Running a small business is challenging but even more so for merchants who open up shop in neighborhoods where there is a higher incidence of crime. For years, one way these shopkeepers try protect themselves and their employees against theft or harm is to install thick plexiglass at the counter between the cashier and the customer. But is this a good thing?
Some people in Philadelphia dont think so and now one local councilwoman is introducing legislation to force the citys shopkeepers to take the glass down.
Its an indignity to make purchases through such a window, said City Councilwoman Cindy Bass in this Philadelphia Inquirer article. Bass and others believe the windows represent race and class differences and a symbol of distrust. She, along with five co-sponsors, has proposed a bill requiring shopkeepers to remove their windows and if the bill receives a majority support in a scheduled committee meeting today it will head for a full vote on Dec. 14. ... Bass thinks store owners should hire security guards and install surveillance cameras"
---
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. -George Orwell