Tennessee club owners have felt the pressure from local officials looking to
shutter their business for being a nuisance because of violent patrons outside
the club.
Ironically, Chattanooga officials are looking to close a church
teen outreach program - with the same nusinance laws used against clubs. Read
more here.
Recently
in Nashville, Bar Louie was shuttered by the local DA for violence in a public
parking lot. A Chancery Court overturned the closing, but the publicity about
shootings and the financial blow from being closed were fatal and the bar went
out of business.
The Chattanooga church has a teen outreach program
called Club Fathom. One of the missions is to support teenage gang members
quitting gangs. Unfortunately, quitting gangland is not like joining a ten step
program. Gang members that resign are often punished, and in gangland, being
killed is a common punishment.
Like many of the club cases, Fathom's
problems mostly occurred outside the business. It will be interesting to see how
the city fares against a church outreach program with problems in areas around
the club. Stay tuned.
Ironically, Chattanooga beer laws prohibit beer
permits from being issued within 500 feet of teen social clubs.
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