How to win friends and influence neighbors
From
The New Zealand Herald:
Residents angry after town's only pub shut down
Kumara residents are thirsty - and angry.
From its goldmining heyday, when the West Coast township had a tally of 50 pubs, it now has none after the Liquor Licensing Authority cancelled the licence of Empire Hotel publican Peter Jenkinson.
The pub's closure has turned some thirsty residents against woodturner Carey Dillon, who campaigned to have the pub closed down, the Press reported.
Mr Dillon, whose store and home is diagonally opposite the Empire on the main road supplied the authority with videos showing patrons drinking and smoking on the street outside the pub. He appeared at the authority's hearing as an objector.
Kumara has 405 residents -- and Mr. Dillon will be moving to another town in 9... 8... 7... 6...
Mr Dillon was unable to be contacted yesterday, and his home and shop were locked.
Bad for the town of Kumara -- with this one act, they have lost their village idiot and their liberal nanny-stater (but I repeat myself).
Posted by DaveH at June 10, 2009 8:37 PM