The long faded pic of the Mayor and the City Council with their saccharin smiles, located at about your 10 O’clock as you come down the escalator from the Security Checkpoint.

It’s always struck me as a metaphor.

As a frequent flier at Dawson’s Coffee across the street, I can tell you that the probable culprits are the ne’er do well that have as of late chosen to hang in front of Dawson’s, or across the street (depending on the position of the sun) in front of ColdStone.

Though not all are jackasses, many are. Littering and spitting all over the place, impeding the flow of pedestrians, standing in the middle of the road, trashing the bathrooms of the aforementioned establishments and talking smack to passerby’s.

The CCDC (who “owns” that section of 8th Street) and the Police have thus far been unreceptive to pleas from the merchants for relief.

While these knuckleheads have a right to hang out, they do not have a right to be nuisances, and there are plenty of laws and ordinances available to deal with them.

Also… Like all businesses downtown, ColdStone is forced to join the Downtown Business Association – which is tasked with cleaning up the streets and sidewalks.

It would seem that at least two downtown business owners don’t like ice cream!