After a two-month respite, Arlington police are again hassling a teen club earlier spotlighted by. Fort Worth Weekly [The Sound and the Fury, July 5-11]. A couple of homeowners, including Arlington's former Human Resources Director Norman Clark, pressured police to crack down on Dreamworld, a non-alcoholic live-music club on Division Street. Clark distrusted the patrons, scoffed at claims that the club was Christian-oriented, and said the music bothered him (he lives a half-mile away). He called a city council member and Police Chief Theron Bowman, who told street cops to apply pressure. That led to a rash of raids and noise citations. "We didn't have any problems for the longest time after you wrote that article," club owner John Tunnell told Static on Oct. 4.

Police, however, hadn't forgotten. Arlington Police Officer Heath Cook showed up in late August when Tunnell advertised a rave. "He said, 'As you know we've been instructed to give maximum enforcement to Dreamworld,'" Tunnell said. Police Sgt. Lonnie Wright showed up at the club on September 22 during a busy Saturday and told Tunnell somebody had reported a drunken patron in the parking lot. Tunnell and Wright walked around and found nothing wrong. Still, the police officer wrote a noise citation - the sixth one Tunnell has received this year, at $2,000 a pop. Tunnell pointed out that the music wasn't loud enough to warrant a citation and claimed Wright responded by saying, "If you don't like it, I'll take you to jail."

The club owner believes that police officers laid low after the article appeared but are now ready to reapply the heat. "If there is a legitimate problem, I'll fix it," Tunnell said. "If not, let's move on. Norman Clark doesn't seem interested in resolving anything, he just seems interested in shutting us down. I just want to live in peace, that's all." Static smells a lawsuit brewing.