At 02:13 PM 4/24/01 -0500, Jordan S. Kushner wrote:
>...Although the court of appeals' reasoning about the
>constitutionality of the City Charter provision is flawed, the
>Hard Times Cafe is pleased with the court's recognition of the
>large amounts of evidence of unfair violations of due process
>procedures and the inconsistency of its decision. In the long
>run, the transfer of the case to district court for a hearing
>can enable full public exposure of the the city council's
>violations of the rights of an honorable small business
>collective.
And of course, the full public exposure is occurring during a city council
election season. Elected officials should keep in mind that they can't
afford to mistreat any segment of the population without having
consequences.
Rosalind Nelson
Bancroft
>The Hard Times Cafe further appreciates the fairness and sound
>reasoning of the five council members who oposed the City
>Council's majority decision. Barrett Lane, Lisa Goodman,
>Lisa McDonald, Jim Niland, and Paul Ostrow opposed the
>license revocation..
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