[Vision2020] Wal-Mart meeting

[Carl Westberg]

As one who has expressed reservations about the Wal-Mart supercenter, I've 
heard some interesting responses.  Regarding a concern for the future of 
small, family-owned businesses that have graced our town for generations 
that contribute to the wonderful uniqueness of Moscow, that, I've been told, 
makes me an ignorant socialist.  An ignorant socialist who secretly hates 
poor people.  While pleading not guilty to being an ignorant socialist or a 
self-hating anti poor person type of cretin, I do, however, admit to a 
measure of small town provincialism.  Guilty as charged.                     
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                        Carl Westberg Jr.


>From: Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
>To: Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com>
>CC: vision2020 at moscow.com, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Wal-Mart meeting
>Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 08:33:29 -0800 (PST)
>
>Compare Chas;
>
>   Drive to Win-co: 10 Minutes
>   Pay $2  fee for ATM, Win-Co does not take debt-it card
>   Find Items 5 Minutes
>   Wait in line 5 minutes
>   Drive back from  Win-Co: 10 Minutes
>
>   That is 30 minutes of my time and an additional $2.
>
>   Safeway, is on my way home and I do not have to pay cash.
>
>   Is the $2 I save worth 30 minutes of my time when I have 6 hours of  
>sleep between my next class and next work shift, not to mention the  cost 
>of gas and increased mileage on my car, and the risk that the ATM  is 
>broken in Win-Co anyway so it would be a wasted trip, as has  happened many 
>times?
>
>   If Wal-Mart opens, I save on the gas, the ATM fees, and on the lower 
>prices of the food. Which comes to about $75 a month.
>
>   If I did not go to school and work two jobs or had someone else to do  
>my shopping it would not be so bad. Of course it would also help if I  did 
>not forget items like ketchup so I did not have to stop at Safeway.
>
>   -DJA
>
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>
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>
>Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com> wrote:  On 12/19/05, Donovan Arnold  wrote:
> > Wal-Mart coming in on the east side will save me no less than $75 a 
>month,
> > and for a college student, that is a great deal of money.
>
>Do you drive, Donovan?  If you do, are you saying that you spend $75
>more month to save a few minutes of driving?
>
>
>
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