Response to Supporter re Publix:

This was in response to an e-mail discussion with Commissioner Mulvehill and the resident - who forwarded me the exchange for my opinion.

The most important thing to focus on is in achieving a long held goal of the community to lure a modern, quality grocery store downtown. In planning terms, a grocery store is a destination that draws people, money and activity downtown. It's like an anchor tenant at the mall. The Post Office is a destination - so is City Hall, the Library - what downtowns are - concentrations of destinations. People living near downtown will be walking or riding their bikes to this Publix - instead of getting into their fossil fuel burning vehicles and driving out of town with their Lake Worth dollars.

I am concerned about the global environment and the plight of farmworkers as much as anyone else, but can't we be welcoming to a store such as this without putting up unnecessary hurdles that broadcast to everyone that Lake Worth is a difficult place to work. Remember, this store will help our local "environment" immensely.

Why single out Publix? Why can't we lay out our demands in a uniform basis so people that invest in our city know what to expect? My opponent would never ask such questions from the dais - the emperor/empress always has clothes according to her.
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