THE TGIF SPECIAL BY….
…..Walgreen Drug Store. Ha! You thought I was gonna say Wal-Mart, huh? That’s because Wal-Mart is the only business that attracts Union shills posing as environmentalist while trying to block Wal-Mart’s expansion plans. Ever wonder why it’s only Wal-Mart they’re trying to step on?
Walgreen Drug is in the process of expanding it’s store at East Avenue and Cohasset. Two buildings were torn down to make way for the new, improved, and bigger Walgreen. In addition to that, as if a bigger drug store wasn’t enough, Walgreen is building ANOTHER store from the ground up on the corner of East Avenue and the Esplanade. That location is right across the street from Rite Aid.
Funny thing. I don’t hear any of those Union shills (posing as environmentalist) pointing out how all those new Walgreen stores will cause Rite Aid to go belly up and cause Rite Aid employees to lose their jobs. Nobody pointing out how the additional store at East Avenue and the Esplanade will complicate an already overburdened traffic problem.
I haven’t seen or heard a single complaint about Longs/CVS building a new store on the corner of Esplanade and Lassen Avenue. That makes TWO Longs/CVS drug stores within four miles of each other. Do you hear anybody screaming “Oh no! Not another Longs Drugs”?
Why is it that it’s only Wal-Mart that gets slapped around? Answer? The chain is non-union. It’s as simple as that. The union would love to get in there and try to “organize” Wal-Mart employees. There’s a lotta’ money to be had from union dues–if the union could just get in there and get its hands into the pockets of those employees. So far, no dice!
So, when you read and hear from the shills about how a Wal-Mart expansion will cause (fill in the store name here) to go out of business, do you think they really care? Nope! When you hear the shills scream about all that CO2 being put into the air because of all that traffic on Forest Avenue, do you think they really care? Nope.
All they’re trying to do is thwart Wal Mart…..any way and every way they can. They’re not complaining about Walgreen Drug Store expansion and building, or Longs/CVS Drugs expansion and building….no screaming about all that extra CO2 in the air around East Avenue and the Esplanade, no worrying about which drugs store will put the other out of business.
Having met all proper requirements, mitigation and other regulations, Wal Mart has every right to expand and improve its business, just as every other business in Chico enjoys those same rights (whether they’re Union…or not.)