Posted on 02/27/2017 8:21:03 AM PST by simpson96
CHICAGO (CBS) — Politicians are pushing back against the planned closing of a CVS pharmacy within the next month on the west side of Chicago.
WBBM’s Nancy Harty reports.
State Representative Melissa Conyears-Ervin and other elected officials stood in front of a CVS store at Madison and Kedzie Sunday morning to denounce the move. Her husband, Alderman Jason Ervin, said the case was a travesty and that it amounts to theft.
“We have enough challenges and problems in this community, and we don’t need to have the fact that our seniors cannot get their basic medicine anywhere in East or West Garfield Park,” he said.
Ervin said Chicago gave the drugstore $1 million in tax breaks to open at the East Garfield Park location about five years ago. He added that he’s having the city’s lawyers look at any reimbursement the company may owe Chicago.
Conyears-Ervin said it’s unacceptable that CVS has not informed customers of its plans to close within a month. She also said a family-owned pharmacy that used to be located across the street closed after CVS moved in. That means seniors and other customers will have to travel farther to fill prescriptions.
“Because CVS opened, it pushed out our ‘Ma’ and ‘Pa’ pharmacy,” she said.
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hmmmmm. Stop selling cigarettes wasn’t as popular as they thought I guess.
“Why are they closing? This author seems to have left that out.”
This is democrat-run Chicago. Businesses aren’t supposed to make money, they’re supposed to cater to the community.
Leftists don’t like it when Atlas Shrugs.
And if the dumb city had not given tax breaks to CVS, Mom and Pop might still be open.
“Leftists don’t like it when Atlas Shrugs.”
*applause*
Indeed. Garfield Park is a war zone.
As far as I know, Alderman Jason Ervin is free to put up the capital and take the risk and open a pharmacy in his own district. Right?
“Ultimately they are going to demand Tax-Payer supported government-run stores in The Hood.”
“Store” to me, implies a place where currency is exchanged for goods. What they are demanding is more along the lines if a distribution center..
whatever...if you have to bribe someone to open a business or keep one open, there may be something amiss. I saw TV commercials here in Va. advertising for businesses to move to NY and offering a tax break. What they don’t mention is when those breaks expire you’re screwed as a business...you’re going to have to pack up and leave anyway! Stupid people who fall for that aren’t going to be in business for long anyway.
Probably CVS lost more than that amount in shoplifting and robberies.
Believe Soros has an interest in CVS???
I have seen those ads. I have read articles claiming Cuomo made it known those ads were to advance his political career than actually entice any business to relocate to NY.
Add in Austin and you get a BINGO!
Pursuit of happiness....
The ads made me laugh out loud! The same people moving down here aren’t smart enough to know their ideas are stupid.
East Garfield, West Garfield, Austin and North Lawndale...the heart of the West Side ‘hood.
And it used to be such a nice area till the early 60s....
Do the math.
If AFTER $1 million in tax breaks, the company is losing money at the store, they'd be losing even more money BEFORE the tax breaks.
If the company were making money at the store, they'd keep it open.
Of course politicians, especially liberal politicians, that caters to a low educated demographic, can't understand this.
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