Patten dispute!  Get it??

Anyway, looks like the Fox is finally doing a little back-pedaling on this whole Joe Patten kerflaffle.  From the AJC’s latest article…

Fox Theatre general manager Allan Vella admitted Thursday that a letter delivered to longtime resident Joe Patten was heavy-handed and gave the misconception that the venue needed the apartment that the 83-year-old man has called home for nearly 31 years.

“There is no immediate need for that unit, for that apartment,” Vella told the AJC in an interview Thursday afternoon. “It’s not really the pressing issue that I think [the letter] appears to indicate, and I think that was kind of really a misstep on its part.”

…Vella and Fox officials have softened their stance against Patten’s new long-term living arrangement as a result of it, saying that there’s “very little” that can’t be worked out.

“I think what is clear to us is that there may be some arrangements and some accommodations that can be made,” Vella said.