Opinion :: Guest Opinions
Neighborhood watch
by Brian Boisvert
President of the Bay Village Neighborhood Association
Tuesday Jul 20, 2010
As reported last week, the Bay Village Neighborhood Association (BVNA) held a public meeting on June 29 for Jacque’s Cabaret to discuss extending their all-alcohol license from midnight to 2 a.m. Nearly 100 residents attended to talk about noise, traffic, vandalism, public urination, and prostitution in the area immediately surrounding Jacque’s when shows end. Neither the owner nor manager attended, instead sending their attorney, lobbyist Ted Aleixo.
He presented no solution for the concerns of neighbors and the Boston Police Department except for a police detail that Captain Bernard O’Rourke insisted would not be available during those hours. Aleixo even made the jaw-dropping claim that drunk bachelorettes walking away from the bar at closing may not be coming from Jacque’s. Such flippant dismissal of residents was routine in this meeting — and, in fact, has been commonplace from Jacque’s for years. There was no good faith attempt to address the current troubles, let alone new ones created by extending their closing time. Consequently, the BVNA members voted unanimously to oppose the license extension.
See the full article from “Bay Windows”