McHenry pulls plug on mascot merriment
Mattress Man and Lady Liberty are the costumed faces of a fuzzy clash between commercial speech and a city's attempt to ensure public safety
Dressed in a baby-blue costume with comically large hands, Mattress Man danced and waved until recently in front of a store in northwest suburban McHenry, doing his bit to sell the benefits of a good night's sleep.
"We usually send him out for a couple hours to attract attention," said Ray Westman, owner of the Verlo Mattress Factory store on West Elm Street. "He can't be out there for more than 5 minutes without horns starting to blow. People ...
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