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In article <MPG.19c69569ca87b3a7989759@news.rice.edu>,
 Chris Dieckmann <spamcorral@yahoo.com> wrote:

> In article <Xns93F05B15ABB34albertnurickcom@24.28.95.190>, 
> albert@nurick.com says...
> > A longtime Austin restaurant is being forced to move by it landlord (who 
> > lives in Houston, unfortunately) because they sell animal products.  
> 
> I'm already regretting adding this reply, but what is the point of 
> ridicule here?  The businesses aren't being "forced" to move (implying an 
> eviction); their leases are not just being renewed after their 
> completion.  As the owner of the shopping center, Ms. Daniels is simply 
> running a business guided by her morals/beliefs/conscience and whether it 
> makes business sense is really the only debatable point.  I wonder if the 
> reaction would be the same if the Southern Baptist owner of a strip 
> center "forced" a liquor store or dance studio to move...or how about a 
> Mormon landlord unable to come to terms with a Starbucks?  What about 
> taking a stance on a tobacconist?  An adult bookstore?  How about the 
> infamous midnight razing in Market Square by our beloved Pappas clan?  
> Apparently their morals/beliefs/conscience don't encompass civic pride or 
> a sense of neighborhood history either.

What she's doing is perfectly legal, moral in her own twisted view of 
things, and being in Austin, our own Central Texas bowl of nuts & 
flakes, will no doubt be applauded by a large sector of the tofu & 
Birkenstock crowd.

There might be an argument to be made that the restaurant has a certain 
amount of perceived equity built up in its long-time location, and would 
be irreparably harmed by being forced to move, but getting a favorable 
judgement would be an extreme longshot. 

Make sure you get to the part of the article where the bridal shop had 
to relocate because the property owner refused to let the lessee 
exterminate the ants.  I can deal with someone being a vegan.  Not my 
cup of beef bouillion, but somewhat understandable.  Forcing someone to 
cohabitate with noxious vermin, though, is ridiculous.

Here's the link again, since it got trimmed earlier.

http://www.news8austin.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=83100


Matt