The Pony Getting Harassed

In case you missed this, the owner of The Pony Cabaret and Steakhouse, which is not a strip club despite the complaints of some patrons who wish it was, filed a lawsuit against the city claiming that the Assistant City Attorney wants to close down the business.

Once again, it looks as if the city has gotten into a situation, much like Oakland Avenue Auto Repair, where it gave permission to a business to locate without considering all of the ramifications of the decision. I have heard of instances where people visiting SIUC have received directions taking them down Giant City Road, then on to Grand Avenue, bypassing downtown altogether.

Lawsuit Against SIU BOT

Press release I just received from Dunham:

Nolan Sharkey filed a suit today naming Jesse Cler and the entire Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees as Defendants.  The suit alleges that Cler, a student at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, is seeking to be certified as the student trustee representing the Carbondale campus on the Board of Trustee.  Sharkey’s suit alleges that Cler failed to comply with the student trustee election procedures, and therefore his name should not have been placed on the ballot.  The suit further contends that the election was flawed because SIU administration and faculty improperly influenced the election.   In addition, Sharkey alleges that SIU-C Graduate and Professional Student Council refused to certify Cler’s election because the elections procedures had been violated.  The suit seeks to have the election declared void, further declaring that any votes that Cler would cast while serving on the Board should be deemed to be void.   Sharkey is seeking a preliminary injunction, enjoining the Defendants from seating Cler until while the suit is pending.   At the time the suit was filed, a date had not been set on Sharkey’s request for a preliminary injunction.  Sharkey, a law student at SIU, was Cler’s opponent in the April, 2013, election.   Sharkey is represented by Darrell Dunham, Attorney at Law, Carbondale, Illinois.