From: Gary S. Gevisser
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 11:32 AM PT
To: Dave Clark
Cc: rest;
James.Sunderland@risdonhosegood.com;
Subject: ...CITY HALL....lease - Seacrest...
Furthermore,
my wife and I think you should read carefully the recent back and forth between Valerie and
myself, bearing in mind I KNOW
versus BELIEVE Valerie, the former owner of Seacrest, is genuine and so when she says you are genuine I am SIGNIFICANTLY comforted.
With that
said Marie and I are very much, RIGHT
NOW, on your team as we want tenants living at Seacrest who know how
to operate a successful cafι.
With that
said, we believe you CAN be very
successful just operating a cafι YEAR
ROUND without a liquor license IF
you truly know how to run a successful food operation which is SIGNIFICANTLY different to running a
bar.
With that
said, IF you think you can run a
successful food operation ONLY if
you have a liquor license then you BETTER
MAKE CERTAIN you have both the financial resources and a VERY GOOD attorney BACKED UP by a powerhouse law firm like Risdonhosegood BECAUSE the way I read things is that
you are going to be up against City
Hall, i.e. I am quite certain the neighbors around Seacrest ARE ALREADY preparing the ground work to fight you every step of
the way should you decide to go for a liquor license.
Now is the
time for you to think very carefully about signing the lease with us BACKED
UP by more than a very good Risdonhosegood attorney, not to
mention I am not the only member of my immediate family who uses Risdonhosegood.
While the talk
of the town is that you are getting cheap rent THE FACT is that everyone I know in
Minehead with a nickel to their name is trying to purchase Seacrest on
the cheap AND THAT WILL NOT
HAPPEN.
In other
words my take on all the talk of the town is that you are
being viewed as an outsider trying to steal Seacrest and how
dare you interfere with all the years of work the not-so-neighborly
folk have invested in making it all but impossible for anyone other than
those they hand pick to get their shot at the brass ring, thinking in
the end that my wife and I wont be able to go the distance.
So now that
you know I have my informers as well as lawyers all lined up why dont you
just tell me what you think is going on beginning with explaining to me in
simple English why is
our one neighbor Mike putting together a petition to stop the new owners of
long time restaurant-bar down the street from Seacrest, some equidistant from
your Red Lion, from getting a liquor license.
Best
regards,
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