[Vision2020] Safe Lefty's

[Angie Doe]

Obviously, this title should have read SAVE LEFTY'S (not safe).  My
apologies.

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:19 AM, keely emerinemix <kjajmix1 at msn.com> wrote:

>  I don't eat at Lefty's very often, but I've enjoyed it when I do.  More
> to the point, this is an example of a tone-deaf, heart-cold approach to
> business that can't possibly do Moscow any good.
>
> Keely
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> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:30:17 -0700
> From: moscowresident at gmail.com
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] Safe Lefty's
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>  *Cut and Pasted in its entirety from an online bulletin.*
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> WHAT? Protest. But the weird, uncommon, positive type.
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> "Save Lefty's"
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> WHERE? Palouse Mall Enterance/Lefty's
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> WHEN? May 2nd, 5pm
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> Come, carry a sign for 5 minutes.
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> Get a free shake!
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> The details:
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> By now the word is officially out. The Lefty restaurant located in the
> Palouse Mall, the home of the vandalizer (a now famous burger eating
> challenge) and the best shake on the Palouse for many years is being forced
> to close its doors in the mall...
>
> The owners of Lefty's originally moved to the area with the vision of
> running a small town restaurant. They bought Eric's Cafe and changed the
> name to Lefty's. Over the years they have done huge amounts of renovations,
> repainting, adding lighting, and just recently they added booths to make the
> environment even cozier.
>
> Now the Palouse Mall Corporation seems more interested in large
> corporations than small local businesses. This seems to have in part been
> also responsible for the closure of other small shops, like the flower shop,
> S&P Hobbies, etc. The sad thing is that it is the small local places that
> are really a part of culture.
>
> The word on the street is that the mall plans to put in some large
> corporate pizza joint.
>
> Exactly what we need more of in our college town *weary smile*
>
> In talking to the owner, Ken, he really wants to keep the restaurant
> going… and he is looking for another location, but he needs to raise some
> money to help in that transition.
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> There are two ways that you can help out:
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> Come to the Protest. There will be free shakes provided to everyone who
> participates. There will be fun signs, etc. So come and have a good time.
> The message of this is to be a positive message of helping save the
> restaurant as a Moscow icon. So, not down with the mall or anything like
> that. Instead, come and have a good time.
>
> Buy a Raffle ticket: In an effort to raise some money to help with the
> search and transition to a new place, Ken is hosting a raffle contest.
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> The raffle tickets will cost $10 each, and the prizes are as follows:
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> 5 Grand prizes
> >> 1 year of free food, every day at the new Lefty's.
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> 10 Second place prizes:
> >> 1 year of free food, once a week at the new Lefty's
>
> 20 3rd Place Prizes:
> >> $25 gift certificates.
>
> The raffle tickets can be purchased either in the Lefty's store or in the
> next couple of days, they will be available for purchase via Paypal at which
> point the link will be posted.
>
> In the unfortunate event that Lefty's is unable to find a new location,
> the money will be given to the Community Action Partnership, Christmas for
> Kids, or some similar charity.
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