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November 28, 2012
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Forced into Closure
been bullied into shutting down
by a health inspector.
been the headlining problem for
“It made me so angry,” said
most of the negative attention Varnado. People have vandal­
directed at Reo’s, Varnado feels ized his cookers— broken grill
that a darker issue lays at the pipes, urinated on them and clut-
heart of the matter.
“Prejudice turned everybody
against us,” said Varnado, who
is looking for a new place to
open his restaurant, but not likely
in the same area. “I don’t want
to go back because of the way
they treated me.”
Vamado claims he’ s received
multiple racist threats.
tered them with broken bottles.
The restaurant ow ner says
“I hate to be mistreated,” he
h e’s been spit on, approached, said, “I left Mississippi to better
watched, and followed in his car myself and I come out here and
by strangers. “I’ve felt threat­ it’s the same stuff.”
ened by people lurking near the
V arnado, who happens to
restaurant,” he said.
be black, is not the only restau ­
While some police officers rant ow ner who feels like rac­
have served him well, Varnado ism played a role in their clo­
says he’s been harassed about sure. Tim C ausey, co-ow ner
having a permit for his cookers o f th e A rlin g to n M a rt in
by others. He also says he’s G ladstone, says people made it
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im possible for him to operate
his business.
In the barbeque business for
four years, while his business
partner, Scott Richardson, had
run the main store for 16 years,
When people use civic positions
and financial leverage to oppress
you and take out your business—
-T im Causey, co-owner of the
that’s problematic. Arlington
Mart In Gladstone
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C ausey says neighbors filed
three or four “legally meritless”
cases against them before they
were finally shut down by code
enforcement for operating their
barbeque grill outside.
“When people use civic posi­
tions and financial leverage to
oppress you and take out your
business— that’s problematic,”
he said.
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