County happy with Prive’s progress, grants 90-day license

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1. By wizardofOz

   Oct. 6, 2009

   10:42 p.m.

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   Well, well, well.

   Prive gets a temporary bus-pass from Clark County while undergoing a "background" check. You don't say...?

   Since there's more to a "background check" than just checking a rap sheet, here's a little quote from good ol' boy Mr. Eric Milon, former French runway model and owner of The Opium Group, and a little proof he has had a teeny-weeny little attitude problem....SINCE 1998.

   (Here's some of the 1998 story, and Mr. Milon's quote:)

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   ...The owners concluded that the crackdown was intended primarily to close yet another club, Amnesia, which has been locked in a four-year legal battle with the city. But the events of that night signaled something more worrisome to the nightclub proprietors: that despite a recent cease-fire, the running battle between their clubs and the municipal government for the past several years had broken out again.

   "It's an amazing situation," says Eric Milon, the 45-year-old Frenchman who is part owner of the upscale Living Room on Washington Avenue. "Without the nightlife industry, there is no South Beach. There is no business, no profits. People used to come here for the Art Deco. Now they come for the nightlife. But it seems the city is always wanting to put us out of business. They are not just implementing the law. They are making your life impossible. They are trying to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs."

   Miami Beach officials argue that the goose that deposits those golden eggs also leaves unpleasant droppings -- armies of teenagers from all over the county, including gang members, who cross the causeways and gather on South Beach. Many are well behaved, but some get drunk, do drugs, fight, break into cars, and even, from time to time, shoot at each other, police say. Because a number of clubs lure this element to the Beach, the industry as a whole must contend with the crackdowns. Until the entertainment industry fixes this problem, all clubs, no matter what their age policies, will inevitably feel the city's displeasure....

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   Well, seems as though Mr. Milon, former French runway model, has a slight contempt for "rules", now doesn't he..?
   Blames it on the "city"....is that so...?

   And it's all about the "bucks", now isn't it, Mr. Milon?

   Read the complete article and Miami's battle going back to the late 90's here:

   http://www.miaminewtimes.com/content/pri...

   Titled:

   Conflict in Clubland
   Streets lined with rowdies, fistfights, gunshots, cops in ski masks. Is this what an entertainment district is supposed to look like?
   By John Lantigua
   published: May 21, 1998

   How's that for "background"?

2. By wizardofOz

   Oct. 6, 2009

   11:04 p.m.

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   for the above comment and as usual, a disclaimer:

   (this comment is to highlight the published background of "connected" people to The Opium Group, which may no longer exist, but we now know as "Prive Vegas", but you get the picture, anyhow...)