You can't have anything nice; or have any fun

Interesting story in The New Times about the bar owners in Wynwood having problems with the cops. This sounds just like Coconut Grove a few years ago. In the Grove, the police and authorities were called on bar owners who did not toe the line, if they did or said anything that was not appreciated by the establishment, they were raided. If they talked about the 3 am/5 am issue, they were raided. If they looked at anyone crooked they were punished.

One thing that occurred often here was that police cars were sent out to sit in front of the offending establishments all night. They had their lights on and basically scared off business.

Today the Grove still suffers. 

There is also talk about the Wynwood Art Walk getting out of hand (read too successful).

According to the New Times story, bar owners in downtown, who have the police and Commissioner Sarnoff on their side, are going after competition in Wynwood.

Sarnoff in the middle of this? No! Can't be. And our buddy David Collins, former Grove BID Director is the BID Director now in Wynwood. Do they even have a BID in Wyndood? I hope this is not a repeat of what happened in the Grove. This is akin to the City of New York killing SoHo or Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

The whole story is here.