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First District Commander David Kamperin of D.C. Metro Police Department said he had ‘reservations’ about the reopening of a gay club displaced by the new stadium. (Photo courtesy D.C. Police)
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muggings committed against patrons and fights, parking problems and noise generated by patrons.
“The owner kept saying, ‘We’re different, we’re different,’” Gallucci said. “To us, a club is a club is a club.”
David Sobelsohn, a member of ANC 6D who attended the March 26 alcohol committee meeting, said the committee voted to approve a resolution recommending that the full ANC file a protest against the Ziegfeld’s/Secrets license transfer application. But Sobelsohn said the resolution specified that the protest was aimed at providing the ANC with the legal standing needed to negotiate a voluntary agreement with Ziegfeld’s/Secrets to address various issues, such as security, parking and crowd management.
Under the city’s liquor law, the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board makes the final decision on approval liquor license applications.
Board spokesperson Cynthia Simms said the board could approve the Ziegfeld’s/Secret license on May 14, the day a board hearing is scheduled for the application, if the ANC and the club reach a voluntary agreement by that date.
'The idea that clubs equals crime is often treated as a given regardless of the evidence, with the result that responsible and law-abiding clubs are breezily lumped in with irresponsible clubs,' said GLAA vice president trong>Rick Rosendall. (Blade file photo by Henry Linser) |
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ANC 6D Chair Roger Moffatt, who is gay, said he expected the full ANC to vote at its April 14 meeting to protest the Ziegfeld’s/Secret license application to give it “leverage” to work out a voluntary agreement.
“Once we get that agreement, I don’t think there will be any problem at all,” he said.
In addition to Moffatt, other gay members serving on ANC 6D include Andy Litsky, the former chair; and Bob Siegel, the businessman who owned most of the buildings on O Street, S.E., where six gay clubs, including Ziegfeld’s/Secrets were located before being displaced by the new stadium.
“I told them I would be glad to do a voluntary agreement,” said Carroll, the Ziegfeld’s/Secrets owner. “Any time the commissioners want to talk to me about that, it’s fine.”
Prior to Lanier’s statement s
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