I posted this on some reddit thread the other day:
You have to read further into Winstead. He was an elected councilman of some sort. He was also a public activist. He was after the joint because of the applications for permits for late hours and outside seating. That 2007 video he posted of the premises front was because they literally set up a ping pong table outside in front of the joint which Frank considered Public Space. There were balls going out into the street. The child crying I believe was coincidental. Not that this makes the place any less suspicious. Frank is now deceased.
Maybe Frank did know something. But maybe he also knew that the pragmatic way to get authorities involved was to file things like this --- public space complaints, after hours loud music complaints, stuff like that. I believe that CP did lose their liquor license at one time.
BTW, search the premises name on washcitypaper site. Lots of items. Mostly mundane, but lots of stuff there.
I wish I was back in DC. I did work there for several months. I have lots of questions that only a visit to the area could answer.
Late edit: It looks like Frank is alive. I had taken the word of someone else that he was deceased. Lesson learned --- always verify.
Someone told me he was dead, but I looked further and he doesn't seem to be. I will make an edit to the post. I should have verified. Thanks. I blindly pasted this from my reddit comment.
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GoldMoose16 ago
I posted this on some reddit thread the other day:
You have to read further into Winstead. He was an elected councilman of some sort. He was also a public activist. He was after the joint because of the applications for permits for late hours and outside seating. That 2007 video he posted of the premises front was because they literally set up a ping pong table outside in front of the joint which Frank considered Public Space. There were balls going out into the street. The child crying I believe was coincidental. Not that this makes the place any less suspicious. Frank is now deceased.
Maybe Frank did know something. But maybe he also knew that the pragmatic way to get authorities involved was to file things like this --- public space complaints, after hours loud music complaints, stuff like that. I believe that CP did lose their liquor license at one time.
BTW, search the premises name on washcitypaper site. Lots of items. Mostly mundane, but lots of stuff there.
I wish I was back in DC. I did work there for several months. I have lots of questions that only a visit to the area could answer.
Late edit: It looks like Frank is alive. I had taken the word of someone else that he was deceased. Lesson learned --- always verify.
looking4truth ago
"Frank is now deceased" wait you mean he is dead? How did you know that?
GoldMoose16 ago
Someone told me he was dead, but I looked further and he doesn't seem to be. I will make an edit to the post. I should have verified. Thanks. I blindly pasted this from my reddit comment.
looking4truth ago
Oh its ok . Mistakes happen. Glad to know he's alive.