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9A THE DAILY ASTORIAN FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 2016 Inn: Port heard proposals Irom several diIIerent groups Continued from Page 1A Deal gone bad +unter¶s client, *anesh Sonpatki, had been negotiat- ing with the Port and heavil\ indebted hotelier Brad Smi- thart since 1 to take over the Riverwalk ,nn and pa\ oII Smithart¶s debts to the cit\ and the Port ,n exchange, Son- patki would get the two \ears remaining on Smithart¶s lease and an option Ior a ¿ve-\ear extension The Port &ommission voted in -une to have staII ¿nalize an agreement, but the deal was never ¿nalized Luke Reese, the Port¶s attorne\, claims Param canceled con- tract negotiations beIore the\ were completed, while Hunter claims the Port wrongIull\ walked awa\ Irom a binding agreement While the deal with Param languished, the Port was the short-term operators while approached in -ul\ b\ Orr, the agenc\ created a reTuest president oI Signature Sea- Ior proposals Ior a long- Ioods in Seattle, and Trabucco, term understanding Within a local developer Iormerl\ a month, Param ¿led suit behind the Hotel The Port put the (lliott The two reTuest Ior propos- oIIered a similar als on hold, pending deal to Sonpatki¶s the outcome oI the The Port even- lawsuit tuall\ heard pro- posals Irom sev- Public issue, eral diIIerent or private groups, including gain? local restaurateur ,n Januar\, and adult home Hospitalit\ 9en- operator Kruparao tures¶ law\er, Wil- Ganesh Kancharla, &om- liam 0iner, ¿led Sonpatki Iort Suites &olum- a motion to strike bia River owner James Param¶s claim against Hos- 0ullo\ and Bellingham, pitalit\ 9entures and take his Washington, hotelier 0ark clients out oI the case His motion rests on a state law Hollander The Port &ommission ulti- covering the right oI petition matel\ voted in September and Iree speech on issues oI to install Orr¶s and Trabuc- public interest — the public co¶s Hospitalit\ 9entures as issue being the Port-owned Daily Astorian/File Photo The Astoria Riverwalk Inn as seen from the West End Mooring Basin last year. Riverwalk ,nn The law is known as an anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuit against public participation statute Hunter responded to 0in- er¶s motion to strike, sa\- ing Orr and Trabucco are not covered b\ the statute because the\ interIered with Param¶s business relation- ships Ior their own private ¿nancial gain “As courts have repeat- edl\ recognized, conduct oI that nature is not subMect to the anti-SLAPP statute,” Hunter wrote “(ven iI the statute applies, Param has introduced substantial evi- dence in support oI its claim Ior interIerence” Liquor: &raIt beer, winemakers oppose privatization Continued from Page 1A Replacing that revenue might be challenging given that the Oregon Legislature neeGs a three¿Iths maMorit\ to pass a new tax, said Paul Romain, a lobb\ist Ior the Oregon Beer & Wine Distrib- utors Association, which is a member oI the coalition The measure also would liNel\ increase the num- ber oI liTuor outlets in Ore- gon There were liTuor stores in the state, as oI 0arch , according to the Oregon LiTuor &ontrol &ommission Beer, wine opposition &raIt beer and winemaNers oppose privatization because liTuor would compete with beer and wine Ior both store shelI space and bu\ers ³,I there is liTuor in the store, the shelI space has to come somewhere,” said Paul Romain, a lobb\ist Ior the Oregon Beer & Wine Distrib- utors Association ³,n Wash- ington state, a lot oI the winer- ies that had product in stores, their numbers went down because the shelI space was then used Ior liTuor” Oregon is one oI a dimin- ishing number oI states that still regulates pricing, mar- keting ,distribution and retail sales oI liTuor, according to Oregonians Ior &ompetition, a coalition oI grocers, retail- ers, craIt distillers, and con- sumers who support the ini- tiative Oregon is one oI 13 states that still controls retail sales through govern- ment-operated stores or des- ignated agents, according to the National Alcohol Bever- age &ontrol Association “We believe Oregonians are read\ to end the state¶s monopol\ on liTuor sales and allow Oregon consum- ers to bu\ liTuor at Tuali- ¿ed grocer\ and retail stores ² Must like consumers do in most other states,” co-sponsor L\nn *ust, retired president oI Portland-based )red 0e\er 6tores, said in a statement “The initiative will allow the state to Iocus more on alco- hol law enIorcement, which is what Oregon voters originall\ intended the OL&& to do” Don Ryan/AP Photo Joe Bascuti stocks shelves at a liquor store in Portland. 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