Scream Town shut down over anti-Somali racism [View all]
http://www.citypages.com/news/scream-town-shut-down-over-anti-somali-racism-update-owner-fighting-back/497029491
Just days after sending an outrageously blunt memo to his employees describing a zero tolerance policy with Somalis, Scream Town owner Matt Dunn is, well, done.
The Carver County Sheriffs office announced today that it would no longer do business with Dunn for grounds patrol, general security, traffic control and other safety measures at his Chaska, Minn. attraction. It states explicitly in their contract that nobody can be excluded from participating in all that scary fun on the basis of, among other things, their national origin.
Dunns memo violated the contract -- along with county, state, and federal laws, according to a statement from Carver County -- so the sheriffs department called it quits.
And since Scream Towns conditional use permit as a haunted attraction depends on having that contract with law enforcement in place, the county was obliged to reevaluate its permit. County administrators quickly determined Scream Town was in violation not only for lacking sheriffs deputies to manage traffic, but also for flagrantly discriminating against its Somali customers.
On Thursday, Carver County yanked the permit and issued an immediate stop work order. Thats it for Scream Town.