El Cuervo Wine License Application Withdrawn From 2012 Approval List

Werner Fajardo (Photo Copyright of Performance Radio 2011)
The Huron City Commission approved a list of liquor and wine licenses for 2012. However Mayor Dave McGirr says there is one change on the list….
 

 

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McGirr says the city got a clarification from the State Revenue Department on specifically what role that agency will play in regards to an upcoming public hearing on the El Cuervo Dance Hall owned and operated by Werner Fajardo….

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The City of Huron is required by state law to hold a public hearing on whether or not to recommend, the Revenue Department suspend or revoke Fajardo’s alcohol license for El Cuervo. The El Cuervo has been at the center of two recent criminal investigations involving minors and alcohol. Fajardo is in the Beadle County Jail on 150-thousand dollars bond and has a court appearance on rape charges December 14th.