Sun Sep 03, 2006 6:06 pm

"All looks cool with booze rule"
By Dustin J. Seibert ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
..."Slafkosky attributes the change to the “Morrissey Effect,” referring to Mayor Larry Morrissey’s vision on the importance of local businesses. “There’s a change of attitude in City Hall; that difference is as important, if not more important than (focusing on) nonprofits,” he said. “Larry has this thing that you can’t build a city on pity.” so I've been trying to understand this since I read it several hours ago.........the story mentions Octane, and Kryptonite, ( and Slafkosky owns J. R. Kortman's).....three businesses located on the downtown mall.........patrons of these establishments park in municipal parking lots,( landscaped, maintained, plowed and salted after snows by city workers) and have entrances on the mall, (landscaped, maintained, plowed and salted after snows by city workers)........so I guess "if you can't build a city on pity", WHO is the PITYEE(?) and WHO is the PITIER?????????? I would venture to guess "The Olympic", "Elixur", "Oscar's", etc. would like the city to take care of their parking lots........pity.........how about if one of the downtown businesses have an event that draws people downtown, the "non-profits" be allowed to set up vendor booths on the mall..........pity.........I think I pity the city with a "Morrissey Effect".......