The owner of a strip club is accusing two county officials of trying to intimidate him; meanwhile, city authorities are seeing what they can do to stop the club. County Attorney Mike Caudill and Sheriff Jerry Peanuts Gaines paid an unannounced visit to Tallents at 1812 Louisville Road on Monday, owner Roy Tallent said. The club is expected to be the largest of its kind between Louisville and Nashville, Tenn. Tallent has remodeled the former Galaxy 2000 nightclub and expects to open a 6,000-square-foot sports bar and gentlemens club at the site sometime next week, he said. The meeting with Caudill and Gaines was the pairs attempt to intimidate me into not opening, Tallent said. But Gaines role was more that of a chauffeur, the sheriff said, adding that he drove Caudill to the club but didnt really participate in his conversation with Tallent. Tallent said he was asked if he had an attorney and if he understood a city ordinance that prohibits an adult entertainment facility from opening within 750 feet of government property. The clubs rear property line borders Bowling Green-Warren County Humane Society Animal Shelter, 1925 Old Louisville Road. Tallent believes the ordinance applies only to fully nude facilities and said his club will feature dancers in thongs and pasties.(Caudill) was very hostile, Tallent said. He comes out and harasses me. I dont like being harassed by a man like that. Every time I confronted him head on, he denied being there to do anything negative. But yet the whole conversation was negative. Caudill was unavailable for comment. Me and (Caudill) just kind of conflicted really bad and had a really bad exchange and, as he was leaving, I kind of cursed him a little bit, Tallent said of Mondays encounter. I was getting kind of irate with him. It wasnt a good move. I was angry and frustrated. Tallent said he also has had direct contact with others who oppose his latest business venture, including an unidentified man who said was he was meditating in Tallents parking lot. I walked out here one day and some guy was sitting out here praying, hoping that wed burn down before next year, Tallent said. Jeff Oliver, legislative assistant for Mayor Eldon Renaud, said he has received at least 25 phone calls from residents protesting the club. Weve had several calls since Thursday, Oliver said. A lot of times, people call up and say Im speaking for me, my family, my church. Theres been a lot of interest in stopping it. Gregg Farrell of Bowling Green strongly opposes the club because it degrades women and has a ripple effect on children and, ultimately, the community, he said. Farrell has called Renauds office to complain and worries that families visiting Weldon Peete Park, a county-owned property near the club, could be affected by the clubs presence, he said. Their behavior doesnt just affect them, he said. The effect it will have in this community is profound. Renaud, whom Oliver said is opposed to the club, has asked City Attorney Dixie Saterfield to investigate the legal possibilities of preventing the club from opening, Oliver said. Meanwhile, Tallent said he planned to meet today with Alcohol Beverage Control Administrator Kirby Ramsey to discuss his liquor license, which is valid until late June, and other housecleaning items before opening.