Popular saloon closed for unpaid rent

Florida Keys News - Key West Citizen

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Popular saloon closed for unpaid rent

BY ADAM LINHARDT Citizen Staff
alinhardt@keysnews.com

Cowboy Bill's Honky Tonk Saloon closed Friday due to an ongoing legal row over unpaid rent, according to court records.

It was unclear when the popular Duval Street bar and restaurant would reopen. Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputies arrived Friday to close the business.

According to court documents, Cowboy Bill's owner, R.D. McGregor, owes landowner Old Town Key West Development Ltd. and Historic Tours of America Inc. $97,463 in unpaid rent dating to Feb. 1, 2012, states a nine-page eviction and back rent complaint filed in Monroe County Circuit Court on Feb. 6.

Included in the complaint were two adjacent properties at 5 Aronovitz Lane and 630 Lang Milian Alley.

The property owners allege McGregor owes them $16,435 for back rent dating from February 2012 on the Aronovitz Lane property and $12,332 on the Lang Milian Alley property as well, records state.

McGregor signed a July 31, 2009, lease agreeing to pay the rent, documents state. He did not return a phone message Friday.

Ed Swift, an owner of Old Town Key West Development and Historic Tours of America, declined to comment when reached by phone.

alinhardt@keysnews.com

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shame

Submitted on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 12:32pm by keysgirl78

it's a shame that they put so many employees out of a job, right before spring break. Bad financial management only hurts those who work for a living :(

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They are talking some big....

Submitted on Sun, 02/24/2013 - 9:30pm by gkv

Bucks to make these problems go away. How in the,world do people get this far behind? Are the rents that crazy? I just drove past there on Monday, did not look real special to me.

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and how much

Submitted on Sat, 02/23/2013 - 7:30pm by Spoken Citizen

does HTA owe in back taxes?

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popular?

Submitted on Sat, 02/23/2013 - 2:40pm by Butterfly15

It can't be that popular anymore if they haven't been able to make their rent in over a year.

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Karma?

Submitted on Sat, 02/23/2013 - 2:04pm by Mac

Gee, Ed is one to complain about failure to pay rent!

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Hmmmmm......

Submitted on Sat, 02/23/2013 - 1:25pm by Cake

I thought I read somewhere around here that the landlord in the article owes the city of Key West a lot more than what was stated in the article. Tit for tat, and all that... ;)

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Interesting. Swift and Co. do not pay THEIR leases and debts

Submitted on Sat, 02/23/2013 - 12:41pm by *.* CLEARLY the original

and haven't for at least the last 15 years, but they'll sure sue someone else who does the same. How about all YOUR foreclosures, Swift? Is this property referenced in the article in foreclosure?

One would think that with all your supposed profits on the businesses that ruin Old Town, you could at the very least pay the most basic of business expenses, now wouldn't one?