Judi Kaczmarski, manager, Watra Church Goods, 4201 S. Archer:
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“We’ve seen people get a little looser with their spending. The prospect of a Clinton administration has already made condoms more acceptable; with the Bush administration, in spite of the fact that the surgeon general said condoms are what we need, there just wasn’t ever much of a push for them.”
Susie Crawford, buyer, Video Adventure, 1926 Central, Evanston:
“Our donations are going up, after going down for the last three years or so. There was an influx of donations right after the election. We haven’t yet seen a run on black-and-white domestic cats that look like Socks, but we’re expecting one.”
Mike Palladino, president, Automotive Sound Systems, Inc., 5140 S. Cicero:
“We did notice quite a slowdown in the last two weeks before the election. Afterwards, people seemed hopeful, relieved, more relaxed; they’re more willing to buy instead of just look.”
