But, in a move that some bystanders feel will one day be reenacted the way the Gunfight at the OK Corral is done on a daily basis, in sauntered the Town Marshal who announced that the new patio is now closed — right in front of a documentary crew from the UK, who caught the action all on tape.
Evidently Larry Talvy hasn’t been in Tombstone long enough to realize that you just don’t separate a barfly from his drinks during Happy Hour.
Perhaps Talvy would have had more credibility had the Tombstone Chamber of Commerce not used said patio a few days previous for a big party. It should also be noted at this point that one of the Chamber officers recently went on record with your humble correspondent, telling her in no uncertain terms to keep her nose of the current civic disturbances in Tombstone and let the community work things out, without making trouble. According to Carrafa, perhaps the city might have a bit more credibility if other businesses were required to follow the same new codes he is being required to follow.
All the city officials want to do is make things safe for tourists in Tombstone — or is something else afoot?
Mike Carrafa's restaurant, like the Tombstone Boarding House B & B, is off the beaten path a little. Carrafa, like my friend Sylvia, is almost dependent on distributing handbills in order to bring new business into Six Gun City. But now that Dusty Escapule has become mayor, he has ordered Larry Talvy to crack down on handbill distribution.
There are rumblings that the on-Allen Street restaurants don’t really want either Sylvia or Carrafa distributing handbills and increasing their business because it could hurt the Allen Street restaurants. But that’s just a nasty rumor.
Then there’s this whole reenactors problem. Six Gun City has regular gunfights — that’s why it’s called Six Gun City, don’t ya know. Because Carrafa is allegedly operating a “for profit” business, he has been refused a permit for his reenactors to perform the shows they’ve been doing for years.
Is the City Council trying to close the entire restaurant and put 30 people out of business in these uncertain times? That’s a valid question considering what will happen to the Tombstone Trolley when Fourth and Fifth Streets are closed. Then there is the city ordinance that now prevents people from walking — in costume — on the streets of Tombstone.
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1 - Joanne Huspek
Wow!