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April 18th, 2008 — Public Meeting, Your Quality of Life, Your Rights, Your Safety
Dear Community,
The Police Permit Review Board hearing has now been set for Wednesday April 30th at 2:30pm.
If you follow the news, you’ll know that Roger Jon Diamond is fresh off his defeat in the “Black Widows” murder trial. Now that the jury has spoken, we anticipate no further delays to the Strip Club hearing.
The Police Permit Review Board wants to hear YOUR VOICE. Despite the difficult date, time and location, we’re asking you to attend. We’ve been told that the panel places GREAT WEIGHT on the voices of the residents and community members.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Time: 2:30pm
Location:
Parker Center Auditorium
150 N. Los Angeles Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
To help make it easier, we’ve organized the following:
FREE BUS TRANSPORTATION:
LAUSD has offered us one bus, and the SORO Neighborhood Council has authorized funding for a second bus if we need it. Community leaders want you to attend.
If you are interested in taking the free bus, please email action@NoRobertsonStripClub.com with an indication of how many people in your party. In order to be able to accommodate everyone, we will need a clear headcount. We will post more information about how to get the bus in the coming days, so please check back. The bus will leave from the Hamilton High area.
FREE PARKING DOWNTOWN:
Councilmember Herb Wesson’s office is helping organize free parking at City Hall (across the street from Parker Center). If you’re interested in a parking spot, please email the following information to victor.durazo@lacity.org no later than Tuesday 4/29 at Noon.
Subject: Strip Club Hearing
Name of driver
Type of car
Year and color of car
License plate #
As you can imagine, trying to organize this is a logistical challenge, so we appreciate your help in committing to attend, and letting us know as soon as possible so we can make adequate provisions for everybody.
Bus seats and parking spots will be on a first-come-first-serve basis and we cannot guarantee that there will be a spot for you if you are not prompt or do not rsvp.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU CAN’T ATTEND:
Please write a passionate letter (even if you’ve written before) and let the Permit Review Panel that your absence from this hearing does not mean that you don’t care. Paint a picture for them of what the neighborhood means to you and your family, and why you object to the club. Help them feel what you feel. Let them know that even though you’re not there, your voice still counts.
You can fax your letters directly to us at 310-837-3325 and we will present them to the panel, or you can mail them directly to:
Police Permit Review Panel
Commission Investigations
150 N. Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
* We’re still experiencing some email problems, so we encourage you to bookmark this site and check back regularly. Our email updates may not be getting through to everyone.
March 5th, 2008 — Press/Media, Public Meeting, Take Action Now!, Your Quality of Life, Your Rights
We’ve just heard that the date has been set for the 7-member Police Permit Panel to rule on the operating permit for SKIN.
The hearing will take place on Wednesday 19th March at 2:30pm.
The hearing will be held downtown at Parker Center. Although it is during the work week, we strongly urge everyone to attend. It is vitally important that we’re there in force to continue to represent our position. Based on the turnout and extent of community opposition at the last hearing, the Police Commission have cleared the schedule of all other items that day, and moved the hearing to the Auditorium to accommodate 200-300 people. We expect a lot of media coverage and we need to turn out a crowd. We will have the opportunity to comment directly to the panel before they make their decision. Let’s not forget what impact we had the last time our community turned out.
The Hearing Examiner has made his report and recommended restrictions, but we can count on the fact that Roger Diamond will be fighting each one. At the January 28th Hearing, we all heard Diamond state that he expects the permit to be granted to his clients with no restrictions at all. We need to be there to show the panel that our community is not giving in.
We’ll be posting more information in the coming weeks. We’re working on arranging parking for the community downtown, setting up carpooling from the neighborhood and disseminating information about what the Hearing Examiner has recommended. As soon as we know more we’ll be posting it here.
In the meantime, please make note of the following information and share it widely with your friends and neighbors.
Police Permit Hearing
Wednesday 19 March, 2:30pm
Parker Center Auditorium
150 N. Los Angeles Street, 90012
And if you haven’t yet signed up for updates, please do that now. With the clock ticking on this fight, it’s important that we are able to reach you all as quickly as possible whenever there is news.
January 23rd, 2008 — Public Meeting, Take Action Now!, Your Home, Your Quality of Life
Dear Community Members,
The Police Permit Hearing is on Monday at 7pm at Hamilton High. These are our last few days to get the message out as widely as we can so that we represent in LARGE NUMBERS on Monday night.
Here’s what YOU can do to help:
1. Mark you calendars, clear your schedules, book your babysitters -or better yet- bring your kids. Whatever you need to do to, please BE THERE.
2. Tell your friends and neighbors. Send an email around. Knock on some doors. RALLY A CROWD
3. Help us get new YARD SIGNS out. We have about 75 more yard signs to distribute around the neighborhoods before Monday. If you have a half hour free and you’d like to help, please click on the email link to the right. We need all hands on deck to get these out there.
4. Help do a final push on FLYERS. We have plenty of them, and if you want to volunteer to walk a few more streets or distribute them at your local store, school, place of worship or book club, please use the link on the right to send us an email. We could really use the help.
5. Take a few minutes to think about what you want to say to the Hearing Examiner on Monday. If you’d like to speak, you’ll probably get 2 minutes, so think about what it is you want him to hear. Do you have a strong objection to the club? Do you want him to learn more about why this neighborhood means something to you? Do you have a specific concern you’d like to address? Have you seen or experienced anything since SKIN has been open that you feel he should know? Take a few moments to JOT DOWN YOUR THOUGHTS. It’ll come in handy on the night.
Thank you for your support, your donations, your helpful emails and your comments. Whether you agree with the club or disagree with the club, isn’t it good to know you live in a neighborhood where people care enough to do something? It sure feels good to me.
See you on Monday, and please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have a little time to volunteer. Trust me, it feels good to get involved.
December 11th, 2007 — Press/Media, Prostitution, Take Action Now!, Your Quality of Life
“The location of a former meat market has re-opened as a strip club and neighbors don’t like it one bit. They’re up in arms over the club which is located on South Robertson, near the 10 Freeway. Jeff Michael was at the club’s opening night.”
Click here to watch
Click here to listen
A solid report from Fox News, although the reporter was mistaken about one key point: the Club has opened without materially addressing any of the community’s concerns.
December 6th, 2007 — Public Meeting, Take Action Now!, Your Quality of Life, Your Rights, Your Safety
WHEN: Tuesday, December 11th, 7pm
WHERE: Palms Westminster Fellowship Hall, 2908 Robertson Place, 90034
The No Robertson Strip Club Steering Committee is holding a Public Town Hall meeting next week to discuss our community’s effort against the Strip Club. We’ll be covering the core issues, the work we’ve done to date, and what we need to do moving forward.
Representatives from the Mayor’s office and the offices of Councilmen Wesson and Weiss will be there.
If you are concerned about the idea of having an all-nude (18+) club in your neighborhood–one located near Hamilton High School, in a place guaranteed to make a bad traffic situation worse, run by people we believe to have a history of prostitution arrests at their other clubs–then you need to come to this meeting. We understand the club is scheduled to open before the holidays.
The LAPD has now scheduled the special hearing for January 28th 2008 to let us voice our concerns before they issue a final permit to the club operators. It is unlikely that we can stop the club on zoning arguments. The strongest tool we have is our unified, collective voice. This issue is not going to be resolved in any other way, nor can it be done by proxy. If you have concerns about the Strip Club, then you need to participate. We are relying on your help to get the word out about this as widely as possible. Come to collect facts and materials that will help us spread the word.
If you can’t attend the meeting, please make a donation online. If you can attend the meeting, please bring your checkbook. The opposition is well organized, well represented and well funded. We need to be able to take them on. The Steering Committee has been working hard to gather official support, and lay infrastructure for our fight. Now it’s time for you to get involved and take part in your community.
Come learn more about what is happening on your doorstep.
November 16th, 2007 — Take Action Now!, Your Quality of Life, Your Rights, Your Safety
We have designed 18″x24″ lawn signs to help get the word out about the strip club. They are weatherproof, and come with a wire frame so they can easily be displayed in front of your house.
Update: The signs are available now—look for them throughout the neighborhood. We will be giving a sign to all who make a donation to the cause. Please note in the donation comments field if you’d like a sign.
November 6th, 2007 — Crime, Drugs, Take Action Now!, Your Children, Your Quality of Life, Your Rights
Parents and concerned citizens, a reminder to please WRITE to the Police Permit Review Panel Commissioners today! We’ve created three sample letters to get you started. Feel free to edit and personalize it to fit your situation.
November 6th, 2007 — Take Action Now!, Your Business, Your Children, Your Faith, Your Home, Your Quality of Life, Your over-worked police dept.
The clock is ticking, and we need you to donate to our legal defense fund and to get involved today.
Use either the donation form at upper right of this page, or go here for instructions if you’d prefer to mail a check.
We also need volunteers to help organize the neighborhood response. If you are interested in helping out, please download the sign up form and fax to the number on the sheet.
Thanks!
November 3rd, 2007 — Take Action Now!, Your Quality of Life, Your Rights, Your Safety
We need YOU to send a letter to the Police Commissioner ASAP!
The purpose of the letter is to ask the L.A. Police Permit Review Panel to not issue the strip club a Cafe and Show Entertainment Permit.
This is a time sensitive issue. Act today! We need the L.A. Police Permit Review Panel to get your letters and/or petitions before the upcoming public hearing. They do not accept fax. It must be mailed or hand-delivered. IF YOU SEND A LETTER, the Police Commission will mail you a hearing notification when the date has been set.
Feel free to modify the sample letter to reflect your particular concerns—and be sure to urge your neighbors to do so, too!
