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> From: Tom Trail <ttrail@moscow.com>
> To: vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: Julietta Pizza Palour Threatens Idaho Financial Institutions
> Date: Tuesday, December 16, 1997 6:39 PM
>
> Visionaries--these days a bit of humor makes life worthwhile. Today I
talked
> with Zana Sherman, owner of the First Bank of Pizza in Julietta. She
bought
> the old bank building some 20 years ago and converted it into the First
Bank
> of Pizza. She has a beer and wine license, but when she went to reapply
> this year to the Secretary of State's office as a business she found that
> she was violating Idaho Code section 26-1202.
>
> The code notes that "Any person, other than a national bank, is not
> authorized to use the word "bank" in any business name. Violation of the
> code is a
> felony. The Secretary of State's Office required that she change the
name
> of her business establishment so as not to include the word Bank.
>
> Obviously, this alleged felony probably sent waves of fear among Idaho
banks
> and financial institutions by using the term Bank in it's title. Ms.
Sherman
> hired a lawyer to see if she could get an exemption to the code. Her
> application for a beer and wine license at the county level was turned
down
> until the name situation was cleared up at the highest Idaho government
> levels.
>
> I called the Secretary of States office this afternoon to see if we had
some
> common sense at the highest government levels. Fortunately, common
sense
> has prevailed, and the Secretary of States Office has issued a letter of
non-
> action. This means that no action will be taken against the budding
> financial giant of Julietta, and that the name of the First Bank of Pizza
> will remain tall and proud forever. Ms. Sherman should now be able to
reapply
> for her wine and beer permit.
>
> Justice has prevailed and I hope that the First Bank of Pizza gets some
> publicity out of this to make up for the inconvenience and lawyers fee
> incurred. The next time you drive through Julietta might stop and visit
> the First Bank of Pizza and remember that a small, local business won a
> small of significant victory.
>
> Rep. Tom Trail
>
> Dr. Tom Trail
> International Trails
> 2039 Mt. View Rd.
> Moscow, Id. 83843
> Tel: (208) 882-6077
> Fax: (208) 882-0896
> e mail ttrail@moscow.com
>