San Carlos rejects gun retailer’s claim
Some two months after a gun retailer issued claims against San Carlos alleging city officials took fraudulent and biased actions in the lead-up to their decision to approve a temporary moratorium on new gun stores in November, councilmembers voted to deny the company’s claims. Their rejection Monday of the allegations outlined in a March 29 letter gives Turner’s Operations — which the city believes operates Turner’s Outdoorsman sporting goods stores — six months to file a lawsuit with the city if the company chooses to pursue further litigation but does not preclude the city from working with the company to resolve the dispute, said City Attorney Greg Rubens. Included among the allegations in the store’s letter is a claim city officials misled the company by giving it permission to proceed with opening a store at 1123 Industrial Road and then enacting a moratorium on new gun stores that brought the plans to a standstill, which the company says cost some $295,310 in alleged damages from lease-termination obligations, planning and construction costs as well as lost profits, according to the claim. 300×100 image ad At their Oct. 23 meeting, councilmembers opted to review a moratorium on new gun stores when several residents stepped forward with safety concerns about the Turner’s Outdoorsman store set to open in November. In response to an outpouring of concern from hundreds of San Carlos residents in subsequent meetings, officials approved a temporary moratorium at their Nov. 13 meeting and extended it for up to another […]
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