Neighbors voice concerns about proposed cabaret

FED UP RESIDENTS SHOW UP IN FORCE TONIGHT TO KEEP A TOPLESS CLUB FROM OPENING IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE BUT THE OWNERS SAY PEOPLE GOT IT ALL WRONG ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS OPEN AN UPSCALE STEAKHOUSE SHELTON DODSON WAS AT THE MEETING — HE S LIVE ON MCLEOD NEAR SAN MATEO WITH WHAT WAS AT STAKE TONIGHT — SHELTON IT S HERE AT THE OLD CAR CRAFTERS LOCATION DEVELOPERS WANT TO BUILD A STEAKHOUSE THAT TURNS INTO A LAS VEGAS STYLE TOPLESS SHOW CLUB AT 10PM EVERY NIGHT BUT PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR HERE SAY THIS IS GOING TO BE JUST ANOTHER STRIP JOINT AND TONIGHT AT A PRELIMINARY HEARING FOR LIQUOR LICENSE APPROVAL THEIR VOICES WERE HEARD the clientel of people drugs alcohol alcoholics I m not for this at all we ve suffered gunshots liquor bottles thrown into our parking lot and over our fence I m concerned that another liquor establishment in that area is frankly something that we don t need ANGRY RESIDENTS SAY THEY VE HAD ENOUGH WITH PARKING PROBLEMS AND DRUNK DRIVERS WITH CURRENT CLUBS LIKE FANTASIA AND BEFORE THAT MIDNIGHT RODEO PLUS THEY BELIEVE EVEN IF THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE AN UPSCALE STEAKHOUSE SLASH MOULIN ROUGE CABARET SHOW THAT THERE S NO GUARANTEE IT WILL STAY THAT WAY BUT A LAWYER FOR THE DEVELOPER SAYS PEOPLE ARE JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS AND THE TRUTH OF WHAT THIS ESTABLISH WILL BE IS RIGHT IN THE ARCHITECT S BUILDING PLANS They call for a half million dollar kitchen That s a significant investment if you re going to do pole dancing They re an upscale steakhouse THIS WAS JUST A PRELIMINARY HEARING BEFORE THE LIQUOR LICENSING BOARD WHICH MUST APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF AN EXISTING LIQUOR LICENSE THE BOARD ONLY TOOK PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT AND DID NOT RENDER A DECISION NO WORD YET ON WHEN THAT DECISION WILL BE MADE LIVE IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE SHELTON DODSON EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR