Comments on: E-Mail Bombardment Preceded the Stiteler Vote http://tucsoncitizen.com/dataport/2009/06/17/e-mail-bombardment-preceded-the-stiteler-vote/ Politics, Literature, And The Little Disturbances of Man Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:21:10 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Donovan Durband http://tucsoncitizen.com/dataport/2009/06/17/e-mail-bombardment-preceded-the-stiteler-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Donovan Durband Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:32:02 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/dataport/?p=24#comment-72 The Rialto already has a liquor license and sells beer at concerts. But . . . the presence of the school at the SE corner of 5th and Broadway does hinder Stiteler from opening up a new bar in the old Trailway Bus/Dillinger Bar building at the NE corner of 5th and Broadway. We tried to get that state law changed a few years ago to exempt downtown entertainment districts from the 300-foot rule (liquor licenses to schools and churches), but Napolitano would not support it. All of the downtown charter schools actually supported the legislation. When they moved downtown, they knew what they were getting into. The Rialto already has a liquor license and sells beer at concerts. But . . . the presence of the school at the SE corner of 5th and Broadway does hinder Stiteler from opening up a new bar in the old Trailway Bus/Dillinger Bar building at the NE corner of 5th and Broadway.

We tried to get that state law changed a few years ago to exempt downtown entertainment districts from the 300-foot rule (liquor licenses to schools and churches), but Napolitano would not support it. All of the downtown charter schools actually supported the legislation. When they moved downtown, they knew what they were getting into.

]]> By: dataport http://tucsoncitizen.com/dataport/2009/06/17/e-mail-bombardment-preceded-the-stiteler-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-66 dataport Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:11:32 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/dataport/?p=24#comment-66 Mike... There's a roaring good bar just across the street at the Hotel Congress. I don't think a bar at the Rialto is a problem. Mike…
There’s a roaring good bar just across the street at the Hotel Congress. I don’t think a bar at the Rialto is a problem.

]]> By: Mike B http://tucsoncitizen.com/dataport/2009/06/17/e-mail-bombardment-preceded-the-stiteler-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Mike B Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:29:24 +0000 http://tucsoncitizen.com/dataport/?p=24#comment-63 And some of those emails and twitters were reminding the elected that the Rialto cannot activate its Liquor License with a school at 210 E. Broadway. City code does not permit the sale of liquor with a school in close proximity. Small detail. And some of those emails and twitters were reminding the elected that the Rialto cannot activate its Liquor License with a school at 210 E. Broadway. City code does not permit the sale of liquor with a school in close proximity. Small detail.

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