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When we last checked in<\/a> with the Taco Bell Cantina on State Street, the restaurant’s liquor license application had been vetoed by Mayor Paul Soglin, despite agreeing to numerous concessions like only serving beer and wine. (What about the spiked slushies, Paul?!)<\/p>\n

Now, Bell Great Lakes, LLC, the franchisee that owns this Taco Bell Cantina, is suing the city of Madison<\/a>, citing treatment that is \u201carbitrary, unlawful, and unfair.\u201d<\/p>\n

And they do have a point.\u00a0When Soglin vetoed the application, he dropped this little soundbite during a news conference, which is surely going to come up at some point in the litigation:<\/p>\n

\u201cI see little public value in issuing a liquor license to Taco Bell to the people of our community and, in turn, to city government. If the license was associated with something of value \u2014 a new hotel, a fine restaurant \u2014 that\u2019d be another thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

While I can\u2019t speak to the legality of this \u2014 all of my legal knowledge comes from The Wire<\/em>, after all \u2014 it certainly seems \u201cunfair.\u201d And though it is Soglin\u2019s job to vote on the license, it\u2019s not his job to assign value to businesses like that. I\u2019m sure the people managing and working at the Cantina would love<\/em> hearing that their work is of no value.<\/p>\n

As for \u201carbitrary,\u201d the complaint cites that just three weeks after the Taco Bell decision, the city approved a liquor license for Chen\u2019s Dumpling House<\/a>, right across the street. \u201cThere was no meaningful or material difference between [Bell Great Lakes\u2019] application and the applications the City later and earlier approved,\u201d it states.<\/p>\n

Bell Great Lakes\u2019 spokesman Greg Flynn elaborates: \u201cThe bottom line is that while we have been beyond accommodating to all involved parties, we truly believe that the way this matter was handled is due solely to the Mayor\u2019s unwarranted bias against our restaurant brand.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is certainly going to get interesting. To quote the great American statesman Patrick Henry, \u201cGive me Baja Blast or give me death!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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