LA HABRA : Bands Not Permitted to Practice at Pub
The owner of O’Leary’s Pub said those bands playing at his bar were only practicing.
City officials said rehearsals or no, the bands were providing live entertainment--and O’Leary’s doesn’t have a permit for that.
Ever since the council revoked a permit for live entertainment from O’Leary’s Pub six months ago, officials said, owner Ronald Slutsky has continued to provide such entertainment on weekends.
His permit allows Slutsky to provide entertainment in the form of a jukebox, a pool table and a dart game only.
“I have not violated the permit,” Slutsky said recently. “The bands practice. I don’t pay them.”
Councilman Steven C. Anderson responded: “Mr. Slutsky’s playing word games with us.”
Council members have decided to allow Slutsky to continue operating his bar with “absolutely no live entertainment, practicing, rehearsing or playing.”
The council also required that Slutsky’s permit be reviewed in 90 days.
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