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Tate's owner John Tate
denied that racial bias
played a role in the deci
sion to put up the wall.
Tate said it was erected as
a noise barrier to not only
shield both establishments
from each other's noise,
but also reduce noise for
residents in the nearby
One Park Vista condos,
who Tate said had called
his bar to complain about
clamor.
The Chronicle first
inquired about the wall
last Thursday. A manager
at Tate's said owner Tate
was out of the country but
that a message about the
inquiry would be sent to
him. The wall was
removed Sunday. Tate said
the timing was fortuitous,
as he had no idea that The
Chronicle was planning a
story about it.
Tate said he removed
the "ugly fence" because it
did not suit Tate's aesthet
ics. Some of his customers
have already complained
about its absence, he said.
"It was a noise issue;
our customers, com
plained about the noise
coming from next door,"
Tate said. "It was effective
but it just isn't consistent
with us."
Daoheang - founder
and former owner of
Downtown Thai, another
downtown Fourth Street
business - had tried a vari
ety of bar/restaurants in
the spot that Wingz now
occupies. He calls the
rougtrty one year-old
sports bar a success. It
serves its signature chick
en wings and other dishes
and screens a variety of
sporting events on large
television screens from 6
p.m. until midnight. Late
on Friday and Saturday
nights (around 11:30). the
bar transforms into a night
club, complete with a DJ.
and closes at 2 a.m.
While there is talk of
personal enmity toward
Daoheang from other
downtown businessown
ers, he was Mr. Popular
last week as he sat outside
of his bar. A steady and
diverse stream of cus
tomers greeted him. He
asked them all if they felt
safe at his bar; all said they
did; some where surprised
the question even needed
to be asked.
Daoheang also asked
them why they thought the
wall at Tate's was erected.
Most suspected it was
because of the race and
class differences between
the two bars' patrons.
"It comes across as
'We're not like that place,"
as if this place has a nega
tive perception." said Eric
Price, a Winston-Salem
State University student
who frequents both Tate's
and Wingz. "It's kind of
telling, because if you look
down this block of Fourth
Street, there's only one
wall on the entire block."
Tate, a financial con
sultant who also owns The
Honey Pot restaurant adja
cent to Tate's, said his bar
welcomes everyone and
has a diverse clientele that
reflects the population of
the city. He said Tate's has
no dress code and a menu
with a variety of price
points to attract all-com
ers. The bar, which opened
four and a half years ago,
serves cocktails and draft
beers from 4 p.m. until 2
a.m and features perform
ances by local musicians
on Tuesday nights.
Though Tate maintains
the wall was only about
reducing noise, he said
there were some incidents
at Wingz that did concern
him.
Daoheang said he has a
zero tolerance policy for
trouble and, like several
other area bars, started
using uniformed off-duty
police officers for security
on club nights. He said a
few incidents that have
happened along the street
have been attributed to his
bar only because of prox
imity. He maintains that
there are rarely problems
with his costumers and
that onlookers sometimes
assume the opposite when
they see large groups of
black people congregated.
According to Police to
Citizen (P2C), an online
incidents records system,
over a one year period, all
the bars on that block of
Fourth Street have had
calls for service for similar
issues, including theft of
cell phones and wallets,
panhandling, disorderly
conduct and the rare
assault.
The amount of calls for
service attributed directly
to Wingz was only slightly
higher than those attrib
uted to Tate's. There were
six separate incidents
attributed to the street
directly in front of Wingz.
On Monday, Daoheang
said he was glad to see the
wall gone.
"It opens up the side
walk; it makes the whole
block feel welcoming," he
said. "It's very pleasant
and makes downtown
wide open again."
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for unregistered residents. Steve Hines,
the newly-hired director of the Forsyth
County Board of Elections said a steady
stream of voter registration forms have
been coming into the his office for pro
cessing.
"We have seen a pretty good amount
coming in the last couple of weeks.
Everyday we get a new batch coming in.
We are seeing a good influx of voter reg
istration," said Hines, who added that
more than 900 absentee ballots have been
mailed out.
On average, the office has been receiv
ing 400 to 600 registration forms a day.
"This is the first indicator that there is
some interest in this election, which is
always good," Hines said. "Typically you
see people waiting to the last minute so we
are only going to go up (on registration
forms) from here, we think."
Hines said extra manpower has been
brought in to help.
"We are having to do some overtime
but we also brought some temps in for
data entry to try and offset it," Hines said.
"We are in a good position right now in
the office and are basically trying to stay
above it when the registrations come in so
we are taking care of them within a day or
two of them coming into our office, which
is very good."
Sutton said registering voters is only
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get-out-the-vote
effort to follow will
be just as, if not
more, important.
"We are targeting
those who registered
and normally don't
vote during midterm
elections," she said.
"We will be provid
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early voting, also."
Sutton said churches can play a key
role in getting out the vote. Her organiza
tion and others have distributed education
al materials at area churches and lobbied
pastors to remind their flocks of the
importance of casting their ballots.
To contact the local NAACP, call 336
727-3470. To reach Democracy N.C.. call
I -888-OUR- VOTE.
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