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« State wins auto emissions lawsuit | Today | On deck: Quiet sports locally, big college bowl night » December 28, 2006Club Pulse seeks continuance of suspension hearingPROVIDENCE — Yesterday, the city Board of Licenses ordered that the nightclub Pulse be shut down temporarily as a threat to public safety after a fatal Christmas Day shooting. Now, the club owner is asking the board to hold off on a hearing scheduled for tomorrow that would allow him to contest the shutdown. The move means that the club is voluntarily closing for this New Year's Day holiday weekend. At the request of the Police Department, the license board yesterday suspended the operating licenses of the South Providence nightclub because three men were shot — one fatally — inside the club early Christmas morning. The police allege that it was only the latest in a string of troublesome incidents at Pulse. The board had scheduled a hearing for 10 a.m. tomorrow at City Hall, as required by law, to give club licensee A.A.T. Restaurant Corp. an opportunity to contest the suspension. The lawyer for the club owner contacted city officials today to ask for a continuance of the scheduled hearing. Tomasso has agreed to temporarily waive his rights to a swift hearing and an appeal and to keep Pulse closed for the time being, according to Richard H. Aitchison, city license administrator. Pulse closed after the shooting, and according to police Maj. Paul Fitzgerald, the club was not scheduled to reopen until tomorrow night. By asking for a delay, police officers said, Tomasso is giving up what promised to be lucrative business over the New Year’s weekend. The board will meet tomorrow morning to consider the request for a continuance, and no testimony about the management of Pulse or the shooting is expected to be presented, Aitchison said. The scheduled meeting time has been moved back by one hour, to 11 a.m. -- Journal staff writer Gregory Smith Posted by Steve Peoples CommentsDan | December 28, 2006 8:08 PM link I think that club Pulse should be perminently shutdown. We go to clubs to have fun not to feel like we could possibly be in some kind of danger. If the security was on their job, they could of prevented Christmas Eve's incident. As far as security,I think that everyone should be treated the same because you never know who's doing what. After Christmas Eve, I don't feel safe enough to ever step foot back into the nightclub pulse. I think that they should take full responsibility for this past weekend's incident. They are so worried about the money. What they should be worried about is keeping people safe. Rennie | December 28, 2006 10:50 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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How many people have to get killed before a club is shut down?? It seems that the owner, Alex Tomasso, has a history of opening hip-hop clubs in Providence where there are shootings and murders. He is forced to close one and he just moves to a different location, changes the name and opens another. Am I the only one who sees that or maybe Mr. Tomasso has the right connections at City Hall???