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New San Diego City Ordinance to Lockout Big-Box Stores
I relocated to San Diego in '2008 from Orlando, FL where there is a Walmart Superstore on every corner. In my opinion, bringing these stores to San Diego will bring along with it a host of major problems such as crime in the parking lots, traffic congestion, etc. Walmart's idea of parking lot security in their 24 hour stores is to have a financially struggling 75 yr. old retiree patrol the lot in a vehicle while he offers to escort people to their cars while outside the store entrance there are small gangs hanging out at 3 a.m. from who knows where! Furthermore, I guaranty you that it will negatively effect small business. They will not be in business anymore. Additionally, let me address the argument of Walmart bringing to the community cheap groceries and jobs. After the opening of these stores the food is not that cheap except for processed box foods such as Hamburger Helper, Walmart bakery bread and frozen food items. I found that the meats, fish, produce, and other items were more expensive than or equally expensive as the prices offered by the major quality grocery store chains in the Orlando area such as Publix. Not only that; but, the quality is inferior especially the deli. Price rollbacks are no different than the sales offered by any grocery store chain such as Von's or Ralph's. Let's not forget these rollbacks are not permanent. And let us not forget the other problems associated with these stores such as cheap labor, imported goods from China, etc. In fact I do not understand how we are crying about outsourcing of jobs to China and then want to support the chain of stores that makes it's profits on the backs of slave labor and the loss of your manufacturing jobs! Job creation? What kind of jobs! Low paying retail jobs that will not allow a man or woman to support a family on a living wage; especially not in San Diego! In Orlando, these people will be working a minimum of one other job in order to supplement their low full-time Walmart wages! Why is the mayor threatening to veto this ordinance? I would be willing to bet it's because of additional tax revenue to help offset the city's budget woes. This is not the answer if you want to maintain quality of life in our San Diego communities. Please do not become another Orlando where campaign contributions to the power brokers rule the day!— November 19, 2010 11:12 a.m.