Charleston is special because we are not just another 'copy and paste' corporate town. Locally owned businesses define the soul of our City. abcnews4.com/news/local/c... - ThreadSky

edsutton.bsky.social • 37 days ago

Charleston is special because we are not just another 'copy and paste' corporate town.

Locally owned businesses define the soul of our City.

https://abcnews4.com/news/local/charlestons-bumpas-bar-to-close-amid-soaring-insurance-premiums-for-local-bars-wciv-abc-news-4-liquor-liability-laws-senator-ed-sutton-saint-patricks-day

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georgiasmum.bsky.social•37 days ago

I truly hope no one messed with Charleston

tomowens67.bsky.social•37 days ago

They didn't define a thing. It wasn't that great a bar. They've only been open for 4 years and change. Stop making it sound like they've been around for decades and will be missed. They won't be.

edsutton.bsky.social•37 days ago

Because you didn't like a specific bar, we shouldn't do anything to address unfair insurance premiums?

tomowens67.bsky.social•37 days ago

That's not the point and you know it. 80% of restaurants fail within the first 5 years. This one is no different. It opened at the worst time imaginable: during covid in 2020. You and they blame insurance. It wasn't that. It was piss poor business decisions.

edsutton.bsky.social•37 days ago

Mr. Owens, insurance premiums are too high, and those costs are forcing more small businesses to close.

I will continue to highlight that fact.

Im confused to the point you're trying to make. So far, you've just presented negativity to someone's hard work to create a new business.

tomowens67.bsky.social•36 days ago

Maybe they are, but you picked about the worst example imaginable. If it were older restaurants that suddenly were unable to pay it, that would be relevant. One that was run by people that opened during a pandemic, wasn't that great a place and failed as most restaurants do is not a good example.

tomowens67.bsky.social•36 days ago

In car insurance terms, you picked a guy tgat had 12 speeding tickets and 4 accidents to prove high insurance costs rather than a guy that had a perfect driving record the last 20 years.

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