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Friday, January 11, 2008

Just a Followup

Our City Council has decided that yuppie and yuppie wannabees will not have to starve, that they will get a new place to find food in a new Trader Joe's store at Randolph and Lexington.

While I am still wondering whether they aren’t putting too much on too little, it is good that people in Highland, Macalester-Groveland, and Summit Hill will have a place to find their vittles. [People from West Seventh could too if any can afford it.]

There had been speculation that the votes for the required rezoning would not be there, but with the apparent encouragement of Mayor Coleman the Second. all of the Councilmembers except for Thune voted in favor,

I can understand why Thune might not have liked the proposal, but usually when a councilmember is the one in a six-to-one there is some deep matter of principal involved.

Of course, if anybody has any idea why Thune would be the holdout, comments are accepted here.

Earlier PostRandolph and Lexington OR Where can a Starving Yuppie Find Nutrition



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well, I said I’d go there once to see what all the fuss is about and now it looks like they’re going to call my bluff,

But I am still wondering whether the place will survive and whether/how much the city will end up paying to make the lot or building available for another use.

But why are you so cynical about Dave Thune’s motive for his vote?