Thank you Trev!
On May 10, 3:29 pm, Trevor Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Lion Corner <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello all > > Lion Corner's Liquor Licence was issued on 3/5/12 from the WC Liquor > > Board after direct intervention from the Premier's office. After 7 > > months of Red-Tape between our lawyers and the WC Liq Board we decided > > to tweet Helen Zille and her office made the board give immediate > > attention to our application. The licence was issued within 2 working > > days. > > Congratulations. Clearly the Liquor Board does not function as it > should and it is a pity that this is what it takes to sort something > out. I wonder whether tweeting Helen Zille is not the way to go to > deal with operators that think they are above the law, and who have > ultimately been the reason why you came up against objections by the > community in the first place. > > To me and all right think people (obviously my opinion) is that once > an establishment has applied for the liquor licenses and has been > compliant with all other applicable legislation (eg > business/entertainment licenses) and has been inspected by the DPO, > on his recommendation the business should be granted a temporary > license for as long as it take the Liqour Board to come to a decision. > So there is none of this trading on 30 day temporaries from other > establishments as is the norm (for operators wishing to stay on the > right side of the law) If the Liquor Board really need 6 months to > make a decision so be it - but in that time it should be clear whether > the business is going to be compliant or not. > > It is amazing that the liquor board could come to a decision in 2 days > and I wonder how they managed to apply their minds so quickly. I know > another bar in town The Alexander Bar also reported that they tweeted > HZ after months of indecision and got the license in a matter of days > > Good luck and make your business a success. > > Trev > > . -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en.
