As of 5 pm May 1st the sign has not been changed. So it is now one month since the 4/2/12 promise before the City Council that it would be changed immediately. I doubt there is any intention, now or then to change it, they have one foot out of door and to spend additional money to reword the sign seems inprobable.

I did notice that the mall unit #8 has now been rented, it is a store which 'buys, sells and rents' videos. This leaves units 14 and 15 as still unrented.

The pawn shop business license was issued in violation of local zoning. No pawn shops, tattoo parlors, liquor stores, etc... to decrease our property values & lifestyle of our Mack Dobbs Road neighborhoods.

Word going around is that Zoning Admin Simmons got a week off with no pay but it is being refered to as him having been 'on vacation'. Don't know for sure if it is true or not but it makes a good rumor.

I didn't bother to publish the Venturi/Cruchelow lease as it is 37 pages and not all that interesting, but in addition to the info quoted in this (above) article on page 7 it also says at Article IV4.3(a) "Tenant shall conduct its business in the Demised Premises during the hours consistent with a pawn shop operation."

This is the lease drawn up by Venturi and signed by him as 'Managing Partner' so the BS he was putting out about him being surprised that there was all of a sudden a pawn shop in his strip mall is total baloney, he knew and simply lied to people about being surprised that it was a pawn shop.

I also noted this is a 60 month lease (5 yrs) for the 2 units which list on the realtor Dinnerman's site as going for 31,000 each per year, so that is $300,000 +/- for Venturi over the term of the lease. So obviously money is a driving force for him and he is no longer concerned with keeping his word from 2004.

...and both John and Serena continue to snicker at next door neighbor while silently mumbling; "too bad loser, our pawn shop is staying put."
They totally pulled one over on the city and the Mack Dobbs community!