Mayor pulls license
of Castleberry Hill
liquor store
Julie B. Hairston - Staff
Friday, April 27, 2001

Mayor Bill Campbell revoked the license
Thursday of a Castleberry Hill liquor store
where a neighborhood advocate was
killed last month.

Waving a six-page roster of 911 calls
from its address, Campbell said the
Whitehall Bottle Shop and McDaniel
Beer and Wine have ''become a clear
nuisance to the community.''

The mayor was joined by Cheryl Hassell
and a handful of Castleberry Hill
neighborhood leaders.

Hassell is the sister of Jerry Hoy, a
Castleberry Hill resident who was killed
March 3 while working as a security
guard at the store.

Neighborhood advocates testified
against the renewal of the store's license
during a recent meeting of the city's
License Review Board.

''I applaud the initiatives and hard work of
the community in this area and
appreciate the amount of time they have
given to monitor and report the violations
and issues,'' Campbell said.

The store cannot sell any alcohol now
unless it appeals the mayor's ruling to
Fulton County Superior Court.

But Campbell expressed confidence that
the city's position would ultimately prevail.

''We have a good track record of having
these denials sustained,'' Campbell said.