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TommyBB · 04-23-2015, 07:55 AM

A young man I "taught" a couple jobs back is now an attorney who is representing one of the entities caught in the switches of this insidious smoking ban here in New Orleans.

Can you all pen or at least send the attached letter?
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1r6x...aBPoI/viewform

Quote:

I SUPPORT La Habana Hemingway Cigar Bar in New Orleans
Dear New Orleans City Council,

I write today in support of businessman Sergio Cabrera and his locally-owned business, La Habana Hemingway Cigar Bar. Recent changes to permitting and zoning laws have challenged La Habana’s ongoing operation. Mr. Cabrera is a hard-working, military war veteran who returned home from serving in Iraq and bought this business in 2010 to make a living for his family. Mr. Cabrera has worked studiously to navigate various ordinances and the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO) so he can keep his doors open.

City Council members, I ask that you join us in supporting this local cigar bar.

Mr. Cabrera’s business does not neatly fit into any use category currently recognized by the city. It is neither fully a “restaurant” nor a “cocktail lounge.” Instead, cigar bars like La Habana Hemingway are unique businesses with loyal customers. La Habana Hemingway offers retail cigars for sale, along with memberships in cigar lockers and top-shelf spirits for customers to consume on site with their cigars. This type of business should be properly classified in New Orleans as it is in other parts of the country.

When you walk in La Habana Hemingway Cigar Bar, you feel as if you’ve stepped into a Cuban or Latin American storefront. There is no mistaking Mr. Cabrera’s business for any other type of establishment in the French Quarter. His business is important to the character of our community. We strongly urge the City of New Orleans to support La Habana Hemingway Cigar Bar’s ongoing operation.

Harleyrider · 04-28-2015, 01:43 PM

Thanks, Tommy. Done.

TommyBB · 04-28-2015, 02:04 PM

VIC!!
Good to see you and thank you.

BigJohn · 04-28-2015, 02:54 PM

Done it too, Tommy - and tweeted it.
Tweeting it again!

jgbutler · 04-28-2015, 03:41 PM

Just sent my message Tommy! I truly hope he keep his cigar bar open.

mrdiver · 04-29-2015, 04:26 AM

<shaking head> This is so sad. Got your back, BB!

Gene · 04-29-2015, 05:47 AM

Done!

TommyBB · 04-29-2015, 10:12 AM

Thank you, fellers!
If it's the place I'm thinking of, they need someone who can help the shop, too. I may have gone in a year or so ago; the doors are wide open, the cigars are simply on the wall on workshop-like/cheap-shoe-store shelving, and there are huge humidifiers pumping out smoke, almost.

04-28-2015, 01:43 PM	#2
Harleyrider Club Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New Orleans, whenever possible Posts: 2,077	Thanks, Tommy. Done. __________________ Vic I'm way too young to be this damned old.

04-28-2015, 02:04 PM	#3
TommyBB Editor-in-Chief Herf God Join Date: Aug 1998 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 86,650	VIC!! Good to see you and thank you. __________________ +In Memory of E.Guevara(Cubano67)W.Orlando(Shadow) A.Morris (Knife) D.Odom (dodom) D.Revermann (dgr) S.Bouchard (sb1396) M.Cole (Matt76) S.Faccenda (TOJE) R.Smith(IBMer) V.Vandermeer (van55)M.Davis(boxdoctor)S.Singer(bassman)K.Doetze l (drillrk1)D.Hart(garme1962)J.Coleman(John C 81)T.Gossett(Dartplayer1)J.Bolt (jb)E.J.Ferralles(CaballoPinto)M.Cataldo(FVFanMC)K Payne(SanchoPanza)F.Seltzer(Mowee)+LB+Connor Olson+Micah Kercheval+Maggie Bonefas+Karen

04-28-2015, 02:54 PM	#4
BigJohn Chief Geek, @cigarweekly Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta (north burbs - Woodsto Posts: 14,174	Done it too, Tommy - and tweeted it. Tweeting it again! __________________ Government breaks our legs, then hands us a pair of crutches and says, "You see? If it wasn't for us you wouldn't be able to walk.".... Aren't we so lucky!? Need a website? Get one from a BOTL - > PM me! *"I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."* Help support the CigarWeekly webhost (me!) > Shop online? Start HERE: direct to Amazon.com Protect your computer from VIRUSES > Get Avast!

04-28-2015, 03:41 PM	#5
jgbutler Herf Meister Join Date: May 2004 Location: Weatherford, OK Posts: 6,102	Just sent my message Tommy! I truly hope he keep his cigar bar open. __________________ "The most futile and disastrous day seems well spent when it is reviewed through the blue, fragrant smoke of a Havana cigar." - Evelyn Waugh

04-29-2015, 10:12 AM	#8
TommyBB Editor-in-Chief Herf God Join Date: Aug 1998 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 86,650	Thank you, fellers! If it's the place I'm thinking of, they need someone who can help the shop, too. I may have gone in a year or so ago; the doors are wide open, the cigars are simply on the wall on workshop-like/cheap-shoe-store shelving, and there are huge humidifiers pumping out smoke, almost. __________________ +In Memory of E.Guevara(Cubano67)W.Orlando(Shadow) A.Morris (Knife) D.Odom (dodom) D.Revermann (dgr) S.Bouchard (sb1396) M.Cole (Matt76) S.Faccenda (TOJE) R.Smith(IBMer) V.Vandermeer (van55)M.Davis(boxdoctor)S.Singer(bassman)K.Doetze l (drillrk1)D.Hart(garme1962)J.Coleman(John C 81)T.Gossett(Dartplayer1)J.Bolt (jb)E.J.Ferralles(CaballoPinto)M.Cataldo(FVFanMC)K Payne(SanchoPanza)F.Seltzer(Mowee)+LB+Connor Olson+Micah Kercheval+Maggie Bonefas+Karen

04-29-2015, 04:26 AM	#6
mrdiver Herf Meister Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Clearwater, FL USA Posts: 9,931	<shaking head> This is so sad. Got your back, BB!

04-29-2015, 05:47 AM	#7
Gene Club Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Staten Island, New York Posts: 2,441	Done!

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