Sun columnist Sue-Anne Levy can be over the top sometimes in her columns but, hey, we have freedom of the press here in Toronto even under her friend Rob Ford as mayor. She has written columns critical of the sweetheart deal the previous City administration made with the Boardwalk restaurant down on the lake shore near the Beaches.
The owners were given a 20-year lease for a promise to renovate the charming spot on the argument that franchises must be kept out. Now it turns out they are negotiating with Tim Hortons. Sue-Anne has been critical of the deal and now, the owner, George Foulidis, has sent her a lawyer's letter banning her from the premises.
As Sue-Anne tells it: "By way of a letter from his pricey Prince Arthur Ave. law firm Foulidis has informed me I will no longer be allowed to walk through the doors of his pub/eatery/gin joint — call the establishment on a prime piece of public lakefront land whatever you want. In the Dec. 13 letter to my editor-in-chief James Wallace, lawyer Brian Shiller indicates that I am not only “banned” from the Boardwalk Cafe but if I do drop by, the police will be “notified” and a request made to escort me from the premises and be charged with trespassing. (Note from editor--we would hate to be the cop who gets that call :)) )
"Shiller, the same lawyer who is handling Foulidis’s libel suit against Mayor Rob Ford, suggests I could have been charged under the Trespass to Property Act when I attended the pub on Dec. 3 — conveniently not mentioning that I was there to cover a public meeting about a public lease on public land. . ."
You can read the whole thing here:
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