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Parent Article: Satterthwaite Campaign Misleading Urbana |
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Re: Satterthwaite Campaign Misleading Urbana |
by Just a thought
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17 Feb 2005
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Tod can not be solely blamed for the demise of the Philo Road Business district or the flop of Lincoln Square Mall. He has had Council's to work with, who in part, did very little to get anything accomplished either.
Businesses on Philo Road went out of business. Not because no one wanted to beautify it or change devolopment strategies. They just weren't making enough to compete with in the market. KMart closed because it wasn't making enough money to stay open. Of all the times I stopped in there to pick something up, I never had to wait inline. Even art Christmas time, there was never any major wait. Why? Because the business went to North Prospect. Same for Pay Less. Jewel went out of business due to there being 2 other grocery stores in the same area. For some reason or another, Jewel couldn't compete. Jerry's was something different all together. Jerry's closed because they were afraid of Walmart. Even though Jerry's in Urbana offered specialty foods and products, instead of adapting to the new market, they closed up. What could Tod, or anyone on the council, have done to prevent this from happening?
And by the by, Licoln Square was beginning to die years before Tod took over. Past administrations have had their hands in raising property taxes and fees. Sure, many things could have been done to prevent this from happening, but no seems to have done much. |
