CM Ed Reyes on The Wrong Side of The Issue Again Over Las VIllas "Liquor Arcade" Across The Street From Schools and Churches!

If dummy CM Ed Reyes is FOR it, you can bet the Community is AGAINST it! Meanwhile, watch video below as Ed Reyes presents the argument as to why this project should be denied...even though he's fighting to approve it. He's such a dummy, he doesn't even realize he handed the opposition the entire argument.

“NO ALCOHOL NEXT TO OUR SCHOOLS!” (As if this should even be an issue?!?!)

PRESS RELEASE
February 20, 2008

Contact: Father Mario Torres, Pastor, Sacred Heart Church
Hugo Pacheco, Lincoln Heights Action Coalition member

LINCOLN HEIGHTS RESIDENTS CHALLENGE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL DECISION TO SUPPORT SALE OF ALCOHOL NEXT TO SCHOOLS

--Community questions why the Neighborhood Council voted to support a video arcade and the sale of alcohol next to schools despite residents’ protest; Residents question Neighborhood Council’s role as representatives of the community--

LOS ANGELES -- Lincoln Heights residents will attend the weekly Lincoln Heights Neighborhood Council (LHNC) meeting tomorrow, February 21, 6 p.m., at Lincoln High School, 3501 N. Broadway, to protest the LHNC’s vote to support the city permits for a video arcade and the sale of beer and wine at the proposed Las Villas development, which will be immediately next to three schools.

Residents feel misrepresented by the LHNC, which held a vote of support last week after rejecting a request by community representatives to hold off the vote to allow residents to express their concerns regarding the arcade and the sale of alcohol at the proposed Las Villas Entertainment Center.

Despite an existing city ordinance prohibiting the sale of alcohol near schools or religious institutions, the LHNC decided to stand with Councilman Ed Reyes instead of concerned residents, endorsing the sale of beer and wine at Las Villas immediately next to three schools:
• Little Flower Missionary School for pre-school children - immediately behind;
• Gates Street Elementary School - directly in front;
• and Lincoln High School - directly across.

The development is also near:
• Gates Street Early Education Center;
• Kwan Ying Vietnamese Buddhist Temple;
• and The American Vietnam Chinese Friendship Association, which averages over 350 children who attend Chinese classes on both Saturdays and Sundays.

Almost 4,000 children attend classes near the proposed development. Residents have expressed their concern that the arcade will only attract more gang activity and promote truancy, and that the sale of alcohol so close to schools and religious institutions will put children in harms way. The community will attend tomorrow’s meeting to challenge the LHNC’s vote to support the City’s decision to by pass the pre-existing city ordinance despite protests from Lincoln Heights residents.

“More than 1000 residents have expressed their outrage regarding the arcade and the sale of beer and wine at Las Villas,” said Lincoln Heights Action Coalition member Hugo Pacheco. “The Neighborhood Council is supposed to represent the community to the City, yet they are ignoring our concerns and supporting the sale of alcohol next to our schools. If they don’t serve the community, who do they serve?”

ED REYES FIGHTS TO DENY "TO GO" LIQUOR LICENSE FOR LOCAL MARKET ONLY .71 MILES FROM LAS VILLAS PROJECT THAT REYES IS FIGHTING TO APPROVE WITH "ON-SITE" CONSUMPTION (AT A GAME ARCADE) EVEN CLOSER TO SCHOOLS? HEY ED, FRED SANFORD JUST SHOWED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, "YOU BIG DUMMY!!!" This video actually presents the case as to why this project should be rejected!