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Sept. 6, 20115:56 p.m.

“Everyone is overreacting on this just a bit. . . . We don’t want to run music out of this city, or nightlife, or fun.”

– Deputy Police Chief Tom Stolz, who says there are exemptions for some musicians in the city’s entertainment license law

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City still has issues with Rowdy Beaver’s liquor license

Sept. 30, 20095:51 p.m.

WICHITA — Rod Minner Sr. may not think the city has any issues with the Rowdy Beaver’s liquor license, but that’s not what the city says.

“There’s a lot of issues here that we’ve got to work through,” says Tom Stolz, deputy chief of investigations for the Wichita Police Department.

“We have issues of hidden ownership. We have issues of changing . . . stories,” he says. “His license application here is in standby.”

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Police investigate Rowdy Beaver’s liquor license

Sept. 14, 20094:12 p.m.

WICHITA — Last week, Rowdy Beaver manager Rod Minner told Have You Heard? that the business was without its liquor license because an attorney didn’t refile for it in time.

But there’s more to the story.

“We have an investigation going,” says Tom Stolz, deputy chief of investigations for the Wichita Police Department.

“We got involved in this because we got calls from the community,” he says.

There were complaints about how the business (which is in the former Willie C’s Cafe & Bar space at 656 S. West St.) was being run.

Stolz says there are possible license discrepancies related to what’s called “hidden ownership.”

That’s when someone has a liquor license in his name but is not active in the business.

“They’re welcome to investigate as much as they want,” says Rod Minner Sr.

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