[Vision2020] Walmart

[Carl Westberg]

Phil, I'm fairly confident from other postings, that you would hardly 
consider yourself a "liberal elistist snob."  And certainly not a purveyor 
of "ignorant socialist" ideas.  But, according to at least some supporters 
of the Palouse supercenters, that's what you must be, if you express such 
opposition.  I'm sure this revelation comes as a total surprise to you.      
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                             Carl Westberg Jr.


>From: "Shelly" <CJs at turbonet.com>
>To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] Walmart
>Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 10:17:54 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
>
>FROM THE DESK OF PHIL:
>
>What short memories everybody has. Remember when Walmart and Kmart came in?
>It was death and destruction amongst the business community. Your neighbor
>and friends. I think the census data has a major flaw in it. According to
>the census data more than a majority of our population is well educated, 
>but
>still thinks and acts like they are 13. The big box stores cause another
>reaction that you are not paying attention to. It causes a population 
>shift.
>People migrate to live closer to those areas. I also understand that we are
>thinking of filling in the corridor between Moscow and Pullman. What's left
>of our country feel, will cease. Don't even talk about our precious water
>that we do not have.  We will become a new Los Angeles on a microscopic
>scale. The rest of the businesses that are hanging on because none of us 
>are
>making any real money, will die along with the tax base.
>
>Here is the grand scheme of things. Walmart plans on putting in two huge
>stores in a population our size?????? Do not forget that the signs entering
>Moscow. They include the entire student population in their count. I was
>told about 12,000. Reason? Our community is ignorant to the true business
>intentions of their power. They put the two stores in and you gotta 
>remember
>they truly don't care if they both make a profit. Their goal is to 
>"dominate
>  our market. We will be losing businesses that currently supply us with 
>beds
>  oil changes, tires, gasoline, groceries, etc. We will have numerous
>businesses join the bankruptcy line so Walmart can fleece our community of
>it's core assets. So, you don't need to worry about there ever being a
>downtown. Since, most of those businesses are downtown.
>
>Then what they do after they have destroyed downtown on the Pullman and
>Moscow side, they will "mothball" one of the stores. Notice nothing is said
>about the current Moscow store they promised to keep open. Right! Not born
>yesterday. You will notice they are not buying the land that is so they can
>shut down one after they have killed all of us off and force everybody to
>drive to the one that they leave open.
>
>Smart Growth? It is...... for a 13 year old. Let's not even talk about the
>land owners surrounding the project. What a boondoggle.
>
>Does anyone know why all of a sudden a full fledge Walmart is now on the
>table? Did our representatives or newspaper let us down? Our 
>representatives
>should spend 1 hour talking to managers at Safeway and Rosaurs along with a
>few others. Talk to some that died on the first round. Many thought they
>would survive it. Ha!
>
>Remember ........ the students are only here 6 1/2 months out of the year
>and they are counted as part of our community. You guys are worried about
>taxes? Half the students live in housing supplied by the University. More
>than half receive loans to go to schools. That is our money once again.
>
>Phil Roderick
>
>
>


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