No Mayor - you cannot control privately owned businesses - if they want to leave, they can.

[Always in His Presence]

Seattle’s New Socialist Mayor Goes Full Communist, Says She Won’t Allow Private Grocery Stores To Close​

Democratic Seattle Mayor-elect Katie Wilson declared that she will not allow private grocery stores to close in a resurfaced video from September.​

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From the files of you just can't make this stuff up.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Deceptive Daily Caller headline. Mayor describes closing stores as one of the ills of private grocery stores, leaving food deserts behind, so her proposal is to create public grocery stores.

"We cannot allow" these ills to affect the people of the city. Hence, an alternative.

Her proposal for a 90-day warning for grocery stores to have mass layoffs only makes sense in the context of grocery store closures.

 

[rambot]

Seattle’s New Socialist Mayor Goes Full Communist, Says She Won’t Allow Private Grocery Stores To Close​

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From the files of you just can't make this stuff up.

Well....

To be fair, you just did.

 

[Oompa Loompa]

Deceptive Daily Caller headline. Mayor describes closing stores as one of the ills of private grocery stores, leaving food deserts behind, so her proposal is to create public grocery stores.

"We cannot allow" these ills to affect the people of the city. Hence, an alternative.

Her proposal for a 90-day warning for grocery stores to have mass layoffs only makes sense in the context of grocery store closures.

Any guarantee it will do better than any other public institution?

 

[Always in His Presence]

Here is her actual quote:

“Access to affordable, healthy food is a basic right. We cannot allow giant grocery chains to stomp all over our communities, close stores that will leave behind food deserts,” Wilson said. “Together, we can build a Seattle where fresh food is for everyone, not just for those who can afford it. Food deserts are not natural, corporations create them when they abandon our communities.”​

Any idea why they are 'abandoning your communities Mayor elect? Got a clue

Seattle councilmembers raise concern over potential grocery store closures​

SEATTLE — Shoplifting and loitering are putting some Seattle grocery stores at risk of closing, according to city council members who say they're searching for ways to keep stores from leaving neighborhoods.​

In Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, where access to groceries is a walk away for many, some residents are already weighing what they might lose.​

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"I continue to be concerned about the two QFC's on Broadway," said Seattle City Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth.​

She says loitering and shoplifting are putting those stores at risk of closing. The neighborhood already lost a Whole Foods just last month — and another grocery store before that.​

"During my tenure we've lost two grocery stores in my district. I don't want to lose another one," Hollingsworth said.​

Councilmembers say there's a clear need for a stronger line of communication between city departments, large grocery corporations, and small business owners.​

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Here's a thought - help the stores not get looted -

Here is another gem:

The then-mayoral candidate called on corporations to give a 90-day notice for mass layoffs and a fair severance package to those who had been laid off.​

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“When grocery corporations lay off hundreds of people overnight, the whole community suffers. We need to set the standard here in Seattle. Corporations must give 90 days notice for mass layoffs and fair severance pay for laid off workers,” Wilson said. “Seattle families deserve fresh, affordable food and workers deserve dignity and stability,” Wilson continued.​

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The companies that open stores invest millions of their own dollars to open - the goal is to pay their employees and make a profit. They are being looted out of existence, loosing everything they have invested, and the good Mayor elect thinks it is fair (although not part of labor laws), first to give 90 days notice and then severance packages - where does she get the authority to do so?

No Mayor - you cannot control privately owned businesses

 

[essentialsaltes]

where does she get the authority to do so?

Presumably, she'll work with the city council to pass a law/regulation.

No Mayor - you cannot control privately owned businesses

The city can regulate them, though.

 

[Always in His Presence]

Presumably, she'll work with the city council to pass a law/regulation.

Has she indicated such?

The city can regulate them, though.

Not like that, they can't.

 

[BCP1928]

The right way to do it is to let free enterprise take over. I have been in the poorest neighborhoods of cities all over the world and while food is sometimes scarce or in limited variety there are never any food "deserts" where nobody is selling food at all. There's always a vegetable stand on the corner or a guy with a handcart, people sitting by a box of fruit. If you want something to make supper out of you never have to take more than a few steps from your door.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Not like that, they can't.

If the US government can, and state governments can, why can't the city?

 

[essentialsaltes]

If you want something to make supper out of you never have to take more than a few steps from your door.

We could have had taco trucks on every corner.

 

[BCP1928]

We could have had taco trucks on every corner.

It can be fun in a diverse neighborhood. Where my son lives in Oakland the Indian guy that runs the little Mexican grocery store on the corner lets the Afghani food truck use his parking lot.

 

[Always in His Presence]

If the US government can, and state governments can, why can't the city?

They can? Show me where the State or Federal Government can tell a company they can't close their doors.

We could have had taco trucks on every corner.

Really? Free Taco's! Where?