ESTÚPIDO SAVANNAH - Thursday, July 16, 2009 5:18:26 PM
Question: When someone’s property rights and entrepreneurial desires will obviously lead to a higher tax burden for the city, should those rights and desires be curtailed?
Case in point; Virginia Rahn, a cute little blond in Lisa Loeb glasses, wants to open a package store on River Street down near Spanky’s.
City Council said yes even though the store is guaranteed to create open container violations which will require increased policing along River Street as well as increased problems with litter.
Will Ms. Rahn’s city taxes cover the increased police response and other city services? Shouldn’t there be a cost benefit analysis and shouldn’t businesses that use a higher level of services pay for the overage?
In my mind, this is just a bad idea. The last thing we need on River Street, where “to go” cups are plentiful, is a source for those tiny little one shot bottles. The teenager in me is thinking how easy it will be to buy a coke in a “to go” cup and then get an older friend to buy me a shot bottle of Jack from Ms. Rahn.
Shut Up Dean Kicklighter!
Despite Ms. Conn’s article to the contrary, Chatham County Commissioner Dean Kicklighter did not stick to his guns claiming fewer than 10 parking spaces will be enough for 300 customers at the latest Tompkin’s Dynasty Bar.
He did exactly as I suggested a couple of weeks ago and came with a promise of substantially more parking for the proposed Lizard Lounge at Indian and Bay Streets.
For the most part he kept his mouth shut as council discussed the proposed alcohol license for the club this week. Perhaps he will learn that keeping it shut will help him to keep his foot clear of the gaping orifice in the future.
City leaders approved the change with their now standard “we’ll be watching you” warning about keeping a law abiding, albeit drunk, clientele.
One interesting point on the proposal, it turns out the landlord there at the Lizard Lounge was one of the loudest complainants against Club Oz when patrons of that club were parking wherever they could in the area around his property. Now it seems, since he will be renting to a nightclub, he has no problem with the party people parking up his lots.
