According to a recent local story by Martha Bayne about Sahara Kabob, the artist formerly known as Big Buns and Pita restaurant, [Alderman Joe] Moore asked the owners to take down their pseudo-Vegas like marquee in favor of a more “genteel” awning.
Though his suggestion was purportedly about the garishness of the sign, I have no doubt he also despised the fact that such a suggestive Sir-Mix-A-Lot-friendly name besmirches his Rogers Park empire. Then again, Moore has shown he’s more interested in vilifying luxury food items than dealing with the drug dealers that still run rampant in his fiefdom, so maybe not. If he cares, then I’m sure his cheeks are still a bit chapped over the fact that the owners retained the subtitle “big buns and pita” on their new awning. Source.
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Sorry for this comment but I am “on it” this morning and want to beat the dead horse to death and drag the carcass around for a bit. The new El Mexicano liquor store has a brand new signage with lots of chasing lights wrapping the entire corner of Clark and North Shore. Might be a good idea to add some Vegas show girls out front handing out free 40 ounce cans of Ice Mountain.
=== I am “on it” this morning and want to beat the dead horse to death and drag the carcass around for a bit.===
Me too.
I had a conversation with the owner of "Big Buns" a couple months back.
He told me that Joe wanted businesses along Clark to have uniform awnings. The idea being that it will look more like a cohesive business strip, as it does in Andersonville.
I'd take the vegas style lights and even the show girls if we could get one decent business on Howard Street. A dollar store and an athletic shoe store that caters to the drug dealers and gang bangers is all we have to choose from. Oh, and the liquor store that opens at 7:00 a.m. for those that rise early or never go to bed.
The food is awsome.
I know - saw Joe's fancy email this morning about purchasing locally - which I always think is a great idea. However, how about if he took more time to clean up Howard and Morse so more stores would open and people feel safe there? I got off the Morse L last night at 8:00 pm and there were quite a few guys "mingling" around on Morse - without my dogs it totally creeped me out. He seems to talk a big game and unfortunately, that's about it.
If Joe wants us to purchase locally he'd better encourage his fellow Democrats to lower sales, liquor and other taxes.
I'll wait in line to buy gas in Evanston before I'll buy it in Chicago.
Ah yes the shithole, formally known as Denis' place for games. Hwo we forget how this corner can be a cesspool of activity. This is why I love, as some realtors call, "Ghetto-Park". Take a look at this posting from youtube.com, here is the link,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHND14c0RzE
On other matters, I thought that alderscum can carry weapons, I do not think that the city has changed that ordinence. To a certain extent alderscum were the first batch of law enforcement officers, but the law was never changed. This received national attention when Dorothy the hat Tillman and her gun in the chambers at city hall??
Yes, the alderscum can carry weapons, concealed weapons for that matter. They get actual metal stars to do so that look just like real police stars, but say alderman & have the ward number on it.
So this garbage votes itself the right to possess & conceal carry a firearm, while we are denied the right to even have a handgun at home for protection, despite last summers blockbuster ruling by the Supreme Court.
And these idiots will go along with King Richard's insane plan to challenge the Supremes, even though it will waste millions in legal fees.
Oops, I wonder which shyster firms have bribed, I mean donated money to all the campaign funds? And which ones have passed some Benjamins into the pockets of the alderscum?
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