just said you never had it.”  Simple.  Because greek pizza is the worst. The best Greek pizza in the world is a 6 so even if I give Copeland Pizza the benefit of the doubt and say they have the best Greek Pizza ever made it still isn’t a high enough score to keep this guy in the country. So unfortunately it looks like we’re gonna have to send his ass back to Greece.  The Captain of Team Pizza has spoken.