Matt St. Laurent
project manager, Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench
“… [The ordinance] doesn’t attract the right kind of stores, the higher-end stores. There’re too many discount stores.”
Dwight Frost
retired
“I’m pretty much for free enterprise. … But, then again, cities are able to create their own laws.”
Robert Segal
U.S. Army Sgt. Maj., retired
“I don’t think it should have passed. This is America. If the economy will support it, why shouldn’t a business go in?”
Christine Wood
student
“Discount stores sort of decimate small mom ‘n’ pop stores. [Independent stores] should be protected.”
This article appears in Oct 24-31, 2013.