Chatham Chatlist Highlights

Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:51:35 -0400
From: John Bonitz john.bonitz@gmail.com
Subject: FUNNY FICTION Re: liquor by the drink

Dear Neighbors,

I awoke this morning to a piece of Chatlist fiction that was at first shocking, then quite funny!

Perhaps others read the salacious ‘news’ of a New Jersey company seeking to open a ‘gentlemens club’ here in Chatham?  The so-called ‘press release’ began by saying this would happen “if liquor by the drink is approved.”

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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:41:29 -0400
From: julia kennedy
Subject: Re: Non-existant Gentlemens Club

Re: Non-existant Gentlemens Club

Although deserving points for creative writing, the author of this “Press Release” is obviously using a ridiculous idea to lend credence to the No LBD movement by tapping into public fears on MANY different levels.

Only the truly gullible will be fooled by this transparent attempt to turn the vote by using this bizarre  platform. Does anyone else remember “Weapons of Mass Destruction”?

Julia Kennedy

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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:26:54 +0000
From: Joan
Subject: Bada Bing! The Sopranos are coming to Chatham County!

Anna -

Great post! I always wondered what was going to happen to Tony and his family after the fadeout of the last episode of the Sopranos. Now I know, they are on their way to Chatham.

Wonder where they are going to live – Governors Club? Briar Chapel? Chapel Ridge? The Preserve?

Joan

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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:12:42 -0400
From: Martha Wolf
Subject: Gentlemen’s Club Awaits Chatham Liquor Vote Before Making Decision

I hadn’t thought much about the “mixed beverage referendum in Chatham County” vote until I saw this.

I like Chatham as it is.  We fight the big housing developers and the town of Cary to keep our county and towns the way they are.  We try to modernize without destroying what we love
about where we live.  Our towns are safe for the most part.  We don’t have to worry about who/what our kids see walking down the street. Reading that post made me realize what a hole we are digging ourselves if we let this referendum pass.  I wouldn’t mind having a Bahama Mama with supper ;*D…. but not at the cost of jeopardizing all we have fought to keep all these years.  I’ll just visit the ABC store and make my own.

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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:46:59 -0400
From: “warthur2″
Subject: Bogus “Gentleman’s Club” press release

The “press release” in the April 30 chatlist about a “gentlemen’s club” opening in Chatham County if liquor-by-the-drink passes is bogus. First, there is no Tony’s Cabaret listed in Lodi, New Jersey, where the establishment is supposedly based. Second, the contact person listed is the name of a character in the Sopranos TV show. Third, the number on the press
release takes you to a sex chat line, not a press contact. Fourth, much of the language is drawn word for word from a press release issued in January about a “gentlemen’s club” to open in New York.

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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:35:42 +0000
From: BynumNC
Subject: This is totally hilarious.

This is totally hilarious.  Whoever “Anna Lyst” is, he or she is a true comedian.  Thanks for sending!  I loved the part about the “eco-friendly off-street parking”.  And the “managing partner”, Silvio Dante, is a character from The Sopranos.  Too funny.

On a more serious note, a google search for “tony’s cabaret” will not turn up anything.  There are a few other parts of this alleged “press release” that should be setting off everyone’s warning bells.  Like the name of the sender (“Anna Lyst”), for example.  I was thinking that it was a piece of humorous satire, but my guess is that it’s a fairly clever piece of deception from someone opposed to liquor by the drink.

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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:15:38 -0400
From: Elizabeth K
Subject: Gentlemen’s club

Anna Lyst: The press release you quote sounds almost like a put-on. But, even if it isn¹t and liquor by the drink is passed, this does not automatically mean that The Club will come to Chatham County.

It¹s not up to Silvio Dante and his investors whether The Club comes to Chatham. The NC ABC board conducts background checks of owners and managers of liquor-serving establishments, and zoning, land-use controls, design standards, and CITIZENS all have input.

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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:40:30 EDT
From: Kathie Russell
Subject: Analyst Humor

I get it, AnnaLyst – it’s a joke.  Racist and sexist and lame,  but a joke nonetheless.

Nice Chatham County touch with the digs about “eco  friendly” and “hybrid Escalade,”  and even a jab at the Plenty (“Plenty of  Fun Money (house money)”).  Joke or no, I find it highly offensive.   Do you think everyone gets the joke?  Or do you think some people might  take this as legitimate and be scared about the election?  Do you think  that is the purpose of
this post?  Do you think many people will take the  time to call the number listed to find out it’s also bogus, or to figure out  that this company isn’t even real?

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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:29:15 -0400
From: Mack Justice
Subject: bogus post

This is completely irresponsible.  There is no such place in existence.  The phone number is bogus – it is a sex line.  The coroporation does not exist. Do you check out any posts?  This one was so clearly false, it sticks out like a sore thumb.  Didn’t you recognize that?  Couldn’t you take a second to check it out?  A retraction should be made.  This is a clear attempt by someone to hijack the legitimate election debate with insane scare tactics.

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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:11:09 -0400
From: CrYpTiK
Subject: Anti-Capitalist Chatham Residents Shoot Selves In Collective Feet

Mixed beverage/liquor by the drink/”LBD” or whatever other name you call it…no one’s making you drink ‘em.  The topic has been hashed out numerous times on the Chatlist as well as the Chatham message board numerous times and the primary arguments being made against it have been refuted by many common sense counterpoints from many local residents
that no one has yet managed to successfully dispute, such as how drinking five minutes from home versus fifty endangers less people and how current laws don’t prevent me or you from making mixed drinks during get-togethers at our homes and getting plastered locally anyway.

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