Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Before Ald. Lyle appeared on Chicago Tonight on Monday...


She appeared on Good Day Chicago Monday morning to discuss the issue of Wal-Mart coming to Chatham at 83rd & Stewart.

Stressed on both appearances on TV yesterday was that she was unwilling to sacrifice the businesses in the 6th. She was unwilling to have this Wal-Mart in Brookins' ward impact that quality of life in the 6th.

Indeed in this piece she came up with a new argument. A Wal-Mart could in fact cause a loss in tax revenue. Possible because well, it is believe Wal-Mart will cause other smaller businesses (Mom & Pop shops) to close for business.

Another common thread is that there is an issue of traffic especially on both 83rd & 87th. Heh, I wonder how traffic is doing when it comes to that Target on 87th & Cottage Grove. I can understand the issue of traffic, which is probably why Ald. Brookins wants an overpass built at 85th Street as either a shortcut to shopping on 87th or Chatham Market but as an alternate exit.

I can admire and respect Ald. Lyle for recently making her plea where she's protecting our neighborhood businesses. The issue of traffic surely shouldn't be taken lightly especially if bottleneck results during business hours. At the same time would increased traffic be a bad thing if it could mean more activity for neighborhood businesses?

I think I can understand the argument against Chatham being a food desert, but other than that in what way would a Wal-Mart not be a good fit for this community? Would a Wal-Mart Supercenter be a bad idea? Finally would you be concerned about the products a Wal-Mart Supercenter might have available?

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