curious Wrote:
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> I don't know the specifics of this particular
> case, but Fairfax needs to let loose!
>
> Where in this county can you go dancing, where can
> you play pool, where can you have a drink? Are we
> all really so concerned that any establishment
> that gets a bit raucous will be shut down?
>
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/fa
> irfax-county-cracks-down-on-some-restaurants-that-
> serve-up-dancing/2011/11/22/gIQAPRIT5N_print.html
>
> Henry Bonilla, the Star Lounge’s owner, has
> disputed the county’s version of events and
> harshly criticized county administrators for
> abusing their powers.
>
> “It’s just a bunch of racist people who go
> after Hispanic people,” said Bonilla, 42, a
> Gainesville resident who grew up in Falls Church
> after arriving from El Salvador in 1985. Bonilla,
> who is also president of the Salvadoran American
> Chamber of Commerce of Washington, D.C., said that
> until the Oct. 15 incident, the Star Lounge had
> successfully held many events, including events
> for other business groups and campaign
> fundraisers.
>
> “We were compliant with everything,” he said.
>
>
> Hever Ruiz, whose family owned Terra E Mare,
> acknowledged in an interview that there had been
> some fights, but he said there were no more than
> anywhere else alcohol is served. Yet he felt the
> county, along with the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage
> Control Board, coordinated on an aggressive
> campaign to close the place.
>
> “We don’t allow this kind of stuff in Fairfax.
> Take that to D.C.,” Ruiz recalled one of the
> officials telling him.
>
> “Also, I had other friends who had restaurants
> out there, and they just got shut down, too. I
> don’t know if this is coincidence, but these
> were all Hispanic places,” Ruiz said.
>
> Ruiz, who now owns Cuzco in Hyattsville, Md., told
> his family they should cash out and focus on
> ventures in Maryland rather than fight Fairfax
> County.