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Posted on July 20 at 4:17 p.m.
Mr. Ball,
If the land that Springlake and Fairhill are located on has always been zoned for commercial use, then why did the city allow for subdivisions to be built on these tracts of land in the first place? The fact that these neighborhoods are now in existence and thriving should supercede the old zoning since the city apparently had no problems with the neighborhood developments being built. Why they would allow the neighborhoods to be developed and and then try to use the argument that the land is and always has been zoned for commercial use five years later makes little sense.
Regarding Wal-Mart, you are absolutely correct: the people who were against Wal-Mart coming to their neighborhood are also going to shop there, and for good reason. Boycotting the #1 ranked company on the Fortune 500 isn't going to shut them down, so why avoid Wal-Mart once it is built? However, just because people enjoy low prices does not mean they have to be happy with a Wal-Mart in their neighborhood to avoid being labeled "hypocritical".
You're awful quick to come down on Mr. Stutes and his use of the shooting of a police officer at Wal-Mart as a bad argument for the increase in crime Wal-Mart will bring. Perhaps the inference he is making is a little too general, but unfortunately, several studies have been conducted which document the increased occurrence of crime around Wal-Mart locations. Feel free to read the results of one of these studies at at http://www.walmartcrimereport.com. The site contains a link to the 30-page report outlining the findings. Summarizing the study's findings, the average rate of police-reported incidents was over 400% higher than at Target store locations. Pick on Mr. Stutes all you want, but there is ample supporting evidence to his claim that Wal-Mart brings more crime to an area. More crime leads to lower property values, which is one of the many reasons why residents of the area don't want a 24-hour Wal-Mart Supercenter at the front of their neighborhood.
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