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funds … Funds cannot be generated from the Restaurant if Bob's is not permitted to operate its business" and "The punch list cannot be completed at a reasonable cost, and without substantial damages, unless Bob's is allowed to continue to operate while the punch list is being completed." Bob's Boathouse attorney James E. Aker told The Sarasota News Leader on Feb. 5, "Actually, more work has been done on the site since the filing" of the emergency motion. The motion also points out that the establish- ment's employees will lose their jobs if the restaurant is forced to close, and it adds that allowing Bob's to continue operating "will not cause substantial harm to others." However, neighbors across Phillippi Creek from the establishment and on other nearby streets might take issue with that last state- ment, based on emails sent to the County Commission over the weekend. THE NOISE One woman who lives on Montclair Drive — right across the canal from Bob's — wrote on Feb. 1 that she and her husband were in bed reading at 9:30 the previous night "when the bass and loud, wall-penetrating music started. I had to leave the house. All I could think to do was drive downtown and walk around to get away from the music. I went alone because my husband refuses to give in to these harass- ers. I then came home at midnight hoping the A sign points customers of Bob's Boathouse to the front door of the business, at the far end of the parking area beside South Tamiami Trail. Photo by Rachel Hackney Sarasota News Leader February 7, 2014 Page 28