I sent this letter to the Austin American Statesman, hoping they will publish it. To date they have not included a single voice that thinks the whole wooplah about Wal-Mart and Northcross Mall is a hypocritical smoke screen--much ado about nothing.
Shakespeare perfected Much Ado About Nothing many, many years ago. Much Ado About Northcross just doesn't play as well.
Here's the letter:
For all you people that were standing at the corner of Anderson and Burnet in your red T-shirts and red signs, listen up: Please get back in your Volvos and go back to wherever it is you live. I’ve lived across the street from Northcross Mall for 4 years, and I didn’t recognize a single face in a red T-shirt with a red sign.
If you don’t like Wal-Mart, don’t couch that in “Responsible Growth”. Instead, ask yourself what you would do if Whole Foods proposed putting a store of similar size with the same traffic patterns and all of the things that come with a vibrant commercial area.
Do that, and then just get the hell out of MY neighborhood.
Shakespeare perfected Much Ado About Nothing many, many years ago. Much Ado About Northcross just doesn't play as well.
Here's the letter:
For all you people that were standing at the corner of Anderson and Burnet in your red T-shirts and red signs, listen up: Please get back in your Volvos and go back to wherever it is you live. I’ve lived across the street from Northcross Mall for 4 years, and I didn’t recognize a single face in a red T-shirt with a red sign.
If you don’t like Wal-Mart, don’t couch that in “Responsible Growth”. Instead, ask yourself what you would do if Whole Foods proposed putting a store of similar size with the same traffic patterns and all of the things that come with a vibrant commercial area.
Do that, and then just get the hell out of MY neighborhood.
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