Full Text of Springfield's Decision to Deny Capital Video's 2008 Viewing Booth Entertainment License

Published: January 6, 2008, 6:20 am

Tags: legal strategies, capital video corporation, viewing booths, ordinances and regulations, secondary effects

Here is the full text of Springfield Mayor Charles Ryan's Findings and Decision as transmitted on January 4 to Thomas Lesser, attorney for Capital Video. Mr. Lesser, based in Northampton, is trying to help Capital Video obtain a 2008 entertainment license for the porn viewing booths in its Springfield store, called Amazing.net. Last year he tried to save Capital Video's 2007 entertainment license from revocation and failed.Mayor Ryan's findings are reproduced below and may be downloaded as a PDF. Here are key passages: ...I found that issuance of the 2006 and 2007 licenses lead to the creation of a nuisance and endangered the public health, safety or order by increasing the incidence of disruptive conduct in the area in which the Capital Video premises (hereinafter "Premises") are located...As evidenced by the testimony and exhibits presented at the revocation hearing, (copies of which were introduced in the January 3, 2008 hearing as Exhibits 15 and 16) the increase in the

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