Posted on 11/12/2022 9:27:49 AM PST by DFG
The Boston City Council is taking aim at Walgreens after the company chose to close three stores in Mattapan, Hyde Park, and Roxbury.
The council plans to use their legislative powers to stop Walgreens from opening any future stores in the city unless they halt the closures. An ultimatum like this is not unprecedented. Former Mayor Thomas Menino sent a letter to Chic-Fil-A, telling the company not to open in the city because of their views on same-sex marriage.
"We can use whatever leverage we have, which is our zoning code, and leverage that to get them to make sure they come back to the table," explained Brian Worrell, the City Councilor for District 4. The Walgreens closure on River Street in Mattapan is within his district.
Without the three locations, the council believes pharmacy deserts will be created. They say the majority of residents in those areas don't use cars to get around.
"We are talking about predominantly working-class Black and brown communities that relied on Walgreens for many, many years, " said Worrell. "Now we are stripping a major resource away from them. We are talking about places where communities have got their food, their medication, their COVID vaccines."
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Gosh, wonder why they chose those particular stores for closure? (scratchin' mah head). Also wondering why "black" is capitalized but "brown" is not.
“We can use whatever leverage we have, which is our zoning code, and leverage that to get them to make sure they come back to the table,” explained Brian Worrell, the City Councilor for District 4. The Walgreens closure on River Street in Mattapan is within his district.”
No. Actually they can’t. If the applicant meets all the necessary items needed for passage under the zoning code denying said application will result in a law-suit the city will not win. The city can’t change the zoning code or pull new requirements out of their butts because they are trying to pressure a business to take an action unrelated to the current application.
Walgreens knows this and so does the city. The city is just hoping the legal fees that Walgreens would end up spending would be high enough that they would play along simply to avoid such costs and those associated with delaying construction.
I’m not familiar with local regulations and may be wrong. I was just thinking that if I can get prescription by mail (Express-Scripts.com), then they can also do my idea.
(or to seize the businesses and their inventories for themselves).
Inventories would have lasted a few days at best, less with a run on essentials, or outright looting.
New England Neo-Fascism in action. From leaders in the founding of the country to Neo-Fascist destroyers of the country.
Walsh is swine of course and is currently a member of Biden's Cabinet. I do drive through Boston from time to time but I avoid that area for traffic congestion reasons.
When the Chic-FilA stuff first hit the fan, I stopped at my local Chic-FilA for lunch. There were a few protestors across the road.
I sat at a table, and a policewoman asked if I would sit with her. I did, and she explained she was on a protection detail but she wanted to look like a regular customer.
Actually, Fascism lets you own the cows, but they dictate how you manage the cows and what you do with the milk.
Where are the ferals suppose to get their ill gotten booty to sell on facebook marketplace?
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