Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:59:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nick Davidovich
Subject: Franklin Hotel of Chapel Hill
I just wish to let everyone on the chatlist know about what recently happened at the Franklin Hotel in Chapel Hill. As was stated in today’s Herald, it was sold to a new group of people, very suddenly and unexpectedly. I did an interview with the paper to keep the business honest, and to put a human face on the hotel. I was honeslty concerned about what would happen, and about possible changes.
At about 2:05 thursday I was terminated from the hotel for reasons that I feel are slanderous. Michael Donaldson, the GM would not sit down with me and talk about this, and the new owners were nowhere in sight. There was also a police officer present to get me off property asap. I feel I got in their was of keeping this quiet. Because I chose to not just look out for myself I got canned.
Point of the post is this. We might know people who will go to the Franklin, well tell them to go elsewhere. This is not how we act in this area. I spoke up, they are not happy, but they can’t fire me for talking. So they find another way. Just thought I’d let everyone know.
Take care,
Nick Davidovich