Board overseeing D.C. liquor licenses just turned away effort to get the Trump hotel license revoked

[mahatmakanejeeves]

The challengers' idea had been to get @realDonaldTrump's hotel liquor license cancelled by citing a vague DC statute that requires bar owners to be of good character.
The DC liquor board didn't buy it.

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The board overseeing D.C. liquor licenses just turned away an effort by an anti-Trumper to get the Trump D.C. hotel license revoked. Was a longshot from the get-go.

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[TexasTowelie]

1. It looks as though the fight will continue as Levy asked for the board to reconsider their decision.

In its statement on the decision, Alcoholic Beverage Control Board Chairperson Donovan Anderson cited procedural reasons for not going ahead with a hearing, writing that character investigations are typically only held before issuing a liquor license, transferring a license to a new owner, or renewing a license. Right now, the Trump Hotel's liquor license doesn't fall within any of those categories.

The complaint, filed by Levy on behalf of a group of concerned District residents, which includes members of local faith communities and a former judge, asked the ABRA Board to eschew the provision because of the high profile and especially "egregious" nature of the hotel's owner.

"We disagree, respectfully, on the Board’s understanding of the statute," Levy told City Paper last week. "Holding a liquor license in D.C. is a privilege, not a right. And we urge them to reconsider."

In a new statement provided to City Paper, Levy shared some harsher words for the ABC Board: “Every day, there is new and compelling evidence of the President’s poor character, and the Board has a duty to act on it now," he says. "When the Board postponed a ruling on this complaint for next year, it was applying one standard to Mr. Trump after applying a different standard to other bar owners. While the Board probably did not intend to treat the president above the law, the effect of their decision has done that.The Board should follow its precedent and its statute and act now.”

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/food/blog/21022840/lawyers-call-out-abc-board-over-trump-liquor-license