“Beware and Boycott” is the warning for
students shopping on Westcott Street.

Cars in Papa John’s parking lot are
booted by the landlord if you do not buy
a pizza, but only shop at the nearby grocery.

Since October, Norman Roth, the landlord of Papa John’s,
has booted scores of cars — and
charges $150, cash only, to remove the boot.

Residents of the Westcott Nation and
the Westcott Neighbor Association are working,
with no success, to persuade the
Papa John’s operator and Roth, head of University Hill
Realty, to reduce the booting penalty to $25, from $150.

The free parking lot for shoppers is
behind Boom Babies, across from
Recess Coffee.

Austin Ted Paulnack,
Coordinator, Syracuse MoveOn