Opinion ID: 2357851
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 12

Heading: lucky lady/whistlestop

Text: A shady group of bar owners who operate a number of topless/bottomless GO-GO dancer bars in D.C., which are the hangouts of motorcycle gangs and toughs, have taken over the lease to the Lucky Lady Lounge and reopened it as THE WHISTLESTOP. Plan Takoma, the nonprofit neighborhood group which has led our fights on rezoning and other environmental issues, in coordination with Neighbors Inc. and the Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners, has met three times with the new owners to ask three things: (1) Assurance that a substantial renovation of the interior and cosmetic improvement of the exterior will be undertaken prior to opening so that community residents are comfortable in patronizing the facility. (2) Assurance that a clean, bright restaurant (with liquor if necessary) will be substituted for the dirty, dingy Lucky Lady bar and that community residents will be welcome without racial or sexual slurs. (3) Assurance that D.C. building regulations and historic preservation standards and procedures are met during the renovation. The owners have illegally begun to brick up the front window (indication of the type of patron they expect); illegally offered discount coupons for drinks (in violation of Title 3, Section 4.9(a) of the D.C. ABC law), refused to do any of the requested things, and reopened with a temporary license which they obtained by claiming financial hardship. Plan Takoma has voted to oppose their application for a liquor license for those reasons. The hearing will be held at the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1981 at 10:30 AM Room 200, LL-2 East Potomac Building 605 G St. N.W. (across from the 6th and F St. exit from the Judiciary Square Metro Stop) We need several things from you: 1. Sign a petition opposing the liquor license 2. Come to the ABC Hearing on April 29 3. Become a Plan Takoma member 4. Contribute money to the legal fund for the ABC hearing THE SAFETY AND CHARACTER OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE AT STAKE!!! PLEASE HELP!