Gidewon nightclubs hit by legal challenge

The SPI Clubs’ opponents will have 30 days to review any permits it receives from the city

You may already know that Steve Brodie, the former District 6 Council candidate, took a few moments away from his campaign to file a lawsuit seeking to block Mayor Shirley Franklin from granting a liquor license to the proposed SPI Club.

Consider this an update.

Last Monday, the case went to Fulton Superior Court Judge John Goger, who did not issue the temporary restraining order that Brodie was seeking, but he did give the Midtown-based opponents to the clubs an unusual concession.

Goger ordered that, when the city issues the necessary inspection letters — from the bureau of buildings, the health department and the fire department — Brodie and his attorneys will have 30 days in which to review them before the mayor can grant the liquor license.