THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE LOS GATOS SOCIAL CLUB WEEKLY NEWS!
THE LOS GATOS SOCIAL CLUB WILL BE DISBANDING.
This is a sad but necessary action in light of what amounts to a “perfect storm” that has hit our club in the last week.
First, Gardino’s has banned us from ever returning to the restaurant. This occurred because recently we had 74 people @45 Broadway for cocktails. We then phoned down to the restaurant demanding that they clear it out immediately for all of us, and then we had only three members actually show up to eat. It seems the rest either ended up at Teri’s Los Gatos Coffee to sober up from cocktails, Carrie Nation’s because they didn’t want to sober up, Powell’s Candies to get a big sugar jolt, the Los Gatos Theater because they have the best popcorn in town or Andale’s take-out because an ala carte taco there is cheaper than a full meal at Gardino’s.
Second, a class action suit has been filed by the Los Gatos Tort Attorneys Association against our club for alleged discrimination again both the towns and citizens of Saratoga, Milpitas and the unincorporated Town of Coyote. Saratoga alleges we are ignoring their “superior wealth and education level” and is demanding that we turn over our treasury for damages plus change our name to The Saratoga-Los Gatos Social Club and guarantee 50% Saratoga membership. Milpitas is angrily demanding we take back all the skateboarders we recently sent their way; and Coyote gave no reason for joining in the suit other than their desire to “get in on a good thing with a big payday”.
Third, the Los Gatos Lodge has filed charges against our club, alleging that we have completely destroyed their Wednesday night bar business by unfairly luring away “the bulk of the eligible younger single women in town” to our cocktail/dinner event.
Finally, The Cats has lodged a complaint with the State Attorney General alleging that the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC) has denied them the right to re-open and have their liquor license reinstated solely on the grounds that some years back The Los Gatos Social Club had weekly dinners at The Cats.
Additionally, our ability to defend against this onslaught of legal actions and other setbacks has been severely hampered by the fact that our Board Chairman and Head Barrister, Patrick O’Laughlin, is still laid low by the excesses of his recent 60 day cruise. To add insult to injury, our own seven Los Gatos mayors or ex-mayors, our two planning commissioners, our two judges, our county counsel and our police chief, have all disavowed any connection with what they collectively term the “rogue activities” of The Los Gatos Social Club.
So………the Executive Committee of Our Board of Trustees has made the decision to disband and turn our entire treasury over the the Hillary Clinton for President Committee.
AND NOW, MORE SERIOUS NEWS ON THE FIRST OF APRIL:
Congratulations to Los Gatos Chief of Police Scott Seaman for his incredibly professional and effective police work & leadership resulting in the quick arrest of four suspects in the Mark Achilli murder case. The bad news here is that the alleged ringleader is a Bellarmine grad.
A special thanks to Ann Cali and Michael Kilkenny for a terrific array of appetizers at last week’s cocktail party. They were wonderful.
This summer’s dinners – planning is underway for a series of dinners at the homes of our members as well as other special venues throughout the summer.
Our Grand Poobah, Jonathan Knowles, departed yesterday morning to deliver a speech in Madrid today. Tomorrow he’ll be back in time to join us for dinner. And special thanks to Jonathan for his continued work on our web site. Although much work remains to be done, Jonathan has added significantly to the selection of background music on our site and has made other improvements.
Check it out at: www.losgatossocialclub.org
THIS WEEK’S DINNER:
Notwithstanding the above news of the disbanding of our club, we are nonetheless meeting tomorrow for cocktails @6:30pm at 45 Broadway followed by dinner @Gardino’s. Bring an especially nice bottle of wine should this prove to be our last meeting.
Best regards,
Peter
PS: This week’s Joke of the Week:
Chelsea Clinton arrived home from a date late last Saturday evening.
Greeting her with some apprehension, Hillary asked if she’d had a good time.
“Oh, it was fabulous Mom – I think I’m in love with him” Chelsea replied.
“My gosh, you didn’t have sex, did you?” Hillary asked.
“Well, not according to Dad” Chelsea responded.