<div dir="ltr">So it looks like they turned down the application, and advised the owner to get the food portion of the restaurant working first and then to come back once that is working well and apply again. It sounds like the original food idea that the previous owner had was just to meet whatever minimum made it into a restaurant instead of a bar. The new owner wants to start up an actual restaurant that will serve beer and wine. Having the owner establish the restaurant portion first seems like a reasonable request.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>As far as the "connection" between beer and guns is concerned . . .</div><div><br></div>
<div>In my opinion, and my father's experience as an LAPD cop for 36 years, guns and liquor don't mix.</div><div><br></div><div>Now, concerning the city council and Perch's application to sell beer by-the-drink . . .</div>
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<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div>
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<div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- John Lennon</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div></div></div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Aug 29, 2014, at 11:30 AM, Paul Rumelhart <<a href="mailto:paul.rumelhart@gmail.com" target="_blank">paul.rumelhart@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>What was the reasoning for the city council decision? I don't remember hearing about this.<br><br></div>And what's the connection to guns?<br><br></div>
Paul<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div><span></span></div><div><div><span></span></div><div><div>Ah, yes . . . Back when guns were not allowed on campus.</div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of the August 28th edition of the UI Argonaut at:</div>
<div><br></div><div><span><a href="http://www.uiargonaut.com/2014/08/28/patrons-react/" target="_blank">http://www.uiargonaut.com/2014/08/28/patrons-react/</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>-------------------------------------</div>
<div><br></div><div><h2 style="margin:0px;padding:5px 0px;border-width:3px 0px 1px;border-top-style:solid;border-bottom-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(226,226,226);border-bottom-color:rgb(226,226,226);font-size:34px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(48,48,48);font-family:Arvo;font-style:italic;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Patrons react — Students speak out about Perch changes, show support, share memories</h2><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The porch is packed with college students, neon beer signs hang in the window and party music lingers in the background at The Perch — just a few feet away from the University of Idaho’s famed Hello Walk.<span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">It was a typical weekend night at The Perch, and the scene has made the store a beloved hangout for UI students.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“It’s a perfect little spot,” said Dradin Kreft, a Perch patron and a senior nutrition major at UI.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Many UI students have expressed remorse over a unanimous decision by the Moscow City Council this summer that prevents The Perch from selling alcohol for on-site consumption.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Located near Old Greek Row, Kreft said The Perch offered a convenient alternative to walking downtown for a drink. He said the storeowner offered great prices on-tap beer, knew students by name and created a welcoming environment for patrons.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Kreft said he would miss going to The Perch after Friday classes to catch up with friends over a beer.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“We’re not going to be able to do that anymore,” he said.</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Like many other Vandals, Kreft said he has many memorable moments at The Perch.</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">He recalled his 21st birthday last March, when his father came to Moscow to help celebrate the day and the two shared his first legal drink at The Perch.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The “21 run” at The Perch is a tradition within many Greek houses, said Allison Sullivan, a member of Delta Gamma Sorority.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Although Sullivan has not made the run yet, she said hanging out with fellow sisters at The Perch is a good time, and a tradition that will be missed. She hopes The Perch will be pouring drinks before her own 21st birthday in November.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Kreft said he appreciated that The Perch did not have an intense drinking environment like many of the bars downtown that serve hard liquor.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">UI student Peter Rustemeyer said the store was a hangout spot for many students — particularly those in the Greek community.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“The Perch was a really nice place to go with our friends and meet new friends,” he said.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Zach Cosgrove, a junior mechanical engineering student, said what he enjoyed most about going to The Perch was hanging out with friends.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“It’s just a fun place to be,” he said. “It’s more of just a social thing.”</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Kreft said The Perch has been involved in the campus community, and even partnered with his fraternity, Phi Delta Theta, to raise money for the fraternity’s national nonprofit, the ALS Association.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The Perch also donated hundreds of dollars to the nonprofit as part of a promotion with the fraternity’s annual Turtle Derby.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The well-known business continues to resonate with UI alumni years later.</span></p><p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">John Weber, a Moscow city council member and UI alumni, said he remembers The Perch as a popular malt shop that served hamburgers and milkshakes, and even had a jukebox and pinball machine.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">He said he remembers delivering Wonder Bread to The Perch years later as a Hostess Products delivery driver, and went on to even install the draft system inside the business today.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Another city council member, Wayne Krauss, said he recalls The Perch as a convenient grocery store on campus that served canned beer for off-site consumption.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">For regular patrons like Kraft, he said he hopes The Perch will return to pouring drinks as soon as possible.</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 15px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“Bring it back,” he said. “Whatever they have to do.”</span></p></div><div>-------------------------------------</div>
<div><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div>
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<div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">- John Lennon</span></div>
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