Burned Maine Topless Coffee Shop Seeks Donations

[steven johnson]

These heart rending tragedies are the toughest stories to read in the newspaper.

Give until it hurts.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 7, 2009
Filed at 4:25 p.m. ET

VASSALBORO, Maine (AP) -- The owner of a Maine topless coffee shop destroyed by fire says he plans to have clothed waitresses collect donations in the parking lot to raise money to rebuild.

Under town zoning rules, Donald Crabtree would need a new permit to start operating his business from a trailer or other structure on the property in Vassalboro, just north of Augusta.

Crabtree tells the Kennebec Journal newspaper he's going to set up a tent instead and have employees hand out free doughnuts and coffee next to a collection jar.

His home and business were destroyed Wednesday in a deliberately set fire just hours after he had talked with local officials about making the business more like a strip club.


http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/07/us/AP-US-Topless-Coffee-Shop.html

[CreekDog]

1. Putting money in a jar

is not the same. :hide: :evilgrin:

[Kat45]

2. A "deiberately set fire"?

Did they find the asshole(s) who did that? They should be the ones to pay for it. (I know that's not the way things work, but I'm just saying.)

[Kat45]

3. Accidental dupe - deleted