You know, when all of this Great Depression 2.0 stuff shakes out, and we’ve all figured out how to get what we need to get by and be happy with it, we’re gonna take The Recession out for a beer and thank him for all the good stuff he’s done, whether he meant to or not. For forcing us to read more. For making us realize that a Friday night at home with friends can be like a million times better sometimes than an expensive night out. For allowing us to re-discover the beauty of all things slow. And not least, for fucking with Sugarhouse. PlanPhilly has a great piece up right now about how Sugarhouse is currently flailing to transfer its slots license to a new, in-house entity in order to secure funding that has dried up since the recession hit — oh, and its most likely futile effort to avoid incurring a whopping new real estate transfer tax in the process. It is wonky, but delicious. Tastier still is this quote, coming out of Rep. Mike O’Brien‘s office:

“In these economic times, an executive board is going to help a casino avoid paying taxes?” [Mary Isaacson, spokeswoman] asked. The city is “about to cut off fire fighters, police and the rest of them” because of budget constraints, she said.

Haha. Suck it, Sugarhouse. While we’re talking recession, though, we’ll share something we learned that might help you guys out: The beer distributor on York St. sells Lion’s Head for like only $12.99 per case.

This entry was posted on Friday, August 21st, 2009 at 11:35 am.