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Common Council revokes Element Lounge licenses after extended hearing on downtown shootings
Summary
The Milwaukee Common Council voted to adopt the License Committee's recommendation to revoke the Class B tavern, public entertainment premise, food dealer and sidewalk dining licenses for A1 Water Street LLC (Element Lounge) at 6618 N. Water St., following testimony linking repeated disorder and two shootings in the vicinity to the premises.
The Milwaukee Common Council voted to adopt the License Committee's recommendation to revoke the Class B tavern, public entertainment premise, food dealer and sidewalk dining licenses for A1 Water Street LLC (Element Lounge), located at 6618 N. Water St., after a multi-hour hearing and debate over repeated disturbances and two fatal shootings near the venue.
The vote to adopt the committee report (file 250913) was recorded as eleven ayes and four noes. Earlier substitute motions to impose a 60-day suspension and a 90-day suspension instead of revocation failed on roll call votes (4-11 and 3-12, respectively).
The license action followed testimony from law enforcement and the licensing staff presented in committee and extended remarks by attorneys for the…
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