Posted on 08/13/2022 2:36:09 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — It’s sadly not new for a business on Madison’s east side, but EVP Coffee’s owner calls the latest burglary a one-two punch — showing a side of her neighborhood she never expected to see.
“There was glass everywhere, the cash register was thrown on the floor,” owner Tracy Danner said.
Danner’s general manager encountered quite the mess Wednesday morning at EVP Coffee.
“The door was open, the ATM was stolen,” Danner said.
As shocking as it looks, it wasn’t the first time this has happened. It’s Danner’s second break-in at the East Washington Avenue location in 10 weeks and among 15 she’s experienced in her 25 years in business.
“This one really felt hurtful, it felt bad and it felt different,” she said, “it felt more violating than ever before.”
Now, Danner said she doesn’t know if she can keep up with this level of crime in her Madison neighborhood.
“I won’t continue to do this if this is the new normal,” she said.
The crime is new but thankfully not normal yet to the owners of the new Aftershock Arcade nearby.
“Obviously someone getting burglarized just down the street is a concern,” co-owner Brad Van said.
On the east side for less than a year, Van said they haven’t had anything like that happen, but it’s on his mind.
“At close, we have had some of our bartenders share concerns with us that they don’t want to be working the shift by themselves so we don’t staff people alone,” he said.
Still, business owners here like Danner love their neighborhood.
“I promised myself I would never put bars on my windows,” she said. “You know, I don’t want to be afraid of my community. I don’t want to send that message. I love my community.”
Customers, nearby businesses, and neighbors showed they love her too, offering support on social media and in-person since she re-opened Thursday.
“I realize that it’s meaningful what we’re doing and it matters and it matters to people so that makes it worth it for me as well,” she said.
While she’s been offered help, Danner said they are able to cover the repairs.
“I just feel so much gratitude to this community for the support and love and they’re acknowledging who we are to them,” she said.
Damages are unknown because she is responsible for the missing ATM, and she doesn’t know how much money is inside.
Still, she said the community support assured her that this won’t be a defining moment.
“I’m staying with love and I’m staying with kindness you know and I believe we all deserve it. So, I’m going to keep showing up that way,” she said.
she is responsible for the missing ATM, and she doesn’t know how much money is inside.
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I know. It is zero.
We know how she votes, I’d be more curious to know her prescription drug schedule of mood enhancers and tranquilizers.
I think a big part of the problem in this nation is because so very many people are on drugs, “safe” legal & prescribed by a doctor drugs, it interferes with their ability to think clearly or process basic concepts. “I’m staying with love and kindness and we deserve it blah blah blah.” It ain’t 1967 any longer.
Yeah yeah yeah, and I want a frickin’ pony. There’s just something off putting about this attitude. I’m also a bit curious why her business is responsible for the contents of a stolen ATM.
And if she says Republican, then what?......Sheesh!
That’s true of every city Socialist Democrats have destroyed. And they keep on getting the votes while people languish on the Socialist Plantation.
Seems like it’s almost by design. ;)
I know little about U of Wisconsin and assumed it's a top public univ. After reading this thread, I looked up USNews national universities ranking that currently places Wisconsin #43. That's not bad but I assumed it was ranked a lot higher than that.
The funny thing is what I saw at the very top of the USNews list: Princeton, as usual, is ranked #1. MIT & Harvard are tied at #2. So you'd think the next school on the list would be ranked #4. (And you would be wrong about that.) The next school on the list is Yale at, not #4, but #5 ... LOL! ... Higher Education my eye. Apparently, all those top academic institutions of higher learning (and USNews) have totally lost their basic pre-school counting skills: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, ... Whoops! You can't make this stuff up. Maybe AOC and the rest of The Squad has persuaded higher education to go with their far-left "New Math."
Nice catch!
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