I know you guys always have strong opinions about almost anything, let's discuss this.

This is local. There is a bit more if you want to read the whole thing, click link.


http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2012...artner=popular


SAN ANGELO, Texas — The odds weren't that great for the creation of a biker bar called Throttle Down.
The Texas Alcohol Beverage Commission was against it. The San Angelo Police Department was against it. The city of San Angelo was against it. And the Tom Green County Sheriff's Office was against it.
They didn't like that the owner of the bar, Alex Suarez, wanted to set the bar up so that members of his motorcycle club could use it as a headquarters in San Angelo.
In other words, it was going to be a central place for the Bandidos, a motorcycle gang classified as being involved in organized crime by the FBI.
That's why the TABC got a protest started against the proposed bar's alcohol license application, and it was subsequently backed by all the police, sheriff and city.
The protest was upheld and the license was denied by Tom Green County Judge Mike Brown in a hearing on Tuesday.
Police Chief Tim Vasquez said Suarez, who could not be reached for comment, testified that he wanted to set up the bar for the Bandidos, but he didn't seem to think that they were criminal, merely that they were associated with independent criminals.

 

Don't know nothin' about that group other than what I just read. I don't feel threatened by the MC's in New York that I hang around by chance or choice. I don't think I could say that about some other MC's

 

Sounds like the locals are operating on "guilty 'til proven innocent" to me.

 

Who Cares!

 

The should have it as a private club, then they should be able to do what they want. Kinda sounds like thats what they want anyway.

 

Sounds like the people of the city really don't want the biker bar there. Maybe they aren't judging the MC as a criminal organization, maybe they just don't want a place for a group of individual criminals (their words supposedly) to hang out together.

I don't think you can go the outlaw route and expect to take the easy road on these types of things. It goes with the territory, IMO. And it just looks stupid to cry foul.

 

I agree, however, the TABC is refusing them a liquior license. I gather the guy applying for the license has a criminal record and can certainly be denied just on that alone. But the question in my mind was that the reason for the denial or do they just not want a biker bar period? I wonder what would happen if someone else (with a clean record) got the license and still opened it up to the Banditos?

I'm not even saying they are 1%ers because I don't know. All I know is that they wear 3 piece patches and ride Harleys.

 

Smart cop, easier to keep tabs on them when ya know where they are.

 

The cop was commenting about what Saurez said during testimony. The cop didn't say anything in the quote.

 

Screw them asses!! Guess they won't benifit from the tax $$