Feb 24, 2003:
We arrived to find that some kind local vandal kicked in one of our front windows. Fortunately nothing was taken and, more importantly, Shagrat stayed in the store.
![vandalism on Shattuck Ave](http://portablebookstore.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/window030224med.jpg)
Marginal small businesses cannot afford this kind of extraordinary expense. We did find an outfit which was able to replace the large plate glass sheet within a day, but it wrecked our cash flow.