Cloak Room Incident
In 2007 a bartender at a bar called the Cloak Room, located next to the Texas State Capitol and frequented by politicians and lobbyists, alleged that she was fired in retaliation for having refused to serve Whitmire, whom she says appeared intoxicated. Whitmire is alleged to have threatened to have the bartender fired, to prevent the police from coming to the scene—and other similar abuses of power. Shortly after the incident, the bartender was fired. She sued the manager and owner of the bar. Unbeknownst to the bar manager the employee reportedly tape-recorded the conversation. On the audio tape, which has not been released publicly, the bar manager stated that employees are to give state senators anything that they want, that as long as senators came to the bar the bar would not be investigated by the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, and that Senator Whitmire could "kill them."
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