Dave Matthews has been writing about the legal struggles of pawnbrokers in a wealthy suburb of Chicago for quite some time. On October 2, 2009, his parent company Suburban Publications (Elmhurst Press) published an article titled "Resident, pawn lobby questions turning away pawn shops, payday loan stores"

The City council in Elmhusrt, IL has focused it's attention on restricting pawn shops for, among other factors, acting as “catalysts for neighborhood decline.” To debate the issue, National Pawnbrokers Association President and pawn store owner, Dave Crume and Fran Bishop , Chairwoman of the NPA Government Relations Committee took part in the interview.

To read the full article, please follow the link below:

http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/elmhurst/newsnow/x1991998643/Resident-pawn-lobby-questions-turning-away-pawn-shops-payday-loan-stores

To learn more about the pawn industry, please visit:
www.PawnShopsToday.com