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That was perfectly acceptable, Mr. McCarthy said, “but it leaves us in a precarious position. What do we do if he cancels?”
That, Mr. McCarthy stressed, was the basis of his approach to Mr. Godwin, the new owner of the Village Cafe. “The only thing I approached him with was a fill-in contract until the addition is complete. No one was ever asked to do it forever.
“I don’t know,” Mr. McCarthy continued, “and I didn’t ask if anyone is interested in a one, two or three-year contract — because that policy decision (to build the kitchen) had already been made by the Board of Supervisors. ”
Several considerations besides the lack of a willing supplier led the board to its decision, Mr. McCarthy added. He noted that within his three years as a county official, “there have been three restaurants at the place now called the Village Cafe.
“It’s a simple fact: If the county depends on someone else’s business success to provide an essential service, we are exposed — at someone
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