Wednesday, fcbruary 28, 1979
daily nebrasken
page 5
Neighbors lament Point After locale
By Tom Prentiss
-m-JS1 fter's attcmP to change ownership of its
tun 0 3 ,ocation was Dlocked Monday night by the
City Council.
The council voted 6-0 to deny the application of Hie
Exchange to take over the building ownership from The
Point After. The Point After used to be called Uncle
Sam s.
. The council heard testimony from several businesses in
the area who complained about vandalism, litter, theft
m ' inadequate parking because of the establishment.
Nieghborhood businessmen blamed the problems on
liquor sales there which they said should be stopped.
James S. Watson, speaking for Capitol Tire Co., 2400 O
M., said management is not a problem, but the location of
the i establishment is. The capacity of The Point After is
512 persons, which he said expands the problem that
started with Uncle Sam's liquor license,
.r0 management will fill it every night," Watson
said. That's what they're supposed to do."
But when that many people from the college age group
are in a bar, "things happen," he added.
Parking shortage
He said there is inadequate parking for patrons of Point
After. He and The Point After management agreed on
parking stalls for 5 1 2 people.
The excess runs onto neighboring property, which
causes problems for the owners, he added. Watson
said when The Point After is at capacity, "not even exces
sive carpooling could solve the problem."
Retailers in the area agreed. Steve Ihrie of Hinky
Dinky, 2535 O St., said his employees would spend
an hour every Saturday and Sunday morning cleaning beer
cans, bottles and other litter from the parking lot.
Gene Leach, owner of Act Furniture-TV Inc., 2429 O
St., said his store has been broken into and he blames this
on liquor's influence on The Point After patrons.
Disturbances
Lt. Don Wflkins of the Lincoln Police Department
Liquor and Vice. Division, said in the two and a half years
Uncle Sam's was open, the police received over 660
service calls for various disturbances.
Wflkins said that there were probably over 800 calls,
but about four months of records were misplaced when
the division moved.
He listed over 151 identification checks, 128 distur
bances, 63 larcenies and seven hit and runs among the
violations.
Wilkins said the "intolerable situation" would almost
necessitate a full-time police officer to keep order.
Councilman Leo Scherer expressed concern over the in
adequate parking and asked what the new management
would do about it.
Ron Rocker, current Point After manager, said if
needed, he would try to lease areas to relieve the parking
problem. Rocker said he was not aware before this of how
much the parking problem bothered people.
Location problem
Councilman Bob Jeambey and Councilwoman Arlyss
Brown both stated that they thought die main problem
was the location. New management was not at issue they
said.
"Two wrongs don't make a right," Scherer said,
agreeing. "This is not a good license location."
Jeambey said the problem could be alleviated if Point
After, or whoever owned the property, could buy up the
surrounding property. Jeambey admitted he didn't think
this was possible.
Councilman Joe Hampton amended his motion to
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allow a 90-day review of The Point After. If problems still
exist, the council could decide what to do when the
business's license comes up for renewal in November.
Teen-age disco
Point After has been operating as a non-alcoholic teen
age disco. Herb Friedman, representing Lincoln Enter
tainment Inc., which operates The Point After, said this
was to resolve current financial problems.
Watson questioned the usefulness of turning teen-agers
away from one of the few places that serve their interests.
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