Fitzgerald: City At Cross-purposes Over Empire Theatre

The disastrous mishandling of the Empire Theatre closure keeps getting worse, though it’s hard to top the closure without warning of nine ma and pa businesses.The city of Stockton has managed, though. Regardless of who is to blame for the original closure (the owner likely bears significant responsibility), city officials may have worsened the problem through legal overreach and bureaucratic bungling.The result: The unique building complex on the 1800 block of Pacific [...]