What happens if you run a gambling den for years, serve underage minors in your bar, and have illegal slot machines in your bar and get caught!Here's how you handle it, appeal appeal appeal, the Illinois Liquor Commission (ILC) will let you off the shut-down hook and keep you open. According to other Mayors I talked to in the last few days, it's the way they do it! They all told me there horror stories. So now we are in the club!
Of course the owner has to pay a fine, because of course the municipality does it right, the owner admits to everything at the liquor hearing. Even then you get to remain open! Here is the decision in PDF format for you to enjoy.
Excellent!
The ILC did not overturn my decision they just called it overly harsh! The penalty was changed to a $10,000 fine, which is one of the largest levied in a long time by the ILC.
Other then a few old timers, the vast majority of residents here were supportive of my aggressive stance on this issue. So despite the fact that this train wreck of a bar is open, we are still going to continue aggressive action with our liquor licenses throughout the village.
We are not going to tolerate underage drinking of any kind, nor are we going to tolerate illegal gambling either in our fine bars and restaurants.
If you want to read the back story to this story go here.
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