Comments on: Cornetta Gets Approval for Sports Bar

By: nopornnorthampton

nopornnorthampton — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:43:33 +0000

To be concerned about adult enterprises does not mean a person is anti-business. Many adult enterprises are 'vampires' that degrade the economic life of their surroundings. A study in New York concluded that "business locations with adult-oriented businesses had a significant loss of sales tax collections (42%) as compared to control areas."

By: johnscreek

johnscreek — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:32:35 +0000

Not sure what the point of the comment is. The focus is not on the financial aspirations of John Cornetta, but on making sure that adult businesses are in the correct location and not in an area near a residential subdivision!!!

By: GRABBINGSAND » Blog Archive » A Dear John(s Creek) Letter

GRABBINGSAND » Blog Archive » A Dear John(s Creek) Letter — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:31:30 +0000

[...] Crime is a problem everywhere. It exists by degrees. And it would seem that our degree is rising, ever so much. And yet, the most recent expressions of concern and safety in our city of Johns Creek have centered not on actual crime, but on the financial aspirations of John Cornetta, he of the Love Shack debacle from last December. He wants to open a restaurant, so the cry has gone out to defend our children from innuendo and beer. [...]

By: cutie827

cutie827 — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:29:43 +0000

LOL! I don’t know what he truly intends but I have learned to not take everything he says so seriously.

By: johnscreek

johnscreek — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:46:05 +0000

In the article Mr. Cornetta is quoted as saying that the”Hooters girls wear too much”. So much for a nice family friendly restaurant!!!

By: cutie827

cutie827 — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:00:09 +0000

I was referring to the statement: “If it is like the typical restaurant, it has a 60 percent chance of failing in the first three years. Lets hope it does not take that long.”

I apologize if I misunderstood, but I see no reference to the Love Shack in that statement. I took it to mean that you hope the restaurant fails and closes quickly – as in you hope this person fails – which makes it a personal issue with his other businesses & the issues therein – instead of recognizing him as an individual opening a nice restaurant that you may actually enjoy.

By: johnscreek

johnscreek — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:30:10 +0000

I have no bad personal feelings for Mr. Cornetta, but I am against places like the Love Shack opening in the wrong places. There is a place for the Love Shack in the industrial zoned land of Johns Creek.

By: cutie827

cutie827 — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:14:14 +0000

I’m confused as to why you allow your personal feelings for Mr. Cornetta to get in the way of something nice that will entertain the local community & generate revenue. Money is green & works no matter whose it is.

By: johnscreek

johnscreek — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:25:14 +0000

Here is another article that is talking about the impact of the web on DVD sales:

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=3259416&page=1&Business=true

By: dizzledazzle

dizzledazzle — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:47:43 +0000

I wouldn’t think he would have the money to open that store in John’s Creek, fight those leal battles, run other stores, put on his website he’s opening two more stores this year – if the internet was hurting him that bad.

To me, I don’t think Mr. Cornetta is trying to draw from the the convention market – the average household income in John’s Creek is over $100K. So, perhaps he is setitng up a resturant to capitalize on that market – or all the business technoloy places needing lunches and a place to meet?

It amazes me that John’s Creek can talk about how they are a community, yet have a corporation set up and run the city? That’s really grassroots, isn’t it?