09-21-2007, 06:52 AM
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The Hilo SuperWalmart is coming regardless ( unless the Sierra Club gets involved as Aaron S believes ). I feel it is unfair , no matter what the store , to single out a grocery section - especially here. Because that would create lower prices.
And that is where so many communities have fallen victim to the big box counter lawsuits. Look at the legislation; they seem to set a SKU number limit. Now, how is the county going to regulate that? It's impossible. Some community somewhere has set these arbitrary limits (usually to protect one store from another) and everyone else is playing monkey see – monkey do. But they haven’t read past the legislation into the reality of that legislation passing judicial muster.
I can open a Mega-Mart after the legislation with over 500,000 gross sq feet and over 100,000 sq feet devoted to selling food and still not be prohibited from operating under the legislation. If I can figure that out, you better believe the developers already know that. I would love for the county to say I’m in violation because I would sue the pants off the county until the citizens pay me back every dollar, dime and penny I invested, plus a hefty punitive award.
Humm, anyone got 100,000 sq feet of vacant land they want to rent for let's say 25% of the settlement? Don’t be like the fools in Arizona and blindly follow a slogan and forget the picture. If the BI isn’t ready to do battle, can’t afford to do battler, or have the expertise to do battle, don’t pick that fight yet.