Posted on 02/20/2023 5:29:40 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Libs are happy
They fought to keep walmarts out
A stronger indicator is when Walgreens pulls out.
Chicago is a Walmart desert.
“the city is about to adopt no-cash bail”
If an arrested person is likely to be a continued danger to the community, then bail should not be given.
RE: A stronger indicator is when Walgreens pulls out.
We will see if Target is brave enough to stay.
It took Wal-Mart a long time to set up in Chicago because of opposition in the City Council, from unions, etc. They opened their first location in 2006. It still doesn’t have a huge presence in the city proper.
It’s ironic because Chicago never wanted the wal-marts to begin with.
Jail and prison are expensive and efforts should be made to reduce the burden on taxpayers while maintaining deterrence.
For non-violent offenses, violators might be allowed to stay say 100 hours inside a courthouse room within 60 days of arrest provided they stay at least 20 within 184 hours of the arrest.
This would allow offenders to maintain employment, not require taxpayers to fund their food/medical care/defense counsel, and provide punishment and deterrence.
“IT’S A FOOD DESERT! GIVE US MORE MONEY!”....
So Walmart is leaving Chicago. I think I know why.
If you rearrange the letters in “Walmart store”, you get “White might”.
That’s not even close to being true, of course. But I’m going to email it to Mayor Lightfoot anyway. She’ll probably believe it, and call a news conference tomorrow.
It should be fun.
I don’t shop at the big box Walmarts but I do my grocery shopping at the Walmart Markets. When they began self-service checking, I changed to their delivery service. There’s nothing better than ordering online and having my groceries brought to my home the next day.
Cash bail often has required upright grandmothers to cough up about a month’s Social Security to bail out a wayward grandson.
I’m getting a sneaking suspicion that this intentional to drive housing prices down for a country or company to swoop in and buy on the cheap. A twofer is less human beings with rampant shootings.
If Lightfool is gone another filthy demicrat will take it’s place. There is no hope.
Probably not.
Walgreens’ in urban areas are built and remodeled mostly as wimdowless fortresses with more and more stuff behind locked cases, and much higher prices. They have a different operating mentality than walmart/target.
No-cash bail is for the entire state of Illinois, not just the city of chicago. It’s been delayed because of lawsuits, but that is probably a delay, not a repeal.
All of the candidates for Mayor promise lower crine, usually by increasing police coverage. But as long as the bad guys get out of jail right away, more cops and more arrests with no jail time means increasing the cost without lowering crime and violence.
Eventually the entire environment will collspse, but so far it just keeps going strong.
Ain’t that the truth.
No cash is catch and release not holding people with out bail
As a Walmart shareholder for over 30 years I applaud their move by closing stores where theft is prevalent. Why should the shareholders suffer the crime spree that goes on in democratic cities.
Walmart has a duty to their employees to have a safe store, they have a duty to the customers to have a safe store and to the shareholders to return a fair profit.
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