Oasis Goodtime Emporium
6363 Peachtree Industrial Blvd
Atlanta, GA 30360
Raided Again Today
doctorevil
Evil Lair
Oasis was raided again today. I was there at about 6 PM when the police came in and announced that Oasis was selling alcohol without a license. They also said it was illegal to possess alcohol in a sexually oriented business and said they were going to be issuing citations to customers. They claimed that they already knew who had been drinking alcohol on the premises, suggesting that an informant had already been there. They then went around and issued citations to several customers, apparently at random. I saw them breathalyze at least one. Several customers walked out. It looked like they didn’t make any attempt to stop them or impede their exit. I understand the bartenders were cited. They left after about 45 min, and a little while after that a manager said that they were closing, so I left.
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I suppose they really don't care about what goes on in VIP or they would have gone to check those, too.
Curious at 6 PM on Friday was it very crowded? Wondering if they raided when not a lot of customers there just to make a point.
"Several customers walked out. It looked like they didn’t make any attempt to stop them or impede their exit."
When the raid happens, that is plan A. Walk calmly toward the exit and don't make eye contact. Unless you're VIP peeps like Doc Evil, it's time to make a like a tree when the cops show up. I've been in a club for two raids and both times I walked straight out no problems.
One final impression I took away from it. A few of officers seemed pretty gung-ho about being there and giving out tickets. Save society from this evil place. But at least half seemed to just there following orders and I got the impression they would rather be doing something else.
Sounds like Oasis has a rat problem.
That's been going on a while. I was told there was a "raid" last Friday as well, but I understand that they didn't cite any customers. Now it seems they are trying to put additionalpressure on the the club through the customers.
In 2017, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights looked at how much revenue cities across the country collected and how much of it came from fines. On average, just under one and a half percent of a city’s revenues came from fines.
But the study found that five metro-Atlanta cities, Doraville, Clarkston, Morrow, Stone Mountain, and Riverdale. were among the worst ten in America.
Sec. 6-416. - Prohibited conduct.
(d) No person shall possess, use, or consume alcoholic beverages on the premises of a sexually oriented business.
However, it also says this:
(g) A sign in a form to be approved by the City Manager or designee, and summarizing the provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e), shall be posted near the entrance of the sexually oriented business in such a manner as to be clearly visible to patrons upon entry. No person shall cover, obstruct, or obscure said sign.
And this:
Sec. 6-417. - Scienter required to prove violation or business licensee liability.
This article does not impose strict liability. Unless a culpable mental state is otherwise specified herein, a showing of a reckless mental state is necessary to establish a violation of a provision of this article.
I’ve never seen the required sign posted at the front door, and I don’t believe there is one. Any reasonably competent lawyer should be able to get any customer citations dismissed simply because of the lack of the sign.
I guess it is the position of Oasis that the sexually oriented business ordinance doesn’t apply to them at all.
Remember when elephants fight the grass gets trampled
I would simply claim I was at the restaurant next door. Same parking lot.
The city has all kinds of rules/ordinances at its disposal or it can make new ones - the city also has endless resources at its disposal and can get their way even if the defendant is in the right by causing the defendant to go out of business via legal-fees - not to mention private-developers that may have their sights set on a SC's property and bribe city officials to do their dirty-work for them to get rid of the SC.
At the end of the day SCs are easy-targets and no one is gonna stand up for them - the best chance they may have in the future is if sex-work is legalized but regular SCs may lose out to brothels as in other countries where sex-work is legal.
Just more intimidation. The only thing I can possibly think of would be cross checking car owners to adult entertainment license database and seeing if there was anyone who had lapsed or revoked or known felon, etc. It would not cover everyone, but it is easier than going in to check ID's.
Or he was just looking for his daughter's car, dunno.
I assume it is a bigger play, less customers, less revenue and at some point is it still worth to stay open if you are not making coin. .
As for discouraging patrons from going, I doubt many of the patrons are on this forum or others to learn the raids are happening. Regulars will get the word, of course.
very much like follies workaround for 70% food. the chefs would bake sheet cakes every morning and the customers would buy a piece of cake that came with a complimentary cocktail.
At least that's how I interpret all this stuff....
Maybe they can strike a deal with the bar next door. Put on wristbands and allow in and out to go next door to have a couple then come back.
Sec. 6-419. - Location of sexually oriented businesses.
(a) It shall be unlawful to establish, operate, or cause to be operated a sexually oriented business in Doraville, unless said sexually oriented business is at least:
(1) Five hundred (500) feet from any parcel occupied by another sexually oriented business or by a business licensed by the State of Georgia to sell alcohol at the premises; and
Doraville clearly wrote their ordinance to drive Oasis out of business.
I don't know the legalities here, but it seems logical (not always the case with the law) that the city cannot permit Business B to open in a place that then makes pre-existing Business A in violation through no fault of their own.
demolition is almost complete on the old in-town suites across the street from Tattletale. as soon as the hotel and condos start filling up, get ready for major harassment from those tenants and developers salivating over the land that tattletale is on.
potential tenants will more than likely need to sign a waiver acknowledging that they are purchasing property across from a strip club, but just like those people that buy houses near an airport, you can be certain that they will complain to the local city reps.
When a club owner thinks he’s paying too much in Miscellaneous Fees to the local government - some learn the painful way.
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It's an issue with porno media stores too. We have only a few, and it is effectively impossible to open new ones, just as it is with strip clubs.
In the 60's and 70's courts overturned all the laws preventing this, but then a new generation of Sexual Contras decided to write new laws. These are probably as unconstitutional as the previous ones, but putting them to the test is very expensive and time consumptive, and the courts have moved to the Right.
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