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To the editor: Supercenters, no matter what or who they are, just
are not very good if you want a tax base. Supercenters alone cannot
support a town or small city.
If Lincoln would promote its interstructure (the stores,
factories) buildings in the city itself, then maybe Lincoln can
rebuild their tax base. Again, if Lincoln would promote its schools,
its churches, the lifestyle -- a laid-back style at that -- then
maybe Lincoln can rebuild not only its tax base but the city of
Lincoln itself.
If Lincoln is willing to give $600,000 back to Wal-Mart, then
just think what that kind of money can do toward getting other
businesses into the city and/or the shopping centers that look like
they need to be torn down or rebuilt, which would bring jobs to
people who want to work. That's another way of building a tax base.
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 But it's up to Lincoln's leaders to make the right choice...
Think about it, Lincoln: 350 jobs Wal-Mart says it will bring in...
or businesses or even new factories that can bring in more jobs than
even Wal-Mart will... New jobs also bring in new families to live,
work and spend money that they make in the city itself. A no-brainer
-- rebuild and promote old-school thinking in a new-school world.
Jann Allen Nash
(Posted Dec. 5, 2005)
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