I have been in there many time. Let me put in my two cents. Over 350 hours of hard art work went into that place a while ago to make the place look good. last time it was open. Think about for a second the same light that brings a dream and made thier own dreams art work come true into reality became a problem. Call it ironic. I for one would be very offended after putting my own art work upon a wall in a public and then have it shut off from people eye’s

James Grow can you only think of yourself and the people who live around you and not the one’s who work inside and put many hours to create something good for people to see…So the past has caused a problem. It’s over XO and evolution are now a thing of the past. Now another person want’s to make a dream come true will you again stand in the way or will you try and work things out along with thinking about other’s who put many hours of hard work into a place to make some people happy……Evermore

I would like to address one point you made, You said-
“XO club tried to escape the consequences of by selling out to Holloway and creating a new sham corporation”

If you remember, it was Holloway who had bought the club before the trial came to pass. Holloway owned the club, Holloway didn’t show up for the trial with a lawyer, Judge O’mally made him face his court date without being able to utter a word in his defense because he had no legal representation and in Missouri , a corporation must have a lawyer to defend itself. Obvoiusly a default judgement was found in favor of the neighborhood. Then after that Holloway blew off his appeal date. Then months after his appeal date was long gone, he realized how much trouble he was in, and finally he decided to fight, it was too late. That is when he sold the liquor license to a new corporation to try to get out of the judgement that had been entered, and you are correct Reverend… That was a sham sale ,and the Judge did enter a correct verdict, in forcing the judgement onto the new corporation. Those are the facts. Plain and simple.

As to whether the club should be there or not be there, It is one thing to force a club out of business, that has been in business for many years, and that is very very hard to do, the only reason it was done to Club Evolution is that the defense never was allowed to mount a defense in the trial(due to no ones fault but their own).

Now, on the other hand, now things are different, we are talking about a new club, and starting a liquor license from scratch. When you are starting from scratch the burden of proof falls the other way, and its up to the club to get the neighborhood to allow them in, and that is never going to happen again in that location.

So… In my opinion, Club Static is in a very very tough spot, and I really don’t see a way that they are going to get a “place of entertainment” liqour license.

I think that there were some awesome concepts over the years at 3954 Central, and would it have been better if there was no houses next door, of course! I think that for many years, people had a great time at that building, and we all made the best of a mix of residential and nightclub at the same location, Would it have been better with a little more space between the residential and commercial, sure, but we all made due.

Well, now the new guys are trying to start something from scratch, and the neiborhood is in a whole different position now, instead of trying to close a operating business, they are trying to stop a new business from starting, and that is much easier to do.

In my opinion, Club Static is probley not going to prevail in getting their license.

I am only stating facts, and not trying to give my feelings or this post would be twice as long as it and probley not quite as politically correct!
Stuart