| Black Flag owner Charles Juba needs to get his club up to code. |
This statement is posted on the club's Web site: "At this time the ownership announces that The Black Flag Club will not be open for business. We thank you for your support."
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Tonight was supposed to be the debut of the Black Flag Club, an under-21 nightclub that's been the center of a lot of arguing this week due to owner Charles Juba's ties to the white power movement. But the club will remain closed for now because it hasn't met city codes.
During an Odessa Board of Alderman meeting last night, Juba tried to defend himself against a mob of angry people who didn't want a neo-Nazi running a club for their kids. They got their way for now.
business application and that his
license has been rescinded, and the club itself still isn't up to
fire code.
Even if Juba gets all of his paperwork in line and
the building up to code, Odessa still might shut him out. City leaders
are considering ordinances that would allow them to regulate businesses,
including one with a provision about the moral character of the owner.
claims he's a different man than the one the Southern Poverty Law
Center put on it's "40 to Watch" list in 2003. But divorce records show
that just five months ago, his ex-wife feared
Juba would take their children to white power rallies, and Juba
requested his Nazi flag pillowcases and Ku Klux Klan robes be returned.
The SPLC also claims Juba founded a National Socialist Movement chapter
in Oak Grove in December 2009.
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Seriously, does Odessa truly believe they can legislate moral character of business owners or even define it? How long do you suppose that will stand up in court? Just unbelievable!
He's lucky we don't shove the Black Flag pole up his ass and run him outta town. Nazi prick.
The Thursday night meeting did not have a "mob of angry people" at all. Everyone was cool, collected, civilized. There was no yelling at all.
So proud of those who attended. You all conducted yourselves with tact and restraint. There was an excellent presentation of concerns and facts to back them up.
Mission accomplished.
Watch out though, he will probably try to open another youth outreach in a different town before too long.
I saw a video of a Oak Grove hearing on TV where Juba claimed his racial leanings would not affect his operation of this club or that they were irrelevant. Then, why name it "Black Flag" if he has a public history of racism?
Why does he want to operate a 21 and under club? Does he think only teens will listen to his message?
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