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Originally Posted by Bruzilla Interesting take on things here. He, and by association residentofcre, is saying that the CCBC failed to support the voters by placing the issue of increased congestion on RT 4 as a higher priority than the ability to buy low-priced groceries at a Wal Mart Supercenter (which by the way, I have one of these two miles from my house and I shop there all the time.) This seems to me to be a damned-if-you-do/don't scenario.
If you allow the Supercenter to be built, and RT 4 congestion gets worse, what can the CCBC do? How can they meet the challenge? Can they go to the state and demand that the road be widened? They could, but it would probably take a decade or two, and the congestion would be even worse during ten years or more of construction. And during all that time they would have the ever whiny voters of CC pissing and moaning about how miserable their lives are because of the congestion, even as they save .50 on a box of cereal. In short, there's no way that the CCBC can win in that situation. Now look at the alternative, i.e., denying the permit and associated congestion. Are the voters going to have to do without groceries? No. They may have to pay a little more, but they've been paying those prices for decades without complaints of a "grocery price crisis!" Can they still buy cheap underwear and socks? Yeah, they still have the original Walmart. So, given the child-like nature of the voters, what's the best course of action for the CCBC? Approve the expansion and congestion, and hear whining for decades, or disapprove it and have people just cope with the existing facilities and capabilities?
The CCBC made the right decision in this case. They knew that the voters would be far more upset with the congestion than they would be pleased by paying a little less for groceries. |
Well thought out.... Let me insert this....
The master plan already calls for some town centers, major and minor. These were designed, as I understand it, to pull all the growth into centralized areas while leaving the rural no growth of Calvert County pretty much in tact in the rest of the county. In the major town centers we could have a Super Walmart... or a Super Giant....
IF THE PEOPLE WANT IT... In the minor town centers the people could have a Giant or a small park....
IF THE PEOPLE WANT IT.... but once the plan is done.... then once the plan is approved by the
PEOPLE it doesn't change....
If they sell it to the people as green and family friendly... then that is what is will be.... If they sell it as a Mega Store metroloplis and the people love the idea.... then that it what it will be....
What bothers me is when they sell us a strip mall disguised as a green family friendly neighborhood town center!
I say vote for an honest person that has been talking to you all along....
I say vote for someone who isn't trying to buy their way into the position...
I say don't waste your vote on someone who has not done anything for you ever.... and then expect them to do something for you today....
Don't vote for a dog and then expect them to change into a Lion....