Al Melvin: I’ll tell you what you can read in my district! (The Wrath of Melvin follow up)

by David Safier

Last week's Weekly had a Skinny piece about Sen. Al Melvin chewing out a restaurant owner for carrying the Weekly in her establishment. This week, one of the patrons who was there at the time has a letter in the Weekly. Here's her description of the incident.

I observed Sen. Melvin, while he was sitting alone at a table, and I heard him ask to speak to the owner of the café. There were only four other patrons in the café at the time, and his voice was loud enough to be heard throughout the room. I overheard him speaking in a loud and intimidating manner to the owner, informing her that he objected to her allowing a local newspaper, the Tucson Weekly, to be carried in the restaurant. He stated very loudly that the Tucson Weekly is a radical, left-wing publication that is offensive to members of his party, and that he would not support her business if she continued to carry it. Mr. Melvin appeared to be bullying her!

The owner informed Mr. Melvin that she carries free publications in the restaurant as a courtesy to her customers, to give them something to read. Shortly after his conversation with the owner, Mr. Melvin paid for his coffee and stormed out angrily.

I can only repeat my comment from my previous post: classy.