HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-13-16 Public Comment - S. Rosenzweig - Bozeman TaproomFrom:Scott Rosenzweig
To:Agenda
Subject:Taproom DISapproval
Date:Tuesday, December 13, 2016 10:52:56 PM
Dear Commissioners,
I have been a Hawthorne parent since 2005, and have three kids - 16, 13 and a 9 year old now in
fourth grade.
I'm writing to voice my opposition to expanding the Tap Room’s ability to make people drunker
quicker within direct view and within earshot of the Hawthorne School:
1) The idea that the Tap Room is “supporting a family atmosphere” by expanding from “Craft
Beers” into “Full Liquor Bar” is… ridiculous, and dishonest.
2) There is a very clear difference between the “dozen establishments serving alcohol within a
block of the school and there has been no harm to date”: The children cannot see – nor can
they hear! – any of the other bars or restaurants from their classrooms or anywhere on
school property. The Tap Room can be heard seen from inside Hawthorne classrooms when
the windows are open.
3) Anyone who suggests that “the addition of spirits will have no negative impact on the
neighborhood” gives no concern to the negative impact of alcohol throughout the general
public – yet Hawthorne students are public school students.
Personally, I support lots of lifestyle choices – but I think it’s a very wrong thing to have kids
watching people drink in a bar during school hours (because alcohol messes more people up than
just about anything)… or have the kids feeling like they maybe shouldn’t go hang out in the front
yard on a nice day, just because it’s uncomfortable being outside trying to hold a pleasant outdoor
learning session on the grass, under a tree, when across the street from a music-playing, open-sided
bar, with loud, drinking patrons... doing shots instead of downing craft beers… it’s not about a
“family atmosphere.”
Thank you for your consideration, and your service,
Scott Rosenzweig
Scott Rosenzweig
463 Summer Ridge Rd.
Bozeman, Montana
rosenzweigscott@gmail.com
Mobile: (406) 599-0719