On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 4:54 PM, bob_brigante no_re...@yahoogroups.comwrote:
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.
