what a mess

a board member of the midtown neighbors' association raises a lot of questions:

As a business owner and a resident of Midtown. And like you and many like you, I have concerns regarding the misdirected allocation of police resources regarding the incident at The Eagle.

Since the investigation is complete, anyone requesting a GA open records request can obtain a copy of the reports, including the original email.

it is my understanding, from my friends at APD that three months ago an email of complaint was sent to the mayors office. It is highly unusual for the mayor to become involved in vague allegations of 'sexual activity' in a back curtained room of the establishment. DUH, it is a men's leather bar.

What astounds me is the mayor's office ordered an investigation that resulted in THREE MONTHS of undercover work at the facility. What also astounds me is the Red Dog Unit was deployed. Now, Red dog is strictly a drug unit. There was never a drug investigation. Red Dog answers to...the mayor's office.

I'm in Kwanza Halls district so I got no dog in the district hunt. But what stinks to me is, who is in favor with the mayor in Zone 5 that has motivation to get the gay community riled up over APD or Red Dogs alleged 'derogatory comments'?

It could be the incumbent council member AF. AF has a friend in Peggy Denby, notorious bulldog when it comes to giving gay night life grief. AF also endorsed Liz Coyle, as does Denby. If the gay vote splits from Brodie, she gains the upper hand if there is a runoff, or takes the majority.

Why would the gay voters (who are really pissed at APD and anyone associated with them) split from Brodie, you ask?

Because a few weeks ago Mr. Brodie got the endorsement of the Police Union, MUCH to the chagrin of the incumbent and her protege Liz.

It seems that someone decided they, after 3 months had enough 'evidence' and chose Thursday night to pull the trigger on the raid. Raid turned up pretty much nothing, my sources tell me no one was in that notorious back room at the time of the last visit by the undercover officers. There was no reason to stage the raid at 11:30.

Except, Mr. Brodie was making the rounds at the gay events that evening for campaign stops, and was rumored to have a scheduled stop at The Eagle around 11:00PM.

Why would the incumbent go out of her way to do this to Mr Brodie? Well, remember how contentious the election was, losing by 6 votes, the lawsuit, etc. I bet she does have some sour grape for Mr. Brodie.

.... this all stinks of politics. It does not make sense to my source at APD (she says they simply do not waste time with such unfounded allegations, especially after at least one visit by undercover!)

The 90 day investigation seemed a big waste of taxpayer money. If it took 90 days to find out someone gets a BJ or a spanking in a curtained room in a gay leather club, what does that say about the resource utilization or worse, the political tooling rampant within our city government?