ANC Is Pushing Merchants Into a Corner, Mrs. Lee Says

Hyon Lee, co-owner of N-A Minit (421 13th St. NE), attended all three meetings held by the ANC liquor license committee on whether or not to establish community standards for stores selling liquor.

Her comments at the first meeting were reported by Elizabeth Hague, 500 block of 14th Street NE, in the Feb. 21 Corner Forum.

At the second meeting, on March 16, Mrs. Lee spoke against a ban on selling singles, saying she can't deny customers the right to buy small quantities, according to the minutes of the meeting. She said the problem is with loitering, not just selling singles, and she suggested that there should be more trash cans and that perhaps people should be taught how to behave.

On March 30, at the third meeting, Mrs. Lee said that if there was one standard for everyone, she would go along, but she does not want regulations that others don't have, according to the committee's minutes. She said she pays for her licenses and tries to abide by them, but now a small group of people is trying to keep her from conducting her business.

She said the ANC is pushing merchants into a corner. §