Comment of the Week: No matter how you slice those apples and oranges, you gotta sell a lot of donuts just to cover $3,500 in rent.

We take pride in our work here at Patch and always strive to bring our readers interesting news. However, we must admit, sometimes the most interesting part of a great Patch story is the comments from readers that it sparks. 

Here are some of the best, funniest, strangest and most informative comments from Patch stories around the Northeast L.A. and Hollywood Patch sites this past week: 

A woman and her dog were chased by a coyote at Debs Park, which sounds horrifying in and of itself. However, one of the comments helped to lighten the mood.

family 1st August 23, 2013 at 05:54 PM: Smith and Wesson makes an a very good coyote and wild animal repellent!!!

and apparently, this isn't an unusual problem:
Angela barrales August 23, 2013 at 06:40 PM I think this the same coyote my husband saw a few days ago. He grew up on Mount Washington and is use to seeing coyotes, but this one was big. Once again coyotes were here first.


The Eagle Rock community discussed the extreme rent hike at 2114 Colorado Boulevard, which drove the Colorado Wine Company out, and why the space had not yet been rented.
Tim Ryder August 23, 2013 at 05:32 PM No matter how you slice those apples and oranges, you gotta sell a lot of donuts just to cover $3,500 in rent. Forget about paying employees and inventory! But empty vacant storefronts are an improvement over revenue goldmines like medical marijuana dispensaries according to Bob Gotham and his TERA know-it-alls. Most small businesses fail within the first 2 years anyway due to poor business planning and high costs. Huge corporations like CitiBanks and Starbucks are the only places that are able to stick around after a couple years. But yippeedoodle we got those Bike Lanes painted on now to increase the number of customers, right?