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Wesley Knapp and Rhonda Wallace dba "Fedora's" on Wednesday filed suit against the Galveston Park Board of Trustees in Galveston County Small Claims Court seeking $5,000 in damages alleging "considerable, detrimental and unannounced alterations of the published Mardi Gras 2004 Strand Entertainment District layout without regard for financial and other implications to private enterprise located within the dining and retail establishment at 101 21st Street, Galveston Texas." Fedora's complained that the park board's layout " impeded access and exposure to said establishment, causing plaintiffs considerable financial loss and losses of future business clientele" "We are not a couple of business owners who are just trying to make up for lost sales due to inclement weather or a very low showing at Mardi Gras, but we seriously believe we have a case, and have documented proof of our claim," Knapp and Wallace said in an email message to Guidry News Service. " Everyone we have discussed this with easily sees our side of the argument." The pair has contacted the State Comptroller and asked that the state also file suit, for the recovery of lost sales tax revenues. " We have also discussed the suit with other business owners in the building who were also affected, and at least one other business will file suit as early as today, alleging the same damages as we," the email said. "This park board should not and cannot be allowed to act as dictators of a legitimate business district and thereby negatively affect the livelihoods of business owners within that area. Somebody must stop them or at least make them think twice before they act without regard to local businesses."
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