Saturday's shooting outside the Belvedere in Mount Vernon is already giving people second thoughts about going there. The violence has been linked to a dispute at a basement club, yet as I pointed out earlier it doesn't really matter where it started, just where it occurred.

Here's an e-mail I got from a Towson attorney, and he gave me permission to publish it:

W – was your follow-up article right on the money.  I’m a member of the UB Law School graduating class of 2002 and I’ve put together a group of about 20 former classmates for a dinner reunion on Saturday, 10/25.  My first choice was for a big gathering at the Owl Bar, where we used to hang out after night class.  After reading the articles about the violence near the Bevedere, I have serious reservations about keeping that location.  It’s a real shame…

Sincerely,

Joshua A. Glikin