#OCCUPYFAIL: Eatery: Occupiers Terrorize Us. “She and her employees are terrified by the constant threats, which she said began after she demanded the protesters stop using her shop’s restroom as a place to bathe every day. The final straw came about two weeks ago, when the demonstrators broke a bathroom sink, flooding the shop, and clogged the toilet — setting her back $3,000 in damages.”

Related: Bloomberg’s Broken Windows. The mayor’s message: When the crazies come, you’re on your own. “What company thinking of moving to Texas or even Connecticut, for example, will be persuaded to stay in Manhattan after witnessing the mayor’s impotence here? How many trade groups or associations are going to move their big meetings from the nation’s capital after they’ve seen the lack of police protection at the convention center? Who’s going to sink money into Oakland—which clocked in below Flint, Mich., on a recent Forbes ranking of cities by job growth—when they see a mayor unwilling to call in the cops even after businesses have been openly attacked? Our progressive mayors may think themselves reasonable when they turn a blind eye to the public disorders that have characterized the Occupy movement. In fact, they are sending a signal that imperils the urban development they so profess to love. For the message they are sending to business is this: When the crazies come for you, you’re on your own.”