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ross53	quote Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:55 pm
Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: california	Trust us, two city politicians, to solve the city's problems after Election Day. City Councilman Carl DeMaio recently told a business leader that he has an alternative plan to Proposition D, but the public won't see it until after Election Day. http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/government/article_68cb0ba4-d286-11df-ad54-001cc4c002e0.html _________________ " I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody" Lilly Tomlin.
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ross53	quote Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:24 pm
Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: california	San Diegans engaged in debate over pot measure Proposition 19 would legalize marijuana under California law http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/11/san-diegans-engaged-in-debate-over-pot-measure/ UFCW Local 135 position: Prop. 19 (Regulate, Control and Tax Marijuana) – Neutral http://www.ufcw135.org/ENDORESEMENTS.2010.htm _________________ " I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody" Lilly Tomlin.
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ross53	quote Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 2:49 pm
Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: california	Fighting the scourge of cheap groceries By Union-Tribune Editorial Board Sunday, October 24, 2010 at midnight San Diego City Councilman Todd Gloria’s friendly, thoughtful manner has won him plenty of admirers, and many think his political future is bright. But if Gloria proceeds with his plan to shove through legislation meant to prevent Walmart from selling groceries in the city before the December departure of council allies Ben Hueso and Donna Frye, his old image could vanish and be replaced by something far less flattering. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/24/fighting-scourge-cheap-groceries/ _________________ " I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody" Lilly Tomlin.
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ross53	quote Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 5:13 pm
Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: california	Local Government & Politics News homeWatchdog 2diggsdiggShare8 Debate over big-box stores rekindled in San Diego Proposal would require supercenters to conduct analysis of impact on small businesses By Christopher Cadelago Sunday, October 31, 2010 at 12:01 p.m. Shopper Mariam Russell examines some fresh fruit at Walmart. (Charlie Neuman/Union-Tribune) SAN DIEGO — A proposal to provide further scrutiny for big-box stores that want to sell groceries in San Diego is rekindling the debate over whether supercenters spell the demise of small business or whether they’re saviors for hard-pressed families out for affordable goods. The San Diego City Council in a special meeting Wednesday is scheduled to consider a draft ordinance that would require retailers such as Walmart to fund an economic impact analysis to determine whether their stores would harm surrounding neighborhoods and businesses. Overview Background:The San Diego City Council banned big-box retailers with full-service groceries in 2007, but Councilwoman Donna Frye dropped her support and the ban failed to survive a mayoral veto. What’s next: The City Council will weigh a draft ordinance that would require projects such as a Walmart Supercenter to complete an economic impact study funded by the developer. The special meeting is set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at San Diego City Hall, 12th floor, 202 C St. Councilman Todd Gloria said the proposal is essential to ensure the city is not working at cross-purposes when it permits big-box retailers at the same time it aims to promote small businesses. About 92 percent of businesses in the city are considered small. “What we’re simply seeking to do is provide them a voice in the process,” Gloria said. “If these (super) stores are as incredible as they claim to be, I would think that would show up in the reports.” Steven Restivo, a spokesman for Walmart, said it boiled down to consumer choice. “With the city facing significant unemployment challenges and historic budget deficits, we just don’t see the sense in creating fast-track legislation that’s going to stand in the way of opportunities to generate new tax revenues, create jobs and improve access to affordable food,” Restivo said. Critics of the big-box proposal, including Councilman Kevin Faulconer, say now is not the time to place arbitrary roadblocks before top sales-tax generators. The meeting comes a day after voters weigh in on Proposition D, a ballot measure to authorize a temporary increase in the city sales tax of a half cent on the dollar. Detractors also questioned the unprecedented way the proposal was being brought forward. This is the first time since the city assumed a strong-mayor form of government that a potential override vote was scheduled in advance of a hearing, officials said. In the past five years, the council has considered about three ordinances per year at special meetings, the majority of which were time-sensitive, records show. Councilman Carl DeMaio said proponents deliberately scheduled the hearing after Election Day, and set a Dec. 2 meeting to override a possible mayoral veto before two council members facing term limits leave office. “It’s hypocritical for Todd Gloria and members of the City Council to be pushing a larger sales tax while scheduling a complete giveaway to the labor unions,” DeMaio said. “But they’re worried District 6 will change hands and there’s only so much time to cram.” Of the two candidates running for Councilwoman Donna Frye’s District 6 seat, Republican Lorie Zapf opposes the draft ordinance. Her opponent, Democrat Howard Wayne, did not return repeated voice messages for comment. When contacted by a reporter, Wayne said he was “too busy” and hung up. The city three years ago banned large retailers with full-service groceries only to reverse course a month later when Frye dropped her opposition to Walmart Supercenters. A representative for Frye, who advocated requiring such economic studies when she opted not to support the ban, said the councilwoman was reviewing the ordinance and has met with both sides on this issue. “She will make a decision about how she will vote after listening to public testimony at the scheduled public hearing,” said Kevin Smith, Frye’s deputy chief of staff. A supercenter — big-box retailers with more than 90,000 square feet and more than 10 percent of floor space dedicated to nontaxable items such as groceries and prescription drugs — would be required to evaluate how many jobs would be created and displaced. A traffic study and how the store would affect wages and benefits in the neighborhood would also be necessary. Gloria said of particular concern were older communities such as Hillcrest, North Park and City Heights, which were decimated when modern department stores moved into Mission Valley in the 1960s. Several studies show big boxes with full groceries having deeper impacts on neighborhood businesses than other large shops, he said. “Our neighborhood grocery stores provide good jobs and good health benefits to those workers,” said Mickey Kasparian, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 135. “Why taxpayers should have to pay for Walmart employees’ benefits is ludicrous.” Labor organizers contend that nonunionized workers often end up in taxpayer-supported health clinics and emergency rooms. Others have decried Walmart’s “bullying tactics,” including attempts to confound consumers with full-page newspaper ads that are “deceptive, wrong and show what massive wealth can do to corrupt the system,” said Lorena Gonzalez, head of the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council. The small-business “voice in the process is being represented by the people they elected and Walmart is trying to prevent that,” Gonzalez said. “In some ways, I cannot believe we are having this big of a public fight in asking a massive retailer that if they want to put in a massive store they have to complete these studies.” There are no pending supercenter applications on file. If approved by the council, the ordinance would take effect 30 days after a final vote. christopher.cadelago@uniontrib.com • (619) 293-1334 • Twitter @ccadelago _________________ " I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody" Lilly Tomlin.
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ross53	quote Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 1:17 am
Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: california	Bristol Farms purchased by its management team By Tanya Mannes Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 3:02 p.m. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/nov/02/bristol-farms-purchased-its-management-team/ _________________ " I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody" Lilly Tomlin.
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ross53	quote Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:17 am
Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: california	City council seeks greater oversight of "big box" superstores SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The City Council Wednesday tentatively approved an ordinance to require developers to conduct an economic and community impact study before a "superstore" could be built in San Diego. http://www.cbs8.com/Global/story.asp?S=13441984 _________________ " I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody" Lilly Tomlin.
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ross53	quote Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 2:53 pm
Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: california	Walmart: Just who's being disingenuous? By Union-Tribune Editorial Board Sunday, November 7, 2010 at midnight When Walmart says that’s the ordinance’s intent, Gloria, Young, Emerald, Donna Frye and Ben Hueso cry foul. When a union worker does so, they thank her for her testimony. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/nov/07/walmart-just-whos-being-disingenuous/ Note: In the last six months, Target and Wal-Mart about 40 stores in total, in San Diego County, have remodel their stores to make space for grocery items’ all of them are now selling grocery. I have not seen any UFCW Local 135 official protesting against the changes made by Target and Wal-Mart. Why Not? They are selling groceries and at lower prices than, Albertsons, Vons, and Ralph’s. Shouldn’t all grocery workers be unionized? Can anyone explain? _________________ " I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody" Lilly Tomlin.
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SharynS	quote Posted: Sun Nov 07, 2010 5:46 pm
Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 2939 Location: the 'puter	Seriously ufcw's grand scheme to protect it's traditional turf is to prevent wal mart from selling groceries? I felt stupid typing it, I can't imagine how the idiot(s) who came up with the ridiculous plot must feel. If anything UFCW's money would be better spent by taking lessons from wal mart's business plan. Provide a service people need and want at an affordable premium and voila, people will be breaking down doors trying to get in. Sorry I know that's far too complicated for ufcw and would require closing the trough for renovations. _________________ Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. - Salman Rushdie
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ross53	quote Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:17 pm
Joined: 24 May 2006 Posts: 1435 Location: california	Letters: On supercenters and design debate By The San Diego Union-Tribune Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at midnight Supercenters a plus I respect all of the members of our City Council, but I don’t think that all of them see our free market the way I do (“S.D. City Council puts new demand on supercenters,” Local, Nov. 4). I certainly don’t want them to tell me where I can shop or maybe next what I can and cannot eat. Walmart may have low prices on many items. but it doesn’t have everything I need. It carries canned goods in its grocery department, but not many brands or items that I like. So I shop there for core items to save money and then I shop other stores for the unique items. Give me the freedom to choose; don’t choose for me. Mom-and-pop retailers that want to compete will find the items to carry that Walmart does not, that are unique, that will draw in customers. They can provide service that Walmart cannot. I need both in my life. If City Council members do not understand this basic premise, then they have no understanding of the American consumer. Janis Deady University City http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/nov/10/letters-on-supercenters-and-design-debate/ _________________ " I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody" Lilly Tomlin.
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