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Meatpost — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:18:48 -0000

I used to love going to Panama Joe's, until it changed ownership. Now they have a manager by the name of "Fabius Risk" running the cantina. He definitely runs a shady business and should not be trusted running anyone's business. What a huge liability Fabius is for Panama Joe's or Sharkeez or whatever they are going to call themselves. Recently I organized a large group to celebrate the holidays, we were having a great time until a bouncer came up to me and said I was wavering when I walked and that I had to leave. He said he was sorry that he didn't think that I was drunk- but his manager ordered him to kick me out. In other words he kicked me and my party out because the line outside the bar was getting long and wanted to make room for new customers. On top of that, they tried to charge me an extra $100 on my bill by adding 10 patron shots. I don't even drink tequilla, but they were persistent that they were still gonna charge me the extra $100. So finally we went to look at the video surveillance to prove to them it wasn't me who ordered the shots. After they saw the video they finally took off the $100 worth of Patron shots--- Ridiculous place.. I miss the old Panama Joe's. I will never promote Panama Joes again by organizing a VIP Happy Hour in which I brought over 25 of my friends...... What a mistake!!! Long Beach is no place for a business like Sharkeez or PJ's or whatever they are planning to call it!!!! Don't support them if you care about 2nd St.

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lbcsprints — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:53:11 -0000

I hope all the bars on 2nd street close down forever! It seems to me that Belmont shore turned into a real poop hole years ago and all this new crying is a little late. Ya think!
Good luck trying to stop all the BRO'S and there HO'S from being complete retards it's in there blood to be stupid.
Pretty much everyone go's to CSULB to get smart and after go's to second street to get stupid. I'm glad I don't live there anymore:)

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Guest — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:07:15 -0000

earth to greet
no one knows what your assertions are, perhaps burying them in your ever more pedantic posts is a mistake.

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Guest — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:00:44 -0000

greet's not used to EARNING respect, he's used to the kind carrying a gun and a badge gets you.

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wrongbeachJohn — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:26:05 -0000

Not interested in the least...why waste time on a silly shill who can't see he's the only one laughing.

I feel more priveleged to post here than I ever would be at that phony chamber shit-sheet. Their scheme obviously is a bit too intricate for you to grasp.

Hey, I hear the chamber has a really good wal-mart seminar coming up. Would you mind getting back with us on the details?

This can wait until after you stop running in circles and happily lifting you leg and peeing, from mccabe stroking your savaged self-esteem.

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wrongbeachJohn — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:41:28 -0000

If you haven't noticed, your "points" do not seem to carry much weight here, due to you posting nonsense like the sorry excuses for the lack of police presence in BS, endless drivel about how things should in LB, and your lbpost chamber sack-polishing. I almost feel embarrassed for you sometimes.
If you weren't a police officer I'd want to put you on "ignore".

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wrongbeachJohn — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:43:38 -0000

greet you do your own "well-reasoned arguments" grave damage. At least I speak for myself only.

I'd rather be a "poor player" than a "poor polisher".

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wrongbeachJohn — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:19:27 -0000

Mr. McCabe,
Just don't chastise me when I (righteously) trash scum like randy gordon or certain others, because if you do I will (your words) really degrade the civic process in my response to you.

I haven't checked, but have you policed every thread for "violations", or are you just looking out for greet?

greet you'll be blue and ice-cold before you ever get an apology from me.

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Jim McCabe — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:27:25 -0000

Just back from a long trip. A don't agree with Mr. Greet on a number of things, but truly the use of "windbag" just degrades the whole civic process to yelling and screeming. Respectfully, don't do that.

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rino2 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:01:49 -0000

Most of the comments on this incident are based on the out of control perp to have been drinking at Legends. But, I think Mr Rotunda said that he had not gone in Legends. I have not read anything more about the perp except that he is from Anaheim and is 25 years old. Does anyone know anything more?

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lbFamily — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:56:15 -0000

I moments like this, I like to apply jetBlue airPort logic.

"You people knew there were bars on 2nd Street when you bought your houses, so deal with the noise and other associated problems. You have no right to complain. You have no right to try and maintain the quality of your neighborhood."

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Mike Ruehle — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:26:15 -0000

That's what city staff and Councilman DeLong said. However, in reality it was used to purchase Alcapulco Inn our from under the previous owner.

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Mike Ruehle — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:19:26 -0000

Greet, bottom line, nobody pays attention to you or what you say anymore. At one time we thought you were an objective opinion. No more. Enough time wasted discussing your BS. Continue with your multiple page civics lessons. We just page down.

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wrongbeachJohn — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:16:26 -0000

Well, it would be difficult too because greet would want to sit on chief batt's lap for his 3 minutes.

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sunshinelb — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:33:49 -0000

Hey wrongbeach John..."greet you are the only one here who doesn't acknowledge how ridiculous in-context your comments are". Maybe the great windy Greet is AFRAID to appear before the City Council to talk about the parking commission and Belmont Shore's barfly problem. As we all know, limiting a Greet speech to 3 minutes would really be a challenge.

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wrongbeachJohn — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:09:23 -0000

Wasn't the 500K supposed to be used on getting Legends going because rotondo and his investor group didn't have enough money to complete the rehab?

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wrongbeachJohn — Thu, 28 May 2009 23:53:03 -0000

What a scam-only in wrong beach.

I bet the chamber unionboss is green with envy. That's a better scam than when he fleeced the city annually of the proceeds from a civic event (state of the city dinner/speech). I have to give foster credit for yanking gordons hands out of the city till.

I for one am sure happy that foster's measure didn't pass. He'd probably make angel mozillo look clean as a whistle after he got through with his "trust me with the money" shenanigans.

greet you are the only one here who doesn't acknowledge how ridiculous in-context your comments are.

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Mike Ruehle — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:32:48 -0000

The city assesses 2nd street businesses a tax. This money is then given to the Gene Rotondo led Business Association to manage as Mr. Rotondo sees fit. The BSBA budget is approximately $340,000 per year.

The Parking Commission budget is approximately $700,000 per year and mostly comes from parking meter revenue.

Between the Business Association and the Parking Commission, they have a combined $1.0 million per year of public money they spend on improving the Parking Commissioners commercial properties so they can raise their rents and on marketing to attract heavy drinkers from other communities.

The $500,000 load on the public’s money that Councilman DeLong sponsored for his buddy Gene Rotondo resulted in Mr. Rotondo buying the Acapulco Inn bar across the street two months later. Isn’t that a wonderful use of RDA money supposedly dedicated to improving poor areas in Long Beach? I’m willing to bet the $500,000 loan of public funds will be forgiven (not paid) by applying Legends sales tax revenue against the loan. That how Long Beach rolls.

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Mike Ruehle — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:22:47 -0000

Hello Beach Bob,

There are over 260 businesses in Belmont Shore. 54 of them have alcohol licenses. Approximately 10 of those businesses serving alcohol are open after 11:00 PM. Only a handful of those businesses serving alcohol after 11:00 pm are a problem and strive to attract a problem clientele. One solution might be to increase the business license fee by $20,000 per year for businesses serving alcohol after 11:00 PM and use the proceeds to pay for an additional cop dedicated to bar closing time in Belmont Shore.

90% of the bar patron public disturbances occur after 11:00 pm. If businesses don’t want to pay the fee, then don’t serve alcohol. If they want to serve alcohol after 11:00 PM, then they need to pay for the additional support needed to police their patrons.

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Guest — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:15:36 -0000

i agree mike, make some noise. this may be just the time for a well publicized citizens protest.

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wrongbeachJohn — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:10:20 -0000

Mike, time to call or email every single news source that you can and advise them of what's going on in the shore, direct them to this site, and inform them that you are being banned from participation. I think the neighbors should refuse to meet without you there. dewrongs just going to stroke them anyways.
If you plan a protest I know people who will be eager to attend. And so will the media-they'll have a field day.
greet could you please show up wearing your beanie and cecil propellor cap and provide security for us, please?

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wrongbeachJohn — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:03:16 -0000

Mike Ruehle 1 hour ago:
"Despite the fact City Hall gives the Business Association several hundred thousand dollars every year of taxpayer's dollars (the residents association gets zero)...,"

Are you referring to the parking revenue? I hope to God that there isn't any other financial okey-dokes going on! Please tell me that that's all the parasites are bleeding us for. I mean really does lorbeer, shneiter or rotondo's legends investor group need freebies?

The parking money MUST go back to the city. And rotondo's groups loan MUST be repaid in full. Time to recast the loan as a traditional amortized bank loan and get our money back.

dean, prevratil, rotondo, shneiter, lorbeer et al I'm sick and tired of our money being handed out, especially to arrogant pricks like these clowns.

dewrong is such a weak, embarrassing, phony, sorry excuse of a civic leader, banning Ruehle and another from the meeting. foster is going to sit back and let this happen?

Six decades in wrong beach and I've never felt worse about my city.

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jjfad — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:53:08 -0000

I'm so happy to hear that some of the owners understand that it is better for business if they work with the community. And I don't know any business model where police activity figures in positively.

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Mike Ruehle — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:37:42 -0000

Banning people who don't agree with them is how the Long Beach power elite conduct business. Legends owner and Business Association President Gene Rotondo has banned me (Belmont Shore Resident’s Association president) from both his Legends bar and from attending Belmont Shore Business Association meetings. Everyone else from the public is allowed to attend except me because he claims my reporting to residents is not accurate. Quite the contrary, he just doesn't like what I have to say about how his business is conducted in my neighborhood.

Despite the fact City Hall gives the Business Association several hundred thousand dollars every year of taxpayer's dollars (the residents association gets zero), City Hall and Councilman DeLong allow Mr. Rotondo to ban whom ever he wants and necessarily agree with his way of thinking. According to the city attorney, it is acceptable to ban me from observing how taxpayers dollars are spent.

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Pat — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:48:38 -0000

Is it even legal to ban someone from a public meeting or event?
As I don't live on Covina, could I not attend?

And please tell me it'll be at Legends or another establishment along 2nd St