Lawsuit Filed About Jonesboro Private Club Alcohol Permit
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A suit has been filed challenging the state
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board`s granting of a private-club
mixed-drink permit for a downtown Jonesboro restaurant. The suit
also asks a judge to order an investigation of the ABC.
The suit was filed in Craighead County Circuit Court by
Batesville attorney Jay F. Shell on behalf of 38 plaintiffs. It
claims the ABC failed to follow state law and its own rules in
granting a private-club liquor permit to Piero Trimarchi. He is the
owner of Piero`s Main Street Bistro.
The permit was issued on March 17th, and the restaurant
officially became a private club on April First.
In the suit, Shell asks the court to revoke the permit and,
quote, "order an investigation into ABC board practices, given the
total abdication of its responsibilities and sworn duties." The
suit did not say who should carry out such an investigation. Shell
did not return a telephone message seeking elaboration on the
request for an investigation.
