It’s been abundantly evident for some time that the crime magnet that is Ybor City’s Club Empire needs shuttering. Yesterday.
What we don’t need is this hip-hop hell-hole buying time to implement security upgrades.
Put it this way. If you truly need a metal detector to scrutinize your patrons, you’ve already made the case that you need to get out of the sort of business that attracts the heat-packing crowd in the first place. If you need to, in effect, frisk your clientele, you shouldn’t be in business. Let alone in the middle of Ybor City.