
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, March 17, 1990                   TAG: 9003222314
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A9   EDITION: METRO 
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SUNNYSIDE NOT THE CAUSE OF PROBLEMS

AS THE OWNER of the Sunnyside Market at 5022 Mountain Ave. SW, I was extremely upset about the article in your paper on Feb. 16, which unjustly and without any factual basis criticized my store as causing problems in the Old Southwest area.

My family and I have operated this store in full compliance with regulations regarding the sale of alcoholic beverages. Besides complying with state liquor laws, we have on numerous occasions called the police complaining about people loitering on or near our business. Sunnyside Market is not the cause of people drinking and urinating in public, passing out in neighborhood alleys and causing other disturbances, as alleged by residents.

ABC agent Will Goodman told residents that if they were going to live here for "a while," then it's a fight worth fighting. Well, Sunnyside Market intends to be in business in Old Southwest for "a while" and intends to defend and preserve its good name as a good business, a good friend, and an enthusiastic supporter of all productive efforts on behalf of the Old Southwest area.\ V. LEFFEL\ ROANOKE

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