UPDATE: Ex-Redskin's Restaurant Closure Came as Rude Awakening for Employees
Editor's Note: The Black Urban Times received an update on the closing of NFL player, Lavar Arrington's restaurant. I have inserted the update and email in it's entirety below. This letter has not been edited by theblackurbantimes.com Click here for the original story concerning the restaurants closure. by LJ Carroll They stood by him at the Woodmore Country Club as he unveiled the plans for his new 7,500 square foot restaurant. They listened as he talked about realizing his dream. It couldn't be done without them, he said. He talked about his years on the field and how he had come to learn the team was the most important thing one could have. They were his team now. They were in it together, not as an owner and his employees, but as peers working together to accomplish the same goal. They watched as tears filled his eyes; he choked up and had to take a moment to regain his composure. "Each and every one of you is important to me" he told them. ...