On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:54 PM, bob_brigante <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>wrote:
> > > Iowa City is only about 50K population, so this is kind of surprising: > > IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - There is some disagreement among operators of 2 > fast-food restaurants over the safety of delivering pizza to a section of > Iowa City after two armed robberies of delivery drivers. > > A Pizza Pit delivery driver was robbed Aug. 29 in southeast Iowa City, the > same area where a restaurant delivery woman was robbed late Monday. While no > one was arrested in the first robbery, authorities say two men are in > custody for the second crime. > > Dan Alexander, the manager of the Pizza Pit said Wednesday his restaurant > will not deliver to southeast Iowa City. > > However, the manager of a Pizza Hut located near the neighborhood says > he'll continue to deliver to the area. Bob Crandall says his drivers carry > little cash and are trained to know their delivery area and be wary of > suspicious activity. > > Information from: Iowa City Press-Citizen, http://www.press-citizen.com/ > Have you been to Iowa city? I'm something of an urbanologist. I explore the best and worse parts of a town, on foot. Iowa City looks to have population strata no different than similar towns. Wait a minute. Wasn't Iowa City in the news a few months ago because thugs were beating up on and stealing money from college bar patrons outside the bars? All this within a block or two of Health and Wellness/Iowa City Capital of the Age of Enlightenment and purveyor of all things with Maharishi's particular stamp on them. > The wheel is moving but the hamster is dead. >
