He would only speak with me off the record-I declined. I asked James Chang, Councilman Bartlett’s chief of staff, whether white theaters that have received aid from the city were ever entered without permission. Instead, the theater group is left with a side door that can be closed only with, well, a crowbar. It hired an attorney to bring a civil suit, but he passed away. It filed a police report and has heard nothing. It would like for the intruders to be charged with criminal trespassing. Finding none of us on the premises, put a hit on us. “So that’s kind of ludicrous for them to come, to show up with eight people-the fire department, the economic development department, the aide to the city council member, Ben Bartlett. “They told us that they were coming to evaluate whether or not we’ve been Americans with Disabilities Act–compliant, when the building was erected with that in mind,” says the Black Rep’s development director, Sean Vaughn Scott. With as much clumsiness as the Watergate burglars, they jimmied a side door to gain entry. Last May, Berkeley city officials used a crowbar to enter the Black Repertory Group’s theater.
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