4. Next event-Approximately October 2, 2009

I returned to James Beach, arriving about 7:00 PM. I had ordered a shrimp cocktail, and had 2 drinks during the evening. I also purchased a drink for a friend that I had been speaking to. I paid my bill of $52.00 + tip and left about midnight. I gave the valet supervisor (Danny Semann) my parking ticket and the parking fee and asked for my car. Danny said "no, I'm not giving you your car"-I then demanded my car, and again he replied "no, I'm not giving you your car". I again insisted he get my car, and then he said "ok, I'll give you your car, when the police come", and then he started to dial his phone to call the police.

Apparently, he knew I had been drinking and was looking to tell the police that I was going to drive. I had 2 drinks much earlier in the evening, and was not affected in any way and could easily drive perfectly legally, but was not willing to turn this into a confrontation. I then went into the restaurant looking for the manager, but was unable to find him. I then went back to the valet stand and was insisting that he get my car. Then the manager came out, as someone in the restaurant told him I was having a problem with the valet company. Without knowing what was going on, on exiting the restaurant the manager said to me "Joel, I can make it so you can't be here for weeks". I told him I wanted my car, and the valet would not get it for me! The manager then said to me "I can make that ban much longer if you want". I then said to the manager, "You people hired this valet, and I insist that you order him to release my car to me". At that point, the manager said to the valet "give it to him". When the car was delivered to me, I got in and the valet (Danny Semann) said to me "I refuse to valet your car any longer-I will no longer accept your car for parking"

As I drove away, I felt that there was some sort of collusion between the valet company, the restaurant and the manager acting on behalf of the restaurant to discredit me. The only reason I could think of for this was due to the fact that my car was stolen there due to the negligence of the valet company, and the restaurant was looking to protect itself and the valet company, as the person who stole the car was drinking in the restaurant and was over served, leading to his being intoxicated (over the legal limit) and then stealing the car. I decided to return to the restaurant in the near future and seek out the owner/partner Daniel Samakow, and complain about how I was treated by the valet and the manager that evening.