Cozmo the Magician

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This Cozmo the Magician guy is something else.  According to a Saratogian article in Saturday's paper Coz gets issued a ticket for performing in Congress Park without a license.  The basis for getting a performer's license dates back to the early 1900's in which an Ordinance contains a section for showing “moving pictures.”  This is probably one of the little gems that was put in the Charter when this form of government started back then.  Now back to Cozmo, he goes to City hall to obtain a license and is told no such license exists, he then spoke to Asst. City Attorney Tony Izzo, who handles all the important cases like this and he told Cozmo the Magnificent that panhandling has not been illegal in Saratoga Springs since 2010.

So Cozmo, not Tony, goes back to the park to resume his magic tricks and lo and behold as he starts doing a rope trick (probably getting ready to hang himself at what was coming), yes you guessed right, it was another Police Officer who this time gives old Cozmo a ticket for vending without a license, this charge was dropped but he Cozmo not the police Officer, is due back in court Tuesday.  Let’s hope he can make himself appear in court.  Cozmo said it all by exclaiming "I’m in violation of not having a license the city doesn’t even give out.”  One thing I don't like that Cozmo did however was pass a hat to kids for donations.  He should have had a monkey with a tambourine there so people could throw change in it, you don't ask kids for money.
When asked about the incident Mayor Johnson said, he did not know much about the issue.  By the way, when Cozmo was in City Hall he made Shauna Sutton disappear, has anyone seen her?