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Boston City Council pressures Walgreens to reopen 3 stores
WBZ-TV (CBS Boston) ^ | 11/11/2022 | Mike Sullivan

Posted on 11/12/2022 9:27:49 AM PST by DFG

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To: DFG

This reminds me of this event in nearby Cambridge:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4108274/posts


61 posted on 11/12/2022 10:24:00 AM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: x

Race should be brought into it.

Almost certainly bad behavior predominantly by a certain race caused the store closures.

It’s long past time for an honest discussion about race that no one seems to want to have.


62 posted on 11/12/2022 10:26:29 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: DFG

pharmacy desert? puhlease. There are now ‘on-line’ pharmacies. Utilize them. The 3 stores are probably operating at a loss and the area is probably crime infested.


63 posted on 11/12/2022 10:35:32 AM PST by LibertyWoman (America, the Handwriting is on the Wall. )
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To: jdsteel
"Could the theft, violence and high rent be a consideration? Government cares little about that."

Government policies created the conditions that make it impossible to operate businesses in these places, and now that same government is demanding those businesses remain in operation!!

64 posted on 11/12/2022 10:41:37 AM PST by SkiKnee
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To: Truth29

They’d better or every Democrat run city will use the same tactic against them and every other store chain in America.


65 posted on 11/12/2022 10:41:48 AM PST by DHerion
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To: The Free Engineer

“The city should just open their own stores.”

They already have a “street pharmacy” on every other corner. Why do they need Walgreens?


66 posted on 11/12/2022 10:44:17 AM PST by Gideon300
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To: DFG

It has to be because of crime & shoplifting. No business closes if they are profitable & safe. I wish people would at least be honest about why a business closes.


67 posted on 11/12/2022 10:47:24 AM PST by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: DFG

This whole debacle reminds me of what could’ve happened during the pandemic. Many ‘non-essential’ businesses defied the rules and tried to stay open, with the govt bringing the hammer down. But, what if an ‘essential’ business (say all the grocery stores) decided to shut down to protect their employees’ health? Where would people get food? Well, “that’s their problem”, the store owners might say. I bet the govt would’ve had no issue forcing them back open at gunpoint (or to seize the businesses and their inventories for themselves).


68 posted on 11/12/2022 10:54:35 AM PST by lado
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To: BenLurkin

Mumbles Menino did the same to Walmart . Would not allow them to open in Boston . They built outside the city and it’s a third world country when you go to them .


69 posted on 11/12/2022 10:54:45 AM PST by lonerepubinma
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To: gitmo; DFG

LIBERALISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both cows, slaughters them for their own food,
and taxes you to death for worthless social programs, for having
the animals originally.

PROGRESSIVISM
You have 2 cows.
Progs advocate for advancements in science, technology,
economic development and social organization, but they’re so full
of bullshit, nothing ever changes.
You still have 2 cows.

SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
The State forces you to give one to your neighbor, shoots the neighbor
and forces you to milk them both, giving all milk back to the state.
The State gives you a cup of sour milk.

LEFTISM
You have 2 cows.
The State terrrorizes the animals until they can’t produce milk,
beats you and your wife to death, and puts your daughters & sons
into the Pedophile Nation, for the Epsteins, Weiners, Clintons etc.

MARXISM
You have 2 cows.
The government takes both and tosses you into a hog pen, where you’re
devoured and never found.

COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and gives you nothing.
They shoot your family and put you in a gulag.

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both, promises more free cows, lets you vote and gives you sour milk.

FASCISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and sells you some milk.

NAZISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and shoots your wife and kids.

ANARCHISM
You have 2 cows.
The State shoots the cows, you and your family.

CRONY CAPITALISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both, milks, slaughters them, and makes a tidy profit from the sale
of choice meat cuts and fresh milk.
You get some lousy hamburger and a jar of sour milk.

BUREAUCRATISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both, shoots one, hires a sub-contractor to milk the other, and then throws the milk away.

CONTEMPORARY WALL STREETISM
You have 2 cows.
You sell one, bundle the other with a goat, a mule,
and two dry cows.
You pile into the derivatives market, buy a Gulfstream
and when it all comes down around your ears...
You go to the government for a bailout.

TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have 2 cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell them and retire on the income.


70 posted on 11/12/2022 10:56:13 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Truth29

or... just tell them you dont like black people.


71 posted on 11/12/2022 10:57:26 AM PST by sit-rep ( )
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To: DFG

I stopped doing markets in Murderpan 30 years ago...it has not improved since. Of course, now it remains a “fresh produce food desert”. That’s the latest thing I’ve been told about why we must attend farmers markets in darngerpus areas. We got tired of watching them hose the blood off the sidewalk and being cased. I’m with Walgreens.


72 posted on 11/12/2022 11:03:34 AM PST by small farm girl (....)
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To: DFG

So you do not own a business in Boston. You only manage a business, doing all the work. The real owner is the city.

This fits in well with leftist goals. Their biggest one is for all the means of production to be owned by the government. They move closer to it every day.


73 posted on 11/12/2022 11:05:35 AM PST by I want the USA back (Our news media isn't worth camel spit. Neither is the democrat party. )
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To: gitmo

Never mind that Chic-Fil-A had no policy whatsoever on gay mirage, the hysterical reaction was due to the owner stating his personal beliefs.


74 posted on 11/12/2022 11:36:40 AM PST by allblues (God is neither a Republican nor a Democrat but Satan is definitely a Democrat)
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To: TStro

Very good point.


75 posted on 11/12/2022 11:37:52 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Antihero101607

Yes. Like Obama said, “Elections have consequences.”
I feel no compunction to assist those who vote for my demise.


76 posted on 11/12/2022 11:42:31 AM PST by griswold3 (There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs. – Thomas Sowell)
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To: DFG

Boston is another Democrat sh__ hole. They can’t force Walgreen’s to do anything.


77 posted on 11/12/2022 11:45:50 AM PST by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: DFG

Democrats defend their incompetence by attacking private businesses.


78 posted on 11/12/2022 11:46:33 AM PST by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: EEGator

You don’t necessarily need a pharmacist on premises. Person shows up, drops off prescription, which gets scanned, remote pharmacist fills it and prescription is there for pickup.

They can even do tele-presence for questions.


79 posted on 11/12/2022 11:53:25 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: SauronOfMordor

I was unaware. Thanks for the clarification.


80 posted on 11/12/2022 11:57:25 AM PST by EEGator
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