Nice timing
Isn't it convenient that Jim Flanagan decided to wait until right after last week's zoning hearing for La Puerta del Sol to decide to evict Bruno Rubio from Pollo Criollo? Something doesn't seem to add up for me on this one. Rubio has already been evicted from one site, off Tallassee Road, for bogus reasons and now this crops up right in the middle of the LPDS struggle?
The Banner-Herald has the story and it has both sides. Rubio says he's being evicted over a dispute over parking and a plan to buy more space along Prince Avenue, while Flanagan claims Rubio told him he was planning on moving out.
Considering the circumstances surrounding the mysterious eviction of Rubio from the old Caliente Cab/Azucca site, I'm inclined to believe him in the early stages on this one. In that situation, quite simply, the owner didn't like how the land was being used and kicked him out with little to no warning. And, as there are rumblings now concerning LPDS, there also were plenty of accusations of racism during that incident. The official line is that the landlord disapproved of the bring-your-own-alcohol policy at Azucca, but that was just the tip of the iceberg in that case. There was much more under the surface from what I've been told.
Regardless, the whole thing seems a bit shady to me ... like this was a well-orchestrated plan or something. Perhaps I'm buying too much into conspiracy theories here, but it does seem like disturbingly marvelous timing for anti-LPDS folks (though, in reality, it changes nothing concerning the validity and legality of rezoning the old Cofer's site).
The Banner-Herald has the story and it has both sides. Rubio says he's being evicted over a dispute over parking and a plan to buy more space along Prince Avenue, while Flanagan claims Rubio told him he was planning on moving out.
Considering the circumstances surrounding the mysterious eviction of Rubio from the old Caliente Cab/Azucca site, I'm inclined to believe him in the early stages on this one. In that situation, quite simply, the owner didn't like how the land was being used and kicked him out with little to no warning. And, as there are rumblings now concerning LPDS, there also were plenty of accusations of racism during that incident. The official line is that the landlord disapproved of the bring-your-own-alcohol policy at Azucca, but that was just the tip of the iceberg in that case. There was much more under the surface from what I've been told.
Regardless, the whole thing seems a bit shady to me ... like this was a well-orchestrated plan or something. Perhaps I'm buying too much into conspiracy theories here, but it does seem like disturbingly marvelous timing for anti-LPDS folks (though, in reality, it changes nothing concerning the validity and legality of rezoning the old Cofer's site).
posted by Jmac at 8:14 AM
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Damn it! He mentioned this as a possibility to me over the summer, but for eff's sake.
"Considering the circumstances surrounding the mysterious eviction of Rubio from the old Caliente Cab/Azucca site, I'm inclined to believe him in the early stages on this one. In that situation, quite simply, the owner didn't like how the land was being used and kicked him out with little to no warning."
part of it comes from the fact that rubio didn't have a lease at the place... the original landlord was an old guy and after calente's lease expired they were just paying month by month under an "understanding", then the landlord died and his daughter got the place and rubio had no lease... its kind of shitty but he should be responsible for having a lease too
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